Band name of the day: normal shopping experience
The toxic legacy of Canada’s CIA brainwashing experiments: ‘They strip you of your soul’ | World news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/montreal-brainwashing-allan-memorial-institute
Kaukatcr: an experiment in language design for multi-dimensional spaces http://www.lord-enki.net/medium-backup/2018-04-12_Kaukatcr–an-experiment-in-language-design-for-multi-dimensional-spaces-cc038caafff9.html
Let Them Eat Experience https://jacobinmag.com/2018/02/trump-unpaid-internships-labor-department
An experiment in two-way direct linking using Hy… https://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/historic-hansard/notes/two-way-direct-linking/
The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences: Symmetries… https://qualiacomputing.com/2016/12/12/the-hyperbolic-geometry-of-dmt-experiences/
Cringe and the Design of Sacred Experiences https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/01/11/cringe-and-the-design-of-sacred-experiences/
Band name of the day: experiments in tone
in absence of control over interest rates, states turn to energy prices to regulate their economies, some start experimenting with weather control schemes to direct water, wind, sun their way
The size of things: an ngram experiment http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/size-of-things
Unusual experiment reveals the power of non-mainstream media | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/unusual-experiment-reveals-the-power-of-non-mainstream-media/
if you’re worried about your paperclip maximizer escaping, why not wrap its box in an experience machine: infinite simulated paperclips that serve as tripwire and lightning rod
Facebook’s fake news experiment backfires - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41900877
I spent seven months living inside a conspiracy thriller and it’s not over yet - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/27/16554660/lust-experience-alternate-reality-game-darren-lynn-bousman-immersive-theater
The experience of time in Dante’s Inferno https://kottke.org/17/10/the-experience-of-time-in-dantes-inferno
UbuWeb Sound - Sound Experiments in The Russian Avant-Garde (1908-1942) http://www.ubu.com/sound/russian_avant.html
Are Earthworms Tough Enough for Mars? - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/earthworms-mars-moon-experiments
On AT&T fibre
Had to chat with an AT&T employee, as a result of an order I placed yesterday. This is the feedback I left (with minor spelling corrections), after concluding the chat:
The chat experience was excellent (chat agent, Marry). AT&T experience thus far, not quite so.
I had an AT&T sales agent visit me yesterday. I signed up for Internet 1Gbps (Internet 1000 on AT&T lingo), and phone service (transferring my current number). I have a signed form, with all one time service charges waived. The appoint … ⌘ Read more
Court: In an act of gross negligence, defendant destroyed 250 years of lived experience. Plaintiffs argued for negligent homicide,
📚 Finished reading Experiments in Ethics (The Mary Flexner Lectures) by Kwame Anthony Appiah
📚 Finished reading Experiments in Ethics (The Mary Flexner Lectures) by Kwame Anthony Appiah
magic, here, is not so much as flying sparks but knowledge of ancient tech and self-knowledge through hundreds of years of experience
a truly eye-opening experience, yes, but we can open even more body parts if you like, belly-opening experiences are all the rage right now
The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences: Symmetries, Sheets, and Saddled Scenes | Qualia Computing https://qualiacomputing.com/2016/12/12/the-hyperbolic-geometry-of-dmt-experiences/
England’s Mental Health Experiment: No-Cost Talk Therapy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/health/england-mental-health-treatment-therapy.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email
The Uber affair
Using Uber for the first time, in France, was a delightful experience. We were able to summon a relatively cheap minivan within minutes, the drivers were nice, nothing found to complain. Then, once back home, I decided that I might want to occasionally drive for Uber, for fun. That is when the real affair started.
To begin with, the rider photo I had on my profile no longer met their requirements. Then, the driver’s application asked me for information that I did not have handy, making me chang … ⌘ Read more
We uplift animals, trees, then stones, lurk the forums of sentient rivers to learn how they experience rain
“And we made room for two additional sets of mandibles! Media-to-nerve in even higher fidelity! Experience fleshy communion with the net!”
Due to EU cookie laws, we need you to consent to us using your soul for summoning elder entities and improving user experience↵( ) [I agree]↵( ) gₑₜ ₘₑ ₒᵤₜ ₒf ₕₑᵣₑ
[musings]↵one formulation of meaning is priors overlaying perception, expectations of experience (informed by memories and stories)
The analog hole won’t keep us safe forever: Neural encodings are idiosyncratic, you can’t rip an experience stream.↵https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole
• Emails with Gödelian Inputs crashing brains around the globe • Some curiously unaffected, say they have experience not losing “The Game” •
Some are used in experiments to separate the power-symbionts of great wizards from their parasites, killed if they don’t catch symbionts
this old remote allows you to tune in to another’s sensorium, experience the world as them↵you spend evenings just switching channels
reverse sleeping beauty, in which she stays up day and night and the eerie light of her experiments shimmers through the rosebush thicket
The choir begins to play, the audience finds itself speechless and indeed thoughtless at certain words. They experience only what remains.
Thought superconductors are impermeable to memories due to field interactions. The mind inside experiences everything in the same instant.
@contraultra it was no problem. i really need to fing out a way to make that experience better though.
It was an experiment we did not repeat and we had to sign a non-proliferation treaty.↵That dull sense of loss? Yeah. That’s what’s left.
For its 10th birthday, @becausemusic presents #BecauseRecollection, a music interactive experience. https://t.co/A8ifRt9U12
@federico_lox True but making IDE-s for 20 years brings some experience :)
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by John Porter
In reply to Tobias Müller.
That matches my experience exactly. I’m trying Elementary at the minute, but I’d say I’ll be back with Ubuntu when 13.10 is released. ⌘ Read more
Hello world, again!
I am starting over. I might “port” back some entries from the old weblog, but that’s pretty much it. Right now everything is in state of flux, running on a vanilla WordPress installation with a couple of plugins on. Work will progress as time permits.
There isn’t one single reason why I am starting over, but a few. Basically, the old weblog database was “dirty” with entries and rows, and tables from plugins… and god knows what other things (I ran quite a few experiments on that one) … ⌘ Read more
Why Vista is not going in
I was talking —well, chatting— the other day with a friend of mine and he was telling me some bad experiences he had had with a Windows Media Center upgrade. That got me talking about Windows Vista, perhaps it is because Windows Vista Ultimate comes with it, I am not sure. Anyways…
I told my friend I am not installing Vista (although I have Windows Vista Ultimate —the final version of Vista, no beta, no RC, but final— as … ⌘ Read more
More on Lingo
A while ago I wrote about my plans of dropping BellSouth for a VoIP provider called Lingo. At that time I also wrote that I would come back and write a review about it. Well, this is not a real review –I really do not know how to write one– but it contains my experiences with Lingo voice over IP (VoIP) service, so far.
When something works fine there is very little to tell. The … ⌘ Read more
Way too early
I woke up at 7:00 AM today, perhaps a bit earlier. The same thing happens every weekend, I cannot sleep as I wish, my internal clock just wouldn’t stop buzzing. So here I am, reading my favourites blogs and news sites, while feeling stressed about Monday (or should I say Sunday night?) morning changes at work. It is the weekend, for God’s sake! I shouldn’t be worrying about anything in the future related to work. I wish it was that easy.
On Linux I know, after years of experience, things work o … ⌘ Read more
The worse Web Browser
Not too long ago I was an Internet Explorer fan. The pages I went to looked fine under it, the experience seemed rich. There were no complains. Then I started fiddling with CSS and moving away from tables. I experienced the advantages of the PNG format and I loved it. I experienced functionability I never saw before. I got tired of hearing about major problems and running security updates. I got my eyes opened.
I wonder why it took that long. Perhaps Mozilla Firefox was not that polis … ⌘ Read more
Futilely insisting
Human nature is quite interesting and I type so based on my own experience. I am talking about myself.
It amazes me that I keep going to check for new entries or read comments, once — and sometimes two, three, four times — a day on Ambivalent.US, when I disagree 9 out of 10 with everything the owner has to say (actually, write). Same thing happens with Hivelogic, I go there every day just to find a bo … ⌘ Read more