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# surprising things

 lintamande03/04/2019
I saw a cute video on my newsfeed about a gorilla bonding with her adoptive mom
her biological mom wasn't interested and abandoned her.

I was curious about this phenomenon so I Googled it, and - ugh many mammals abandon their babies whenever it's not actually a good time for them to have a baby. This is not surprising, and even mammals that don't do that will often abandon a sick or weak one. That's very reasonable, it's exactly what you'd expect from evolution. The pop coverage of this is really obnoxious. "Some mothers, through no lack of love, will reject or abandon their offspring shortly after birth.", the first Google result tells me.

Why did you feel the need to say 'through no lack of love'? I in fact feel like, yes, there is relevantly a lack of love.
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Drowning does not look like a wild display. Passive downing usually is how it happens. A drowning person will usually grab you and pull you under, so it’s best to either throw something to them or approach from behind.
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TowerNumberNine01/31/2019
Today I couldn’t find my electric razor, so ended up using an old electric razor my grandfather had had in the 1950s or 60s (designed in ‘51 I think but not sure when he bought it)

I was surprised to find that it was not only on par with modern electric razors but in some aspects actually superior. I knew the advertisements for modern razors were overblown, but I didn’t know they were that overblown!
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It's just really wild to me that cockroaches have 10x the neurons of a lobster:

lobsters: 100,000
ant: 250,000
fruit fly: 250,000
honey bee: 960,000
cockroach: 1,000,000
Throne3d03/28/2019
Other observations: it makes sense to me that honey bees would have lots more neurons than ants, since they're, uh, "social" (I don't know much about details, this is a very layman perspective), but I'm surprised about cockroaches being about the same amount
also apparently African elephants have 257bn neurons, whereas humans only have 86bn (across the whole central nervous system. across just the cerebral cortex, African elephants have 5.6bn, and humans 16bn, so this is probably just a size thing)
also, "long-finned pilot whales" (a type of oceanic dolphin) actually have more cerebral cortex neurons than humans, at 37.2bn
I mean, yeah, neuronal numbers are proxies for complexity of structure
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https://play.curio.io/?trackId=1peMsf7TuoJXViJojp1S8j&s=null&c=null#/get-started

Just off the blurb, I want to say that my reluctance to talk about bird love is rooted in a lack of knowledge of bird love, and I suspect this is true of others as well. Misgivings about human love don't come into it.
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Lactose tolerance is actually rare even among humans, and is mostly seen in humans who are descendants of nomadic milk-animal-rearing populations:
https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-10-36
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This is obvious in retrospect but I'm just reading about it and I'm fascinated
Plants can detect the presence of other place around them based on an abundance of lower frequency light!

This is possible because photosynthetic pigments absorb shorter wavelengths in the visible spectrum, creating local spectral changes with higher proportion of longer wavelength far-red (FR) light relative to red (R) light or other shorter-wavelength light. Phytochrome photochemistry is finely tuned to the detection of R:FR-ratio light. Phytochrome exists in two isomeric forms, an inactive R light-absorbing form, Pr, and an active FR light-absorbing form, Pfr. Exposure to red light photo-converts a high proportion of Pr to the active Pfr form, which promotes “photomorphogenic” development. Far-red light does the reverse, photo-converting Pfr to inactive Pr, with a consequential shift in development toward the “skotomorphogenic” state (Fig. 1). Therefore, the proportion of active phytochrome (Pfr/Ptot) strongly correlates with the perceived R:FR-ratio light. This provides a powerful mechanism to both detect and respond to neighboring plants that compete for resources. Plants grown in FR light-rich conditions that simulate dense vegetation patches, are typically more elongated with increased apical dominance, paler, and are early flowering, characteristics that are collectively referred to as the “shade avoidance” syndrome.
This is obvious in retrospect but this is so cool.
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Crow06/16/2019
US banks typically have a policy of "If someone demands money give it to them" because the potential of a bank robber becoming violent and the bank thus losing customers is worse than handing over a relatively small sum of money (a few thousand dollars) that's insured anyway.

The FBI claims that 54% of bank robbers are identified, and that the per-job haul averages around $7000. This suggests that the typical bank robber has a pretty short career. https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/bank-crime-statistics-2011/bank-crime-statistics-2011
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"The World Health Organization says that globally, more than one in four deaths of children under 5 are related to air pollution." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/16/20694781/volkswagen-emissions-cheating-pollution-child-health
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_stirpiculture
Julia Wise has written a bit about them
https://thewholesky.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/notes-on-oneida-community/
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"The cost of invasive species’ impact and control efforts is an estimated five percent of the world’s annual economy." https://www.geneticbiocontrol.org/

hmm, some famous 2005 paper (Pimental et al) seems to think that damages caused by invasive species in the US cost $120 billion per year

US GDP - is GDP approximately the right thing? - was 13 trillion in 2005
So that's... 1%? And the US isn't terribly agricultural. But wait, maybe measuring by damages is bullshit(edited)
I don't money
also that's not The Globe

The US is very agricultural - farming's about 1% of GDP directly and about 5% of GDP if you account for related industries; we're the largest producer of corn, sorghum, soybeans, milk, and a few other things in the world, the second largest producer of eggs, the third largest producer of cotton, and of wool, and the single largest exporter of agricultural goods overall.
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The impression I get is that we don't form close friendships the way we used to; something something atomic individualism
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Today I learned: in 1849, a cholera epidemic killed about 1% of the American population. In big cities, it was higher. 3% of New Yorkers died. Chicago and Cincinnati were about 5%. The worst hit city was St. Louis, where 10% of people died. Peter Turchin claims 10% of the US population died, and his source The Encyclopedia Of Plague And Pestilence does mention that number, but nobody else says anything like this and my guess is that it is a typo for 1%. How do you just forget something like that? It boggles the mind.

Probably people forgot about that because the Civil War was 10 years afterward?
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Tl;Dr, you can work out the frequency a submarine will make just based on an image of its propellers, and so in any photographs of them in dry dock the propellers will be covered
Not surprising in retrospect but definitely a "huh" moment
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In 1931, Winston Churchill predicted the development of clean meat.
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/fifty-years-hence/

A very prescient speech in general! He thought instant comms would make face-to-face contact on the job more obsolete than it actually did, and totally failed to predict that we would realize being super racist is not good, but the rest is really good.
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John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan is currently both alive and free; he was released from a mental institution in 2016 after he was ruled to have recovered to the point where he no longer poses a threat to himself or others.
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In 2014, 4% of the US was (no meat) vegetarian. “Health” vs “ethical” vegetarian distinction usually means that people who identify strongly in one category or the other feel more “grounded” in their identity as a vegetarian (Fox, Ward 2008). Having a label on the type of vegetarian they consider themselves allows them to have a more concrete definition of their self.
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The heart of a blue whale can weigh as much as a car.

pinterest.com/adamaero/fun-facts/

Kidney Donation Study

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nep.12426

Appear the results are useless/meaningless.

• spouse donor = SD or to someone other than the spouse:
• non-spouse donor = ND

Of the 121 surveys sent to patients who donated a kidney, ten attrition, and the following completed the survey:

• 31 of 77 NDs
• 11 of 34 SDs

Only 41 surveys were completed. Is donating a kidney to a friend bad for your marriage? 

I guess I just don't think that the health of a relationship can be properly gauged with a survey...

I wonder if studies can be done with a combination of case studies, and another method. 

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Fast facts

Medical specialty of nephrology ~ a nphrologist

Piano

insight on practicing

Practice is unwanted. But that's what it takes.
It doesn't take long, an hour or even two, before it gets better. Or by then, you will move on to better.
Either way, better!

Completely Unknown (2016) is a good movie ~ motivational for piano

Leadership Podcasts

iTunes

• The Look & Sound of Leadership
• Ignite Leadership (2008)

Jefferson Bible

28-177
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

Classical Ethics

People to people relationships need a Kantian orientation, which has a relational component.  For instance, the Golden Rule and telling the truth and keeping promises.  However, in the context of government and large organizations you need some utilitarian considerations added to the mix.

~ quora.com

"The primary similarity between Kant’s ethics and utilitarianism is that there is an objective Good which can be sought." ~ quora.com

pabulum0

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemics↗
• Knowledge Acquisition↗
• Lay Epistemics and Human Knowledge↗

pabulum defined

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/intellectual+nourishment

Noun

1.

intellectual nourishment - anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking food for thought, food cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned pabulum - insipid intellectual nourishment

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pabulum

1. A substance that gives nourishment; food.

2. Intellectual material that is bland, trite, or insipid; pablum

http://www.finedictionary.com/intellectual%20nourishment.html

Related words

Synonyms

food for thought

Hypernyms (*)

cognitive content, content, mental object

Hyponyms (*)

pabulum

http://wikidiff.com/pabulum/pablum

In my own little world, I understand pabulum tidbits of intellectual nourishment, non-arbitrary "fun-facts"...tidbits of ripe knowledge...choice morsels of serious-musings...insights/growth

Correlation

• If a study or experiment displays a correlation percentage, is there still correlation without causation?

• How do we know if cause and effect are related? In a classic analysis formalized by the 19th-century philosopher John Stuart Mill, a causal relationship exists if 
• (1) the cause preceded the effect, 
• (2) the cause was related to the effect, and 
• (3) we can find no plausible alternative explanation for the effect other than the cause. 
• These three characteristics mirror what happens in experiments in which 
• (1) we manipulate the presumed cause and observe an outcome afterward; 
• (2) we see whether variation in the cause is related to variation in the effect; and 
• (3) we use various methods during the experiment to reduce the plausibility of other explanations for the effect, along with ancillary methods to explore the plausibility of those we cannot rule out (most of this book is about methods for doing this).

http://impact.cgiar.org/pdf/147.pdf#page=7

Memory Android App

1. Installed Android Studio/JDK
2. Installed Intellij IDEA

http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2013/05/intellij-idea-and-android-studio-faq/

• 
  

CGI

Computer Graphics
Visual Effects
Blender

• modeling -
• animation -
• post-production - effects
• realtime interactive 3D
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwZkB1PXyvU
• or game play
• cross-platform compatibility - add ons, etc

Blender Tutorial For Beginners: Coffee Cup - 1 of 2 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__uzGKmxt8

https://www.quora.com/How-different-is-CGI-from-animation
https://www.quora.com/topic/Computer-Graphics
https://www.quora.com/topic/Visual-Effects

http://blender.stackexchange.com/

https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnblender/

complete blender timelapse
movement complete blender
time lapse video
blender time lapese story
blender animation complete  -tutorial
beginning to end (render [create] objects, make storyline,
blender animated film time lapse
blender animating time lapse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huu26v-sfIY

Making Objects/Camera's Follow a Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqOso5jgYa4

Rig Tutorial/Workflow (full movement)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdfvRshNPo

how to create a movie with blender cgi

What to make? Why?

Focus vs effort

http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2012/10/15/focus-not-effort/

Humans could just be a chemical mixture with conditioned responses, while responding to outside stimuli of each of our unique environment (and circumstances). To self-condition, never juggle habits. Always--almost--perfect each in turn.

HabitRPG--stop being in denial about W or other hobbies when the primary focus is courses....................................

How to Focus

scotthyoung.com/blog/2013/04/12/how-to-focus/
Everything below is my picks from the article by Scott Young above.

• Focus matters more than time spent.
• Yet, downtime should not crowd out the time which you want to be about most.
• Focus matters more than raw effort.
• Focus vs effort
• In meditation, usual restlessness ignored not suppressed. As in studying, ignore.

Ways to Read

"One cannot read a book: one can only reread it."--Vladimir Nabokov

• "Speed reading is a collection of methods for increasing reading speed without an unacceptable reduction in comprehension or retention."

• Structure-Proposition-Evaluation (SPE) (Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book) 
• Read
• (1) for the structure or outline; 
• (2) for the logical propositions made, organized into chains of inference; and 
• (3) for evaluation of the merits of arguments/conclusions. Suspend judgment until the work is fully understood.

• Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review (SQ3R) reading toward being able to teach what is read

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_(process)

LLL

Often others who are not, never were, lifelong learners stereotype the few who are into two polar opposites. The nervous bookworm who does too much research. They are afraid or maybe just overcomplicate things by thinking too much about how their time is supposedly best utilized with more background. Then there's the impulsive decision-taker who goes with that gut feeling. They experiment and get out there, but at the cost of making sketchy half-assed leaps.
"But there’s a middle road between paralysis and bravado. That’s the road where you avoid a lot of the fear, self-doubt and uncertainty by making carefully chosen actions to gain more information before moving onto bigger decisions."--Scott Young

• Preempt pet projects with pilot projects.

• Master the general, before the specific (for certain things).

Flow

Flow learning is impeded by watching the clock, such as the time needed to go to work or class.
Utilize Task Timer on your computer to remind you to go. Loose track of time; kind of.

http://www.howtogeek.com/120566/how-to-create-a-repeating-alarm-in-windows-7-without-extra-software/

Use it for more in depth applications, such as locking the workstation:

 To do this, select Start a program from the Action drop-down list. Enter the following line in the Program/script edit box.

c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe

Then, enter the following line in the Add arguments edit box.

user32.dll, LockWorkStation

Click OK.

Course search

From all the different learning sites, how's bout' finding the course for you?
There are two solutions: Redhoop.com is the best for sifting through courses; skilledup.com is better geared for supplements, such as TED talks.

Advanced Anki - Cloze deletion

big long cloze deletion Anki flashcards

aeroIntro

otherIntro

Making effective flashcards (supplement) 

Examples of many cloze deletions per card (maximum of six per card is optimal ~ 

The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two)

1. Crawler style

A Mom {{c1::visits her son for dinner}}

who {{c1::lives with a girl roommate}}.

{{c6::During}} the {{c2::course of the meal}}, 

{{c3::his mother couldn't help but notice 

how pretty his roommate was}}. 

{{c4::She had long been suspicious

of a relationship between the two}},

{{c5::and this had only made her more curious}}.

{{c6::Over}} the {{c2::course of the evening}}, 

{{c3::while watching the two interact, 

she started to wonder}}

{{c4::if there was more 

between him and his roommate 

than met the eye}}.

{{c6::Reading his mom's thoughts}}, the {{c2::son volunteered}}, {{c3::“I know what you must be thinking}}, {{c4::but I assure you}}, {{c3::we are just roommates}}."

{{c6::About a week later}}, 

his {{c2::roommate came 

to him saying}}, “{{c2::Ever since 

your mother came to dinner}}, 

{{c3::I've been unable to find the silver plate.}} 

{{c4::You don't suppose 

she took it, do you?"}}

{{c6::He said}},{{c3::"Well, I doubt it, 

but I'll email her,}} just to be sure."

{{c6::He sat down}} {{c2::and typed:}}

{{c3::I'm not saying that you 'did' take the silver plate}} {{c4::from my place}}, {{c3::I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the silver plate}}...{{c5::But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.}}

{{c6::Several days later}}, {{c2::he received an email from his Mother which read}}:

Dear Son:

{{c3::I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with your roommate}}, and {{c4::I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with her}}. {{c3::But the fact remains that}} if she {{c5::was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the silver plate by now, under the pillow}}

• There is no hard and fast rule for the crawler style. For this particular example, c5 may be the least effective deletion, if not for the amount it's used, then for the inherent difficulty memorizing the punchline (to be smooth, and done with no lag when exclaimed to others).  

     2.[next] style










Unrelated tidbit, after downloading a deck, strange names may appear as new notes:
https://anki.tenderapp.com/kb/anki-ecosystem/note-types-with-strange-names
(Ya, they're poorly written directions. Just go in the areas mentioned. You'll get there eventually.)

textbook reading mnemonic

http://www.ict4us.com/r.kuijt/en_masteringtextbook.htm


I Saw Harry Quack. Quackers Remind Us. Read, Read
I've Sat Hunting Quail. Quails Run Usually. Round, Round
I Saw Heavy Quarterbacks Quiver Reading Under Rainy Rafters