psychology
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. (Location 126) Ties into the primacy effect: The primacy effect is a cognitive bias and refers to an
anime
A tweet that shows why football is a beautiful sport, reminded me of a move from the anime Blue Lock.
computer
14 image compressions is too many and it fights with shortcuts (single threaded?)[1] Images took ~35min to process, may offload to some server and put on http calls or something From the one day image compression project 202212230034 this took >30 seconds to process end to end ↩︎
livestream
* processing Thinking, Fast and Slow * what you remember isn't necessarily what is important * a reason as to why money may be the root of all evil * the elephant and its rider (the brain) Zettels Made on Stream * 202301092354 * 202301092351 * 202301092344 * 202301092340 * 202301092318 * 202301092258 * 202301092252
The first name "Bram" is derived from a convergence of two separate etymological sources, one being an abbreviation of "Abraham", but the other being the Gaelic word "bran", meaning "raven". The name Bran signifying a raven, was used in medieval Ireland. Cultural
biology
Connective tissue has different names depending on its location and function. Ligaments are the fibrous connective tissues that connect bone to bone. Tendons connect muscle to bone. The delicate membranes that envelop your brain and spinal chord are connective tissues called meninges. Bone is a highly mineralized form of connective
biology
Pushing off from the toes and buttocks of each alternating “back leg” supports the spine, lifts the chest, and imparts a sense of power, ease, and confidence. (Location 738) walking is so energy efficient, it takes months or years for small doses of exercise to add up to substantial weight
biology
Cultivate healthy posture through a process of self-study. You will need to create new sense memories for what feels balanced and stable through the means suggested in the following chapters. Remember that your posture is a dynamic activity, not a static position you can assume and then forget about. Your
biology
Our muscles wrap around our skeletons in layers, like layers of clothing. In general, the outer muscle layers produce the visible motions of the arms, legs, and trunk, while deeper muscles provide support for joints and internal organs. Contraction of these deep muscles lets us create the stability we need
game-theory
The Principal Agent Problem: Only 1.5 percent of the purchase price goes directly into your agent’s pocket. So on the sale of your $300,000 house, her personal take of the $18,000 commission is $4,500. . . . Not bad, you say. But what if the house was actually
economics
But more money will often not solve the problem. In fact, it may compound the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws, putting a spotlight on what we don’t know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash—let’
finance
Our school system, created in the Agrarian Age, still believes in homes with no foundation. Dirt floors are still the rage. So kids graduate from school with virtually no financial foundation. One day, sleepless and deep in debt in suburbia, living the American Dream, they decide that the answer to