im not writing code, im doing my shift at the shape factory, making sure all the little blocks have the right shape and size at the right time
im not writing code, im doing my shift at the shape factory, making sure all the little blocks have the right shape and size at the right time
just as a sidenote, i hate most frogs, they are so insanely ugly. Xenopus though is almost a bit endearing
this isnt always the case. if i remember correctly, the lecturer from that talk mentioned 7 or 8 different autosomes becoming y chromosomes in different lineages
i recently heard a lecture about frog sex chromosomes and i thought 'this is a lot to take in, very confusing, should read more about it' this paper is more digestable, but im still none the wiser
i know i said in the first post that one of my thoughts at the garden is 'im enjoying being at the garden' but this is just a thought, it may or may not corresponde to my actual perception of the situation
there are certainly worse states, but usually im not that aware of my current state. is this what mindfulness feels like? if so i could honestly take it or leave it. its not bad, but it doesnt feel blissful or ecstatic, im hoping life has more to offer
At the botanical gardens my thoughts become 'im at the botanical garden' 'im looking at a bee' 'im enjoying being at the botanical garden and observing bees' feels very in the moment, my thoughts are usually not this clearly connected to my present state. im not sure if this is enjoyable though
text predictors could accelerate the jump towards a better paradigm. although i don't know if that is what the people working at the frontier labs expect
ordered hexagonal honeybee honeycombs vs messy, cylindrical melipona honeycombs
On this flower patch all the other bees were flying, only this one was climbing from flower to flower. did she realize the energy cost of flight and decided to walk? is she smart? is she stupid? did parasite load force her to do this?
ok claude knows, and seems to have a lot of affection for the people in that group
search for enlightenment not going well
i see. i just blindly stepped into something
where does one find guys like that?
wish this was in an electrical engineering instead of philosophy journal
the apian body is objectively more aesthetically superior when the distorting lens of lust is removed
white winged black tyrant is a very yu-gi-oh name for a bird. also happens to fit its role in this paper
after all knolwedge work has been automated, someone still needs to measure the distance between snake anus and tail tip
yes that is the one. to be interesting you need to be predictable enough for the reader to learn a pattern, but not so predictable that you become stale
i looked at the schmidhuber paper, if im understanding it correctly, i should just speak in wordsalad if i wanted to maximize novelty, at the cost of interestingness?
motivation to post more to get a more meaningful result from this
the distinction is that the ginkgo fruits outher layer develops from the seed itself, while in angiosperms the fleshy outer layer develops from the ovary wall
im sorry if this is widely known information, but one thing i also find interesting is that ginkgo trees have independently developed a fruit like structure similar to the fruits of flowering plants, while itself not being a flowering plant.
the secretions that insects use to protect their eggs, usually a foam or gelatinous matrix. often called an ootheca
acing the bullshit bench by always answering "idk"
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they have a certain cuteness to them. i could see them as a plushie with button eyes and smiley face