sure, remove memory. and decision making, that's biochemical too. And personality? probably. Remove some impulses and reflexes and primordial pathways. Now that's the real you! What's left, though?
My comment was related to the OP comment. When you were born, you didn't have any reminiscent memory, because memory is intrinsically related to your physical brain. If you damage your brain, you could lose memory or change completely what you call "self". If you are a Christian and believe in after-life, a good way to reconcile this is downplaying the importance of memory itself (overrated). But this is related the OP's point of view (Christians believe in after-life). I, personally, don't believe in after-life, so everything you are is in your brain and memory is crucial.
FYI, I still believe in an afterlife. The bible talks about a resurrection where all will be raised from the dead for judgement. It's common misconception to think we float off to heaven or hell as disembodied souls. The difference is we will again have physical bodies, and thus have the capacity for consciousness and memory again.
I think we need to completely understand every detail of the brain in order to successfully make a cryogenic procedure viable. But at this point, we will not need this procedure anymore.
Same to me, but I was more active when I was living in a warm country. Now I am living in a mildly cold winter country, and struggling to go out out to walk/run because of the cold. 3 weeks and I already feeling less productive and healthy.
Check Craigslist for a cheap treadmill or stationary bike if you have room. Years ago I bought an inexpensive treadmill that had been used maybe twice, that I still use today when I can't get to the gym.
Running in the cold is great. I run outside until it gets below -20 deg C. Some thermal tights and a few layers on top is all you need. It took me quite a few years to finally just give it a try and now I actually prefer running in the winter vs summer.
There are masks you can wear that makes it easier to breath the cold air for running when it's even colder. I guess it heats the air a bit. I like walking in the cold, just have to dress for it and not overdo it so you overheat in your nice warm clothes :-)
I haven't tried the breathing masks though I probably should since I have asthma and breathing in the cold makes it worse.
I've never worn any kind of mask. I grew up in this weather, so maybe I'm used to. I was just in the Caribbean for a holiday. I tried running in +27 C weather with 70% humidity and I felt like I was suffocating.
My problem with that right now is running in the snow/ice. The cold doesn't bother me, but It's hard to run on ice, even with traction devices on your shoes.
Yes, ice is by far the worst part. You have to pick your route to avoid it. I'm lucky enough to have a mostly cleared or packed paths in my neighborhood.
I did this when I set myself to learn cell structure. It was years since high scholl biology, but I was motivated to study. I planned my studies with a textbook, chapters, sections, days, etc. I started and 2 weeks in I realized that I would need a better chemistry foundation. My whole plan was broken and I needed to start another one with the new information. The thing is, it is good to have goals, but it is almost impossible to foresee what you actually need to do in order to accomplish what you want early on. And I think that this is true for anything.
Is there any way to hide links from walled garden news site like nytimes and others from HN list? It's kind of spam if you think about, because I can't read without paying.
Or it's the opposite of spam: it could be a testimonial from paying customers that the content is worth it.
90% of the time I'd rather see a link to a paid source than one to the ad-revenue-hunting blogging-with-a-fancy-name Business Insider, Forbes, etc sites of the world.
There is a misunderstanding here. I am not saying NYT is doing something wrong or shouldn't do this, but I don't want to pay for their content (I have other priorities). I am just saying that HN is a much better experience without the frustration to click the link because the subject is interesting, and realize that I can't read. The content is "good" or not is irrelevant.
I share your frustration, but with Financial Times links: tantalizing headlines, regularly linked here, but with an ABSOLUTE paywall, i.e.: NO free articles at all ever.
Don’t know of any way short of making your own HN client, or you could make a userscript to remove entries from view based on domain. Maybe someone else has made either of those already.
Aside from that there was also a domain someone set up called like fullnyt.com or something that would redirect to the full article by sending you via Facebook outgoing link wasn’t there? Anyone remember what it was called?
Ok, this is a workaround. But actually, they are saying that I shouldn't read anymore because my "quote" is over. I prefer simple don't read because I don't want to pay for that.
A New York Times subscription is $80/year (for the first year, and all future years if you remember to cancel/resubscribe once a year).
If you're routinely triggering their metered paywall, maybe it's worth paying it. Not for everyone, obviously. But they do give basically all that money to writers, and they do quite often devote time and money to investigate serious issues, far more important than dishwasher physics.
You do realize that they offer an annual subscription at $80/year? I assume many readers are paying well less than $0.50/article with that. I'd be more than happy to reward good content, even if I pay more each year.
The solution is not in the websites, but in search itself. Search needs to be broken down. One centralized search, once good, now is really dangerous for the open web.
I think every nomad had thought a solution about housing because this is a real problem for us and really annoying. I have my own house back in my country that I rent. I would be more than receptive to lend my house to a service so I could rent someone else's house somewhere in the world. Growing a network of houses by yourself, as Roam is doing, is costly and I think inneficient.
