Interesting Links for 11-03-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Scientists complete first map of an insect brain

(tags:insects brain )

2. HP have updated their printers to outright ban 'non-HP' ink

(tags:printing OhForFucksSake )

3. Toy preferences between boys and girls is a classic example of societal debates relying on tiny scraps of data

(tags:research statistics gender toys psychology )

4. Jamie Lee Curtis launches campaign urging U2 and Bruce Springsteen to do matinee shows

(tags:music time )

5. Magnificent mosques of India

(tags:religion architecture Islam India viaDanielDWilliam )

6. Elephants have learned highway robbery

(tags:elephants crime video )

7. Long-Term Cannabis Use, Cognitive Decline, and the Hippocampus

(tags:Intelligence marijuana brain )

8. Full list of pundits boycotting BBC football shows over the Gary Lineker censorship

(tags:asylum censorship bbc football )

9. Evidence of a predictive coding hierarchy in the human brain listening to speech

(tags:speech language brain ai )

Comments

[altamira16]

I agree. Those bands should do matinees.

[channelpenguin]

I pretty much think all bands should play earlier. Especially ones I'm in. Here in Germany, the show might not even kick off until 10 :-(

8.

[channelpenguin]

Afaik, Gary Lineaker made a tweet on his personal account that criticised govt policy?

Or do I have that wrong? Did he say it actually on TV on the show?

Just trying to figure out the actual WTF-level here.

Re: 8.

[andrewducker]

A tweet on his personal account.

Re: 8.

[channelpenguin]

Ok, so it's the full WTF.

How are the UK peeps in general taking it? That it seems now that if you do work for the BBC, you can't criticise the government on your own time on your own accounts. (Though sadly, I suppose even if you overtly rebranded as Govt Propaganda Channel, a depressingly large % of folks would still watch)

Re: 8.

[andrewducker]

The impression I'm getting is that he has a lot of support.
No polls yet though.

[dewline]

2. This practice should be outlawed.

3. Stereotype enforcement in action.

7. Interesting...

[bens_dad]

6. A pair of coyotes did that to us in Yosemite national park.
One would lay down and cause a traffic queue, and the other went up the line for a handout.
Everything was inside the car, so the Coyotes weren't in a good position to argue but they really didn't believe us when we refused.

Even in a truck that size I don't think I would argue with an elephant, but I don't know what I would do if the sign said "do not feed the elephants".

IIRC I have seen videos of monkeys getting inside cars if the window was slightly down.

[calimac]

Monkeys can, and sometimes will, also remove your antenna and windshield wiper blades.

[nancylebov]

2. I wonder whether HPs aggressive approach is cutting into sales.

3. I can't get past the paywall. Have a discussion of shaky research on whether money makes people happier.

https://www.metafilter.com/198549/Maybe-money-does-buy-happiness-after-all

[andrewducker]

Archive.ph is pretty much always your best bet
https://archive.ph/tt6K6

[bens_dad]

If you have access to a unix command-line, lynx work in this case (and most others) since it doesn't support java-script.

[andrewducker]

Oh yeah, I use Firefox's reader view for the same thing.

[nancylebov]

Thank you. Apparently it's got some things archive.org doesn't have.

[conuly]

2. HP have updated their printers to outright ban 'non-HP' ink

Just how long is it gonna take the laws to catch up?

Cannabis

[agoodwinsmith]

Well, bum about the cannabis.

From the article, it appears that it is not because of inhalation, because smoking alone doesn't do as much hippocampus damage.

I have just started exploring it for pain relief. Evidence to date is mixed. Oinkment works about as well as Extra Strength Tiger Balm. Edible with 2.5 THC and 10.0 CBD is good for sustained sleep, which is the best painkiller.

So. Is it THC? CBD? Other canaboids (wrong spelling, but I like it)? Terpenes? Other things? All working together? Enquiring minds, yadda yadda.

Re: Cannabis

[andrewducker]

Let's hope they work it out soon!

Re: Cannabis

[rmc28]

My favourite aunt, who lives in a part of Wales with a lot of hippies and "alternative lifestyle" and creative types, told me probably 30 years ago that everyone she knew who used cannabis regularly for years "got really really boring" and she thought it was really sad how some very clever and creative people had ended up so boring.

It was probably the most effective Don't Do Drugs message I received as a teenager. I'd still like the option to experiment with standardized doses for pain and nausea relief: mid-40s me has more chronic illness than mid-teens me did.

Re: Cannabis

[agoodwinsmith]

It raised the question, so I found this:
https://www.ataxia.org/scasourceposts/snapshot-what-is-the-hippocampus/

It looks like the hippocampus is pretty much crucial to everything. Hmmmm.