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metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 04:15 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 04:15 pm"How close is my phone to my body?"
xena's body (a menstrual auto-investigation using an iphone) is a short video essay by Occitane Lacurie about menstrual tracking. She wrote about it for NECSUS. She also made the video essay Ordinatrices about women and computers, looking through the lens of Mad Men.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 03:18 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 03:18 pmStrange connection between breathing and memory recall.
Journal of Neuroscience How we breath, inhale/exhale, ties together memory recall.
Press release: https://www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu/structure/central-university-administration/media-relations-and-communications/press-room/press-release/memory-research-how-respiration-shapes-remembering-fd0c5cd7.html from the JN abstract: [snip] Recent evidence suggests that respiration may shape neural dynamics underlying various cognitive processes. In this study, we identify respiration as a potential pacemaker for memory retrieval by showing that key neural signatures of effective remembering—namely, decreases in ⍺/β power and the reactivation of previously encoded neural representations—are tightly synchronized with the respiratory cycle. Notably, the strength of this respiration-brain coupling is associated with individual memory performance, underscoring the critical role and functional significance of brain–body interactions in supporting cognitive functions.
Press release: https://www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu/structure/central-university-administration/media-relations-and-communications/press-room/press-release/memory-research-how-respiration-shapes-remembering-fd0c5cd7.html from the JN abstract: [snip] Recent evidence suggests that respiration may shape neural dynamics underlying various cognitive processes. In this study, we identify respiration as a potential pacemaker for memory retrieval by showing that key neural signatures of effective remembering—namely, decreases in ⍺/β power and the reactivation of previously encoded neural representations—are tightly synchronized with the respiratory cycle. Notably, the strength of this respiration-brain coupling is associated with individual memory performance, underscoring the critical role and functional significance of brain–body interactions in supporting cognitive functions.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 11:55 am
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 11:55 am"How I Read"
Reporter Aaron W. Gordon publishes a newsletter of nonfiction book recommendations. Most recently he described "How I Read": finding and choosing books, managing his queue, finishing them (or choosing not to), locations and environments where he reads, and so on. Includes cat photos.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 10:07 am
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 10:07 amThe distinction between "knowledge of" and "knowledge how"
This is no country for sprezzatura, nor the embodiment preached by the wellness industry with its vocabulary of "balance" and "equilibrium." Here, we are meant to feel the effort. To know yourself is to know your limits, and so push your body to the edge of failure. When they are about to perform stunts, Cruise often briefs his team with an unusual mantra: 'Don't be safe, be competent." from The Last Useful Man [The Metropolitan Review]
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 09:46 am
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 09:46 am
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sholio) wrote2025-12-06 10:43 pm
sholio) wrote2025-12-06 10:43 pmEntry tags:
Rec-Cember Day 4-6: 3 Babylon 5 recs [2 fic, 1 fanart] + a commenting success story
I figured that I'd group these together as they're by the same author. I wanted to talk about this anyway, because this is one of the more gratifying experiences I've had with leaving comments on older fic. Basically, I commented on a long WIP that hadn't been updated in several years, and the author not only wrote the rest of it but ALSO, to my delighted amazement, posted another long fic in the same universe, and started posting some new fanart too. It was wonderful. ♥ Never be afraid to comment even years later; sometimes you not only make someone's day but get lovely fanworks in return.
( 3 Londo/G'Kar Babylon 5 recs (by the same creator) cut for spoilers )
( 3 Londo/G'Kar Babylon 5 recs (by the same creator) cut for spoilers )
私信 まるです。 (maru_feed) wrote2025-12-07 04:58 am
maru_feed) wrote2025-12-07 04:58 amまるさんの思い出２。-Memories of Maru 2.-（動画）
2008年のまるさんです！ たくさん遊んだ思い出。 Maru in 2008! Memories of playing with Maru a lot.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 04:42 am
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-07 04:42 amVideo of V3cam being destroyed by lava fountain
(With 2:00 video) The V3 camera was located on the south rim of Halema'uma'u crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawai'i. The camera, located in a hazardous closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, was buried by tephra from an inclined lava fountain between 9:55 and 9:57 am HST on December 6. The story on Big Island Video News
this is not in the proper spirit of rumspringa (siria) wrote2025-12-06 11:15 pm
siria) wrote2025-12-06 11:15 pmEntry tags:
2562 / Fic - The Old Guard
As If From the Sea
The Old Guard | Andy/Quỳnh | ~1000 words
(Also on AO3)
( Andy, Quỳnh, and a moment in a temple courtyard. )
The Old Guard | Andy/Quỳnh | ~1000 words
(Also on AO3)
( Andy, Quỳnh, and a moment in a temple courtyard. )
laurajv (laurajv) wrote2025-12-06 05:10 pm
laurajv) wrote2025-12-06 05:10 pmEntry tags:
FIC: The View from T'Khut (Complete).
The View from T'Khut (50669 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 9/9
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Spock, Sarek & Spock (Star Trek), Spock & Spock Prime, James T. Kirk & Spock
Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Spock Prime, James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, T'Pau (Star Trek), Sarek (Star Trek), Vulcan Characters (Star Trek), Crew of the Starship Enterprise
Additional Tags: Vulcan Culture (Star Trek), Vulcan Mind Melds (Star Trek), Vulcan Language (Star Trek), jj abrams should be ashamed of himself, Vulcan history, Vulcan mythology, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, symbiotic red algae
Series: Part 1 of The View from T'Khut
Summary:
Chapters: 9/9
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Spock, Sarek & Spock (Star Trek), Spock & Spock Prime, James T. Kirk & Spock
Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Spock Prime, James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, T'Pau (Star Trek), Sarek (Star Trek), Vulcan Characters (Star Trek), Crew of the Starship Enterprise
Additional Tags: Vulcan Culture (Star Trek), Vulcan Mind Melds (Star Trek), Vulcan Language (Star Trek), jj abrams should be ashamed of himself, Vulcan history, Vulcan mythology, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, symbiotic red algae
Series: Part 1 of The View from T'Khut
Summary:
Part I: The Absent World. The planet vanishes, but her people go on.
Part II: An Archaeology of Loss. The world-death left a scar in spacetime, and a void in the heart of the Federation.
Part III: Time and Darkness. In which Ambassador Spock fires unexpected shots.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 10:05 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 10:05 pm"President Trump uses unconventional diplomacy"
"The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over." Since 1986 American presidents have published national security strategy statements. With the recently posted "National Security Strategy of the United States of America" the Trump administration now proclaims its views and plans for its foreign policy and the world.
There's a lot in the document, including a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, continuing a cold war with China, "cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations," and "want[ing] the restoration and reinvigoration of American spiritual and cultural health."
Commentary from War on the Rocks, The Economist ("bleak, incoherent"; ungated), Al Jazeera, New York Times, Le Monde ("targets Europe and spares adversaries"), Carl Bildt ("new security strategy places itself to the right of the extreme right in Europe"), former ambassador of France to the United States Gérard Araud ("reads like a far-right pamphlet"), Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Atlantic Council, DW News, the Washington Post editorial board ("less a strategy than a mood board"), and The Atlantic ("Like the babble of a thrashing sleeper who alternates between fantasy-laden dreams and cold-sweat nightmares").
There's a lot in the document, including a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, continuing a cold war with China, "cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations," and "want[ing] the restoration and reinvigoration of American spiritual and cultural health."
Commentary from War on the Rocks, The Economist ("bleak, incoherent"; ungated), Al Jazeera, New York Times, Le Monde ("targets Europe and spares adversaries"), Carl Bildt ("new security strategy places itself to the right of the extreme right in Europe"), former ambassador of France to the United States Gérard Araud ("reads like a far-right pamphlet"), Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Atlantic Council, DW News, the Washington Post editorial board ("less a strategy than a mood board"), and The Atlantic ("Like the babble of a thrashing sleeper who alternates between fantasy-laden dreams and cold-sweat nightmares").
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 09:43 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 09:43 pmBeware of boys in tight pants
People of the World: Relax!
"People of the World: Relax!" is excerpted from "The Complete C Comics," a collection of Joe Brainard's innovative work Joe Brainard, previously
"People of the World: Relax!" is excerpted from "The Complete C Comics," a collection of Joe Brainard's innovative work Joe Brainard, previously
genarti (genarti) wrote2025-12-06 03:29 pm
genarti) wrote2025-12-06 03:29 pmEntry tags:
New story in anthology -- out now!
I have various longer posts to make (job transition news, a write-up of a truly hilarious theater experience, etc), but in the meantime, a quick post to let you know that the Murderfish anthology, which I have a story in, is now officially out and available for purchase!
Murderfish is, as it says on the tin, an anthology of stories about murderous fish. (Its predecessors were Murderbirds and Murderbugs, which cracks me up every time I think about it.) Each story features a different kind of sea life, as well as very cool art of them all! I haven't read all the rest yet, but I'm excited to, and it looks like there are a whole lot of genres involved. My story, "In Sheets of Seaweed," is about a woman in the simultaneously privileged and precarious position of being a prince's mistress, who dreams increasingly of sharks calling to her; I called it my "shark selkie" story for a long time before I thought of a title, and in fact after. I'm very fond of this story, and I'm delighted it's found a home at last.
The ebook is available here and the paperback here. The audiobook is coming soon, but hasn't been unveiled quite yet.
Those are both Amazon links, though not affiliate ones. If you're like me and prefer to avoid buying things through Amazon, full support, but for the moment that's all I have. I've asked if it'll be available on other sites as well, and I'll update when I get an answer.
Murderfish is, as it says on the tin, an anthology of stories about murderous fish. (Its predecessors were Murderbirds and Murderbugs, which cracks me up every time I think about it.) Each story features a different kind of sea life, as well as very cool art of them all! I haven't read all the rest yet, but I'm excited to, and it looks like there are a whole lot of genres involved. My story, "In Sheets of Seaweed," is about a woman in the simultaneously privileged and precarious position of being a prince's mistress, who dreams increasingly of sharks calling to her; I called it my "shark selkie" story for a long time before I thought of a title, and in fact after. I'm very fond of this story, and I'm delighted it's found a home at last.
The ebook is available here and the paperback here. The audiobook is coming soon, but hasn't been unveiled quite yet.
Those are both Amazon links, though not affiliate ones. If you're like me and prefer to avoid buying things through Amazon, full support, but for the moment that's all I have. I've asked if it'll be available on other sites as well, and I'll update when I get an answer.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 08:03 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 08:03 pmGosh! names it's best graphic novels of 2025
You know, for kids. Gosh! is the best comics shop in London - and possibly in the whole UK. They also have a best of 2025 list for adults. There's no ranking here to fight about, just alphabetical lists.
The only book I've read on either list is Craig Thompson's Ginseng Roots, which I heartily recommend.
The only book I've read on either list is Craig Thompson's Ginseng Roots, which I heartily recommend.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 07:58 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 07:58 pmProducing alternative proteins for vegans is not as easy as you think
Producing alternative proteins for vegans is not as easy as you think. The world is facing a crisis in food production and alternative sources of protein can be part of the solution, but the fledgling Australian sector is struggling.
MetaFilter (metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 07:48 pm
metafilter_feed) wrote2025-12-06 07:48 pmA specialized use of Claude code tool.
It seems to be very useful for de-compiling other code. HN talking about:
"The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude (blog.chrislewis.au)"
The author's previous post on de-compiling an N64 game. https://blog.chrislewis.au/using-coding-agents-to-decompile-nintendo-64-games/ But it's not a magic button for people who don't know what they're doing. As a couple of HN comments describe: [snip] saagarjha 3 hours ago | prev | next [–] It's worth noting here that the author came up with a handful of good heuristics to guide Claude and a very specific goal, and the LLM did a good job given those constraints. Most seasoned reverse engineers I know have found similar wins with those in place. What LLMs are (still?) not good at is one-shot reverse engineering for understanding by a non-expert. If that's your goal, don't blindly use an LLM. People already know that you getting an LLM to write prose or code is bad, but it's worth remembering that doing this for decompilation is even harder :) zdware 1 hour ago | parent | next [–] Agree with this. I'm a software engineer that has mostly not had to manage memory for most of my career. I asked Opus how hard it would be to port the script extender for Baldurs Gate 3 from Windows to the native Linux Build. It outlined that it would be very difficult for someone without reverse engineering experience, and correctly pointed out they are using different compilers, so it's not a simple mapping exercise. It's recommendation was not to try unless I was a Ghrida master and had lots of time in my hands.
The author's previous post on de-compiling an N64 game. https://blog.chrislewis.au/using-coding-agents-to-decompile-nintendo-64-games/ But it's not a magic button for people who don't know what they're doing. As a couple of HN comments describe: [snip] saagarjha 3 hours ago | prev | next [–] It's worth noting here that the author came up with a handful of good heuristics to guide Claude and a very specific goal, and the LLM did a good job given those constraints. Most seasoned reverse engineers I know have found similar wins with those in place. What LLMs are (still?) not good at is one-shot reverse engineering for understanding by a non-expert. If that's your goal, don't blindly use an LLM. People already know that you getting an LLM to write prose or code is bad, but it's worth remembering that doing this for decompilation is even harder :) zdware 1 hour ago | parent | next [–] Agree with this. I'm a software engineer that has mostly not had to manage memory for most of my career. I asked Opus how hard it would be to port the script extender for Baldurs Gate 3 from Windows to the native Linux Build. It outlined that it would be very difficult for someone without reverse engineering experience, and correctly pointed out they are using different compilers, so it's not a simple mapping exercise. It's recommendation was not to try unless I was a Ghrida master and had lots of time in my hands.