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Not much detail but an amazing step in technology… good or bad, we’ll see…
#AI #science #brain #grownostr
https://www.popsci.com/technology/brainoware-brain-organoid-chip/

2023-11-28 17:03:00

I started reading Walden after listening to an AOM podcast, and this section hit hard…
I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement. Notwithstanding much cant and hypocrisy- chaff which I find it difficult to separate from my wheat, but for which I am as sorry as any man- I will breathe freely and stretch myself in this respect, it is such a relief to both the moral and physical system; and I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
At Cambridge College the mere rent of a student's room, which is only a little larger than my own, is thirty dollars each year, though the corporation had the advantage of building thirty-two side by side and under one roof, and the occupant suffers the inconvenience of many and noisy neighbors, and perhaps a residence in the fourth story. I cannot but think that if we had more true wisdom in these respects, not only less education would be needed, because, forsooth, more would already have been acquired, but the pecuniary expense of getting an education would in a great measure vanish.
Those conveniences which the student requires at Cambridge or elsewhere cost him or somebody else ten times as great a sacrifice of life as they would with proper management on both sides. Those things for which the most money is demanded are never the things which the student most wants. Tuition, for instance, is an important item in the term bill, while for the far more valuable education which he gets by associating with the most cultivated of his contemporaries no charge is made. The mode of founding a college is, commonly, to get up a subscription of dollars and cents, and then, following blindly the principles of a division of labor to its extreme- a principle which should never be followed but with circumspection- to call in a contractor who makes this a subject of speculation, and he employs Irishmen or other operatives actually to lay the foundations, while the students that are to be are said to be fitting themselves for it; and for these oversights successive generations have to pay.
I think that it would be better than this, for the students, or those who desire to be benefited by it, even to lay the foundation themselves. The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shirking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure, defrauding himself of the experience which alone can make leisure fruitful. "But," says one, "you do not mean that the students should go to work with their hands instead of their heads?" I do not mean that exactly, but I mean something which he might think a good deal like that; I mean that they should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end. How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living? Methinks this would exercise their minds as much as mathematics. If I wished a boy to know something about the arts and sciences, for instance, I would not pursue the common course, which is merely to send him into the neighborhood of some professor, where anything is professed and practised but the art of life;- to survey the world through a telescope or a microscope, and never with his natural eye; to study chemistry, and not learn how his bread is made, or mechanics, and not learn how it is earned; to discover new satellites to Neptune, and not detect the motes in his eyes, or to what vagabond he is a satellite himself; or to be devoured by the monsters that swarm all around him, while contemplating the monsters in a drop of vinegar. Which would have advanced the most at the end of a month- the boy who had made his own jackknife from the ore which he had dug and smelted, reading as much as would be necessary for this- or the boy who had attended the lectures on metallurgy at the Institute in the meanwhile, and had received a Rodgers penknife from his father? Which would be most likely to cut his fingers?... To my astonishment I was informed on leaving college that I had studied navigation!- why, if I had taken one turn down the harbor I should have known more about it. Even the poor student studies and is taught only political economy, while that economy of living which is synonymous with philosophy is not even sincerely professed in our colleges. The consequence is, that while he is reading Adam Smith, Ricardo, and Say, he runs his father in debt irretrievably.
#grownostr

2023-11-19 06:59:16

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One of my favorite series is from L.E. Modesitt The recluse series, it’s fantasy but the magic is based on manipulating order or chaos. It definitely challenges some stereotypes, and the character growth and development is great.
Not a defining series , being a Gen Xer… But even reading it as I was older, it helped form some of my current perspectives

2023-11-11 14:36:41

For all the metal heads out there
https://www.popsci.com/science/metal-music-good-for-you/
#grownostr #lightningthrashes #metal

2023-10-28 16:25:28

#crypto #cracking
Fascinating the steps they went through to reverse engineer the circuitry
https://www.wired.com/story/unciphered-ironkey-password-cracking-bitcoin/

2023-10-23 04:49:34

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Lots of grease

2023-10-05 16:07:25

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Formerly bulletproof radio, with Dave Asprey

2023-10-05 14:18:38

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I second listening to the survival podcast, also check out the human upgrade, and for something different the hackaday podcast

2023-10-04 16:21:26

For the #TSP listeners this isn’t news, but an interesting article on #biochar
#grownostr
https://grist.org/agriculture/biochar-climate-technology-scale-up-pigs/

2023-09-23 00:22:30

Need to bring this back..
Friday 5:00 song, if you remember Johnny Walker on klbj.. you know what I’m talking about..
https://spotify.link/nOxqu1dpjDb
#music #grownostr #friday

2023-09-07 16:45:29

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https://fountain.fm/clip/NLpYEY56pBcU4quuuRd2

2023-09-07 14:08:23

Another privacy concern
#grownostr #privacy #surveillancestate
https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/new-report-says-cars-bad-privacy?mbcid=32628630.850949&mid=8ca971840df1b10f1faededa2c03b768

2023-09-06 00:48:10

Quote of the Day
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright

2023-08-27 16:41:33

Coffee in construction?
This sounds interesting, although wouldn’t using organic matter in the soil be better? But then again 15% stronger concrete…
#biochar #coffee #grownostr
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/full-of-beans-scientists-use-processed-coffee-grounds-to-make-stronger-concrete

2023-08-25 13:20:16

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2023-08-15 16:27:23

Quote of the day:
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer
# grownostr

2023-08-09 16:45:44

Quote of the Day
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
Anonymous

2023-08-05 15:31:31

Morning walk ( or stop and sniff) .. as the outside cat joins us
#grownostr #photo #pets #dog # cat https://cdn.nostr.build/i/d9600096c502f9fe96213e8e9a42775b941b47c224dc7c1906c888240861586d.jpg

2023-08-04 06:45:19

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How will a fixed supply affect investing? How will investors earn a return once the supply is fixed, I know this is a fiat mindset, but once the economy has switched to bitcoin, where will the motivation to invest and loan to others come from?

2023-07-31 15:38:38

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For me it was Metal church, the human factor. Similar reasons, not that it is objectively good..
The singer changed a few times over the years, and then Mike Howe was back, I immediately bought tickets for the show, and then a few months after finally getting to see the band that helped through those 16 yo angst.. he passed away. But I did get thank both the singer and the founder for helping me through those times.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6adhNik5xQ3vWR1MnolVyH?si=CM8KYtROTxe0iX3R4drNYg

2023-07-27 05:23:40

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I thought I had the wallet linked.. guess I’ll need to spend more time in research & settings… oh well

2023-07-26 14:02:36

Build a DNA scaffold, then coat it with glass = super strong, and very light weight
#grownostr #engineering
https://today.uconn.edu/2023/07/strong-as-glass/

2023-07-25 04:38:59

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Whenever I have a bad day, I remind myself “ I could be roofing houses”… always puts things in perspective

2023-07-24 07:04:04

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Complexity
The emerging science at the edge of order and chaos
By M Waldrop
With the growth, popularity, and need for decentralization I’m seeing, the self organization of systems , and bottom up design throughout this book has me thinking about the open source, decentralization movement differently

2023-07-17 15:26:36

For getting a super late start on this, it’s surviving better than my previous attempts at a garden.
#grownostr #garden # raisedbeds #photo https://cdn.nostr.build/i/2f74d9f18720baf4fbd910856cc9c622ffad9c6870b5cd97e41846ded1729bbb.jpg

2023-07-12 22:52:48

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For this photo B&W.

2023-07-10 05:18:34

Currently watching Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams. And so far I’ve got say it’s awesome, and close to, if not better than black mirror
#grownostr #electricsheep, #entertainment #tv

2023-06-14 15:00:06

Thought this was a cool idea..
#grownostr #qrcodes #anime
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/redditor-creates-working-anime-qr-codes-using-stable-diffusion/amp/

2023-05-28 18:35:21

An actual rainbow, not the flag.. although I didn’t capture it in the picture, it went to the horizon on both sides
#photos #grownostr https://nostr.build/i/5cdaecc8f5ddebba121ecfc94c665e01b394875085d3b445dfa3df3f51dd580c.jpg

2023-05-04 15:57:09

I’ve heard several people mention nostr as the new Internet, and that got me to thinking how would nostr work as/with mesh networks and actually replace the Internet as we know it.
#grownostr

2023-05-02 13:32:55

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Check out “Life Force” by Tony Robbins, he and his coauthors discuss the medical advances that are about to begin exponential growth as medicine becomes more digital and technology driven. From 3D printed organs, to drug discovery… there are huge changes coming

2023-05-01 16:32:29

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I agree, but there’s more to happiness than just having money.. I remember reading that having money can buy freedom, what we do with that freedom is the important part

2023-05-01 16:26:35

Quote of the Day
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
#grownostr

2023-04-21 16:54:05

Thought some of the free market libertarians would find the humor in this
#grownostr #freemarket

2023-04-15 22:30:41

Another stained glass project
This was a custom piece made for a neighbor, who was a godsmack fan
#grownostr #stainedglass #sgd https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_ec7a4bd9a87c48e597a7966b185d11e9a0d75034246aa339de523440b1ebc512.jpeg

2023-04-13 13:42:15

From an email this morning
Let me remind you that 15 minutes a day is 5,475 minutes a year. That’s 91 hours. That’s more than TWO full-time week’s of work.
Throw 30 minutes a day at reading and you’re at over 10,000 minutes and nearly 200 hours of reading. That’s a MONTH of full-time work reading PER YEAR. If you read 40 pages an hour, that’s 8,000 (!) pages or 40 200-page books a year.
So…
To read the rest: https://www.heroic.us/optimize/plus-one/are-you-functionally-illiterate/free/b078b16b-2fed-480a-8478-55be975fa50e?utm_source=Optimize%20by%20Heroic%20Members&utm_campaign=b947da1ace-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_09_30_03_40_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_005d51a3bb-b947da1ace-279804466&mc_cid=b947da1ace&mc_eid=01f821db2b
#grownostr #functionallyilliterate #read

2023-04-12 17:21:52

One of my stained glass projects, that I gave to a friend for a housewarming gift.
#grownostr #sgd #stainedglass
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0194ff9c5466cc498232f3cbf32e8eadbf01fba811ad1edb6564a2f15897c97b.jpg

2023-04-12 17:18:58

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#grownostr

2023-04-12 17:17:36

My dog of 13 years
# grownostr #pitbull #dog
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_87fa9c62e87ae7ad4fd6f52f1d9e608c01a6116a3c0e6ef571a7c8eca2b1365f.jpg