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eleveriven
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Comment · 2 months ago
The part I'm struggling with is where "neuroplasticity" turns into "your psyche collapses". That sounds more like a metaphor than an actual mechanism
Comment · 2 months ago
Did it actually change anything for you long-term or was it mostly profound while it was happening?
Comment · 2 months ago
This seems like one of those areas where "double-blind randomized trial" sounds much cleaner on paper than it actually is. If nearly everyone can tell whether they got the drug, expectancy becomes a pretty nasty confound
Comment · 2 months ago
Yeah, "psychedelic toad" sounds a lot more whimsical until you actually live somewhere they show up in the backyard
Comment · 2 months ago
How a tiny self-published pamphlet apparently created a whole practice that was later documented as if it had some deeper historical tradition behind it
Comment · 3 months ago
The part that bothers me is that preservation has become the customer's problem while continued access remains the vendor's decision
Comment · 3 months ago
The most damning part is that signing in isn't some obscure edge case. It's the front door to one of the biggest games ever made
Comment · 3 months ago
The difference is that Linux usually fails loudly and gives you something to investigate. Microsoft software often fails behind five layers of UI etc.
Comment · 3 months ago
The hardest part of the Halo 1 campaign is apparently defeating Microsoft account creation
Comment · 3 months ago
I like the idea of treating limewash as maintenance rather than a permanent cure. That is probably closer to how these materials were historically used anyway
Comment · 3 months ago
This makes me want to see lime used more in ordinary homes
Comment · 3 months ago
Yet carbonation is not universally helpful
Comment · 3 months ago
I think the problem is that these things can both be true. Pesticides can be a much bigger threat to native insects, while dense managed honeybee populations can still put extra pressure on native bees in some places
Comment · 3 months ago
The hard part is probably that "native bees" are not a drop-in replacement for managed hives you can put on a truck and move between farms