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Nokia banana phone (8110) running Gerda Linux. https://archive.luxferre.top/gerdaos

I've been using Jolla/Sailfish since the first launch, totally love it. Apropos of the fact that nobody ever shows the actual OS, I did do a video showing the actual OS, if anyone …

I dunno, Coast Guard?

Missed me again boys! cracks knuckles/fires up edex-ui/runs top

>n particular, VR is definitely not as immersive as actual reality, so anything that could be done in VR to convince someone of non-fantastical things can also be done (at a higher…

yes basically, in fact when we talk to people about this, around 50% of people have had some experience of this in their life (with me it was Kiwi fruit after a long car ride, I as…

>I argue the only valid statistic is x% remain non-smokers at y years, something comparable to other methods. Absolutely agree, but our problem is time, we did our first patient ar…

Absolutely! What a movie. Also makes me think of 'The testament of Dr. Mabuse', totally incredible film.

>Will it also cause aversion to headsets and to VR? :) Unlikely, the Garcia effect is tightly coupled to taste/smell. Could inadvertently give a lifetime aversion to any food/drink…

>While I'm not sure that >> we [will] all have headsets in a decade I'll take that bet. I'm a kind of tech-cynic, have a Nokia 8110, ten year old thinkpad and listen to minidiscs. …

I think I'm being pretty mild on the effects :) But maybe that's the enthusiasm of working in the field. And yes, it's creepy for sure. There is a theory that every generation witn…

'only 33%' is not so bad, that's basically a market-leading rate. 10 weeks of CBT is the established benchmark for 'proven' tobacco cessation, and has a 2 year 33% success rate (II…

>This is all true but it can be a little bit of survivor ship bias at play. Look at all the technology conferences over the last 40 years and for the most part you will see a grave…