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I looked for a source for this, and found the opposite: > Newborn oxytocin levels were higher in the umbilical artery vs. umbilical vein, and both were higher than maternal plasma …

Huh. I always just thought it was because my cat isn't smart enough to differentiate between "can noise, human making tuna sandwich" and "can noise, human is dispensing cat food."

I really enjoyed Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. It's more of a kick in the pants than an inspirational book, but it actually helped me think about (and act on) my prioriti…

"The Art of Responsive Drawing" by Nathan Goldstein. It's an in depth analysis of the elements of drawing and, more importantly, what those elements actually do . It really celebra…

The generator stuff is pretty wild - I got some real Cronenbergs. I wonder if, in 5 years, we'll start to see this kind of trippy AI aesthetic filter into illustration and animatio…

The analogy between pitch and color recognition is funny to me - it's like the skill gradient is backwards for artists versus musicians. One critical skill in learning to paint (na…

It looks like you can - the repo for VQ-GAN has instructions for this: https://github.com/CompVis/taming-transformers#training-on-c...

This is delightful. The paper sliders are especially charming. I wonder if the tactility of it helped make assembly easier to learn - or harder, because it didn't have immediate fe…

For those arguing that grit is all that is needed to lift oneself from poverty: I recommend the book "This is all I got" by Lauren Sandler ( https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/…

Looking at your website - I don't climb, but I used to use chalk for powerlifting - I desperately want to see photos of HANDS! My immediate question was "what is chalk cream", and …

The funny thing about drawing is that it’s not one skill - it’s a collection of many different skills. An architect, a cartoonist, an illustrator, an animator, Michelangelo and Pic…

Do you have a scanner? I think traditional “paste-up” style zines have such a cool hand-made aesthetic. Plus, no licensing fees for a glue stick :)

The final recording is interesting as someone with average hearing - it almost sounds like someone with a lisp articulating very, very carefully. I suppose “s” must be a very high …

There actually is a second chance pool, but you usually would get an e-mail about it.

You could look into the IBM Selectric - the typing element is a ball so it can't jam, and it's actuated by little cables that might be hackable. Feed it paper off of a roll, and yo…

One suggestion I didn’t see in here was video games! I switch my Switch to a second language to play Animal Crossing. I’ve found it to be a fun and intuitive way to pick up a littl…

Very interesting - I will definitely try that next time. I agree! Flexible work would be a huge differentiator and I was ready to bend over backwards for it. I’ve heard that many c…

I tried this and struggled. After taking a break from full-time developer work, I reached out to multiple tech companies via personal referrals. Everyone said that they’d love me f…

1. I did a year long bike tour with my partner. When I came home, I went back to undergrad to study art (illustration + painting). So now I’m mostly a student, also working on my o…

Sounds a bit like a modern version of The Jungle.

Quasi-serious home baker here: think of those pieces of advice as possible inputs, instead of contradictory! How often you feed your starter, and how much water is included, are bo…

Thank you for the link, this is fantastic! I love the complex interwoven nature of the patterns.

Thank you! I do wonder why the resemblance to veins is so strong. There must be something interesting and emergent going on there, too.

Server ran out of memory, apparently - back up now, with more swap space on the server :)