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majiy

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    Comment #48405175

    Best tip I can give: Be open with it. If someone talks to you and you're not sure who they are, tell them you're faceblind and ask. It takes some getting used to, but it's worth it…

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    Literally my thoughts. That would be so helpful, but I will not give any data-hungy company access to people around me. I recently heard the best way to explain faceblindness: Appl…

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    Comment #48193818

    What exactly is inverse kinematics? A short search tells me it is something like "if the hand goes in a certain position and a certain angle, elbow and shoulder must go into these …

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    Comment #42511374

    I read Hunchback of Notre Dame around 20 years ago. The ending is until today the only book ever to make me cry. Don't remember much else, probably a good time to pick it up again.…

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    Comment #41058358

    That's a thought I had. For example, could a model be trained to take a description, and create a Blender (or whatever other software) model from it? I have no idea how LLMs really…

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    Strange how this has so many different kind of triggers for different people. Makes me wonder if this really one phenomenon, or multiple with similar symptoms. For me, it took year…

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    Comment #40758286

    If somebody told me "image you are walking a winding path. To your right there is a wood, to your left there is a mountain". The image I see in my mind is basically an empty paper,…

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    Comment #40758212

    I have a very limited visual imagination. I don't know if I would describe it as complete aphantasia, but I think it's close. Dreams are the only time I can see pictures in my mind…

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    Reminds me: After moving, my PC (desktop) and mouse where available, but the keyboard still in one of many unopened boxes. Had to quickly check something, should be doable with mou…

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    "Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with…