Viewing profile — roflmyeggo

There is a simple counter-example that proves that this is the wrong question to ask. You cannot simply make a zygote with just the DNA from a sperm and an egg together alone. Both…

Agreed. It's refreshing to read a justification to learn to enjoy such moments. This is especially true in a society that tends to only place value on thoughts that directly lead t…

I use these for coding/studying all the time. If you download all of them and put them on shuffle you basically have ~40 hours of music to jump into at any given moment.

I love this approach to learning. It's something I've been really working to take on in my studies (and my own projects).

I've been using the Anki iOS application for a while now. I'm considering moving my stack over to org-drill.el to minimze context switching. Anyone made a similar switch or can com…

Meditations is the usual go-to read by Marcus Aurelius. Then if you are still interested check out the writings of Seneca, Epictetus, etc.

This is the reason I am pushing myself towards simpler solutions, even if I end up losing some functionality/connections out of it. The added cognitive load of dealing with managin…

The notoriety that this concept has managed to garner in the past 36 hours only secures the fact that a clone app (and however many more) will be made in a short period of time. Ho…

I wonder if Apple will go this direction in the future..

Yet another reason to get a good nights sleep. Many of these metabolic degradation products (not just beta-amyloid) of neuronal cell activities should readily be cleared quickly an…

It's not so simple as simply increasing the amount of CSF influx into the brain, but also increasing interstitial space via adrenergic receptor inhibition. The clearance of beta-am…

+1 for looking into peer reviewed publications, specifically review articles. Not only are they concise, but they are highly referenced and well annotated. As long as you are willi…

Imposter syndrome is when people are unable to internalize their accomplishments despite external evidence of their competence. The phenomenon is highly common among high-achievers…

Vsauce makes a good point that we just aren't made to intuitively understand this type of stuff. Recognizing this fact, in my opinion, is a key driver in helping to wrap our minds …

It's his passion for the material that always keeps me watching. Listening to someone explain a topic that they find deeply intriguing is a pleasure. Reminds me of Feynman.

I almost can't even believe that commercial is real. I would love to see how it affected Cadillac's sales.

Amazing how quick the honey bees respond in unison to attack the hornet. Even more amazing that the honey bee can withstand temperatures up to 118 degrees F, just 3 degrees higher …

Fair enough, but as the level of abstraction increases in crime it becomes easier for people to commit crimes that wouldn't have otherwise. Remove the human interaction and the gui…

Ultimately headed towards an IPO? Probably. How long? Probably a while. More and more companies are staying private as VC/hedge fund/private equity firm valuations stay high, it's …

I've thought about this often and the only solution I can come up with is to disallow myself to think quickly when solving problems, even when I believe that I should reliably be a…

There have been a lot of startups over the past decade centred around the sharing economy that have helped to prove that humans can be civil in these situations where one might thi…

twitch.tv, Periscope, etc. or just about any form of live streaming application seems like a huge time-sink to me (and largely inferior products when compared to curated content).

These type of communities tend to remind me of the "extreme couponing" crowd and the like. Sure you can get some free stuff, but at what price? What if you took that time and inves…

Jekyll can set the basics such as meta descriptions via YAML front matter and the page template system, custom page titles, custom URL structure, etc. You can also use proper forma…