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Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows

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Re: Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows

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gradschoolfail wrote: post #218
082349872349872 wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aha, I'd been remembering types I/II but forgotten about III — now that I'm reminded, it's time to rewatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPpjU1UeAo .

Currently trying to read^W skim Pynchon’s buddy Farina to get an 1960s inside outsider’s perspective on that.. > the second kind is capable of indefinite extension Rather i took the hint from here. But his third class does seem to have some overlap with [my intended] type IIIs. E.g. (esp?) technicals from the cadet branches who feel (attribute guilt? stereotype threat?) the need to do some legacy-laundering.. (Compar…

re: Farina I'm guessing you're younger but if you were ever around SV during Sun's heyday, John Sundman has a half SF-thriller/half roman à clef. His non-African foreign settings* are a bit cringe, but his Bay Area and Boston are spot on.

* "And [it] was very calm. No-one was being oppressed." — exactly

Re: Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows

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082349872349872 wrote: post #220
gradschoolfail wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Currently trying to read^W skim Pynchon’s buddy Farina to get an 1960s inside outsider’s perspective on that.. > the second kind is capable of indefinite extension Rather i took the hint from here. But his third class does seem to have some overlap with [my intended] type IIIs. E.g. (esp?) technicals from the cadet branches who feel (attribute guilt? stereotype threat?) the need to do some legacy-laundering.. (Compar…

OK, technicals, even cadet technicals, don't fall into my type III, precisely because they tend to stay active (although then they choose projects by interest instead of profitability). For me, type III starts when one can not only stay in bed all monday and tuesday, but even go sailing across the pacific, without impacting one's income stream in any way — and is confirmed when one actually does so. ("Did nothing in…

Ive known a maybe a half a dozen of born into money types who have technical obsessions. Imagine the Duke of Montrose still hacking his own lisp while VCing on the side to compliment his hobbies. (The guy who built the titan sub also comes to mind). Plan was to lasso some type of liminal nerd, approximating weirdpro gentlemen scientists of our neoEdwardian age?

(BTW)

most distinctive part is that the first gen, and maybe the 3rd gen*, take time out to consider whether things are still working in theory. But i suspect you only care about the practice.

*https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxapm9Ekdz3_kiyvo_14pOzNY_cga...

(Another “lazy” response)

An insanity inducing game that i’ve sometimes had the misfortune of playing is when I try to discern whether a particularly hard-to-parse paper by people i only know in passing in my subsubsubsubsubdomain (classified by dot product of tags) in a highish impact journal is spam or advertising. Wondering if that feeling approximates what you feel when encountering Yarvin. (Luckily, these havent ever appeared on the HN fp - but there were a few close calls)

Re: Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows

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082349872349872 wrote: post #221
gradschoolfail wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Currently trying to read^W skim Pynchon’s buddy Farina to get an 1960s inside outsider’s perspective on that.. > the second kind is capable of indefinite extension Rather i took the hint from here. But his third class does seem to have some overlap with [my intended] type IIIs. E.g. (esp?) technicals from the cadet branches who feel (attribute guilt? stereotype threat?) the need to do some legacy-laundering.. (Compar…

re: Farina I'm guessing you're younger but if you were ever around SV during Sun's heyday, John Sundman has a half SF-thriller/half roman à clef. His non-African foreign settings* are a bit cringe, but his Bay Area and Boston are spot on. * "And [it] was very calm. No-one was being oppressed." — exactly

Thx for both!

That was the best blurb anybody could have written. Lumper, in my mind, is now a 50’s pinup candidate..

Re: Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows

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Post by 082349872349872 »

gradschoolfail wrote: post #222
082349872349872 wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OK, technicals, even cadet technicals, don't fall into my type III, precisely because they tend to stay active (although then they choose projects by interest instead of profitability). For me, type III starts when one can not only stay in bed all monday and tuesday, but even go sailing across the pacific, without impacting one's income stream in any way — and is confirmed when one actually does so. ("Did nothing in…

Ive known a maybe a half a dozen of born into money types who have technical obsessions. Imagine the Duke of Montrose still hacking his own lisp while VCing on the side to compliment his hobbies. (The guy who built the titan sub also comes to mind). Plan was to lasso some type of liminal nerd, approximating weirdpro gentlemen scientists of our neoEdwardian age? (BTW) most distinctive part is that the first gen, and m…

Yeah, I think so — I'm guessing he's far more vibe than argument, and I'm failing to resonate with the vibe, so it just feels like static?

Re: Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows

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Post by 082349872349872 »

gradschoolfail wrote: post #223
082349872349872 wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

re: Farina I'm guessing you're younger but if you were ever around SV during Sun's heyday, John Sundman has a half SF-thriller/half roman à clef. His non-African foreign settings* are a bit cringe, but his Bay Area and Boston are spot on. * "And [it] was very calm. No-one was being oppressed." — exactly

Thx for both! That was the best blurb anybody could have written. Lumper, in my mind, is now a 50’s pinup candidate..

How does he describe Lumper?

My current 50's diafilmy-crush is Anya Zagolina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF3V0Uiof5s&t=2851s

   She had a slow machine
   She kept her motor clean
(her tractor there is a Kirovets, but which model?)

Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU2miApn-Ww

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