funny idea but this is where transhumanism starts
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
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- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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we only get firmware corruption as we age
I'd be Windows. Constantly rebooting every five minutes
BSOD
McConnell?
That was just an inconvenient update that happened at the wrong time. Like when your laptop decides to update during a critical PowerPoint presentation at a business meeting.
You likely do it daily already.
You can. I go on a 2 week Mahasi vipassana silent meditation retreat each year and each time the release notes make it worth the time and effort. Also like running defrag on a disk that has been defragged regurlarly, it runs smoother each time, making the whole experience much more pleasurable.
Release notes last retreat:
- Fixed approval seeking issue due to lack of approval by clueless dad during teenage years
- Reduced day dreaming by 10% by recognizing mechanisms that lead to day dreaming
- Optimized routines for dealing with tough situations
- Increased mindfulness by eliminating several mechanisms that lead to mindlesness
- Discovered access to high concentration states that likely will lead to more discoveries
- Fixed loneliness issue due to missed update
- Fixed part of a (self and others) judgement issue. More work on this issue needed.
The above is a pretty accurate representation of the results I got.
No, you actually say you want to solve your problems without any work from your part, sorry no can do.
Even for a firmware update somebody has to code and work in the background, only the update process itself it's simpler (if you don't consider the work involved in creating the update mechanism and infrastructure itself).
essentially that is what mythology has been for humanity. Too bad now we just let advertising borrow the techniques without education the population how it works.
In a way parenting is our brains change a lot for that