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Raiders' Aidan O’Connell issues challenge to possible rookie QB https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_aidan_oconnell_issues_challenge_to_possible_rookie_qb/s1_13132_40223892

Raiders' Aidan O’Connell issues challenge to possible rookie QB
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell seems to understand the team could either select a rookie signal-caller with the 13th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft or move up in the draft order with a quarterback in mind.  O’Connell essentially issued a challenge to that unknown first-year pro via recent comments shared by Vic Tafur of The Athletic on Thursday.  "I have had to compete my whole life, and I wouldn’t want it any other way," O’Connell explained. "The NFL is the best of the bes…

I bet men don't get to hear this often (or ever?) 😉
An early career female researcher, whom I even hardly know, approached me at a meeting and said that she doesn't want to be (so successful) like me, because they plan to have kids in a couple of years.
Never mind the bizarre prejudice of this remark. As a matter of fact, I was not giving life hacks, nor commenting anyone's life choices. This came out of the blue in a next sentence to "Congrats on your professo…

Too many new and exciting books these days.
This one promises to be rich.
Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson. "The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Experience."

'I got unfinished business!' Ezekiel Elliott eyes Super Bowl ring in his second stint with the Cowboys https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/i_got_unfinished_business_…

That we find meaning in all manner of things in our lives—in our relationships with friends and family, in art and literature, religious belief—is not some weird epiphenomenon of the human mind.
Ball, Philip. How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology (p. 406). Pan Macmillan. Kindle-editie.
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A brief, weird history of brainwashing: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/12/1090726/brainwashing-mind-control-history-operation-midnight-climax/
A fascinating look at the real-life history of attem…

A brief, weird history of brainwashing
L. Ron Hubbard, Operation Midnight Climax, and stochastic terrorism—the race for mind control changed America forever.

RIP Daniel #Kahneman. Thoughts from last year:
"...*Thinking, Fast and Slow* was a life-changer for me. As soon as I read it in 2013, I urged colleagues to read it, even convening a book club."
"I can *feel* the move in my mind from the constant important work of System 1 to the deliberative work of System 2. Knowing how often my intuition has been a hindrance to my understanding of the world, I welcome the feeling of going to the place where the adult is in charge."
https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/scientific-thinking-as-antidote-to.html

Friendly reminder. https://akos.ma/blog/how-to-use-a-microphone/

How to Use a Microphone
At some point in your professional speaking life you will have to hold a dynamic microphone in your hands in front of an audience, just like a rock star. Not only should you be aware that it’s not a pepper mill, there’s a few more things to keep in mind while using them.

ASD, emotional memory, fears
Emotional memory is a bitch, and people in the spectrum are particularly vulnerable to it.
Let's say that something triggers the emotion of fear in you. You may be consciously recalling some bad memories, you may be imagining a possible outcome. However, when emotional memory comes into action, things are much worse. Your nervous system immediately brings the deep feeling of fear that is associated with the memory. You may even no longer be able to recall the memory, forget it entirely, yet your mind will ceaselessly keep hitting you with a whole set of emotions that you can't control, every single time it happens.
What's even worse, these things add up. Bad memories create fear. Fear creates more bad memories. These memories amplify the emotional reaction — and the wheel turns.
But the worst is the lack of understanding. People telling you that you are being irrational, that you are being an embarrassment to your family, that they have to give stuff up because of you. So the emotional memory becomes richer with the feelings of embarrassment, guilt and low self-esteem. All coalescing into a huge ball of emotion.
Today, you know it's not true. The fear wasn't irrational at all, it's pretty understandable in people who are #ActuallyAutistic, even "typical". Yet, what's the point of knowing that, if these emotions are deeply seated in your memory, and they will haunt you forever, and prevent you from ever having an illusion of normal life?

RIP Daniel #Kahneman. Thoughts from last year:
"...*Thinking, Fast and Slow* was a life-changer for me. As soon as I read it in 2013, I urged colleagues to read it, even convening a book club."
"I can *feel* the move in my mind from the constant important work of System 1 to the deliberative work of System 2. Knowing how often my intuition has been a hindrance to my understanding of the world, I welcome the feeling of going to the place where the adult is in charge."
https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/scientific-thinking-as-antidote-to.html

DaRon Bland has a different ‘goal ‘in mind for 2024 https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/daron-bland-has-a-different-goal-in-mind-for-2024

DaRon Bland has a different ‘goal ‘in mind for 2024
DaRon Bland knows the 2024 season will have new look, with not only a new DC but the personnel might look different. But change is nothing new for Bland, especially how his life changed in a matter of months.

Solving the waste bin location problem with uncertain waste generation rate: a bi-objective robust optimization approach
Diego Rossit, Jonathan Bard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19476

Solving the waste bin location problem with uncertain waste generation rate: a bi-objective robust optimization approach
An efficient Municipal solid waste (MSW) system is critical to modern cities in order to enhance sustainability and livability of urban life. With this aim, the planning phase of the MSW system should be carefully addressed by decision makers. However, planning success is dependent on many sources of uncertainty that can affect key parameters of the system, e.g., the waste generation rate in an urban area. With this in mind, this paper contributes with a robust optimization model to design the …

“Buddha nature is like a gene, a mind gene or a psychological gene. It is like a gene in that the essence of existence can be transmitted from one generation of your physical body to the next. You transmit that gene from one life to the next, rather than from father to son, or mother to daughter.” Chögyam Trungpa

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