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Re:What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist on Friday July 31, 2015 @06:04PM (#9984788)
Western Journal of Medicine Oct. 2001: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071579/

Hypnotic trance—A deeply relaxed and focused state with increased suggestibility and suspension of critical faculties.

The same article then goes on to say meditation and visualization techniques are used to induce trance. Zission combines both: http://zission.com

Re:What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist on Friday July 31, 2015 @05:45PM (#9984722)
Critical Factor Bypass is a well known technique in hypnotherapy, and I could provide tons of links. That said, it's an experimental project and has been extremely beneficial for me. I thought I'd share.
Re:What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist on Friday July 31, 2015 @05:29PM (#9984634)
The words are almost transparent for a reason. When the words are hard to read, the conscious mind becomes preoccupied with the image and the message imprints directly to the unconscious. It's a technique known as Critical Factor Bypass.

EDIT: This comment is becoming transparent too. Your conscious mind will ignore them because they are hard to read, but your subconscious mind is about to make a choice... about deepening your meditation... and feeling a growing sense of confidence... about buying my posters...

Re:What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist on Friday July 31, 2015 @04:34PM (#9984286)
Everything that defines the self such as experiences, thoughts, and even our physical appearance is ephemeral and intangible. There is no particular thing to hold on to. It's all in a state of flux.

That may seem obvious, but to conceptual thinkers like myself, experiencing non-duality (no-self) and "Thusness" (as Alan Watts calls it) is difficult. It's why I designed subliminal posters for meditating: http://zission.com

Here is a specific poster for nonduality http://zission.com/product/words-inside-outside/

Re:Show HN: BitcoinBuzz – Discover latest trends on Bitcoin on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @08:18AM (#9968067)
This will be handy, especially in times of extreme price volatility. Thanks for developing this.
I have both the new Kindle Paperwhite and the old Kobo mini e-reader, and I like the Kobo much better. Kobo's UI is far superior, and it connects with Pocket, so you can catch up on your articles too.
Re:iLoo on Thursday July 23, 2015 @06:07AM (#9934840)
I read shopping cart handles were filthier than toilet seats or keyboards. A study in 2011 discovered that fecal bacteria was on 72% of all shopping carts: http://blogs.webmd.com/breaking-news/2011/03/fecal-bacteria-...
Re:Toki Pona: a human language with 120 words on Monday July 20, 2015 @01:41PM (#9917663)
The vocabulary is still being finalized. Hopefully soon I can release something.
Re:Toki Pona: a human language with 120 words on Monday July 20, 2015 @10:28AM (#9916236)
I'm working on a conlang called 7erb (pronounced Verb). It's a language of only seven (7) words in its entire vocabulary.

More information (although not that much more) is here: http://7erb.com

Re:Purism – Privacy-Respecting Laptops on Sunday July 19, 2015 @03:56PM (#9912598)
I think their messaging is pretty clear. These are laptops built with a focus towards keeping your information private.
I've been using KanbanFlow[1] and it's been doing the trick for me.

I also like Producteev[2]. It's full-featured and free for personal use (they make their money on business accounts).

[1] http://kanbanflow.com

[2] http://producteev.com

Hey, as long as people agree with you and don't stray outside the HN filter bubble, they'll be fine. I'm sure about that.
There is a culture-fit that HN users must measure up to. If they don't, they are gone.

Just admit it: HN is a clique. An exclusive club of like-minded people. Outsiders and people who don't agree with you are out.

Only people who think and express themselves within HN's borg-like ideological parameters can coexist here. If you say or believe something not in harmony with The Borg, you'll soon be talking to yourself only.

I fully expect to be hellbanned (or downvoted into oblivion and then hellbanned) for expressing this view.

Re:Esperanto is finding new life online on Saturday May 30, 2015 @11:05AM (#9630390)
I'm working on a conlang called 7erb (pronounced Verb).

It's a language of only seven (7) words in its entire vocabulary. Here's what I got so far:

- All seven words in the vocabulary are a negative. A word means "everything but that word. Words are then "stacked" to be more "anti-specific"

- 7erb is completely present-tense. Past and future are not acknowledged

- Anything in this world that can be evaluated in various ways depending upon arbitrary conditions are generally avoided in 7erb. 7erb is a language of reality, not subjectivity and opinion. There are no words in 7erb that function as adjectives

- However, vocal pitch and tonality can indicate degrees of closeness, height, intensity etc. In written form, this can be expressed with bold text, underscoring etc

If anyone is interested in developing this new language, please contact me (see my profile).