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Re:Type-safe HTML templating in Zig on Monday October 12, 2026 @09:12AM (#50055953)
A "slippery slope" fallacy might be what you're thinking of.
No, it only asks if the app requests the internet permission.
Have you tried PHA? Supposedly it's truly biodegradable and a viable alternative to PLA in many cases.
Re:A New Proposal for How Mind Emerges from Matter on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:32AM (#43192157)
We can find "neural correlates" of consciousness, but nothing we do right now can prove that experience/awareness is taking place somewhere other than where oneself is experiencing/being aware.
Re:One Head, Two Brains (2015) on Saturday February 22, 2025 @02:49PM (#43142482)
If one is interested in hemisphere theory, including psychological and philosophical implications, make sure to check out the work of Ian McGilchrist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V3_Y_FuMYk

Re:The Pleasure of Pattern on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:02AM (#39408376)
The tension between, and variation of, predictable and surprising elements in music are clearly important to it's enjoyability.

But to reduce the pleasure of listening to or playing music to "music is easy to predict therefore it feels good" seems overly simplistic.

Maybe you didn't intend to make that reduction, but your comment comes off that way, to me at least.

Re:Inner Speech on Friday January 12, 2024 @04:03AM (#38965740)
But what is the experience of "asking yourself something" like for you if you don't literally hear a question being asked in your head?
Re:MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD on Sunday October 01, 2023 @10:59AM (#37726523)
No, you can't hear the difference, let's collectively move on, please.
Even if hard determinism is true then the act of 'communicating a logical argument' is still part of the deterministic chain of events and could potentially influence the beliefs and actions of others.
Re:What Makes Music Sound Good? (2010) [pdf] on Monday August 14, 2023 @07:25AM (#37119757)
why not?