I wonder how something like ayahuasca or dmt would impact this. People have described these substances as having a type of mental “reset” quality. If they do impact time perception, I’m assuming it’s only temporary…
While I can't speak to these substances, regarding the temporariness of it:
Irrespective of whether or not the effect, or lasting effects, dwindle and can thus be considered "temporary", there's something too be said about the act of the reset itself.
That is, whether or not the effects feel like they're fading, the memory of what it was like when it was new is still a massive data point and can be recalled.
In short, you can still remember that feeling of the reset and recall a time when your brain felt new and refreshed.
The indie web was around before google and it will be around long after google is gone. I would argue that the indie web has incurred a much larger loss from people thinking seo/engagement metrics are something worth optimizing. Many of the best examples of the indie/small web don’t have js tracking and little to no css.
Has anyone tried out Tau [1]? It's similar to Coolify but supports multiple nodes which is appealing to me as I have spotty internet and distributing an app across several pi's in different locations sounds ideal.
If you’re interested in maps and the history of cartography, I highly recommend the book: The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford. Longitude by Dava Sobel is a good follow up.
The book "Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss" by Bradford Matsen is all about Otis Barton, William Beebe, and the Bathysphere. The idea of locking yourself into a steel sphere and descending an order of magnitude deeper than any human had previously (and coming back alive) is wild. It's an excellent book that I found at a used book sale and it kinda sent me into a deep sea exploration rabbit hole. "Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste" by Jacques Piccard descending down to the bottom of the Challenger Deep is also a good one.
YSFlight sim used to be my jam! Back in high school (~2004), a few of my friends and I all had YSFlight sim loaded on some zip disks. Then throughout the week, our schedules would occasionally align so that we were all in separate classrooms but each had access to a computer and we could play the multiplayer combat mode over the schools network. YSFlight sim was also my first introduction to modding. I was able to take the F-22, give it unbelievable amounts of thrust (millions of lbf), zero mass, and virtually unlimited ammunition. It was great, I could fly across the entire map in a second, then loiter like a helicopter. I dominated for like a week until I gave the secret away...
Fixing drunk driving is NOT an automotive technology problem. It’s an urban design problem. Fixing Americas idiotic zoning laws will do more than any technological solution. It’s hard to fathom how much space we’ve given up to our obscene level of car dependence. The first city in America that converts a considerable portion of their urban core into a car free zone will net a higher influx of talented workers than any Amazon HQ2…
