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Great idea! I too forget the many switches that the 'find' command can use. Anything that teaches and helps one understand the core concepts of any subject is always a good idea. I'm just not a fan of creating an account and password. I have way, too, many of those. Good luck :)

No passwords FYI - I hate them too. Google sign in or "magic link". I know not everyone likes them, but trying to keep friction as low as possible


Cool tutorial :) Any PDF versions?

You can print to PDF from your browser. It ends up looking nice.

Yes, I ended up doing that.

Thank you, Sol Roth


Smart teen :)

That's excellent article. I also don't believe AI is the issue, but rather those that are at the helm of most of these companies. In my view, AI Companies like other tech companies of the past have no interest in serving society. So, you have a point when you said, "They don’t actually care about what their products may do to society—they just want to be sure they win the AI race, damn the consequences." It's all about money, and those at the top that have the money, have nothing to lose. I'd rather see AI being put to better use, curing cancer, other diseases. I think your scenario where, "Their Super-AGI will write the UBI law, and get it passed, when it has a few minutes between curing cancer and building a warp drive," is very likely now.

Best way to democratize AI is to keep it as free or as inexpensive as possible.

Cool! Was looking for something like this all through the 90s :)

Interesting project. Here's a thought which I've always had in the back of my mind, ever since I saw something similar in an episode of Buck Rogers (70s-80s)! Many people struggle with falling asleep due to persistent beta waves; natural theta predominance is needed but often delayed. Imagine an "INEXPENSIVE" smart sleep mask that facilitates sleep onset by inducing brain wave transitions from beta (wakeful, high-frequency) to alpha (8-13 Hz, relaxed) and then theta (4-8 Hz, stage 1 light sleep) via non-invasive stimulation. A solution could be a comfortable eye mask with integrated headphones (unintrusive) and EEG sensors. It could use binaural beats or similar audio stimulation to "inject" alpha/theta frequencies externally, guiding the brain to a tipping point for abrupt sleep onset. Sensors would detect current waves; app-controlled audio ramps from alpha-inducing beats to theta, ensuring natural predominance. If it could be designed, it could accelerate sleep transition, improve quality, non-pharmacological.

So are the brain waves the cause or the effect?

Are beta waves a sign that my mind is racing and wide awake, or are they the reason?


Don't know but as AI advances, questions like that may get easier to answer.

What’s your proposed mechanism for how audio waves would induce brain waves?

That's a toughie, but if it were me and I had the energy, I'd start by looking at the following patents:

- US20030171688A1: Mind controller - Induces alpha/theta brainwaves via audio messages. - US20070084473A1: Brain wave entrainment in sound - Modulates music for desired brain states. - US11309858: Inducing brainwaves by sound - Adjusts volume gains for specific frequencies. - US5036858A: Changing brain wave frequency - Generates binaural beats to alter waves. - US3951134: Remotely altering brain waves - Monitors and modifies via RF/EM waves. - US5306228A: Brain wave synchronizer - Uses light/sound for entrainment. - US6587729: RF hearing effect - Transmits speech via microwaves to brain. - US6488617: Desired brain state - Electromagnetic pulses for mind states. - US4858612: Microwave hearing simulation - Induces sounds in auditory cortex. - US6930235B2: EM to sound waves - Relates waves for brain influence. - EP0747080A1: Brain wave inducing - Sine waves via speaker for alpha waves. - US5954629A: Brain wave system - Feedback light stimulation. - US5954630A: FM theta sound - Superposes low frequencies for theta induction. - US5159703A: Silent subliminal - Ultrasonic carriers for brain inducement. - US6017302A: Acoustic manipulation - Subaudio pulses for nervous system control.


No idea about audio frequencies close to hearing, but I'm pretty sure it's common to manipulate the brain with ultrasonic frequencies these days.

Yeah, I'm sure that technology has existed for decades. Common folks just not allowed to know about it. It's "for our own good!" sarcastically speaking :(

Interesting, that Superman Red Son is there, but I was not able to locate Orwell's Animal Farm?

It would help the discussion if more historical context can be provided about the island, economy, history, business partners, before forming an opinion since most opinions tend to be a little biased: https://historical-cuba-info.pagedrop.io or https://archive.ph/YnWK0


Agreed! I really liked Ken Liu's translation of T3BP. I don't speak any Chinese or Asian-based lingo for that matter, but am a fan of the culture and rich history. Some of us that don't know the lingo, have issues with reading subtitled movies, for example, can only enjoy the art via audio dubbing. Godzilla Minus 1 comes to mind, as a good example of a movie that generated some controversy when translated and people claimed that it lost something in the translation. I'm sure they were right, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and was glad when it was dubbed into other languages.


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