[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

By decision, I meant anything that was more than mere chemical or mechanical reaction. Another way of separating it is the point where we can say there is a purpose or difference between dead molecules and being alive. In this case, going to the cinema is wayyy too advanced a decision to help define. More like a cell or group of cells that recognizes its environment and has the opportunity to decide to go towards one direction over another rather than respond merely because a chemical in their environment reacted with their body in a way that gave them an impulse.

But in the larger picture, it seems like there are many decisions that occur for us to commit a behavior. For example, we have to decide what we perceive, decide what our emotional state is, decide what our memories are, decide our personal taste for movies, decide our current motivational state, decide if we have enough time, etc, be fore we decide to go to the movies. All those have to happen prior to deciding on the cinema, and the majority of them occur simultaneously with a central network organizing them into a coherent process, correct? Omg, is this central network what people call executive functioningβ€½

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I gotchu, boo 😘

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

This is what I was looking for. Thank you very much!

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Interesting! This is what I was getting at. I'm trying to figure out at what level decisions are made and how are they made. From what I can tell so far, it seems like neurons act as nodes that either fire or not based on the information they receive from previous neurons. The information they receive from previous neurons either encourage or discourage activation, each at a different strength. Once a neuron receives enough encouragement to fire from the previous neurons, it fires and sends its signal to the neurons it is connected to, which they take as encouragement or discouragement. In a sense, decision-making is a series of very long logistic regression models. Each previous neuron serves as a predictive factor with it's own polarity (encouragement or discouragement) and coefficient (magnitude of signal). Learning is changing the values of coefficients so that predictive factors have different impacts on the outcome variable. With this in mind, then at least 2 neurons are needed to make a decision. The more neurons, the more variables can be included in the decision making process. Does that make sense?

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I've seen videos on it from leading YouTubers. They do a good job at covering the maneuverability of it, but they don't explain enough of the electronics to satisfy my appetite. I understand that it's is great at electronic warfare due to advanced processing power from advanced chips. What are they doing with all that electronic power, running an LLM chat bot to deceive the enemy in their own language and ray tracing graphics on the helmet HUD?

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Get ready!! In my opinion, it's one of the best movies ever made.

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! Regarding that shower thought, have you seen Everything Everywhere All at Once?

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Super interesting! Why do we think that they decide, and how do they make that decision??

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

No, I don't think that, mostly because I don't know what that is.

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Knowing the original completely ruined the meme for me. Now it just feels super creepy.

https://youtu.be/z_wbM1Gf-zw?si=bUQtzJs0qlsvyM25

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

There is an extension/add-on for Firefox called Video Download Helper that lets users download embedded videos from all sorts of websites. While it works as a simple Firefox add-on sometimes, for a remarkable portion of sites (e.g. on Vimeo) it says that it cannot do so as installed and states that the user has to install the companion app to their computer. Does anyone know if this is safe or is installing it placing myself in any risk? If you suggest against installing the companion app, do you have any other recommendations on how to download videos embedded videos from websites?

Edit: I'm on a Debian-derivative distro.

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 weeks ago

I want a shitty made-up quotes community. I don't want to moderate one, so I request that someone please make it and bump me with a link 😁

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/askscience@lemmy.world

In other words, is there any individual cell that can decide between two or more options, or all they all solely chemical and mechanical reactions without any self-determination at all?

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Referee, umpire, official, judge, etc. Why are there different names rather than just one?

edit: by request, stewards also.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Ok, the title was an overuse of emojis as a joke. But seriously, I like some limited use of emojis because it helps me convey intention/emotion so that I'm less misunderstood and also adds some more feeling/fun to text content πŸ˜„

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Car insurance is relatively simple. I shop around, telling them how much coverage I want. They request my driving history, and give me a quote. At any time, I can shop around and change insurance policies without any problems. Once it's time to collect payment, it's a relatively simple matter. What makes health insurance so difficult, controlling, unreliable, and expensive? For example, with health insurance:

  • Can only shop during a specific enrollment period

  • Policies are so complex, the vast majority of the population can't understand them

  • It's commonly provided in part by the employer because buying a policy otherwise is prohibitively expensive

  • Insurance companies are notorious for denying payments

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It's basically the same thing, but out of the other end of the GI tract πŸ‘ŒπŸ’¦πŸ’©

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I'm asking because as a light-skinned male, I always use the standard Simpsons yellow. I don't really see other light-skinned people using an emoji that matches their skin tone, but often do see people of color use them. Maybe white people don't naturally realize a need to be explicit with emoji skin-tone or perhaps it's seen as implicitly identifying or requesting white privilege.

  • Is there a significance to using skin-tone emojis, and if so, what is it?

  • Assuming there might be a racial movement attached to the first question, how does my use of emojis, both Simpsons yellow and light-skin, interact with or contribute to that?

Note: I am an autistic white Latino-American cis-gendered man that aims to be socially just.

Autistic text stim: blekh 😝 blekh 😝 blekh 😝 blekh 😝 blekh 😝 !!

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16132498

How was this show made

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Say there's a forest, but there's a small cleared area where a family can build a place to live. What's the geographical term for that?

Edit: The word I was looking for was a clearing. A glen was suggested as well, but that is a space between rolling hills, while the space I was thinking of was on flat land.

Thank you everyone!

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Just out of curiosity, I'm interested in understanding the experience of running a franchise as an "owner" of the location. I have no intention or desire to run one myself, yet I find it interesting. From the outside, it seems like a weird relationship in which you are the owner and not at the same time. You own the location, but mostly everything major is decided and dictated by the franchise company. So, what's it like?

  • How do you view your relationship with the franchise and your employees?

  • What do you label and describe your position as?

  • What are your responsibilities?

  • What is it like to manage your employees?

  • What are the benefits of running it?

  • What are the downsides?

  • Is it a lucrative investment?

  • Was it hard to get into and start up? Were there any major barriers initially?

  • It is easy once you get used to it, or is it a lot of work?

  • If you suddenly didn't have the franchise, would you try to start it again?

  • Anything else I might not have thought to ask?

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