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  1. Thank you, guys, I'll be fine today. No plans. I have general TV and will stay safe.
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  2. Useful web-based tools you didn’t know existed and will useCarefully selected free web-based tools that I find useful without the need to download anything or having to install any App. by Xavi Esteve on July 30, 2021 (5 minute read) It seems like nowadays you need to download an app for everything you want to do, running out of space on your phone/computer and making it slower while also allowing these Apps to gather your data and spy on you. But the time where you had to fill your phone and computer with tons of Apps occupying space has passed. Current advancements in web technology allow us to do a ton of things directly from a web browser like Chrome or Firefox, without the need to download anything or having to install third-party software with escalated privileges that can access way too many information on our phone, or even have to register on an App Store with your credit card and pay for the apps. It does make me sad to see people paying money to deceiving companies earning millions of dollars for things that are available free of charge. So here’s a list of a few tools that I use daily/weekly and are free, without registration needed and without the need to download anything. If you know any other free web-based tools that you find useful and can be helpful for everyone else please share them in the comments. Web Tools here: https://xaviesteve.com/6812/web-based-tools/
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  3. I'm feeling so sorry for you... hopefully you can stay safe.
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  4. You're right, better not to watch. Stay calm/safe and all the best.
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  5. More Sociability = Better Health! Friends with microbial benefits 14-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson New research highlights the connections between social behavior, microbiome composition and health. Here: https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2022/11/14/friends-with-microbial-benefits - so social monkeys = good microbes... more sociability = better health!
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  6. I try to limit my uptime in the evening to 10 - 11 PM, though I stay up for at least 1 hour more often than I'd like to. Day's really short if you work, especially the autumn time pronounces the feeling, you come home and the night is already dropping.
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  7. Maybe, you and I will be the new senior members from now on. Time moves on, as you know. A look in the mirror speaks a clear language, unfortunately.
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  8. This thread was created in specific non-technical part of the forum though. People come and go, it feels different here today than it felt 7 years ago when I joined. And for tech part, it really only attracts specific niches, maybe there are forums out there with more "productive" discussions that deal with different technicalities. MS in this forum's name stands for Microsoft Software, looks like a wider spectrum than usually covered here.
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  9. I know. Well, I sometimes do that, don't worry.
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  10. @msfntor, @XPerceniol - Thanks for the confirmation guys. I tried ChromeFill 0.1, but it didn't help for YouTube Search in v11 .
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  11. Yes, I also very much regret that many of the actually technically interested members of this forum are not very communicative, rather lazy about writing and also, in many cases, quite disrespectful. Many are masters in demanding contents, updates, ported versions and so on, but in terms of gratitude and feedback ... There is very often a lack of respect and appreciation for those who really provide technical contents or make their own work accessible to all. Such members often have no idea how much time and effort the creators have put into their work, topics and threads. Looking at my technically motivated threads, and they are all technical, it's more of a read, shut up and download thing. For the authors and creators of these threads, however, it's literally frustrating. Few comments, rarely a thank you, few reactions and feedback! But the authors live on these, as they do not earn money with it, of course. And, don't forget, if there were no such technical contents anymore, this forum would be spiritually impoverished in terms of technical contents and the original, actual sense of MSFN! So, my "rant" is: Appreciate and value more consciously and appropriately the technically motivated contents that many creative people provide in this forum! Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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  12. Notice: upstream merged JPEG-XL support libraries, but since VS2015 is not able to compile them so JPEG-XL support will not land to my UXP/moebius builds unless I change to VS2017(which is unlikely) or able to fix libhighway and libjxl to build with VS2015.
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  13. This is the version I have been using -- https://www.dropbox.com/s/0hh440tcbpmzb9y/360ChromePortable_13.0.2170_rebuild_1_ungoogled.zip?dl=0 I have found build 2170 to be more stable than build 2206.
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  14. Some thing I have been work on in my very little free time. You know "Browservice" project right? He made a software that pushes endless stream of JPEG images to the browser that contain a website rendered by Chromium engine. Complete with fake address bar and front end JavaScript to capture keyboard and mouse. The idea sounds so ridiculous, so crazy, but it actually works on almost every OS and almost every old browser. Problem of "Browservice" is it doesn't feel convincing. IE constantly downloading images and status bar goes crazy (it appears that the memory leak exists). Also very slow when website has a animating. I did something similar but using RDP. Only for IE5 and IE6. Should work Win98/ME/2000/XP<SP3. I develop in XPSP2 IE6 and WinME IE 5.5 for now. Since it's ActiveX control, I am inside of IEXPLORE.EXE and have full control (that's how drive-by downloads installed spyware and virus back in the days). I use the power to intercept the menu, toolbar, address bar, status bar, etc. IE becomes only a bit of GUI under my control. All commands are redirected to remote server running Chromium engine there. RDP has the feature "Virtual Channel" to send messages (WTSVirtualChannelOpen etc.) My implementation so far browsing experience feels 99% like using real Internet Explorer because RDP protocol is much faster and get clipboard support, access to local hard drive, sound, video streaming, etc. for free by Microsoft. Unfortunately still very early in development. Downloads not yet work. History not yet work. Popup window not yet work (very difficult). But I hope that in a few months from now good old Win9x and Win2000 can join a modern Internet again. Backend in C#. Frontend in Visual Basic 6 with OLEEXP and patched SSUBTMR (just to prove it can be done, but it is painful). Maybe you will say that's the fake screenshot. Okay, you can do it. I don't have the argument at the moment. But soon I hope to show it running on real hardware.
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  15. Yeah ... I followed @RainyShadow and this member was helpful when my hard drives was showing me errors and they were kind but I haven't seem in quite some time. I also wonder about @legacyfan as he offered us help with XP when we thought it was done-deal. I don't usually read other tech forums other than my other XP Forum but I don't them over there and that forum is really slow. Liz is super kind over there and even she asked where people are. https://www.xpforums.com/threads/no-problems.934685/ Honestly, I don't fit in anywhere at all online or in real life for that matter. Anxiety and support forums I put in the rear-view-mirror permanently. I'm not that helpful here but I try with limited knowledge.
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  16. My posts always contain smileys as you know. I am not superstitious.
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  17. I agree! Like, once I look at the clock (when in home) and notice it's 4 PM, I look outside and I notice it's completely dark, like it has approached night!
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  18. Well, there are 3 people that I have seen (and remember) and I miss them a lot: @legacyfan, @Mr.Scienceman2000 and @TrevMUN.
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  19. Why humans and animals rely on social touch - BBC By Jason G Goldman From monkeys to humans, grooming is an important way to win favours and earn social standing. For babies, it can also be the difference between life and death. When you run your hands through your lover’s hair, you’re probably not thinking about your place in the social hierarchy. Give your team-mate or colleague a pat on the back after a setback, and the chances are you’re not consciously seeking to change the mix of signalling chemicals in their brain. It may not seem like it, but these socially important rituals and others like them predate the time our species first walked the African savannah. Human behaviours that involve physical social contact have a lot more in common with social grooming activities we typically associate with other species than we might initially think. When rhesus monkeys or chimpanzees pick through their friends' fur, they're not just helping them remove dirt and parasites from hard to reach spots. There is undoubtedly a hygienic benefit, but this behaviour, which animal behaviour researchers call “allogrooming”, has far greater significance. The gelada baboon, for example, spends 17% of its waking hours doing this when just 1% would be sufficient to achieve good hygiene, according to one estimate. Allogrooming is the currency of what primatologist Frans de Waal calls the "marketplace of services" in chimpanzee life: it defines the social hierarchy, which in turn dictates access to food, sex, and social support. For example, one chimpanzee is more likely to share food with another that has previously groomed it. Grooming also serves to ease tensions in a chimp troop following an aggressive situation. One of the most complex forms of reconciliation among chimpanzees occurs when two rival males reach a point of stalemate, neither backing down nor escalating the aggressive interaction. Sometimes, a female breaks the deadlock and eases the tension by grooming first one male, and then the other, until the two become relaxed enough to end what amounted to an angry staring contest. According to anthropologist Robin Dunbar, this works because grooming stimulates the release of endorphins – opiates produced by the brain that trigger feelings of relaxation by lowering the heart rate, reducing overt nervous behaviours like scratching, and even bringing on sleep. Female chimps that use grooming as a peacekeeping strategy may also experience their own rush of endorphins and enjoy many of the same benefits. Humans, lacking the fur of our more hirsute evolutionary cousins, had to find a replacement for allogrooming. Like grooming, gossip establishes and maintains our place in the social hierarchy. Also like grooming, the social information that makes up gossip is itself a form of currency in human culture. Or, at least, that's the theory put forward by Dunbar. He argued, in his book Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, that the faculty of language allowed our species to substitute gossip for grooming. Pleasure principle But grooming, and related forms of social physical contact, hasn't gone away entirely. While we humans don't make a habit of picking through our friends' hair for parasites – nurses searching for lice on the first day of summer camp notwithstanding – the truth is that gossip hasn't completely replaced our need for physical touch. Indeed, words don't always make adequate tools for communicating our feelings. Far more can be said by a heartfelt hug or squeeze on the shoulder after a friend suffers the loss of a relative than through words. In the same way, one's love and desire for a partner can be conveyed with a seductive stroke far more effectively than even the words "I want you" ever could. Indeed, Dunbar writes, "the physical stimulation of touch tells us more about the inner feelings of the 'groomer', and in a more direct way" than words are able. And those forms of touch stimulate within us the same endorphin release that chimpanzees enjoy during social grooming. Some scientists have even gone as far as calling the skin a "social organ". This makes good intuitive sense: we both crave touch and are repulsed by it when it is unwanted, uninvited, or inappropriate. Even simple, brief touches on a hand or arm can have tremendous effects. India Morrison and colleagues at Goteborg University, in Sweden, have presented a laundry list of such findings. Hand-on-hand touches by librarians and salespersons have, for example, been found to lead to more favourable impressions of libraries and shops. People perceive others as more attractive following even a simple, non-sexual touch, and as a result are more likely to act altruistically by returning change left in a pay phone, giving bigger tips in restaurants, or giving away a cigarette to a stranger. And yet these effects might be thought of as simple parlour tricks compared to the power that touch has between lovers, or between parents and their children. In one study, US psychologists investigated social grooming in humans by asking participants to indicate their closest emotional relationship and report behaviours such as running their fingers through the person’s hair, wiping away their tears, scratching their back and non-sexual massage. They found levels of relationship satisfaction and trust were both positively correlated with self-reported grooming frequencyamong romantic partners. And one finding hinted at a causal relationship: people who were more anxious about their relationships "groomed" their partners more often than those who felt more secure with their partners, suggesting that grooming may serve to reduce relationship-related anxiety and to promote the development of romantic bonds. The pattern was true both for men and women. Survival instinct Babies also crave touch. It has long been known among animal behaviour researchers that physical contact is critical for proper social and emotional development. When developmental psychologist Harry Harlow deprived infant rhesus monkeys of access to a monkey mother in his 1950s experiments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they became withdrawn, depressed, and anxious. They refused food, and entered into what he called a "state of emotional shock." When allowed access to a surrogate mother, the infant monkeys overwhelmingly chose the tactile sensations provided by a doll covered by terry cloth over a wire doll that provided food and water. The young monkeys preferred the comfort of even an inanimate mother's touch to physical sustenance. More recent research with rats replicates Harlow's early findings. Canadian researchers found that when infant rats were licked and groomed more by their mothers, they grew up to be relatively well adjusted. But their counterparts who were deprived of grooming often grew up, like Harlow's monkeys, to be anxious and fearful. Touch-deprived rats also had weakened immune systems. It appears as if touch helps to maintain not only social and emotional health, but also physical health. According to the World Health Organization, more than 20 million infants each year are born pre-term, which means that they weigh less than 5lb 8oz (2.5kg) upon birth. These babies have increased risk of death in the first few weeks of life. Caring for low-birth-weight infants in hospitals is expensive and requires highly skilled personnel, however research suggests a therapy called kangaroo care is both cheaper and just as effective. Originally developed in Bogota, Colombia, as a way of keeping preterm infants warm in overcrowded nurseries, the practice is deceptively simple. The mother or father simply has to repeatedly place their baby against their bare chest, ideally for prolonged periods. A meta-analysis of three randomised control trials (the gold standard in biomedical research), conducted in Colombia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Mexico found that babies born weighing 4lb 6oz (2kg) or less given kangaroo care in the first week of life were 51% less likely to die in the first four weeks after birth, compared with infants who received standard care. Other research has found that kangaroo care helps to stabilise preterm infants' vital signs, maintains adequate oxygen levels in the blood, and helps them to sleep better. It also reduces crying, increases weight gain, and allows preterm infants to spend fewer days in incubators, ultimately allowing them to be discharged from neonatal intensive care units sooner than those who are treated with conventional care. All primates, from monkey to man, rely on social touch. Among non-human primates, grooming is a tool used to garner favours, earn social standing, and increase access to resources. Gossip may have replaced parasite removal as a mechanism for defining and enhancing one's place in human society, but the desire to be touched is carved so deeply within our primate heritage that it remained even as we shed our fur. For an infant born prematurely, social touch can literally mean the difference between life and death. For the rest of us, being touched simply reminds us that we are loved. More photos on the page: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20131014-the-touching-moments-we-all-need
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  20. Lovely Animals Blog How Do Snow Monkey Protect Itself? Protection from Predators Snow monkeys spend most of their time in trees. Not only does this place them out of the reach of predators, it also protects them from the freezing temperatures found on the snow-covered ground. To help minimize the amount of time spent on the ground, Japanese macaques will often store food in cheek pouches so that they can consume them later in the safety of the trees. When on the ground, snow monkeys stay in groups of 20 or more. This allows the troop to keep an eye in all directions for approaching predators. Protection from the Cold A full layer of fur, which can be gray, brown, tan or mottled, grows thicker in the winter to allow snow monkeys to retain more body heat. Snow monkeys also sun themselves during the day to remain warm and have even been known to visit naturally occurring hot springs to escape from temperatures as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Protecting Young Snow Monkeys Adolescent snow monkeys are cared for and protected by the adults in the troop for approximately two years. This is largely the responsibility of the mother, though males will often assist by carrying or huddling with the young macaque to keep it warm. Posted by Light Happiness Blogger Here: http://lovelyanimalsblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-do-snow-monkey-protect-itself.html
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  21. NONE of my multiple browsers is in trouble...all are OK with this test.
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  22. 1 - Perhaps I just misunderstood the smiling face you inserted. 2 - You have to carry something for protection. Amulet, chain or smth.
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  23. Age-related eye disease: Promising evidence of supplements’ benefits but longer studies needed 10-Nov-2022 By Gary Scattergood The potential for antioxidants and other supplements, including lutein, zeaxanthin, saffron, bilberry and beta-carotene, to help prevent and treat age-related eye diseases has been underlined by new research from Malaysia. https://www.nutraingredients-asia.com/Article/2022/11/10/age-related-eye-disease-promising-evidence-of-supplements-benefits-but-longer-studies-needed
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  24. You know Mina that it is too late...not healthy at all! And your poor eyes! 10 PM is OK. Then you'll wake up earlier, around 8 or 9 in the morning. Try to do this, please...
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  25. As hopeless as I feel today, I can't even bring myself to dare to turn on the news
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  26. I also miss the senior members that used to post here when I got here. I don't visit other tech forums beside XP Forum and its quite slow over there.
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  27. I tried ChromeFill 0.1 in 360Chrome v11, too. It couldn't fix anything at all, unfortunately. Maybe, in a future version if it ever comes!
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  28. I'll add this to "unattend\Win7-11-Select.xml" in next release: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- [WinNTSetup] process=1 ;process 1 - asks for user input and replaces all 4 %variables% ;process 2 - don't ask and only replaces %WinNTSetup-Arch% ;WinNTSetup-Arch ;WinNTSetup-User ;WinNTSetup-PC ;WinNTSetup-Group --> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="%WinNTSetup-Arch%" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName>%WinNTSetup-PC%</ComputerName> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="%WinNTSetup-Arch%" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Identification> <JoinWorkgroup>%WinNTSetup-Group%</JoinWorkgroup> </Identification> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="%WinNTSetup-Arch%" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Name>%WinNTSetup-User%</Name> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Password> <PlainText>true</PlainText> <Value /> </Password> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <Value /> </AdministratorPassword> </UserAccounts> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value /> </Password> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>1</LogonCount> <Username>%WinNTSetup-User%</Username> </AutoLogon> <OOBE> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited</CommandLine> <Order>1</Order> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> </component> </settings> </unattend>
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  29. Of course, I couldn't know that. In fact, I thought that it was not meant quite so seriously. Mea culpa! But believe me, I was absolutely serious about the fact that when I was a younger man, I was literally jinxed by very special girls or women.
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  30. My rant? Are you sure you want to hear MY RANT? My rant is THIS THREAD! But alas, carry on, guys! "To each their own", as I always say. But I will "rant" this, we call this a "tech" forum but haven't you all noticed just what threads gain the most and fastest "frequency"? I find it tempting to start a thread entitled "Rant against the Rant Thread" - but I will not, lol. Again, "carry on, guys". "To each their own". I hereby conclude my "rant".
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  31. I'm sometimes existentially anxious when I wake up on work free days. Are you worrying about anything in particular? Worrying sucks. You don't have to answer, just curious.
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  32. Well, no, but the thought of someone close dying and the funeral...you have to keep it out of your mind or it'll drive you nuts...but it's inevitable.
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  33. While we all understand it's funny and you're a cool guy and *I never doubted it*, I was pretty serious about it. My maternal grand-grand mother was a certified witch, who lived almost 105 years and died only in '91, I still have her spellbook, so I know what I'm talking about.
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  34. I can literally feel it ... When I was younger, I was very often jinxed by nice girls or ladies.
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  35. And that was a wise decision!
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  36. I sleep at 2 AM (and sometimes a bit late than that), and I wake up at 10 AM (and also sometimes a bit late than that).
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  37. My word I'm showing my age, because when you wrote about bewitched ... the first thing (lady) that came to mind was: Elizabeth Montgomery =P
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  38. Well ... I sort of see it this way, too. I mean, while I'd be killed over there, I'm not there.
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  39. Glad to see you ... I sleep late and usually fall out of bed at 9AM. I wake up early but sit up worrying staring at the ceiling. Otherwise, I'm good.
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  40. I am fine. Did something bad happen to you recently?
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  41. Well, the above linked post says 9x, and 95 is a part of the 9x OS family, so, probably yes.
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  42. I completely agree with this!
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  43. That being said: A lot of us because of experiences have a better edge to do just that [step outside of our own perspective to see others viewpoints] Those that are unable to agree to disagree will be closed off and shut down. But we are human and imperfect. Some in my lifetime were filled with hate because they didn't recognize it before it was too late, luckily I caught it. But I remember advice given to me and use it as a bad example. Should I feel alone then? Why, I don't now as I sit here. When people do come to my door I usually hide and I'm sad to have to say that because I suffer extreme social phobia and people stress me. I don't answer the door unless its planned beforehand.
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  44. Of course I see, no problem AstroSkipper!
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  45. No ... I have terrible opinion of myself and low self-esteem. But you are right and most of our (both) thoughts and feeling and experiences (for that matter) are ego based. What Is the Ego, and Why Is It So Involved in My Life? The concept of "ego" is among the most confusing in psychology. Posted May 13, 2019 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader The term ego is as confusing as any in psychology. Not only is the word itself used to refer to several distinct psychological constructs and processes, but the psychological landscape is littered with concepts that include “ego” in one way or another—egotism, ego-defense, egocentrism, superego, ego-involved, and so on. But what does ego actually mean? What are we talking about when we refer to the ego? And what is the difference among all of the terms in which the term ego is embedded? Put simply, the English word "ego" is the Latin word for “I.” Literally translated, ego means “I.” (If you were writing “I love you” in Latin, you’d write ego amo te.) Use of “ego” crept into psychology mostly through the work of Sigmund Freud. In Freud’s theory, the ego is the part of the personality that arbitrates between the animalistic desires of the “id” and the moral and social standards of the “superego.” But, interestingly, the word, “ego” does not appear anywhere in Freud’s extensive writings. He never used it. Rather, ego was a translation of what Freud, writing in German, called "das Ich"—literally “the I." In essence, Freud was referring to that conscious, decision-making part of you that you regard as “I,” as when you say “I dislike my mother” or "I decided to change jobs" or “I dreamt that my house was on fire last night.” That is your I, your ego. So, most terms that include “ego” involve processes or reactions in which I, me, or mine figure prominently. Consider egoism, the motive to act in one’s self-interest. Someone who is behaving egoistically is simply pursuing his or her own goals, as we all do. A motive is egoistic when it’s focused on what “I” want. Source: Mark Leary Or, consider egocentrism. Egocentrism has also been used in a number of ways over the years, but it comes down to perceiving the world and interpreting events from your personal vantage point. We are all inherently egocentric in that we can never break free from either our physical vantage point (I can perceive the world only from my physical location in space) or our personal, psychological perspective that is influenced by our experiences, goals, beliefs, identities, preferences, and biases. People differ in the degree to which they can step outside their own perspective to see things from others’ viewpoints, but we’re all locked into our own egocentric viewpoint because there's no way for us to process information except from our personal frame of reference. Egotism is another common ego-word in psychology. Egotism involves evaluating oneself more favorably than is objectively warranted. Just as we are all egoistic and egocentric, we also tend to be egotistical as well. Thousands of studies show that people are biased to view themselves too positively. Perhaps the broadest ego-based term, egoic, is also the least common, although it is coming into vogue. Egoic simply means “pertaining to ego” or “pertaining to I.” Egoic thoughts, motives, emotions, and behaviors are reactions in which I, me, and mine take center stage. An egoic reaction is one in which I am centrally involved. Much of the time, people’s thoughts, motives, emotions, and behaviors are infused with themselves, with their I. They are thinking consciously about what they want, what they are doing, who they are, what other people think about them, and how things are going for them. In these situations, people are being egoic; they are highly self-absorbed, and their reactions are all about them. article continues after advertisement At other times, people’s thoughts, motives, emotions, and behaviors don’t involve much ego, not much I. When you’re engrossed in a good book, working on an engaging task, having a comfortable conversation, or are in a flow experience, your “I” has receded into the background. You are responding automatically without much conscious self-related thought, and you are not currently concerned about who you are, what you want, or the implications of events for your personal interests and well-being. In these kinds of situations, your responses are not dominated by I or about thoughts of me or mine. We might say that you are being low in egoicism or “hypo-egoic.” Note that egoic has nothing to do with being egotistical. Egotistical people may certainly be egoic, but highly self-critical people may be egoic as well. People who view themselves very negatively, as highly depressed people often do, are often highly focused on themselves and, thus, quite egoic. These terms—egoism, egocentrism, egotism, and egoicism (and their adjectival forms: egoistic, egocentric, egotistical, and egoic)—are easy to confuse. But they refer to different, though sometimes related, ways in which our ego (our focus on "I") can influence our thoughts, motives, emotions, and behaviors. (((((((((((((((((((((((((( Some of us believe (myself included) in death and when we leave this level of consciousness, in the next realm life would be without ego or raw emotion(s)
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  46. I thought it was me until I logged on here ;( ;( V12 lags too much in the address bar and I never liked it, so I just went with V13.0.2170.0 and so far seem pretty good but oh such a monster compare to V11 .
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  47. YES, "YouTube search function doesn't work in 360Chrome v11", sadly. So change the browser... (This simple website works without youtube, I like this music, listen: https://marka.link/# - click logo to see picture with stars and nebula.. very calming.) LOL
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