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Does anyone have a good article explaining the neuroscience? Are we "growing" our cognitive capacities by learning how to flip the spin at will?

They always rotate counter clockwise, the way the earth spins for me. I can then flip it and often get them to "ping pong" from the flip point.

Is this because I read left to right? Do Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, etc people see it as right to left at first?

I have a pretty custom e-moped/motorcycle. It's like a Onyx RCR with a bigger battery (75ah, 72v). It came with the cheapest chinese wheels imaginable, 1.6x17". It uses a thru-axle, no pinch bolts. The axle is 12mm goes through the fork, through a set of 6301-RS bearings on each side. The "recommended" torque spec is 65Nm, which seems high.

On less than a full charge of range, I can hear the wheel bearings making a "popcorn popping" sound. It's easy to hear because the bike is 100% silent.

I suspect the internal bearing "crush tube" spacer might be sized incorrectly. I measured the distance from hub seat to hub seat and the crush tube is ever so slightly longer than it by something like 0.018" in. This shouldn't be an issue because I press the bearings in with a tool so that both inner an outer races have force applied evenly. I'm basically doing everything right. On the outside of each bearing is a spacer of equal length, so there's no confusing lengths. The spacer only contacts the inner race.

Is there a higher quality 17" wheel that still uses a 12mm thru axle available? I have to stick with the 12mm axle, otherwise I'll have to upgrade the forks to accomodate a 15mm or larger. Wheel problems, please advise. Thanks

If you mention Communism, explain how it different from Socialism. Claiming that all Socialism leads to Communism is unacceptable, as the Nordic model proves this as untrue. Scandanavia is Socialist, not Communist.

Sticking with the Socialism vs Capitalism debate, if the Vice President claims "the game is rigged" and "the experiment of Capitalism has failed the American Dream", why is Socialism considered a worse alternative?

One answer is that you can't become obscene wealthy under Socialism. Republicans don't want to give up that particular lottery ticket. Republicans desire independence and one way to achieve that is becoming wealthy, so they don't want a system where it's not possible to achieve financial independence though ownership and passive income streams.

I haven't read the books and I saw the movie once back on VHS in the early 90's. There were aspects of the movie that blew my mind at the time. I'm pretty much the definition of a "casual" for this universe and all things gothic horror.

What strikes me about the show is its willingness to dive deeply into character without fear or obligation to tie everything up in a neat bow. Most shows/stories would setup complex characters like Lestat and Louis only to showcase their most extreme flaws and leave it at that. Deeply traumatized, talented, narcissist only begins to scratch the surface of who Lestat is. He initially comes off as a pure hedonist with only slight hints at anything deeper, things like his love of music played perfectly and his recognition of Louis' emotional depth. When Lestat and Louis fight and Lestat absolutely physically destroys him, the conventions of storytelling would normally end his character there, content with simply conveying the idea that he's simply brutal and relentlessly sefish. This isn't to say that all other stories are one-dimensional. Interview' is doing something novel I think -- it's hard to find the words to describe it. The vampires in it are superficially immortal because their bodies endure, but the true immortal characteristic is that they can travel further down any psychological dimension than mortals can in their short, limited lifetime. We assume that, due to the vampire's ability to rejuvinate, their brains are as healthy as a brain can be. In the case of Daniel Molloy, becoming a vampire cured him of disease. So any psychosis a vampire experiences is purely psychological with no underpinning physical pathology. They're beings that experience everything amplified and with unlimited depth. This is what makes the show interesting.

This is a vaguely formed idea that maybe I'll find a clearer expression of later. For now, does this resonate with anyone? In terms of storytelling, what do you think the show is doing that is truly unique or innovative? It certianly has a strange feel to it. In Seasons 1 - 2 I was compelled to watch, but the feeling of Louis' melancholy started to weigh heavy on me. The quality of the production and story are great; I simply don't have the taste for movies/shows that veer towards depressing. Shows that capture the feeling of overcast weather. A good example was Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I enjoy a good post-apocalyptic tale but that movie was so relentlessly bleak, I felt despondent for hours after watching it. Now Season 3 has a completely different vibe, one that is far less challenging, thought it feels a bit disjointed. The way characters speak, especially with their accents, I find myself rewatching bits of dialogue with subtitles on. And even then, the point of the scene feels abstract. I'm still enjoying it and hope that all of the little seeds will sprout into a coherent whole by the end of the season.

Though I do have some friends to discuss tv shows with, I'm the only person I know watching Interview with the Vampire, so I'm sharing my impression of it with you all. Thanks for listening.

Great show. The subtitles can flicker past quite fast. A dub would be nice. Maybe there's a universal AI way to do it?

I kind of understand how MP4 and JPEG compression works, but how the hell do you do it in real time for a video game?

I like Saagar. He'll actually point out what is Conservative and what is MAGA, as they are two entirely separate things.

Saagar is a Conservative, but he's smart enough to know Dave Rubin is purely a bootlicker for the dying MAGA movement. Current MAGAs need off-ramps to save face as Trumpism plummets in popularity. I'll offer Saagar's way of thinking as a solid replacement for Hannity's or Gutfield's "thoughts". I'd much rather debate people who are parroting Saagar rather than regurgitating Jesse Watters talking points.

Who else would you choose as your source of talking points seeing as the current pool is backing a losing team?

Dave Rubin is the best ambassador for MAGA thinking now that MAGA has lost everyone who isn't employed by Fox News.

What is Post Modern Neo Marxism? It's a bait in switch. You say you're about one thing (eliminating poverty in society) but really you're about something else. Since we now know the Nazis were Socialists because it's in the title of their party, we can conclude Marxism IS Fascism.

You say you're about justice, but then once in power you hoard all the wealth and silence your enemies. This is Neo Marxism. Mark my words, Mayor Mamdani got elected on stealing from the rich to give the poor free bus rides and libraries, but any day now he's going to start selling his own crypto. I don't think it's possible he'll make the $1.4 Billion Trump has made on his 2nd term alone, but that's because he's a liberal cuck who sucks at business.

Jesus walks into the Pharisees' place of business and stats flipping tables. Why? He claims they were:

-Hypocritical: Jesus accused them of appearing righteous outwardly like "whitewashed tombs" while being full of corruption inwardly.

-Elitist: Instead of helping people access God, Jesus said their restrictive, self-righteous rules hindered people from entering the kingdom of heaven.

-Narcissistic: they viewed themselves as superior, judging others while ignoring their own need for repentance and grace

Who does that sound like? The WOKES.

Pope Francis was quoted as saying “If I see the Gospel in a sociological way only, yes, I am a communist, and so too is Jesus. Behind these Beatitudes and Matthew 25 there is a message that is Jesus’ own. And that is to be Christian. The communists stole some of our Christian values.”

Straight from the horse's mouth: "I am a Communist and so too is Jesus." -Pope Francis

The great American Patriot and freedom fighter Rush Limbaugh dismissed Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" (The Joy of the Gospels) as "pure Marxism".

Fellow Capitalists, do we need to worry about Pope Leo XIV? He's been very rude to our great leader Trump. Give examples of Marxist things he's said. Christ is the way, not the Pope.

A question for you MAGA/Republicans

How do you react to this? Tucker spends 39 MINTUES pointing out the trechary of Trump, his hypocrisy, the ways in which he's harming America. Tucker remains calm, rational, presenting facts and asking questions as he does.

I imagine you have two options: humility or cope.

You either sack up and admit that you've been grifted by the world's most famous con man, or you double down. You can ad-hominem Tucker, ad-hominem me. But what you can't do is argue against the facts. Trump betrayed his voters. If you give Tucker 39 minutes of your valuable time, he will prove it and there will be no questions, because he's *your guy*. Nobody is more Right Wing than him. And he knows exactly how Trump sold out the American people.

What do you guys do with that? I'm asking out of genuine curiosity, not like "haha Trump turned out bad" slam because we all lose when Trump goes off the rails. You don't like $7 at the pump, rampant inflation and the explosion of the national debt any more than I do. I have no problem roasting the hell out of my chosen side (Left) and their Woke BS and didn't vote for Hilary, Biden or Kamala. I'm no longer a Democrat, though that doesn't mean I switched sides. I'm hoping a true Progressive can run the DNC gauntlet (doubtful) enough to make it to the general in 2028. Hell at this point I'd vote for Tucker if he ran against JD Vance in '28