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Samsung "Smart" fridge mistook my bald head as an onion
So I am working on this Samsung fridge. Apparently it takes a pic of what is added to or taken out of the fridge so it keeps an inventory. After I closed it, it was asking me to confirm the items that were removed. I'm looking at it and it looks like 5 onions. It's not. Stupid "smart fridge" thought my bald ass head was produce.
Trail runner came across two cougars New Almaden Trail in San Jose and talked his way through it in Mandarin
Credits: Tom Qin
The Integrative Gacha System (IGS)
I wanted to share my new clinical interactive idea with coin machines where I used multiple modalities to make it a therapeutic intervention. (I’m not selling or promoting anything) I just wanted to share for clinical feedback and conversation for integration interactive therapy.
The Integrative Gacha System (IGS)
A Multi-Sensory, Tactile Triage Intervention for SPMI Populations
System Overview
The Integrative Gacha System (IGS) is an interactive, multi-sensory therapeutic intervention designed specifically for SPMI populations in outpatient psychiatric settings. Utilizing 3D-printed, reusable screw-top capsules dispensed from gacha-style machines, the IGS provides immediate, low-barrier symptom management and distress tolerance.
The system bypasses the cognitive overload and executive dysfunction often present in acute clinical settings by using sensory stacking. It pairs specific tactile objects and gustatory/olfactory triggers with trauma-informed clinical prompts.
Operating under a strict invitational model ("You are invited to enjoy..."), the IGS preserves patient autonomy. The 165 integrated prompts are synthesized from multiple evidence-based modalities, including:
CBT: Cognitive reframing and thought-stopping.
DBT: TIPP skills, distress tolerance, and opposite action.
ACT: Value-based micro-steps and psychological flexibility.
Psychodynamic Theory: Relational awareness and unconscious pattern interruption.
Polyvagal Theory / Somatic Experiencing: Nervous system regulation and physiological grounding.
Machine 1: Connecting (Engagement)
Clinical Target: Social withdrawal, paranoid ideation, negative symptoms (alogia, anhedonia), and relational guardedness.
Clinical & Neurological Approach: This machine facilitates the building rapport stage of a therapeutic session. For clients experiencing high social anxiety, making direct eye contact for verbal processing can trigger a threat response. This machine introduces an immediate, non-threatening external focal point, allowing for parallel play. The physical manipulation of a whimsical object acts as a somatic icebreaker, while the sweet candy provides a mild, familiar dopamine release to associate the clinical environment with psychological safety and comfort.
Contents per Capsule:
Tactile: 1x 3D-Printed Zooki (an articulated, whimsical animal figurine).
Gustatory: 1x Sweet Candy (Jolly Rancher).
Cognitive: 1x Folded Integrative Prompt targeting rapport-building and safe unmasking.
Machine 2: Activating (Stimulation)
Clinical Target: Severe avolition, depressive lethargy, executive dysfunction, and behavioral stagnation.
Clinical & Neurological Approach: Designed for a sluggish, under-aroused nervous system. This machine targets behavioral activation through rapid kinetic momentum. The mechanical nature of the fidget requires continuous, active motor movement from the fingers, while the fizzy candy rapidly wakes up the palate. This immediate physical stimulation acts as a primer for the accompanying prompt. By breaking down high-friction concepts into actionable micro-steps, the machine completely bypasses executive overwhelm and provides an immediate mastery experience to build self-efficacy.
Contents per Capsule:
Tactile: 1x Activating Fidget (Flippy chain /fidget spinner, clicker and so on).
Gustatory: 1x Fizzy Candy (Zot).
Cognitive: 1x Folded Integrative Prompt targeting value-based action and momentum.
Machine 3: The Grounding Machine (Crisis Triage)
Clinical Target: Active panic, dissociation, emotional flooding, trauma flashbacks, and acute sensory overload.
Clinical & Neurological Approach: This utilizes a highly effective "Shock-to-Soothe" mechanism. When a client is actively spiraling, the prefrontal cortex is effectively offline. The extreme sour candy and sharp peppermint scent act as a somatic "shock," forcefully interrupting the panic loop and bringing the brain back to the present physical reality. Immediately following the interruption, and the smooth/bumpy textures of the worry stone. The prompt then delivers radical, shame-free validation.
Contents per Capsule:
Tactile: 1x 3D-Printed Textured Worry Stone (for temperature holding and tactile grounding).
Gustatory: 1x Extreme Sour Candy (Warhead).
Cognitive: 1x Folded Integrative Prompt targeting radical validation and somatic regulation.
Kinda surprised Librarian’s gotten away with all of those insane thumbnails
Which do you think NL would choose?
I asked NL sincerely what decision he would make. He told me to watch his youtube series from 2012, so I did. Here is the link for those curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Wlf5jp3Dk&t=488s . He doesn't give a clear answer on what decision he would make as an individual. His decision in the game is more of a role play decision based on the character he created. What do you guys think he would choose if he were the Chosen Undead?
Did nl stop watching movies on the bike?
His last update on letterbox was on 1st of august.
i'm glad i lived to see the day NL would reenact the entire "i'm at soup" video
no idea how it happened not even sure it's real certainly sure he doesn't know what the hell is going on but i'm living for it
I feel this video could go Triple Platinum in NL's vocabulary
DAE?
Scrandle as a team building exercise on my engineering team
I'm an engineering manager at a tech company - a couple weeks ago I brought up Scrandle in our weekly team meeting and we ended up playing it as a group at the end when we had wrapped up all our agenda items
It's now an official agenda item on the meeting and has become the highlight of my week. Dissecting the options with a jury of my engineers has been so much fun. We've hit 90% a couple times, no perfect game yet
Mostly just wanted to share this anecdote but if y'all have suggestions for other dles that might be fun to play with a group please drop em
Live Librarian reaction while watching the Choicer Voicer segment
NL has been conflating the words “chevron” and “chiron” for like 13 years
Makes me chuckle every time
Big Walk Goo Crew Supercut
Not my video, just popped up in my recommendations, but obviously NL adjacent and appreciated the insane amount of work from a random YT channel
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Make NL do Wallace Shawn's monologue from the end of My Dinner With Andre
https://youtu.be/mKIOKekXe5g it'd be funny
going back to weezer for the first time since high school
rivers PLEASE stop talking about teenage girls it’s making it really hard to show my gf your music