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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:32:36 -0800
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17 #+begin_quote 17 #+begin_quote
18 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 18 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
19 getting credit. 19 getting credit.
20 #+end_quote 20 #+end_quote
21 21
22 - toilet + fume hood :: 22 - auto book ::handwritten by machine; illuminated. Like old medieval
23 23 books. Use a model of handwriting so the letters are different.
24 - wind speed force :: two wind socks one weighted 24
25 - url resolver :: pick the longest vaid url that's a rooted substring
26 of the requested URL. unambigupously corrects for links that
27 have things like periods and ending parens at the end of a link.
28
29 - soul black marble :: for existential threats, what if solu magic
30 was true, and undertale whatever, destroy the world
31
32 - heart preservation + heart bypass to allow time for healing :: you
33 cryopreserve a heart, then "recondition" it inside the patient
34 while under bypass to allow time for it to heal.
35
36 - intelligent microwave osmium perfusion w/ CAT scan ::
37
38 - assembling new word-sounding words by concatenation and random deletion ::
39
40 - amber brain preservation? :: would this work, without having to do
41 the heavy metal bits? Maybe chemical fixation with aldehydes
42 followed by hot amber and then high pressure for several months?
43
44 - zappy fat ::
45
46 - electrocaloric effect :: see
47 https://dx.doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev-matsci-062910-100341,
48 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocaloric_effect][wikipedia article]]
49
50 - albino fruit ::
51
52 - cryoprotectant that increases the nutritional value fo food ::
53
54 - faucet enerty :: how much power do you get from an average faucet
55 compared to the wall socket?
56
57 - high pressure fixation :: could this defeat the "myelin unraveling"
58 problem? Maybe -- if the "unraveling" is actually BUBBLES like
59 you might get during the bends, caused by the fixation reaction!
60
61 - eat fixed tissue :: can you EAT glutaraldehyde preserved tissue, if
62 you wash away all the free aldehydes and make sure that the
63 reaction is complete? Can you also cook the tissue? Maybe it
64 would be good!
65
66 - intelligence sorting ::
67
68 - hyperbaric fixation :: apparently with divers with the "bends", you
69 get bubbles in the myelin in particular. Maybe hyperbaric
70 fixation would be able to eliminate these bubbles!
71
72 - blood + cryoprotectant :: might be more gentle than normal things?
73 Why not use it? (b/c you might need extracellular ion
74 concentrations), also zeta potentials! But you could filter the
75 blood, and get a lot from a slaughterhouse perhaps.
76
77 - the matrix has a "lord of space" and a "muse of time" ::
78
79 - ultra fast fluorocarbon cooling :: perfuse brain w/ cryoprotectant,
80 cool to -20°C. Then clear out everything w/ fluorocarbon (or
81 something else that doesn't interact w/ cells and has very low
82 viscosoty at low temperatures), and then immediately switch to
83 fluorocarbon at around -135°C. Should very quickly cool the
84 brain (even faster than persufflation!) and would also avoid the
85 dehydration problems associated w/ persufflation. Even better,
86 you have a mechanism for rapidly warming the brain --
87 immediately switch to warm fluorocarbon. Everything is always
88 still liquid and pressurized. Should buy you a couple % decrease
89 in CPA toxicity.
90
91 - gameboy IR link over wifi through emilation ::
92
93 - living memory is the start of history :: the natural dividing line
94 is between living and dead history, and is created retroactively
95 with the advent of brain preservation technology and then
96 realized by mind uploading. It can still creep forward from
97 death of individuals. We're still living in pre-history!
98
99 - the memory of God is the soul :: mind-uploading + christian
100 theology ==> the soul falls out nicely from omniscience.
101
102 - alternating stir plate :: a magnetic stir bar that alternates back
103 and forth. Is it more efficient?
104
105 - rsync with md5 (or whatever) database :: Now if you're rsync'ing
106 something over to the server, if the file matches something
107 already on the server, then it gets copied over from wherever it
108 is on the server (then each block's signature is checked like
109 with normal rsync, so that you get exactly the same behaviour).
110
111 - mvln :: uses a backing database to gaurantee that when you move a
112 folder, that all the links that point to it can remain
113 consistent across your system.
114
115 - centrifugal drinking :: spin the bottle around and tubes from the
116 bottom convey drink up to the top. (don't know why I came up
117 with this one...)
118
119 - DRACOS at single cell stage :: you splice the genes for DRACOS into
120 a single human cell at the first stage of development. Then all
121 the cells of the person that cell will eventually become will
122 automatically produce DRACOS (and the DRACOS will be recognized
123 as "self" by the immune system. This creates a powerful
124 secondary immune system which will make the person immune to
125 almost all viruses.
126
127 - toilet + fume hood :: because it's dumb to have the entire bathroom
128 be a sort of fume hood.
129
130 - wind speed force :: two wind socks one weighted. The angle between
131 them tells you the force of the wind.
25 132
26 - sshfs to mount root :: you can mount your own root filesystem 133 - sshfs to mount root :: you can mount your own root filesystem
27 somewhere else using sshfs. Sort of "normalizes" file 134 somewhere else using sshfs. Sort of "normalizes" file
28 permissions without having to use root, and is weird. Could also 135 permissions without having to use root, and is weird. Could also
29 bypass rm =--preserve-root= restrictions and delete entire 136 bypass rm =--preserve-root= restrictions and delete entire
31 138
32 #+BEGIN_SRC sh 139 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
33 sshfs root@localhost:/ my-root 140 sshfs root@localhost:/ my-root
34 #+END_SRC 141 #+END_SRC
35 142
36 - not even a nop of damage :: 143 - not even a nop of damage :: nop == no-op
37 144
38 - twittwe vibratoe :: 145 - twittwe vibratoe ::
39 146
40 - value of cancer :: what of value is lost with an easy cancer-cure? 147 - value of cancer :: what of value is lost with an easy cancer-cure?
41 148
49 - armored helmet :: use fiber-optics to re-route vision and get better 156 - armored helmet :: use fiber-optics to re-route vision and get better
50 shield for eyes. curved plates, kozilek style. 157 shield for eyes. curved plates, kozilek style.
51 158
52 - open source contributions :: way to make them public on your website easily. 159 - open source contributions :: way to make them public on your website easily.
53 160
54 - active opto-glove :: for ENHANCED touch! 161 - active opto-glove :: for ENHANCED touch! It's a magnyfing glass for
162 your fingers!
55 163
56 - glove screen :: for driving directions, etc. Better than a watch! 164 - glove screen :: for driving directions, etc. Better than a watch!
57 165
58 - osmium + sugar as a histo stain :: 166 - osmium + sugar as a histo stain :: the suger interacts with the
59 167 osmium and retards its progress. you can see details on slices in
60 - encryption camera :: use public key on memory card 168 a light microscope without any more staining, and the EMs are not
169 adversely affected.
170
171 - encryption camera :: use public key on memory card. The camera
172 writes files encrypted with this public key.
61 173
62 - immaculate AIDS acquisition :: 174 - immaculate AIDS acquisition ::
63 175
64 - minds and lightspeed :: fastern minds have to deal with lightspeed 176 - minds and lightspeed :: fastern minds have to deal with lightspeed
65 limitations in their own cognitive architectures. 177 limitations in their own cognitive architectures.
74 - magic ekiga :: 186 - magic ekiga ::
75 187
76 - edible crayons :: 188 - edible crayons ::
77 189
78 - library chaining :: 190 - library chaining ::
79 191
80 - hypnosis + that drug that makes you loose continuity :: can the 192 - hypnosis + that drug that makes you loose continuity :: can the
81 hypnosos plant things during this time? 193 hypnosos plant things during this time?
82 194
83 - forgotten services :: use "ovbilion" somehow. Some sleeping drugs 195 - forgotten services :: use "ovbilion" somehow. Some sleeping drugs
84 make you forget the hour or so before you go to bed. Use this to 196 make you forget the hour or so before you go to bed. Use this to
89 - sleepy perfusion :: if brains naturally expand / contract depending 201 - sleepy perfusion :: if brains naturally expand / contract depending
90 on resting / awake state, we should investigate the EMs of brains 202 on resting / awake state, we should investigate the EMs of brains
91 fixed during "sleep" mode and those fixed during "awake" 203 fixed during "sleep" mode and those fixed during "awake"
92 mode. (while still using anesthetic of course). 204 mode. (while still using anesthetic of course).
93 205
94 - shit flavored dog treats :: 206 - shit flavored dog treats :: because dogs would probably like them.
95 207
96 - fume hood incense :: so make sure the fume hood is working 208 - fume hood incense :: so make sure the fume hood is working
97 209
98 - infinity coin :: s.f. concept -- billions are uploaded by using 210 - infinity coin :: s.f. concept -- billions are uploaded by using
99 osmium as a "mind uploading catalyst". osmium is put ino the 211 osmium as a "mind uploading catalyst". osmium is put ino the
301 - cure for color blindness :: could it be possible to administer some 413 - cure for color blindness :: could it be possible to administer some
302 retroviruses via direct injection to the retina, to cause some of 414 retroviruses via direct injection to the retina, to cause some of
303 the cells in the retina to begin expressing different color 415 the cells in the retina to begin expressing different color
304 pigments? The brain ought to easily sort out the rest and enable 416 pigments? The brain ought to easily sort out the rest and enable
305 color vision. Furthremore, could we add some more colors to 417 color vision. Furthremore, could we add some more colors to
306 baesline human eyes? 418 baesline human eyes? Theory -- people who are color blind have
419 better color spatial accuity for the colors they can see, because
420 this it the tradeoff here involved with the retrovirus
421 therapy. Re-purposing color detectors to see new colors at the
422 expense of spatial acuity for the old set of colors.
307 423
308 - mental integrity test :: if your brain starts to decay, you might 424 - mental integrity test :: if your brain starts to decay, you might
309 not notice the damage until it's too late. This would be a mental 425 not notice the damage until it's too late. This would be a mental
310 integrity test that you take every few weeks that measures your 426 integrity test that you take every few weeks that measures your
311 performance and compares it to a baseline. The tests are all 427 performance and compares it to a baseline. The tests are all