ndr 6 months ago • 100%
You mean my headphones? They're Sony WH-1000XM5.
On second thought, they don't specifically have support for Atmos but I was under the impression that as long as the device playing the content natively supports it, it should be fine.
ndr 6 months ago • 80%
Spatial Audio settings:
Dolby Atmos settings when Spatial Audio is off:
Apple's implementation of Spatial Audio uses Dolby Atmos, so I was wondering if the same was possible on Android.
But the question is, if I'm playing Dolby Atmos content, what should I use then? It'd make more sense to use the Dolby Atmos setting but that one doesn't have head tracking (that my headphones support).
Edit: also this is not about converting a stereo stream; I'm playing native Atmos content.
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c7ab0444-8c6c-4fde-b1fe-71e82bb4d29f.jpeg) I can't understand if it just means that for some reason the settings cannot be changed (refer to the screenshot) or if it's because Dolby Atmos is disabled when Spatial Audio is on. I could not find any information about this anywhere.
ndr 6 months ago • 100%
I might actually end up disabling swap in the end. I wanted to update that apparently I “fixed” the problem (not sure if permanently) by turning off the pc, unplugging the PSU, and holding down the power button for 30 seconds. Normal reboots weren’t enough. I’ll take it for now.
ndr 6 months ago • 0%
Yeah, I might actually end up disabling swap in the end. I wanted to update that apparently I “fixed” the problem (not sure if permanently) by turning off the pc, unplugging the PSU, and holding down the power button for 30 seconds. Normal reboots weren’t enough. I’ll take it for now.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13313385 > I'm dualbooting Fedora Kinoite (ublue-nvidia image) with Windows 11 and I have a boot time of over 1 minute (only on the Fedora side). > > The output of `systemd-analyze critical-chain` is: > > ```graphical.target @16.435s > └─sddm.service @16.435s > └─plymouth-quit.service @16.315s +107ms > └─systemd-user-sessions.service @16.299s +12ms > └─remote-fs.target @16.298s > └─remote-fs-pre.target @16.298s > └─nfs-client.target @16.298s > └─gssproxy.service @16.288s +9ms > └─network.target @16.285s > └─wpa_supplicant.service @16.281s +4ms > └─basic.target @14.798s > └─dbus-broker.service @14.774s +22ms > └─dbus.socket @14.760s > └─sysinit.target @14.757s > └─systemd-resolved.service @14.696s +61ms > └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @14.584s +96ms > └─local-fs.target @14.569s > └─run-user-1000-doc.mount @23.123s > └─run-user-1000.mount @22.463s > └─swap.target @1.410s > └─dev-disk-by\x2duuid-819f25f8\x2daf77\x2d4d7b\x2daaf7\x2dadb07819a7b1.swap @1.276s +35ms > └─dev-disk-by\x2duuid-819f25f8\x2daf77\x2d4d7b\x2daaf7\x2dadb07819a7b1.device @584542y 2w 2d 20h 46.792s +1min 3.997s > ``` > > First of all, I would like to know what the hell is going on with that 584542 years active time lol > > Anyway, the `x2dadb07819a7b1` UUID belongs to the swap partition. > > Output of `lsblk -f`: > > ``` > NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS > zram0 [SWAP] > nvme0n1 > ├─nvme0n1p1 vfat FAT32 EFI AAFB-90EA 553.6M 7% /boot/efi > ├─nvme0n1p2 ext4 1.0 fedora-boot a1457f7b-c1fb-40da-9c6f-98356d9003e2 526.8M 39% /boot > ├─nvme0n1p3 ext4 1.0 fedora-root 0e748e63-f5f5-42f1-babd-818054eb9ee5 40.8G 35% /var > │ /sysroot/ostree/deploy/fedora/var > │ /usr > │ /etc > │ / > │ /sysroot > ├─nvme0n1p4 swap 1 fedora-swap 819f25f8-af77-4d7b-aaf7-adb07819a7b1 [SWAP] > ├─nvme0n1p5 crypto_LUKS 2 ea073ead-906c-4127-9555-efba204baabf > │ └─luks-ea073ead-906c-4127-9555-efba204baabf ext4 1.0 fedora-home e37f299a-84f5-46ce-976c-507b8e8e25f8 1T 1% /var/home > ├─nvme0n1p6 ntfs Extra 74FE8F25FE8EDF2C > ├─nvme0n1p7 > ├─nvme0n1p8 BitLocker 2 > └─nvme0n1p9 ntfs C02807922807869E > ``` > > What should I do?
I'm dualbooting Fedora Kinoite (ublue-nvidia image) with Windows 11 and I have a boot time of over 1 minute (only on the Fedora side). The output of `systemd-analyze critical-chain` is: ```graphical.target @16.435s └─sddm.service @16.435s └─plymouth-quit.service @16.315s +107ms └─systemd-user-sessions.service @16.299s +12ms └─remote-fs.target @16.298s └─remote-fs-pre.target @16.298s └─nfs-client.target @16.298s └─gssproxy.service @16.288s +9ms └─network.target @16.285s └─wpa_supplicant.service @16.281s +4ms └─basic.target @14.798s └─dbus-broker.service @14.774s +22ms └─dbus.socket @14.760s └─sysinit.target @14.757s └─systemd-resolved.service @14.696s +61ms └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @14.584s +96ms └─local-fs.target @14.569s └─run-user-1000-doc.mount @23.123s └─run-user-1000.mount @22.463s └─swap.target @1.410s └─dev-disk-by\x2duuid-819f25f8\x2daf77\x2d4d7b\x2daaf7\x2dadb07819a7b1.swap @1.276s +35ms └─dev-disk-by\x2duuid-819f25f8\x2daf77\x2d4d7b\x2daaf7\x2dadb07819a7b1.device @584542y 2w 2d 20h 46.792s +1min 3.997s ``` First of all, I would like to know what the hell is going on with that 584542 years active time lol Anyway, the `x2dadb07819a7b1` UUID belongs to the swap partition. Output of `lsblk -f`: ``` NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS zram0 [SWAP] nvme0n1 ├─nvme0n1p1 vfat FAT32 EFI AAFB-90EA 553.6M 7% /boot/efi ├─nvme0n1p2 ext4 1.0 fedora-boot a1457f7b-c1fb-40da-9c6f-98356d9003e2 526.8M 39% /boot ├─nvme0n1p3 ext4 1.0 fedora-root 0e748e63-f5f5-42f1-babd-818054eb9ee5 40.8G 35% /var │ /sysroot/ostree/deploy/fedora/var │ /usr │ /etc │ / │ /sysroot ├─nvme0n1p4 swap 1 fedora-swap 819f25f8-af77-4d7b-aaf7-adb07819a7b1 [SWAP] ├─nvme0n1p5 crypto_LUKS 2 ea073ead-906c-4127-9555-efba204baabf │ └─luks-ea073ead-906c-4127-9555-efba204baabf ext4 1.0 fedora-home e37f299a-84f5-46ce-976c-507b8e8e25f8 1T 1% /var/home ├─nvme0n1p6 ntfs Extra 74FE8F25FE8EDF2C ├─nvme0n1p7 ├─nvme0n1p8 BitLocker 2 └─nvme0n1p9 ntfs C02807922807869E ``` What should I do?
ndr 7 months ago • 97%
This is so much better than all text-to-video models currently available. I'm looking forward to read the paper but I'm afraid they won't say much about how they did this. Even if the examples are cherry picked, this is mind blowing!
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I have custom DNS filtering on my iPhone and the website looks perfectly fine. No ads or anything.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Re: rant. Yeah, normally none of that goes to the authors of the paper. So you’re not really taking anything away from them.
ndr 1 year ago • 75%
Theft because they copied your comment.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Two things are at play here:
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Out of all the recommendations and ads, you only notice those who are actually relevant, so you’re biased.
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One would be surprised by how easy it is to predict interests and patterns based on very little information; there’s no need to spy all private conversations for that.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I pronounce as if it were a Spanish word. lol
ndr 1 year ago • 0%
Do you mean how I pronounce or why I say it? If the latter, just because it sounds funny to me and it kind of became a running gag.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I say this almost daily lol
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Gotta say that the very NON-tech savvy people I know had one of these reactions to the change:
- they didn’t even notice;
- they like it better now;
- they don’t care at all as they never open it.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
That’s almost impossible.
They’re not gonna have a Windows situation with 2 settings apps, and they have no good reason to revert their changes, since it would be against the unification of the interface across iOS and macOS they’ve been pushing hard for years.
ndr 1 year ago • 90%
What do you mean by ‘fix’?
I haven’t noticed any noteworthy differences, by the way.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Was this accidentally posted on Lemmy from Mastodon because the community was tagged?
ndr 1 year ago • 88%
Well, I actually think it’s too big; so you can’t make everyone happy. 🫠
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
AFAIK their free tier doesn’t do P2P.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
What a journey! Your last paragraph hit hard.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I really like the concept but I never managed to convince anyone in real life to use it with me. lmao
Edit: I’ve just realized this post is from 7 months ago; why did someone bump this now?
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
He probably wanted to do something too ambitious and feature-rich, and then could never finish it (sunk cost fallacy and all that); although many users would’ve already appreciated something simpler too, like the screenshot.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
You could try on Library Genesis or Z-Library, but if you can’t find it there, then I don’t know, sorry.
Edit: wait, I misread. If you’re looking for printed books, I don’t think this is the right community.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Maybe I’m wrong, but I had understood that the content on your instance would also not be pushed to them, after defederating. The only thing you can’t stop is having that instance see your comments and posts on another instance (not your own or the one you defederated from).
ndr 1 year ago • 66%
Same can be done without a mouse using ctrl+click on Windows and Linux (usually), or cmd+click on macOS.
Two-finger tap also works on mobile Safari.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Ablaut reduplication.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I think the problem lies in the (relative) lack of content, rather than the ranking itself. I don’t know if it’s worth it to tweak it.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Not a native speaker and kind of OT, but isn’t it supposed to be “overview” rather than “oversight” in this case? Maybe not necessarily “overview”, but I think “oversight” would only mean mistake or supervision. I was just wondering.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
What did they compare Reddit to? Digg?
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I’m using Memmy, Mlem, Liftoff, Thunder and wefwef lmao
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
In theory, you should be able to build it yourself for Android. See their GitHub.
Not sure if it works well though. 🫤
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Even without texture packs, just cranking all settings to the max on a very old game does this.
If you don’t see the enemies, some parts of System Shock 2 look really neat if you render it at the highest resolution possible.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Oh God, I feel sick just reading this.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I actually have a weird fear of bugs entering my body. I don’t know how to feel about this post.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
And you can also have bisexual flowers.😎
Most plants are hermaphrodites actually.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Those are Rotten Tomatoes-style arrows. /s
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
I think it definitely depends on your relationship with the recipient. While I do think most of those are better options, I wouldn’t say they’re necessarily what you should write.
ndr 1 year ago • 100%
Somehow there are 2 scammy-looking unofficial apps for ”Threads” on the top 10 in Switzerland (I don’t really understand what they are), and yet Memmy is nowhere to be found in the top 200. :(
EDIT: forgot to mention I was looking at top free apps in all categories; I can indeed find it #38 top free in “Social Networking”
Let’s say I self-host something like wefwef (Lemmy front end) locally, so I can see it on http://localhost:port on the machine where it’s running with Docker, and also on my other devices on my same local network by accessing http://192.168.something.something:port Now, if I were to input my login credentials on that (so without HTTPS), how dangerous is this?
I know it's against the law, but I found conflicting information regarding how likely it is to be enforced. So assuming you don't have a massive quantity of data upload, is torrenting some pirated (copyrighted) content relatively safe or not? Have you ever gotten in trouble for this (or someone you know)?
I’m mostly interested in tech, but I’m curious to hear your favorite forums for any topics, really! Especially some niche, underrated ones…
Do you think this could replace/assist humans on ELI5-type communities? >Okay, I'll try to explain it to you like you're five. Donald Trump was the president of the United States for four years, from 2017 to 2021. He did many things that some people liked and some people didn't like. He also said and wrote many things that some people liked and some people didn't like. After he lost the election in 2020, he left the White House and went to live in his big house in Florida called Mar-a-Lago. There, he kept saying and writing things that some people liked and some people didn't like. >Some of the things he said and wrote were about secrets that only the president and a few other people are supposed to know. These secrets are called classified documents, and they are very important for keeping the country safe and making good decisions. The people who work for the government have rules about how to handle these secrets, and they are not allowed to share them with anyone who is not supposed to know them. If they do, they can get in big trouble. >Some people who work for the government thought that Trump was not following the rules about the secrets, and they started to investigate him. They looked at his phone, his computer, his papers, and his emails. They also talked to some of his friends and helpers who knew about the secrets. They found out that Trump had shared some of the secrets with people who were not supposed to know them, and that he had not protected them well enough. They also found out that one of his helpers, named Walt Nauta, had helped him do this. >The people who work for the government decided that Trump and Nauta had broken the law by mishandling the secrets, and they charged them with crimes. This means that they accused them of doing something wrong, and that they have to go to court to prove it. The court is a place where a judge and a jury listen to both sides of the story and decide who is telling the truth and who is lying. The judge is a person who knows a lot about the law and makes sure everyone follows the rules. The jury is a group of ordinary people who are chosen randomly to be fair. >Trump and Nauta had to go to court yesterday for the first time, where they met the judge and said that they were not guilty. This means that they denied doing anything wrong, and that they want to have a trial. A trial is when both sides present their evidence and arguments to the judge and the jury, who then decide if they are guilty or not guilty. If they are guilty, they can be punished by paying money or going to jail. If they are not guilty, they can go free. >Trump is the first former president ever to be charged with a federal crime. A federal crime is a crime that affects the whole country, not just one state or city. This makes this case very special and important, because it has never happened before. Many people are watching this case very closely, because they care about what Trump did or didn't do with the secrets. >Do you understand now? >Source: Conversation with Bing, 6/15/2023 (1) Donald Trump. https://bing.com/search?q=trump+news. (2) Trump announces raising over $6 million since federal indictment news. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-announces-raising-over-6-million-since-federal-indictment-news/ar-AA1cyDVj. (3) Trump raises $7 million for 2024 campaign since federal indictment. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-raises-7-million-2024-campaign-since-federal-indictment-2023-06-15/. (4) They Are Trump’s Aides and Lawyers. Now They Could Be Trial Witnesses.. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/us/politics/trump-lawyers-witnesses-nauta-corcoran.html. (5) June 13, 2023 Trump pleads not guilty in historic federal indictment - CNN. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/donald-trump-indictment-court-appearance-06-13-23/index.html. (6) Trump arraignment live updates: Trump pleads not guilty, greets .... https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/live-coverage-trump-arraignment-miami-court-federal-indictment/.
| DISCLAIMER | |:---------------------------| | **The community and post I'm cross-posting belong to another user, @fancygoose@kbin.social** | cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/PornFree/t/16264 > Please keep in mind that this wiki is a work in progress. Last update: 14/06/23. > > ### What is a porn addiction and how does it impact your brain? ### > > Porn addiction is considered a behavioral addiction that is characterized by an ever-growing compulsion to view pornographic content or material. Today, the tools available to feed a porn addiction have evolved thanks to the internet and other technologies, allowing access to unlimited pornography with a single click. > > [How does watching porn affects your brain - Your Brain On Porn.](https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/videos/your-brain-on-porn-how-internet-porn-affects-the-brain-2015/) > > ### How do you define porn? ### > > If it's artificial, and if it's providing sexual stimulus, it is most likely porn. This includes erotic stories, audio-porn or nudes. > > ### Is it hard to quit porn? ### > > Yes. It's like quitting smoking, but having a pack of cigarettes always in your pocket. > However, ask yourself this: will porn ever satisfy you? > > *"If you are thirsty, porn is a sea water to you thirst, it is never enough, it will make you sick if you consume it more, and it is never enough to end your thirst"* > > It is worth to take the challenge of quitting porn, and restore dopamine balance in your brain - you will feel more yourself than ever before. No more hiding your phone, downloading gigabytes of explicit content, no more escalating into more and more disturbing videos. It's a truly liberating feeling. > > *Friendly reminder: If you're not horny enough to masturbate without porn, you're not horny enough to masturbate.* > > ### Methodology ### > > Some people like to track how many days they're pornfree, keeping streaks. They do reset a streak after relapse, starting from day 0. > > I, however, prefer the "calendar" method - I am marking porn free days as green on my calendar, and red when I relapse. This is more encouraging and helps with [the chaser effect](https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/rebooting-porn-use-faqs/what-is-the-chaser/). > > ### How to quit watching porn? ### > > **Delete your stash** > First step should always be deleting your porn stash. You are no longer a person who watches porn, therefore stash will only lead to further relapses. > > **Identify and avoid your triggers** > > First, take a good look inside your chain of thoughts. What causes you to grab your phone or your laptop and search for porn? Then, cut those triggers out. > > Most common advice is: > > * Delete Instagram, or at least unfollow all the provocative content that led you into relapse. > * When going to the toilet, leave your phone in the living room. Never take your phone to the toilet. > * Keep yourself busy. Boredom is a huge trigger. > > **Take it one day at the time, minute by minute** > Today you're not going to watch porn. Today you're best possible, porn-free self. > > **Replace porn with a good habit that will provide you some dopamine** > Exercise. Go for a run. If a urge comes, do a single pushup or take a cold shower. Learn a new skill that will keep you engaged, and replace your porn habit with that. > > ### Is "x" an relapse? ### > > If you need to ask this question, it was probably a relapse. > > ### Resources ### > > **Porn blockers** > [NextDNS](https://nextdns.io) > NextDNS is a DNS based adblocker with an ability to block pornography. DNS blockers are effective way to filter out things you not wish to see. > Register, configure it according to NextDNS instructions, and select host lists to block pornography. Free plan should be more than enough for one person - it also blocks ads and trackers, without tracking your internet usage or anything, really. > > ### Apps ### > > Android: > [Table Habits](https://github.com/FriesI23/mhabit) > [Download link](https://github.com/FriesI23/mhabit/releases) > Click on the Assets, then grab app-release.apk. > > This app can help you track your porn usage without tracking you. Also, can be used to track a good replacing habit as well.
I'm struggling to find the motivation and focus. Do you guys have any tips?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/134805 > Disclaimer: I'm not from the US. > > As a student in a relatively large-ish city, I've been doing fine with public transportation. I'm not particularly interested in driving because of (no particular order): > - environmental impact (in part mitigated by EVs) > - 'severe' ADHD; I would never be relaxed driving > - safety; I don't trust other drivers to follow the rules properly > > Should I still get a driver's license sooner than later? >
Disclaimer: I'm not from the US. As a student in a relatively large-ish city, I've been doing fine with public transportation. I'm not particularly interested in driving because of (no particular order): - environmental impact (in part mitigated by EVs) - 'severe' ADHD; I would never be relaxed driving - safety; I don't trust other drivers to follow the rules properly Should I still get a driver's license sooner than later?
The amount of comments and posts I have for being here only for 5 days is absurd! How do I stop?
As there is some overlap with autism, I figured some of you might be interested in joining this community! cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/107397 > CROSS-INSTANCE LINK (may not work): [c/aphantasia@lemmy.world](/c/aphantasia@lemmy.world) > > Link for beehaw [here](https://beehaw.org/c/aphantasia@lemmy.world) (may not work) > > Otherwise search for: `!aphantasia@lemmy.world` > > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/107214 > > > >Aphantasia is the inability to create mental imagery. > > > > > > For discussion, research or memes. > > > > > >
Example: I have a community c/lanadelrey@lemmy.world Searching for these on other instances like beehaw.org or lemmy.one: - `!lanadelrey@lemmy.world` - `https://lemmy.world/c/lanadelrey` - `https://lemmy.world/c/lanadelrey@lemmy.world` - `c/lanadelrey@lemmy.world` - `lanadelrey` Gives `No results.` even after waiting several minutes and trying multiple times I had this problem with !aphantasia@lemmy.world too, but now it seems to work as expected! So this begs the question: is there a delay before the communities can be discovered? How long do you have to wait in general?
>The study, led by researchers from UNSW Sydney and published in eLife, found that the pupils of people with aphantasia did not respond when asked to imagine dark and light objects, while those without aphantasia did. Link to the actual research article referenced above [here](https://elifesciences.org/articles/72484). Abstract > The pupillary light response is an important automatic physiological response which optimizes light reaching the retina. Recent work has shown that the pupil also adjusts in response to illusory brightness and a range of cognitive functions, however, it remains unclear what exactly drives these endogenous changes. Here, we show that the imagery pupillary light response correlates with objective measures of sensory imagery strength. Further, the trial-by-trial phenomenological vividness of visual imagery is tracked by the imagery pupillary light response. We also demonstrated that a group of individuals without visual imagery (aphantasia) do not show any significant evidence of an imagery pupillary light response, however they do show perceptual pupil light responses and pupil dilation with larger cognitive load. Our results provide evidence that the pupillary light response indexes the sensory strength of visual imagery. This work also provides the first physiological validation of aphantasia.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/124054 > A community for fans of the Coney Island Queen. > > *All things LDR*—Talk about music, rumors, theories, opinions, videos, photoshoots, poetry, and more! > > **Rules:** > > - Be nice even if you disagree. > - Criticism is okay, but no trolling or low-effort posts. > - This is not a community for spreading hate and negativity. > - No NSFW. > - No spam. > - No advertisment. > - No violence. > - Discuss about her music, not her looks. > - No illegal material. It's okay to talk about leaked songs, but direct links are to be avoided.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/124054 > A community for fans of the Coney Island Queen. > > *All things LDR*—Talk about music, rumors, theories, opinions, videos, photoshoots, poetry, and more! > > **Rules:** > > - Be nice even if you disagree. > - Criticism is okay, but no trolling or low-effort posts. > - This is not a community for spreading hate and negativity. > - No NSFW. > - No spam. > - No advertisment. > - No violence. > - Discuss about her music, not her looks. > - No illegal material. It's okay to talk about leaked songs, but direct links are to be avoided.
A community for fans of the Coney Island Queen. *All things LDR*—Talk about music, rumors, theories, opinions, videos, photoshoots, poetry, and more! **Rules:** - Be nice even if you disagree. - Criticism is okay, but no trolling or low-effort posts. - This is not a community for spreading hate and negativity. - No NSFW. - No spam. - No advertisment. - No violence. - Discuss about her music, not her looks. - No illegal material. It's okay to talk about leaked songs, but direct links are to be avoided.
I put the *pro* in procrastinator.
`!pornfree@lemmy.world` [cross-instance](/c/pornfree@lemmy@world) (may not work) Link from lemmy.world [here](https://lemmy.world/c/pornfree). For discussion and advice. No NSFW media allowed.
cross-instance link (may not work): [c/askbiologists@lemmy.world](/c/askbiologists@lemmy.world) Otherwise search for: `!askbiologists@lemmy.world` ---------------- > Ask anything about all fields of biology. 🧪🧬🔬 > > Our user base is currently small; answers are not always guaranteed, and rarely are quick for now. We value quality over quantity. > > Rules: > > - Be kind, friendly and patient. > - No shitposting or other low-effort content. > - If possible, add sources. > - If possible, do some research and do not “just guess”. > - No spam. > - No ads. > - No NSFW, gore, hate speech, violence, insults or trolling. > - No memes. > - Be as professional as you can, where appropriate.
More information is coming. 🧱🔨⚠️ **WORK IN PROGRESS** Feel free to ask away already!
I want to support nascent communities and enrich my subscriptions! Drop below your communities, already existing or even that you would like to see at some point! 👇 --------- *I'll also shamelessly promote a community that I'd love to see grow: [!aphantasia@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/aphantasia)*
cross-instance link (may not work): [c/aphantasia@lemmy.world](/c/aphantasia@lemmy.world) Otherwise search for: `!aphantasia@lemmy.world` Aphantasia is the inability to create mental imagery. For discussion, research or memes.
I kind of lost the habit of reading books in recent years, but would like to read a bit more. I saw this post and thought you guys might have some thoughts to share! >cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/99587 >> As someone with Aphantasia it can be a bit of a challenge to get into a book. Unlike that post about staring at paper and hallucinating, they really are just words on a page for me. >> Despite this, I've still managed to maintain my love of reading throughout my life, but I won't lie, it can be very difficult to choose a book over other mediums of entertainment at times. >> Does anyone else go through this as well? What do you do to help engross yourself in a story when there isn't a mental movie to pull you in?
Abstract >For most people, visual imagery is an innate feature of many of our internal experiences, and appears to play a critical role in supporting core cognitive processes. Some individuals, however, lack the ability to voluntarily generate visual imagery altogether – a condition termed “aphantasia”. Recent research suggests that aphantasia is a condition defined by the absence of visual imagery, rather than a lack of metacognitive awareness of internal visual imagery. Here we further illustrate a cognitive “fingerprint” of aphantasia, demonstrating that compared to control participants with imagery ability, aphantasic individuals report decreased imagery in other sensory domains, although not all report a complete lack of multi-sensory imagery. They also report less vivid and phenomenologically rich autobiographical memories and imagined future scenarios, suggesting a constructive role for visual imagery in representing episodic events. Interestingly, aphantasic individuals report fewer and qualitatively impoverished dreams compared to controls. However, spatial abilities appear unaffected, and aphantasic individuals do not appear to be considerably protected against all forms of trauma symptomatology in response to stressful life events. Collectively, these data suggest that imagery may be a normative representational tool for wider cognitive processes, highlighting the large inter-individual variability that characterises our internal mental representations. HTML [link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65705-7).
Abstract > For people with aphantasia, visual imagery is absent or markedly impaired. Here, we investigated the relationship between aphantasia and two other neurodevelopmental conditions also linked to imagery differences: synaesthesia, and autism. In Experiment 1a and 1b, we asked whether aphantasia and synaesthesia can co-occur, an important question given that synaesthesia is linked to strong imagery. Taking grapheme-colour synaesthesia as a test case, we found that synaesthesia can be objectively diagnosed in aphantasics, suggesting visual imagery is not necessary for synaesthesia to occur. However, aphantasia influenced the type of synaesthesia experienced (favouring ‘associator’ over ‘projector’ synaesthesia - a distinction tied to the phenomenology of the synaesthetic experience). In Experiment 2, we asked whether aphantasics have traits associated with autism, an important question given that autism – like aphantasia – is linked to weak imagery. We found that aphantasics reported more autistic traits than controls, with weaknesses in imagination and social skills. Direct PDF link [here](https://eagleman.com/papers/Danceetal_2021_AphantasiaAutismSynesthesia.pdf).
Direct YouTube [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzg_tdFrPhc) if the other is down.
Post anything about aphantasia—just be nice!
CROSS-INSTANCE LINK (may not work): [c/aphantasia@lemmy.world](c/aphantasia@lemmy.world) Link for beehaw [here](https://beehaw.org/c/aphantasia@lemmy.world) (may not work) Otherwise search for: `!aphantasia@lemmy.world` cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/107214 > >Aphantasia is the inability to create mental imagery. > > > For discussion, research or memes. > > >
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I can’t find anyone talking about it (or maybe searching here isn’t my forte yet). What do you think about it?
I've been reading about both, yet I saw a lot of criticism and mixed opinions. What do you think about them? What changes would you like to see? Do you know other promising alternatives?