Brian Burns
@paperlair.bsky.social
Psychology, programming, science, art
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
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It's an important realisation that nobody is without shadow: no individual, no group or tribe, no nation. This must be faced and confronted before any change can take place and before a more profound dialogue with another can begin.
— Murray Stein, The Mystery of Transformation
— Murray Stein, The Mystery of Transformation
August 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's an important realisation that nobody is without shadow: no individual, no group or tribe, no nation. This must be faced and confronted before any change can take place and before a more profound dialogue with another can begin.
— Murray Stein, The Mystery of Transformation
— Murray Stein, The Mystery of Transformation
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We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology.
And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.
- Carl Sagan
And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.
- Carl Sagan
August 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology.
And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.
- Carl Sagan
And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.
- Carl Sagan
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Mrna vaccines have been researched since the 60s, big breakthroughs being made - even in cancer. This guy is a clear and present danger to medical research
ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...
ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...
Surprising finding could pave way for universal cancer vaccine - UF Health
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step…
ufhealth.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Mrna vaccines have been researched since the 60s, big breakthroughs being made - even in cancer. This guy is a clear and present danger to medical research
ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...
ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...
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The reason it’s so powerful is that it turns /your body/ into the factory that makes the drug. It’s so exciting that the US not working on it will be seen as one of the biggest self-owns in history.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The reason it’s so powerful is that it turns /your body/ into the factory that makes the drug. It’s so exciting that the US not working on it will be seen as one of the biggest self-owns in history.
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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this is the greatest sign of all time no notes
August 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
this is the greatest sign of all time no notes
idea - make a tribe of wise and peaceful people with ai. give each a unique personality. talk over issues. trauma is overwhelm with no connection or repair. every person needs access to this, cos our society is fucked up. help pull us into a more harmonious future.
March 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
idea - make a tribe of wise and peaceful people with ai. give each a unique personality. talk over issues. trauma is overwhelm with no connection or repair. every person needs access to this, cos our society is fucked up. help pull us into a more harmonious future.
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On projection.
March 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
On projection.
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The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives. For the manner in which we tell ourselves about what is going on is the genre through which events become experiences.
— James Hillman, Healing Fiction
— James Hillman, Healing Fiction
February 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives. For the manner in which we tell ourselves about what is going on is the genre through which events become experiences.
— James Hillman, Healing Fiction
— James Hillman, Healing Fiction
idea floves - finger gloves - use stretchy knit fabric
January 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
idea floves - finger gloves - use stretchy knit fabric
Amazing pictures!
For this year’s photo contest, we put out a call asking readers to show us how technology is impacting their world. We received 227 entries from 45 countries — here are the winners
restofworld.org/2025/tech-ph...
restofworld.org/2025/tech-ph...
January 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Amazing pictures!
They should make modular cars - sell chassis, engine, and body separately - then can mix n match parts.
January 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
They should make modular cars - sell chassis, engine, and body separately - then can mix n match parts.
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Most people confuse 'self-knowledge' with knowledge of their ego-personalities. Anyone who has any ego-consciousness at all takes it for granted that he knows himself. But the ego knows only its own contents, not the unconscious and its contents.
— Carl G. Jung, CW 10
— Carl G. Jung, CW 10
December 21, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Most people confuse 'self-knowledge' with knowledge of their ego-personalities. Anyone who has any ego-consciousness at all takes it for granted that he knows himself. But the ego knows only its own contents, not the unconscious and its contents.
— Carl G. Jung, CW 10
— Carl G. Jung, CW 10
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Oh, how I adore this poem.
'The Failure' by Kabir [translated by Robert Bly].
'The Failure' by Kabir [translated by Robert Bly].
December 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Oh, how I adore this poem.
'The Failure' by Kabir [translated by Robert Bly].
'The Failure' by Kabir [translated by Robert Bly].
You can also try menthol and other scents for now - www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cou...
www.uclahealth.org/news/article...
www.uclahealth.org/news/article...
November 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
You can also try menthol and other scents for now - www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cou...
www.uclahealth.org/news/article...
www.uclahealth.org/news/article...