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trippy!

You should check out a program called Filter Forge. You would love it.

You remind me of my stepdad who would sit at the dinner table and tell stories about his life...peppered with similar laughter. Thanks for this. :) Oh, and my godmom's name was...Aunt Carrie. :D

Great stuff

You seem super happy. Having no resistance to your everyday experience must feel really good. I'm not there yet but it seems to be a gradually shifting experience over a long period of time. I find it tough to talk to others about this because almost no one understands.

It's becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness theories out there, the proof will be in the pudding. By this I mean, can any particular theory be used to create a human adult level conscious machine. My bet is on the late Gerald Edelman's Extended Theory of Neuronal Group Selection. The lead group in robotics based on this theory is the Neurorobotics Lab at UC at Irvine. Dr. Edelman distinguished between primary consciousness, which came first in evolution, and that humans share with other conscious animals, and higher order consciousness, which came to only humans with the acquisition of language. A machine with primary consciousness will probably have to come first. The thing I find special about the TNGS is the Darwin series of automata created at the Neurosciences Institute by Dr. Edelman and his colleagues in the 1990's and 2000's. These machines perform in the real world, not in a restricted simulated world, and display convincing physical behavior indicative of higher psychological functions necessary for consciousness, such as perceptual categorization, memory, and learning. They are based on realistic models of the parts of the biological brain that the theory claims subserve these functions. The extended TNGS allows for the emergence of consciousness based only on further evolutionary development of the brain areas responsible for these functions, in a parsimonious way. No other research I've encountered is anywhere near as convincing. I post because on almost every video and article about the brain and consciousness that I encounter, the attitude seems to be that we still know next to nothing about how the brain and consciousness work; that there's lots of data but no unifying theory. I believe the extended TNGS is that theory. My motivation is to keep that theory in front of the public. And obviously, I consider it the route to a truly conscious machine, primary and higher-order. My advice to people who want to create a conscious machine is to seriously ground themselves in the extended TNGS and the Darwin automata first, and proceed from there, by applying to Jeff Krichmar's lab at UC Irvine, possibly. Dr. Edelman's roadmap to a conscious machine is at arxiv.org/abs/2105.10461

I like it very much how you explain things. I also like your art and clothes.

About time someone spoke about love

Really cool way to clean the group! I’ll have to try this out.

I didn't exist, but then a baby was born. There will be babies born after I no longer exist once again.

Damn wish I was stoned to watch this, it's just as funny straight.

You are my hero

👍 Thanks - I Must try that☕️☕️

Thanks for showing your process. Would love to see more of your techniques. 🙏🏻

Good solution, thanks Norm, a clean machine = good coffee 😎

Hi, Norm, I suggest you use a milder descaler more frequently, such as Durgol Swiss Espresso Descaler/Decalcifier. It contains sulfamic acid, which does a great job, but won't damage the chrome finish. Also, IMHO, the brown you see is coffee grinds which have climbed up inside the shower screen. Better to remove the shower screen to clean it out. Those stale grinds will affect the quality of your espresso.

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Hi Norm. Brilliant idea, and I'd like to duplicate this. Can you give specifics on the crown nut and the bolt you used? While the CZcams video is great, it's kind of hard to see the crown nut. I think I can see it in the video, with the dome, but many crown nuts have cuts in the head, and I can't see if yours has these cuts. Thanks for posting! --Peter

Appreciate the video Norm. But in my opinion you would be much better off disassembling the group piston & shower screen to clean manually, while applying some seal lubricant after you're done. Those Joe Glo won't do as good job as manual disassemble & clean. Plus lubricating the seals is part of the routine maintenance which has to be done anyway. Just my 2 cent.

What kind of solution did you use?

Nice to know what to do with my europiccola every few months ... Thank you for that!