#memories — Public Fediverse posts
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#Memories are stored across the #Brain through synaptic plasticity, a process where neural connections are physically strengthened or reshaped when neurons repeatedly fire together.
This initial pattern of network activity is coordinated by the hippocampus before undergoing structural consolidation, eventually embedding the memory permanently into the cerebral cortex.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/How-does-the-Brain-Store-Memory-678603b1a7e475eb5e304048
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#Memories are stored across the #Brain through synaptic plasticity, a process where neural connections are physically strengthened or reshaped when neurons repeatedly fire together.
This initial pattern of network activity is coordinated by the hippocampus before undergoing structural consolidation, eventually embedding the memory permanently into the cerebral cortex.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/How-does-the-Brain-Store-Memory-678603b1a7e475eb5e304048
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#Memories are stored across the #Brain through synaptic plasticity, a process where neural connections are physically strengthened or reshaped when neurons repeatedly fire together.
This initial pattern of network activity is coordinated by the hippocampus before undergoing structural consolidation, eventually embedding the memory permanently into the cerebral cortex.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/How-does-the-Brain-Store-Memory-678603b1a7e475eb5e304048
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#Memories are stored across the #Brain through synaptic plasticity, a process where neural connections are physically strengthened or reshaped when neurons repeatedly fire together.
This initial pattern of network activity is coordinated by the hippocampus before undergoing structural consolidation, eventually embedding the memory permanently into the cerebral cortex.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/How-does-the-Brain-Store-Memory-678603b1a7e475eb5e304048
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#Memories are stored across the #Brain through synaptic plasticity, a process where neural connections are physically strengthened or reshaped when neurons repeatedly fire together.
This initial pattern of network activity is coordinated by the hippocampus before undergoing structural consolidation, eventually embedding the memory permanently into the cerebral cortex.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/How-does-the-Brain-Store-Memory-678603b1a7e475eb5e304048
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EXIT 98
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” (Charles Bowden) There’s a joke people like to make when you say you’re from New Jersey: “What exit?” It is a line delivered with a smirk, as if the state can be distilled to interchanges and toll booths. Small, densely populated and constantly in motion, the Garden State’s nickname is derived from the abundant farmlands and famous tomatoes that shape its image, yet it’s more often defined through its roads—the NJ Turnpike […] -
EXIT 98
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” (Charles Bowden) There’s a joke people like to make when you say you’re from New Jersey: “What exit?” It is a line delivered with a smirk, as if the state can be distilled to interchanges and toll booths. Small, densely populated and constantly in motion, the Garden State’s nickname is derived from the abundant farmlands and famous tomatoes that shape its image, yet it’s more often defined through its roads—the NJ Turnpike […] -
https://www.evshift.com/463963/core-memories-captured-at-track-speed-%f0%9f%92%a8/ Core memories — captured at track speed. 💨 #Captured #Core #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #ford #FordCanada #FordMotorCompanyOfCanada #Memories #speed #Track
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I hope your memories were worth celebrating today.
If not, I hope you make some ones worth remembering soon.
Everyone deserves to have good memories to fall back on.
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I hope your memories were worth celebrating today.
If not, I hope you make some ones worth remembering soon.
Everyone deserves to have good memories to fall back on.
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I hope your memories were worth celebrating today.
If not, I hope you make some ones worth remembering soon.
Everyone deserves to have good memories to fall back on.
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I hope your memories were worth celebrating today.
If not, I hope you make some ones worth remembering soon.
Everyone deserves to have good memories to fall back on.
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I hope your memories were worth celebrating today.
If not, I hope you make some ones worth remembering soon.
Everyone deserves to have good memories to fall back on.
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🎩🤓 Ah, yes, another literary pilgrimage where we learn that #memories are #furniture. How profound! 🛋️ Next time, let's consider if the “furniture” in our heads isn't just a cluttered IKEA showroom of half-baked ideas. 🛒😂
https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/ #literarypilgrimage #clutteredideas #IKEAhumor #profoundthoughts #HackerNews #ngated -
🎩🤓 Ah, yes, another literary pilgrimage where we learn that #memories are #furniture. How profound! 🛋️ Next time, let's consider if the “furniture” in our heads isn't just a cluttered IKEA showroom of half-baked ideas. 🛒😂
https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/ #literarypilgrimage #clutteredideas #IKEAhumor #profoundthoughts #HackerNews #ngated -
🎩🤓 Ah, yes, another literary pilgrimage where we learn that #memories are #furniture. How profound! 🛋️ Next time, let's consider if the “furniture” in our heads isn't just a cluttered IKEA showroom of half-baked ideas. 🛒😂
https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/ #literarypilgrimage #clutteredideas #IKEAhumor #profoundthoughts #HackerNews #ngated -
🎩🤓 Ah, yes, another literary pilgrimage where we learn that #memories are #furniture. How profound! 🛋️ Next time, let's consider if the “furniture” in our heads isn't just a cluttered IKEA showroom of half-baked ideas. 🛒😂
https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/ #literarypilgrimage #clutteredideas #IKEAhumor #profoundthoughts #HackerNews #ngated -
🎩🤓 Ah, yes, another literary pilgrimage where we learn that #memories are #furniture. How profound! 🛋️ Next time, let's consider if the “furniture” in our heads isn't just a cluttered IKEA showroom of half-baked ideas. 🛒😂
https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/ #literarypilgrimage #clutteredideas #IKEAhumor #profoundthoughts #HackerNews #ngated -
"Moving to Burnham" Triptych. Graphite and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas. 1995. #art #artwork #artist #artists #arting #makingart #painting #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #graphite #pencil #pencilwork #oilpaint #stretchedcanvas #canvas #friend #friends #friendship #memory #memories #hotellewistown #burnham #mifflincounty #frontrunners #pinktriangle #sketch #sketching
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"Moving to Burnham" Triptych. Graphite and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas. 1995. #art #artwork #artist #artists #arting #makingart #painting #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #graphite #pencil #pencilwork #oilpaint #stretchedcanvas #canvas #friend #friends #friendship #memory #memories #hotellewistown #burnham #mifflincounty #frontrunners #pinktriangle #sketch #sketching
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"Moving to Burnham" Triptych. Graphite and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas. 1995. #art #artwork #artist #artists #arting #makingart #painting #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #graphite #pencil #pencilwork #oilpaint #stretchedcanvas #canvas #friend #friends #friendship #memory #memories #hotellewistown #burnham #mifflincounty #frontrunners #pinktriangle #sketch #sketching
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"Moving to Burnham" Triptych. Graphite and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas. 1995. #art #artwork #artist #artists #arting #makingart #painting #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #graphite #pencil #pencilwork #oilpaint #stretchedcanvas #canvas #friend #friends #friendship #memory #memories #hotellewistown #burnham #mifflincounty #frontrunners #pinktriangle #sketch #sketching
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"Moving to Burnham" Triptych. Graphite and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas. 1995. #art #artwork #artist #artists #arting #makingart #painting #oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter #graphite #pencil #pencilwork #oilpaint #stretchedcanvas #canvas #friend #friends #friendship #memory #memories #hotellewistown #burnham #mifflincounty #frontrunners #pinktriangle #sketch #sketching
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We spent August 16, 1977 being Hershey Park Happy. We became Hershey Park Sad en route home, when the radio informed us that Elvis Presley, the King, had died. History. #historical #history #herstory #elvispresley #theking #elvisdeath #thedeathofelvispresley #thedeathofelvis #hersheypark #hersheyparkhappy #chocolateworld #chocolate #hersheypennsylvania #pennsylvania #memory #memories #sad #sadness #historicalfigure #deathofahistoricalfigure #elvisandnixon #fluffernutter
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We spent August 16, 1977 being Hershey Park Happy. We became Hershey Park Sad en route home, when the radio informed us that Elvis Presley, the King, had died. History. #historical #history #herstory #elvispresley #theking #elvisdeath #thedeathofelvispresley #thedeathofelvis #hersheypark #hersheyparkhappy #chocolateworld #chocolate #hersheypennsylvania #pennsylvania #memory #memories #sad #sadness #historicalfigure #deathofahistoricalfigure #elvisandnixon #fluffernutter
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We spent August 16, 1977 being Hershey Park Happy. We became Hershey Park Sad en route home, when the radio informed us that Elvis Presley, the King, had died. History. #historical #history #herstory #elvispresley #theking #elvisdeath #thedeathofelvispresley #thedeathofelvis #hersheypark #hersheyparkhappy #chocolateworld #chocolate #hersheypennsylvania #pennsylvania #memory #memories #sad #sadness #historicalfigure #deathofahistoricalfigure #elvisandnixon #fluffernutter
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We spent August 16, 1977 being Hershey Park Happy. We became Hershey Park Sad en route home, when the radio informed us that Elvis Presley, the King, had died. History. #historical #history #herstory #elvispresley #theking #elvisdeath #thedeathofelvispresley #thedeathofelvis #hersheypark #hersheyparkhappy #chocolateworld #chocolate #hersheypennsylvania #pennsylvania #memory #memories #sad #sadness #historicalfigure #deathofahistoricalfigure #elvisandnixon #fluffernutter
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We spent August 16, 1977 being Hershey Park Happy. We became Hershey Park Sad en route home, when the radio informed us that Elvis Presley, the King, had died. History. #historical #history #herstory #elvispresley #theking #elvisdeath #thedeathofelvispresley #thedeathofelvis #hersheypark #hersheyparkhappy #chocolateworld #chocolate #hersheypennsylvania #pennsylvania #memory #memories #sad #sadness #historicalfigure #deathofahistoricalfigure #elvisandnixon #fluffernutter
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My City
I spent years trying to return to my city, only to understand that what I was looking for had disappeared long before I did.
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My City
I spent years trying to return to my city, only to understand that what I was looking for had disappeared long before I did.
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My City
I spent years trying to return to my city, only to understand that what I was looking for had disappeared long before I did.
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“Mortal Kombat II”: Another Chosen One Inserts Fifty Cents
Previously on Mortal Kombat: I'm not a deeply invested fan -- even "fan" might be an overstatement -- but I've dabbled in the franchise. Back in my fast-food management days, after closing time a friend and I would hang out at a local 24-hour grocery that had a Mortal Kombat II cabinet by the front doors. Their overnight crew ignored us while we virtually whaled on each other for a while. I learned the moves for Liu Kang and Jax, just barely enough to get by, but I was never a serious threat. Years later I saw the first live-action MK film on VHS -– Paul W.S. Anderson’s primitive directorial debut that should’ve been irredeemably terrible. It bunny-hopped over the low bar of "better than most direct-to-video martial-arts schlock" for its time. I may have even laughed once or twice at intentionally funny parts. Obviously one game plus one B-movie doesn't quite add up to MK geek-cred. I didn't bother with TV-commercial director Simon McQuoid's 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot in its COVID-era release. Reviews weren't encouraging, but audiences -- not at the American box office, but somewhere out there -- apparently plunked down just enough quarters to continue the game anyway. I would've ignored Mortal Kombat II just as hard if the trailers hadn't thrown in a new, confusing element that begged the question: what is Karl Urban doing in there? Curiosity got the best of me. I even prepped for the occasion by watching the last film (streaming on Max), mostly regretted it, and committed to letting the sequel pummel me on the big screen, for better or worse. Really, though: Karl Urban? Eomer? Billy Butcher? Skurge? Dr. McCoy? Judge Dredd? THAT Karl Urban? […] -
“Mortal Kombat II”: Another Chosen One Inserts Fifty Cents
Previously on Mortal Kombat: I'm not a deeply invested fan -- even "fan" might be an overstatement -- but I've dabbled in the franchise. Back in my fast-food management days, after closing time a friend and I would hang out at a local 24-hour grocery that had a Mortal Kombat II cabinet by the front doors. Their overnight crew ignored us while we virtually whaled on each other for a while. I learned the moves for Liu Kang and Jax, just barely enough to get by, but I was never a serious threat. Years later I saw the first live-action MK film on VHS -– Paul W.S. Anderson’s primitive directorial debut that should’ve been irredeemably terrible. It bunny-hopped over the low bar of "better than most direct-to-video martial-arts schlock" for its time. I may have even laughed once or twice at intentionally funny parts. Obviously one game plus one B-movie doesn't quite add up to MK geek-cred. I didn't bother with TV-commercial director Simon McQuoid's 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot in its COVID-era release. Reviews weren't encouraging, but audiences -- not at the American box office, but somewhere out there -- apparently plunked down just enough quarters to continue the game anyway. I would've ignored Mortal Kombat II just as hard if the trailers hadn't thrown in a new, confusing element that begged the question: what is Karl Urban doing in there? Curiosity got the best of me. I even prepped for the occasion by watching the last film (streaming on Max), mostly regretted it, and committed to letting the sequel pummel me on the big screen, for better or worse. Really, though: Karl Urban? Eomer? Billy Butcher? Skurge? Dr. McCoy? Judge Dredd? THAT Karl Urban? […] -
“Mortal Kombat II”: Another Chosen One Inserts Fifty Cents
Previously on Mortal Kombat: I'm not a deeply invested fan -- even "fan" might be an overstatement -- but I've dabbled in the franchise. Back in my fast-food management days, after closing time a friend and I would hang out at a local 24-hour grocery that had a Mortal Kombat II cabinet by the front doors. Their overnight crew ignored us while we virtually whaled on each other for a while. I learned the moves for Liu Kang and Jax, just barely enough to get by, but I was never a serious threat. Years later I saw the first live-action MK film on VHS -– Paul W.S. Anderson’s primitive directorial debut that should’ve been irredeemably terrible. It bunny-hopped over the low bar of "better than most direct-to-video martial-arts schlock" for its time. I may have even laughed once or twice at intentionally funny parts. Obviously one game plus one B-movie doesn't quite add up to MK geek-cred. I didn't bother with TV-commercial director Simon McQuoid's 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot in its COVID-era release. Reviews weren't encouraging, but audiences -- not at the American box office, but somewhere out there -- apparently plunked down just enough quarters to continue the game anyway. I would've ignored Mortal Kombat II just as hard if the trailers hadn't thrown in a new, confusing element that begged the question: what is Karl Urban doing in there? Curiosity got the best of me. I even prepped for the occasion by watching the last film (streaming on Max), mostly regretted it, and committed to letting the sequel pummel me on the big screen, for better or worse. Really, though: Karl Urban? Eomer? Billy Butcher? Skurge? Dr. McCoy? Judge Dredd? THAT Karl Urban? […] -
“Mortal Kombat II”: Another Chosen One Inserts Fifty Cents
Previously on Mortal Kombat: I'm not a deeply invested fan -- even "fan" might be an overstatement -- but I've dabbled in the franchise. Back in my fast-food management days, after closing time a friend and I would hang out at a local 24-hour grocery that had a Mortal Kombat II cabinet by the front doors. Their overnight crew ignored us while we virtually whaled on each other for a while. I learned the moves for Liu Kang and Jax, just barely enough to get by, but I was never a serious threat. Years later I saw the first live-action MK film on VHS -– Paul W.S. Anderson’s primitive directorial debut that should’ve been irredeemably terrible. It bunny-hopped over the low bar of "better than most direct-to-video martial-arts schlock" for its time. I may have even laughed once or twice at intentionally funny parts. Obviously one game plus one B-movie doesn't quite add up to MK geek-cred. I didn't bother with TV-commercial director Simon McQuoid's 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot in its COVID-era release. Reviews weren't encouraging, but audiences -- not at the American box office, but somewhere out there -- apparently plunked down just enough quarters to continue the game anyway. I would've ignored Mortal Kombat II just as hard if the trailers hadn't thrown in a new, confusing element that begged the question: what is Karl Urban doing in there? Curiosity got the best of me. I even prepped for the occasion by watching the last film (streaming on Max), mostly regretted it, and committed to letting the sequel pummel me on the big screen, for better or worse. Really, though: Karl Urban? Eomer? Billy Butcher? Skurge? Dr. McCoy? Judge Dredd? THAT Karl Urban? […] -
“Mortal Kombat II”: Another Chosen One Inserts Fifty Cents
Previously on Mortal Kombat: I'm not a deeply invested fan -- even "fan" might be an overstatement -- but I've dabbled in the franchise. Back in my fast-food management days, after closing time a friend and I would hang out at a local 24-hour grocery that had a Mortal Kombat II cabinet by the front doors. Their overnight crew ignored us while we virtually whaled on each other for a while. I learned the moves for Liu Kang and Jax, just barely enough to get by, but I was never a serious threat. Years later I saw the first live-action MK film on VHS -– Paul W.S. Anderson’s primitive directorial debut that should’ve been irredeemably terrible. It bunny-hopped over the low bar of "better than most direct-to-video martial-arts schlock" for its time. I may have even laughed once or twice at intentionally funny parts. Obviously one game plus one B-movie doesn't quite add up to MK geek-cred. I didn't bother with TV-commercial director Simon McQuoid's 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot in its COVID-era release. Reviews weren't encouraging, but audiences -- not at the American box office, but somewhere out there -- apparently plunked down just enough quarters to continue the game anyway. I would've ignored Mortal Kombat II just as hard if the trailers hadn't thrown in a new, confusing element that begged the question: what is Karl Urban doing in there? Curiosity got the best of me. I even prepped for the occasion by watching the last film (streaming on Max), mostly regretted it, and committed to letting the sequel pummel me on the big screen, for better or worse. Really, though: Karl Urban? Eomer? Billy Butcher? Skurge? Dr. McCoy? Judge Dredd? THAT Karl Urban? […] -
A core memory just unlocked and I need to share it. As a kid, I was fascinated by Zak McKracken because you could just wander around freely. It felt so groundbreaking at the time.
My English was practically non-existent back then, so I played with a dictionary by my side. Every now and then, before the aliens showed up, the screen would read: "Meanwhile, in a secret room..."
For some reason, I used to read "Meanwhile" as "Menaville". I was convinced it was an actual location where the aliens were hiding, so I spent hours flying Zak around like crazy, desperately trying to find an airport that offered a flight to "Menaville".
#RetroGaming #ZakMcKracken #LucasArts #PointAndClick #Memories
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A core memory just unlocked and I need to share it. As a kid, I was fascinated by Zak McKracken because you could just wander around freely. It felt so groundbreaking at the time.
My English was practically non-existent back then, so I played with a dictionary by my side. Every now and then, before the aliens showed up, the screen would read: "Meanwhile, in a secret room..."
For some reason, I used to read "Meanwhile" as "Menaville". I was convinced it was an actual location where the aliens were hiding, so I spent hours flying Zak around like crazy, desperately trying to find an airport that offered a flight to "Menaville".
#RetroGaming #ZakMcKracken #LucasArts #PointAndClick #Memories
