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garethnelsonuk
Gwen Nelson
Formerly known as Gareth Nelson, blogging about my gender transition journey and trans issues in general, tech and steemit
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September 21, 2016
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garethnelsonuk
transgender
5y
My story - how I came to realise i'm transgender (and an FAQ) - part 1
My story Hi all, as promised in earlier posts I thought i'd write about my story in more depth as well as provide a brief FAQ about what it means to be transgender and some other issues. I'm going to do
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introducemyself
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Introducing a Gwen
Re-introducing myself Hi all, this is actually my second introduction post here on steemit, i've had an account for a couple of years now - but I felt like it made sense to post another introductory post.
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steemit
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A couple of ideas for improving steemit
Improving steemit Hi all, before I proceed with my usual posts i've had some ideas both old (had years ago back when I was a regular and while I was working at steemit). Anyway, they can roughly be split
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lgbt
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I intend to return to steemit soon
I'm only giving a few details here because I don't have time to write the longer post until later. Anyway, I have some stuff to write about a recent major life change I've experienced that I don't think
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steemit
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Staying away from steemit for a while
Hi all followers This is just a quick note to say i'll be away from steemit a while (other than logging in to claim funds from my ongoing power down). Some of you can probably guess the reasons why, there's
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religion
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The devil you say... a real Satanist commenting on "The satanic temple"
This post is going to be a bit different from my usual and is likely to surprise some people and not be all that surprising at all to others. Let's just get straight to the point since it's a waste
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test
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Test - ignore this
Or feel free to upvote it loads, this is just a test post
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cryonics
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You are a number - a cryptographic argument for cryonics
You are a number, a really big number Imagine if we could scan your entire body (including your brain) and store it in a computer in perfect resolution down to the Planck length. This is of course pretty
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metformin
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Brief review: 1 week of metformin
I posted previously about metformin here: Put simply, it's an anti-diabetic drug that has been found to also have beneficial effects on aging and is generally considered safe and well-tolerated in healthy
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homeopathy
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Homeopathy doesn't work
After my recent post on the antivax movement I thought i'd comment on a pet peeve of mine: homeopathy. What is homeopathy? First of all, homeopathy is NOT the same thing as herbal medicine. Depending on
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antivax
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Vaccines are a good thing: refuting antivaxxer arguments
Hi all, i've seen a disturbing number of antivax types on steemit and thought it wise to refute some common arguments. Of course, antivaxxers have every right to express their views, and I encourage the
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ai
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Unfriendly optimisers: The unfriendly AI problem for cryptocurrency users
This is going to be a bit of a darker post than my normal ones, but it's something that must be said, and said without the cliche terminator pics. I'll try to explain it in a way that's familiar to
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health
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Something the mainstream media is not covering could save your life
I'm not joking with that title, right now there is an ongoing clinical trial for a drug that could save your life - literally YOUR life, the person reading this. Right now, everyone on this planet suffers
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spam
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test
Ignore this
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music
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God is an american: the use of music to inspire plot
Anyone who knows me will know that i'm a huge fan of the way some writers make use of songs by David Bowie and others in inspiring their work. A classic example is the use of "Afraid of americans" in the
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video
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Ending of battlestar galactica
Watch it on Viewly end-preview Ending of the series, complete with showing the cylons rising on earth.
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transhumanism
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Practical transhumanism: enhancing willpower to overcome akrasia
Hi all, this is another entry in my "Practical transhumanism" series that personally I think is the most difficult to implement a lot of the time. Put simply, "Akrasia" is defined in the dictionary like
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steemit
7y
Further testing with minnowsupport+upvote bots (humans: ignore this post)
Hi all, this is to test further the results of registering with minnowsupport and using various upvote bots, posting a new post to verify which ones have responded already and will auto-upvote this post.
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steemit
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Experimenting with autovoting - a brief note and disclosure
Hi all, a brief note and full disclosure: i'm currently experimenting with auto upvote bots and other services for my previous post regarding Docker. I have decided to upvote that post rather than one
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docker
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Reflecting on docker build speed
This new trendy thing called docker Hey all, i've recently been doing some development work inside of docker containers and thought i'd reflect on my experience with it. Docker, as you are probably aware,
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