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If I am not mistaken, one would need a subscription to read the article at the above link. Here you can read it for free.

> Everybody else always sees your camera as well.

So yours looks like this? https://zoom.us/docs/aboutAssets/img/zoom-monitor-screen.png

Mine looks like this: https://edsurge.imgix.net/uploads/post/image/13227/zoom-1585269438.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1600&h=648&fit=crop - with me in the top right, and the active speaker as the main.

Oh, in those screenshots I see a "speaker view" button. Didn't notice that. Hmm, I think was undressing because I thought I was off camera :)

If you are suicidal and don't have a terminal illness, you're probably making a mistake. If the alternative is dying, then it doesn't make sense to worry much about safety when you are trying to solve the problem, so there are lots of things to try. For example, ECT helps with depression, and is painless if used with general anesthesia.

here is the google hangout link and a quote from the post by chris corte: > I am inviting any cryonicist who would like to have a friendly conversation with fellow cryonicists to join our Sunday morning chat. > > We have been meeting for six years now, and our conversations are generally about whatever we’ve read or seen during the week, including posts we read here. Our chats are very informal, and any cryonicist is welcome to drop by for a few minutes or a few hours. > > We open the chat at 11:30 Pacific time every Sunday morning and end it around 2:00 or 2:30. We use Google Hangouts and the link is always the same:

https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/g2wamgrn6dcarvfnch2jz3oqnaa

A couple decades ago, cryonicist David S. Pizer self-published <em>Ralph’s Journey</em>, a cryonics romance novel. He signed a copy for me when I met him in 2012, and I quickly read it straight through.

> Also, the stuff in your link after the ? causes it to be detected as spam and automatically removed by reddit. > > > > Thanks for the heads up. How do I fix it?

In the future remove all the unnecessary stuff after the ? in the link. Eg: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Ribbon-Balloon-Disposable-Helium/dp/B074SX4BCZ

>If you are intent on committing suicide it is obvious on the face of it that you are shooting yourself in the foot instead of in the head by telling (and traumatizing) others. Do you disagree?

In most cases you're probably right. In the case of cryonics it becomes very tricky, and thus advice from knowledgeable people is vital.

I recall trying to commit suicide as a young teen. I told my peers, and it wasn't a cry for help. It was just to see their reaction.

This is definitely really important -- although I would argue that it is more predictable than vitrification research because there is a wider market for these devices.

> Are there any other devices that are supportive of the patient in addition to health monitoring?

If you have a known cardiac condition or have high risk for an arrhythmia and live with someone else who can help you, you might consider having an AED available. Expensive though. https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Medical-Systems-861284-Defibrillator/dp/B00064CED6

> I think the theoretical grounding is absolutely there. I imagine its a question of proper funding, R&D talent, and time.

Yeah this is true. I mean it still might not work, e.g. due to tissue space constraints. But there's a shot. Note that Jordan Sparks is relatively skeptical. http://www.oregoncryo.com/futureTechnology.html

> Tissue engineering & iPSC research exist now and there are difficulties in both getting the cells to differentiate correctly and implantation without immune rejection, proper re-vascularization, etc. I imagine that field will flourish before any kind of advanced nanotech will, but this is just a laymen's guess.

This is definitely true, but most cryonics brains have a lot of damage, so there will need to be better technology than just growing new cells, tissues, and whole organs.

> Perhaps if you slowly transitioned that mammalian brain with digital neuroprosthesis, ship of theseus style, you'd end up with a system that would be functionally and subjectively "I". Hard to say.

It really doesn't make sense to me that slow replacement might be possible but not fast replacement. If you want to read an in-depth treatment on this, Keith Wiley has written a nice short book about it. https://www.amazon.com/Taxonomy-Metaphysics-Mind-Uploading-Keith-Wiley/dp/0692279849

Anyway, I'm not interested in having this debate again and you're entitled to your opinion! Glad that you're interested in cryonics. =)