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"Regarding the cutting of 16,000 jobs, yeah, not grand" Ya see, Buddhism is all about losing the non-essential. Everything is an illusion, everything is imperm
by jqm 11y ago
"Regarding the cutting of 16,000 jobs, yeah, not grand"
Ya see, Buddhism is all about losing the non-essential. Everything is an illusion, everything is impermanent. Especially your job security. Upon receiving their pink slips, many were enlightened.
- Amorymeltzer 11y agoWithout commenting on the content of this comment, the framing of that last sentence reminded me of hacker koans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan See also git koans: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/04/git-koans/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/04/git-koans/ Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5511863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5511863
- wavefunction 11y agoYeah, but you may feel that framing because hacker koans are derived from actual buddhist zen koans, which take the format you find so familiar and reference as the hacker koan format.