ASlave2Gravity

8 ms·

31.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
I always loved this video/music-video on percussive maintenance. It shows you how much it's in the culture—and how good a successful whack feels! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=insM7oUYNOE
32.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Sure! :D https://warpedandtorn.io/ - Having my own little space to publish whatever I want is extremely liberating. EDIT: Would love to also set up a blog roll with other HNers. If anyone likes anything on my site link me y
33.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
> Because perception is so centered on thought, we tend to overappreciate the importance of thinking in our lives, in our behaviors and even values Very true. Thought can become our master easily. As a programmer, I often find myself str
34.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Well, the future as a mystery, something to be discovered, not known in advance, depends on randomness. I would argue if life weren't random and we could see past, present, and future with perfect clarity, it would be a little pointles
35.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
> You must assume something spiritual if you think there exist rational action without computation behind it. I'm still uncertain i.e. spiritual. I'm finding, as I grow older, logic and reason fail to answer for my experiences.
36.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Existential dread is most definitely softened! Thank you.
37.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
That's a good question. I guess I'd say a Turing machine is my definition of a machine. And I suppose the implication is that if we are machines, operating on a stream of input, does that make us deterministic? EDIT: What I'm
38.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
So does this point to us being biological machines? Is it already accepted that we are biological machines?
39.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Took about 3 mins to get working with my jekyll github pages site. Very simple, informative backend panel too. Thank you very much. Shall be donating!
40.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
It's funny how one can feel ashamed for not using the esoteric language features. Whenever someone new joins the firm, and they know all the cool operators ect., I get so nervous around them! But I've caused myself so much stress
41.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
I don't find that surprising at all! It's a tragedy.
42.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Do you think the hegemony is only about oil?
43.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
But isn't the US hegemony all about dictating global markets, ect. ? So whilst the US might be ensuring other nation's security, it is also ensuring that the markets are in its desired condition. This modus operandi, I suppose, me
44.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
ohhh. Thank you :)
45.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Hey, thanks for replying to all my comments btw. I was going through a bit of an existential crisis! (a little one!) May I ask why your username is the_matrix? Are you a philosopher/read in philosophy? Have you read any Jean Baudrillar
46.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Sharing is caring ... as the saying goes. I like this thought on this being a two-way street; could you explain a bit more / build on that idea?
47.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
So what are the axioms for Western philosophy? EDIT: Ludwig Wittgenstein's work is pretty axiomatic right?
48.
Ask HN: Is Philosophy any different from fiction?
1 points by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago|6 comments
49.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Old Media is serving itself, and not the people. This is a big issue. Papers have very little accountability when it comes to reporting the truth in a way that fits a narrative. They often report the correct facts, but they don't repor
50.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Yeah, all I wanted to write was one page. Did you want more?
51.
A Philosophical Treatise on Meaning in a Complex System of Moral-Agents(docs.google.com)
3 points by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago|2 comments
52.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
So I am that drunken monkey after all? I was getting a bit lonely, you know. HMMM. On second thought, it sounds like it's better to not be the drunken monkey?
53.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
very interesting. Is this your opinion?
54.
Does anyone have any *GOOD* arguments against Compatibilism?
3 points by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago|4 comments
55.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
Maths, as I understand it, is merely an a priori deduction from an initial set of assumed-true axioms. In some ways, you can do whatever the heck you like, as long as it's consistent with your axioms and whatever laws govern your ded
56.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
* nods frantically! * "Here is a harder one as we move up the complexity scale." What is the complexity scale ? How do you measure how complex truth is? Can truth have properties other than rightness or wrongness? This, I thi
57.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
very big problem. I think you are wise to recognise this, 'And I know that a lot of things I think I know are probably propaganda or spin or just one sided stories.' How can we flush this from our minds? How do we trust those
58.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
"I think this power of defining truth is one of the major battlefields of the 21st century." - That's a really interesting idea. Isn't truth truth by its definition?
59.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
how?
60.
by ASlave2Gravity 7y ago
And thank you for the link. edit: sorry, was being a bit rude.

More ›