AStonesThrow

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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
No, that is a profoundly ignorant perspective on the truths and pragmatism of ancient wisdom. The pagan religions were not merely created to explain the unexplainable. Pagan myths and legends imparted greater truths and wisdom, they encoded
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Here's my hot take: conspiracy theories and outlandish myths are America's version of Old World superstition and folklore. Study any European culture and how it was Christianized, and how the local culture, folklore, and mythology
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Sometimes I feel as if my life, and the life of other Transhuman kids who've grown up like me, is more or less Ender's Game writ large, without the special chosen-ness for leadership in something momentous. In other words, I was
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Okay, so where is it explained which three concepts are being diagrammed here? Did the artist have some in mind when assigning colours, or should we use our imagination? Sadly, the linked description page at www.cai.cam.ac.uk is a 404 alrea
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
I know, right? This is why we must be extra cautious with anyone's claim of disorder or disease, because just because someone thinks they are ill with a particular thing, doesn't mean that they, or even their HCPs have done due di
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
First, it seems that public restrooms aren't built for utter privacy and secrecy, but merely dignity, and blocking out the main parts suffices for that. They're public spaces, so it's sort of helpful that I can detect someone
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
https://xkcd.com/1523/
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
PayPal already shares enough contact info for the purpose of shipping when I order physical goods. This new sharing appears to consist of marketing data on items you shop for, not necessarily PII, unless you consider your inseam to be class
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Sure, phreakers could attack the central office equipment, and get free calls, disrupt the network some, but they couldn't make some other customer's phone explode, or melt into slag, or ring 1,000,000 numbers at once, from 5,000
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
> Suffered serotonin syndrome for a few days afterwards. What sort of physician diagnosed you with Serotonin Syndrome? What symptoms did you describe to them, and what criteria/evidence did they use to arrive there? Were they able t
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
It's like solving a CAPTCHA to prove I'm European
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Everyone knows these lists of produce that enumerate the vitamins and minerals they contain, and other beneficial micronutrients, and so dietary recommendations often say, "try adding X to your diet, because it's high in Ps and Qs
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Mobile operating systems are designed to engage and distract the owner. Lost your attention for a few minutes? Screen dims and threatens to darken! Oh no! Touch its face and keep it alive! Notifications from everything. Alarms that won&#x27
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Once when I was 10, 11 years old, I needed to call home from school. I had never used a payphone. I had perhaps rarely used our rotary home phone to dial out. Of course it was after school hours, and a stressful personal crisis already, and
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
I began to think about various things that are called "doping", including a process to treat fabric-covered aircraft. It turns out that there are many kinds of "doping" and even an article on the supposedly mythical prac
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
The myriad word usements which you structure cromulently are indubitably grammatical.
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Ahh, those halcyon days before opaque consumer routers with zero-days, botnets, and gray-market residential proxy services.
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
It's interesting, because around 2004-06 was when I struggled mightily with hardware issues, especially audio, and Chris Siebenmann was the one who urged me to "install Ubuntu and be done with it." And Ubuntu really was the v
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
But who is innocent? Do you mean innocent persons? What is considered "harm"? What is personhood? You're focused on structural and institutional morality, but what about personal and individual responsibility? I believe it&#x
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
They should donate to YouTube's Technology Connections and Techmoan !
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
The actual magnitude and brightness of comets (especially novel ones) are difficult to predict, but the NASA/SOHO Coronagraph is witnessing some dramatic images as Tsuchinshan transits the Sun, coupled with large CMEs. Go here, and cal
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Obamacare Website Tips - SNL https://youtu.be/_rzQeDOGDxI?si=Op4NDMNL_9hedCPK
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instacart Apoorva Mehta founded Instacart in 2012 at age 26. He tried to apply for funding through Y Combinator but missed the deadline. He eventually got a meeting by using the Instacart
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Or, you know, destroy and deny existence of evidence that was previously abundant and considered obvious. Or move goalposts on what's considered "evidence" at all. Or manufacture mountains of data and statistics to simply dro
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
I've a theory that most UX/UI developers started in their youth as gamers, especially in "twitch" genres, because many interactions for me are now closer to playing Descent than typing a paper into Wordperfect.
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
What does Science do to those in its ranks who challenge Global Warming Dogma? Flat Earth? Alternative medicine?
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Around 2002, I asked a Dominican friar if it was true that The Matrix films were promoting Gnosticism. He said that I could find Gnosticism just about anywhere, if I looked closely enough. Pair that with Modernism, and you've got a r
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
During a recent visit, I mentioned my "White Coat Syndrome" was probably affecting me right there, so they selected their most attractive woman with the best perfume and a manual sphygmomanometer for a hands-on measurement, before
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
It's the futility of trying to make two arbitrary numbers go down and covering up a mere symptom. Hypertension is correlated with a lot of issues, and it's easy to measure. It's also easy to keep formulating novel chemicals,
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by AStonesThrow 2y ago
https://xkcd.com/2176/

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