AaronAPU

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by AaronAPU 1y ago
There seems to be an important distinction between “recognizing” a thing and that thing existing in the myriad of real ways the “recognition” would imply. I’d imagine the parent post is referencing this distinction.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
Democracy is when my candidate wins and does things I want.
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Every new thing or place is first settled by pioneers who necessarily have the associated personality. But once it is settled, the hordes come in and that changes completely. It’s fundamental, if you want to find that pioneering spirit agai
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
Well, Church isn’t God. So I’ll grant them the title. But the stronger claim, that God won’t save us from nihilism, I disagree with entirely.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
“evolves” is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting there
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That is true, it’s an old problem being amplified.
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I have never once in my life felt a moment of wanting that.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I’ve been programming C++ on a daily basis for more than 20 years and literally never use the >> operator. Never. Not rarely, never.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I think its not so much the specific social media platforms, its the fundamental increase in how densely connected the social graph is and how much information flows across it. We don’t have the capacity to process it as individuals and our
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
Yeah I liked the aesthetic but left the site having no idea what I was even looking at or why I would care.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
This type of rhetorical manipulation has lost its power. Not interested in engaging.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
He was very civil and gave people the opportunity to express themselves. But it often had the result of giving them enough rope to hang themselves with.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
He was literally influential for touching grass on college campuses across the country, peacefully engaging in open discussions with people who disagreed with him.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
The camera. I dislike the camera on the 16 so much I bought a handheld camera. Previously I had loved the 12’s camera. Massive step backward.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I regret “upgrading” from iPhone 12 to 16. Ended up spending over $1k on a separate camera because the iPhone 16’s is so much worse it ruined my favorite hobby of taking scenery photos while cycling. Think I’m done with Apple phones after t
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
It’s not like it would hurt you for there to be supplementary info others can see but you can’t.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
The one time I visited Google for a round of interviews, they assigned the complainer to take interviewees to lunch. It was enough to keep any interest I had in Google at bay forever.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
Those words contain far more relations than just “sticks” — the reduction is in your framing.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
It is categorically insane to think a professional broadcast is obligated to air whatever nonsense you manage to inject in front of their cameras.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
Let me guess the candidate has to agree to live in one of the most expensive cities on the planet and dodge knife wielding homeless people and their feces on the way to work every day.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
Stunningly, though I have been saying this for 20 years I’ve never come across someone else mention it until now.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I’m considering selling my home in the spring. But if there will be no property taxes, I’ll change my mind. The reason for sale is I’ll be traveling most of the year and the property taxes cut into my burn rate substantially. From my perspe
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
The point is that determinism is an emergent phenomena and when you dig deeper it reduces to a ground which is nowhere near as stable. So as a heuristic, moving away from deterministic models isn’t necessarily the wrong direction. Many worl
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I was on some forums back then and it literally took over the entire forum and installed itself into the moderation team. The entire social environment transformed as a result. Say what you will about the positives or negatives of feminism,
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
That’s too bad. I’m in the grey area with some hits and misses. It’s a tough market but I’m surviving. What did you try if you don’t mind my asking?
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I’ve had success as well. But was sharing the negative experience. It’s a mix for sure.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
This type of thing is why I was essentially forced to start my own solo company. There isn’t a force on earth which could make me subject myself to all that. Enjoy your jobs those who will. I’m choosing a different life, even if it doesn’t
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
It was forward when Newton discovered the beautiful simple determinism of physics. Was it going backwards when the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics emerged?
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I did that for 2 hours yesterday and then scrapped everything the agents did because it didn’t work and left everything in disarray.
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by AaronAPU 1y ago
I think for me the friction comes from the commitment required to finish the book. If I pick up a book and I’ve not been reading lately, it means I need to commit to picking up that book for weeks. I know you don’t necessarily need to finis

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