Bakary

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901.
by Bakary 6y ago
It doesn't just sound a lot like it. It is literally gambling.
902.
by Bakary 6y ago
Would it make more sense to see the work of a philosopher as that of a performance artist? I do not mean this in a sarcastic sense, but in the sense of coming up with intuitive but applicable ways of considering and interacting with the wor
903.
by Bakary 6y ago
The article draws a distinction between the more modern Marxist definition of feudalism as a stage between slavery and capitalism and the medievalist one that describes "the customs and relationships of an elite who governed ordinary p
904.
by Bakary 6y ago
To clarify, I was indeed talking about understanding the culture, and it is the culture itself that invokes a reaction of nausea. Engagement metrics, Medium-style "lessons learned" posts, growth hacking, hustle porn, the word &quo
905.
by Bakary 6y ago
For me the experience is bad not because I don't understand how the platform works but because it represents some of the soullessness of modern culture and online media. Most of the content that it posted there, even by real people doi
906.
by Bakary 6y ago
You have to make sure the filter is HEPA, and calculate whether the device has had the time to do a full air change given the room size and its CADR rating. Viruses are generally too small for even the best filters, but the droplets that ca
907.
by Bakary 6y ago
I've spent many hours navigating the air purifier market and it is one of the most opaque and customer-unfriendly ones I have ever seen. Beyond the advice given in the article, it's also important to check what the filter exactly
908.
by Bakary 6y ago
It's one thing to lament the unfortunate aspects of the world... but are you willing to make even the most basic lifestyle concessions to improve the situation?
909.
by Bakary 6y ago
It's not at all ridiculous if you pay closer attention to various historical events. Maybe the biggest shock in this regard would be the Cuban Missile Crisis. We generally remember just a tense moment followed by the installation of re
910.
by Bakary 6y ago
In all honesty, it's more newsworthy than yet another post about some superfluous, polluting, or outright damaging software startup/service/toy for adults.
911.
by Bakary 6y ago
The goal here is to create an incentive to remove waste. Changing the concrete industry would only be a side-effect, if at all relevant.
912.
by Bakary 6y ago
In 100 years this will be the least of our problem. Either because it will be trivial to solve by then, or because we will be extinct or perhaps involuntarily returned to a pre-industrial life.
913.
by Bakary 6y ago
>Not to sound preachy, but did anyone have the "wait isn't this bad for the environment" reaction to any of the other stories on HN today? Starlink? That new Samsung fab plant? Shit, there's an ad on the front page ri
914.
by Bakary 6y ago
I kinda disagree with the implied notion here that it's necessarily the wrong choice to make. Part of public life and social interaction has moved online, and social norms are evolving to reflect some of that. Previously taboo subjects
915.
by Bakary 6y ago
I love these sorts of projects that teach humility. This taught me that I had quite a few misconceptions that were off by an order of magnitude. It's painful at first, but like an "audiophile" doing ABX testing, it helps in t
916.
by Bakary 6y ago
>Maybe only those who lived in his era can understand who he was and that's about it. Everything else is a nice story created by professionals. Even if you were alive then, your understanding of the guy was still mediated by profess
917.
by Bakary 6y ago
Based on the articles that came out, it would appear that it was a classic case of devs being betrayed by managment and/or the marketing department. One anecdote that struck me was that when the studio announced the April 2019 release,
918.
by Bakary 6y ago
I'm not a cultural relativist by any means, but it's a bit destructive to focus on whether something is artistically driven. Millions of people have a positive relationship with mass-market games such as FIFA: they just have a dif
919.
by Bakary 6y ago
Ironically, I now find industry drama to be more engaging than many high-profile games. >On the other side of the war, a very vocal subset of the gamers is treating gaming as the only purpose their lives have, and will viciously attack d
920.
by Bakary 6y ago
I have seen a few other ransom messages from various other events, and they have exactly the specific brand of cringeworthy writing that is displayed here. It's the same sort of distinctive style you see on .nfo files from scene releas
921.
by Bakary 6y ago
I don't think guilt or self-blame is warranted here. After all, you can't choose what to desire almost by definition. You can only choose to pursue your desires or not, and that's assuming free will is a meaningful concept to
922.
by Bakary 6y ago
One issue is see with this metaphor is that having enough sand or pebbles to not have to work for a living (or chose what to work on) would be the most single most important addition to the expected quality of your rocks that you could make
923.
by Bakary 6y ago
When I was younger, I was more impressed with the "second-rate" category. Then I switched to that "first-rate" ideal he describes. Now my understanding lies in the middle and I find both types to be awe-inducing as long
924.
by Bakary 6y ago
There are two points that come to mind here. The first is that, in the most literal sense, maybe 99.9% of the work/insight/decisions of such a capital allocator are going to be utterly useless since the creation of value will come
925.
by Bakary 6y ago
To come up with a definition of freedom, I'd say we have to start from the premise of a certain degree of reliability. If we take into account all the ways you can lose everything or die early, it will always seem like a meaningless co
926.
by Bakary 6y ago
If you are a very wealthy or influential individual, you are essentially trapped into certain sets of behavior. You can still relate to other people, but the fact that you could solve most of their problems on an individual basis with an in
927.
by Bakary 6y ago
The advice isn't bad at all, but then you've heard it all before. Most people tend to figure most of this out by the time they are in their mid-thirties, or never do. I can only speak from my own perspective, but the irony is that
928.
by Bakary 6y ago
That's the issue at the heart of it. Ads are annoying, but a certain type of lucrative person clicks on them. A YouTuber asking to hit that bell and like button is repetitive, but it works. Sometimes superfluous additions ruin products
929.
by Bakary 6y ago
It's not even just a larger societal problem, but something on altogether different scales of magnitude (pun not intended). People suffering from health issues due to bodybuilding are a rounding error of a rounding error in comparison.
930.
by Bakary 6y ago
Everyone's trying to game the public, from clerics to tech workers to politicians. Bodybuilders seem like a relatively insignificant part of that permanent and massive sale. I can understand the frustration, but I don't think it&#

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