Eupraxias

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by Eupraxias 4y ago
As someone who grew up on the older episodes, and who only dabbled in the newer ones, this headline really threw me for a loop. I was struggling to remember some kind of Star Trek like communicator or somesuch, and drawing a blank. Can anyo
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
>>Instead of AI making machines smarter, it seems that computers are making humans dumber. Perhaps the AI revolution is about dropping the level of average human intelligence to match the level of a computer. A mental race to the bott
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
>>Does anybody else feel that way? Have you been able to detach yourself from the constant flow of information and focus on your own stuff? Yes, and to detach, I enforce little lifestyle changes. It's a species of declared war. I
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I agree with the sentiment of the article, and am "in that camp" on security. Consequently, I have recently wondered at some inverse, SciFi scenarios, for fun -- scenarios in which the content is intentionally made available to th
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I implemented one for my company in 2006, and it worked much better than the Slack they use now, imho.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Thank you for capturing my thoughts, exactly. It's like the answer has been in front of us the whole time, but we're distracted by needless complexity.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Oh dear lord, I was being sarcastic and meta! Can we unflag the parent? It was a legit statement, I thought.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Interesting article that leaves me wanting to read the two missing essays. My head tilted at the statement, "His writings... were considered masterpieces when they appeared in the 18th century." Hume remembers it differently, comm
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
That reminds me of the moment that I realized that I have been a chatbot for a really long time.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
These kind of chatbot comments should be banned. When the chatbot content sticks out from everything else like this, we don't need AI to fish it out.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I have wondered what this company does since about 2000 or so. Makes perfect sense. Thank you!
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Agreed - though I would add rationally empathic. I've found that if I follow-up, immediately, with an understanding of my child's perspective, they are more on-board with what I am modeling. Then, it's not just about me being
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
This is also my personal experience, including a good friend of mine who opted for policing for these reasons after completing a degree in philosophy. He has been a beloved small town cop for many years.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I love the idea that things were different once...
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Thank you, I don't entirely agree with myself, and feel that it is too reductive a statement. It is at least worth considering that countercultures contrast best against cohesive cultures. We're now lacking both, mostly due to the
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Was going to ask someone to post it because I couldn't find the link anymore!
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Do we live in a society without a counterculture? Yes, because there is no longer a central, shared culture.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Any counter-culture requires there to be a culture. We have no counter-culture, because there is no longer a strong, central culture. 4chan is one of many siloed cultures, not a counter-culture.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Fair point! However, I suspect many people have, as I have, been screaming silently for a few years that we will have to pay for all of this at some point soon. I expected what we are seeing, and I'd be amazed if most others on this si
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Rephrased, what do numbers represent, if there are no discrete, fundamental things? And if numbers represent the things we seem to perceive (discrete, fundamental things), though our science demonstrates that individual things are illusory.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
All of this makes more sense when understood in terms of Field theory: David Tong: Quantum Fields https://youtu.be/zNVQfWC_evg?t=1168 "All the electrons that are in your body are not fundamental. All the electrons that
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Interested parties should check out Ken Ward's excellent pi-calculating javascriptural here: https://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/JavaScript/l...
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Hello! I love to work. I'm not a fan of business, capitalism, corporate life, or anything like that, but I love work. I'm almost 50, and have been working full-time since I was 17. Yes, full-time, even during my five years as an u
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Old Land Cruisers have been my "dream car" since I first rode on one on Mt. St. Helens in 1998, and really saw what they can do.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
And it appears someone wrote a book on the topic here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18339944-a-philosophy-of... From the page: "In A Philosophy of Walking, leading thinker Frédéric Gros charts the many
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Nope - he was quite a family man, great dad, gave every minute that he was at home to his family. The money was good - I'm pretty sure that was the motivation. Also part of his personality - he grew up in serious poverty and was drive
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I had a friend who's father did the 4 hours of commuting in/out of NYC every day. Used to visit a few times a year, and he did that every day M-F. As a Vermonter kid, I had a lot of trouble getting my head around how he stayed san
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I also followed this model for a few years, and in retrospect, it was the ideal. I recommend this to anyone looking for a perfect 'hybrid'.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I'm just taking issue with the word "prefer". Do people really prefer cheaper things? Often people can only afford cheaper things, and don't prefer them over well-built things. I buy cheap things and often would prefer
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Untrue. I still have and use the 1$ paperbacks I bought for college 30 years ago, and they're in great shape. When it comes to reading, non-electronic books are superior in just about every way for me.

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