Eupraxias

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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I agree, and was being hyperbolic. There are times when "very" is... very useful, and not just useful. I guess I just always say "wicked" instead. It's wicked better.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I love it! Correct, it is subjective. But removing the "very" makes it _sound_ objective. It's more of a declaration than an "I think". And isn't this all about how something comes across, how it sounds, how it
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
See, it sounds much more conclusive to say... This is bad advice. Adding "very" is subjective. Omitting makes it sound like fact. All of this push-back is... cute.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Correct, they don't waste their time. It is baked in.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
The point is that when you use "very", you reveal that you have not attained that level of intellect which realizes that "very" is extraneous almost every time. This insight usually comes with a large amount of time inve
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Hear hear - elegance over verbosity!
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Thank you, Hegel.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Agreed. Thank you for calling me out here - I also disagreed with myself when I chose "of, by, and for", and was going to use more generic words, but thought more interesting ideas may come out with the extra salt.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
"Right of Force". At some point, freedom is restricted at gunpoint. Government works this way because it is logical that it do so. This is why it is critical to have government established "of, by, and for" the constitu
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Hi there! There are at least one of us left.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
These are local problems. Those lucky enough to relocate, can. The issue is causing problems for everyone. We don't even have a relocation plan for the ultra-rich. Amazing that we all still have something in common.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I'm not dismissing anything - I tend to agree with the findings of the article. I'm just taking issue with the words choice of that sentence.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
The article concludes: "poorer countries are not a dumping ground for the rich." They are indeed a dumping ground for the rich. Whether they should they be so is another question.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I suspect that much of the sentiment comes from the fact that when Western countries did it, they didn't know better.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Hear hear, and I appreciate the Jocko reference. My own middle path has evolved out of many things, but I imagine the three most prominent are: 1. Delayed gratification as part of childhood upbringing 2. Training to silence the internal dia
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
You posted the comment I would have added. But let me ask, what do you have in your existential toolbox that helps you do this? What have you experienced in your life which might make this easier for you than for others?
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
As a telescope amateur, Stellarium is one of my favorite learning tools. Having used this happily for at least 15 years, I had no idea this amazing software wasn't at version 1 yet.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I have a near obsession with these instruments, and would love to try to build one. Excellent recording of this awesome recorder in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIesMapxaOs
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Pity and compassion, sympathy and empathy: we experience these 'forces' in alloy-form. But when we speak of them, we speak as though our common experience is with the pure form of these things. Consider the narrative on the topic
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Neophyte speaking - I love it, but so much in this area feels deeply established. Who are the rebels, the provacateurs, and what are their arguments? If I wish to 'know thine enemy', who would I read? For example: - who questions
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
The Queen was mostly a symbol, right? It makes sense that you feel sad - it is not just the person who has passed, but also, in part, some essence of that which she symbolized.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I always thought that was Bard, or perhaps Reed or Hampshire.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
To me it read like "snakeoil salesman, and snakeoil women", but my mind was not able to form a clear picture of what the latter might be.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I remember that I always noticed the sound when someone turned on a TV or CRT in my house when I was growing up. I miss that.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Zoiks! We didn't have anything like that in the early days, but I hope they made things right for you.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
I have only met two. My connection at Tao of Tea (incidentally, the original 'tea master' there), has vanished into the clouds again it seems. How astounding it would be to connect with him somehow. The other was an elderly man na
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
Silver needle is a wonder, when the preparer has decades of experience. A good friend was such a master, and I had the joy of learning how to prepare Silver Needle with mastery. I had brewed it hundreds of times, but when he did it, it was
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
This is among the reasons I very nearly converted to Catholicism, though doesn't everyone have to at least believe in the divinity of Jesus? I've always thought that churches should solicit people of the same general morality to p
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
For this reason alone, the two sites are night and day to me. I don't have the stomach or nerves for Reddit anymore, but I can sip the cool, refreshing draught that is HN all day long.
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by Eupraxias 4y ago
It's a good model, and more active church communities would likely be a net positive for society. But the model does come with some nasty side-effects, not the least of which is a required subscription to the invisible-friend belief se

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