Grustaf

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by Grustaf 3y ago
It's not about car ownership, it's about car dependence and how you view the car. In Scandinavia most people have cars, but nobody would find it the least bit strange for a middle class or rich person to take the bus to work, and
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by Grustaf 3y ago
People in the rich world outside the US have a very different relationship to cars, not to mention public transport and walking/biking. In fact, the car obsession in America is a poor world phenomenon, you'll see this in countries
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The real problem is ergonomics.
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This is a very American question, driving is not the only way to leave your house. Obviously it's silly to drive to the gym only to run on a thread mill, but that's not what the article is about, it's about lifting heavy. Lif
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by Grustaf 3y ago
I used to commute in a tiny rowboat, it’s the best start of the day you can imagine.
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by Grustaf 3y ago
So you are still able to upload nude video of others, without their consent, as long as they are not recognizable? I don't find that reasonable at all.
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Surely you understand that one can know what a “god” is, without taking a position on whether it exists or not? I don’t believe in Thor but I know he has a hammer. And btw I also studied math, in a special mathematics high school, and then
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by Grustaf 3y ago
Why do keep pretending to not understand? I’m not asserting anything regarding the existence of any gods, or the efficacy of prayer or swearing. I’m only trying to explain to you what these words mean. That is not related to my beliefs or y
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For a positivist, you’re not very strong on logic. I didn’t say anything about the god having to exist, that is not part of it. The point is that the person believes he is talking to a being, rather than relying on a law of (super)nature. T
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I didn’t make this up. It might seem like the same concept to you, but I assure you that any serious scholar, atheist or not, knows the difference. It really has nothing to do with what you personally believe or not. In your example the dif
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by Grustaf 3y ago
I’m not dictating what the word means, I’m just informing you since you don’t seem aware. Things don’t become superstitions just because you don’t believe in them. Just like there are well defined differences between myths, fairy tales, sag
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by Grustaf 3y ago
Sure, you can use superstition as a slur for things you don’t believe in. But if you want to use the word in its scientific meaning, then Christianity, or Islam or whatever religion, is not a superstition.
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by Grustaf 3y ago
Yes, superstitions relate to supernatural things. Religion does too, in a way. That doesn’t mean it’s the same thing. Language is a lot more complex than that. And sure, you might derogatorily refer to someone’s religion as a superstition,
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by Grustaf 3y ago
No, that’s not what the word means. Religion and superstition are different concepts. This is a linguistic fact, regardless of your personal beliefs.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
Well, not if the words are aimed at your God. In Christianity and many other religions it’s a very real thing to promise God you will do something, it’s not superstition.
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I’m not saying that religious texts are non-factual, I’m saying scientific texts have no moral implications, they ONLY lay out material facts.
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Because Carl Sagan can’t strike him down with a bolt of lightning or send him to hell, so it’s just an empty gesture. For a religious believer it isn’t. Religious rituals are not just symbolic, they are real. Communion for example is not ju
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by Grustaf 4y ago
Placing your hand on a book and uttering words is the essence of being “superstitious”, at least if you aren’t religious.
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Science is not a source of mores, it’s about observing facts.
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What’s the point of this? Presumably the idea of swearing on the Bible is that the person being sworn in believes they are making a promise to God. Hopefully this person does not have that kind of fear of Carl Sagan.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
No offense, but that’s not a very original concept.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
You might not have much use for the real projective line when tallying up prices in the grocery store, but projective geometry is definitely very useful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective_geometry
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On the contrary, the extensions can be very useful and interesting. You do typically have to sacrifice something, like commutativity in the case of quaternions, but it will often be worth it.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
Aren't there browser plugins that remap colours in ways that are useful for color blind people? It seems like a trivial thing to make. Could even map some colours to patterns.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
To be fair, a lot of apps, many that are much more complex than Overcast, were created and are being maintained by single individuals.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
Financial literacy is very low, also among tech workers. Even most founders only have very vague ideas about how finance works.
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by Grustaf 4y ago
I remember those! PSA: there's a HP48G emulator for iphone, I use it almost every day...
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by Grustaf 4y ago
SEEKING WORK | Copenhagen | Remote or relocation (SF, NY, London) Very experienced iOS and mac developer - 3 years at a FAANG, 10 years total - Degree in theoretical physics - Especially strong at developing excellent user experiences - Swi
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For a lot of people, speed just isn't relevant. An M1 or M2 macbook air, even the old intel MBA, is plenty fast for lots of developers. Cost is also often a non-issue. Let's say a desktop can save you $500 or so, or even $1000. Th
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by Grustaf 4y ago
Thanks for your reply, I just emailed you!

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