Malician

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by Malician 9y ago
everything does. it's a question of individual context, individual biology, and what you define as "experience-shifting" + our ability to understand and measure the human brain. https://www.ama.org/publicati
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by Malician 9y ago
This seems like a critique of what I would regard as Stoicism "taken too far." The most helpful parts of Stoicism for me are understanding and accepting that awful things might happen I can't do anything about, the hedonic tr
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by Malician 9y ago
Stoicism unites key principles of early Christian thinking, Buddhist thinking, and modern humanist techniques for transcending mental illness (CBT/DBT.) It filters down from here through almost every bit of psychological self help you
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by Malician 9y ago
The story itself was iffy, but the campaign's aesthetic and maps were AMAZING. I still remember the "defend the harbor" mission where you had one Moho mine and you had the long range destroyers showing up and desperately salv
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by Malician 9y ago
Reminds me of a list of "copyright myths" I saw in school. The first nine were, "you think you can do this simple thing, this reasonable thing, or have any freedom whatsoever? SCREW YOU." The tenth claimed it was a myth
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by Malician 10y ago
F.E.A.R.s bots are by no means intelligent - they're really dumb and predictable, at least once you've played through a couple times - you know that they're going to seek another angle when they get blocked, and there's
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by Malician 10y ago
Recent events in my country (the US) have shown that visas don't really mean much of anything - here one day, gone the next. Most times they will be fine, but you can't trust them.
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by Malician 10y ago
I've never been able to replicate the flow states I used to have from Starcraft/Civilization elsewhere (I've played very few games in the last couple years.) I don't miss the time spent playing them, but my life is much
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by Malician 10y ago
I can't check without the article, but some mistakes I've seen - ignoring reinvested dividends (~2%/yr,) and unrealistic tax figures on the other side, you've got people who ignore inflation and assume 10% a year returns
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by Malician 10y ago
Guliani is not the President. Trump is, and Bannon is a top advisor. Trump went to Guliani asking for a Muslim ban and asking how to dress it up; Guliani complied (in a really, really incompetent fashion.) Bannon's views are quite av
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by Malician 10y ago
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-... It's on his website.
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by Malician 10y ago
I've seen restrictions on a visa waiver compared to preventing green card holders from returning to their homes. Here I'm seeing total admission to the country if you can get here compared to banning people who already have visas
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by Malician 10y ago
I agree that Uber should have participated in the strike. You said "welcome to post-truth politics" and "clearly and unambiguously untrue." Please demonstrate that I am a liar.
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by Malician 10y ago
I'm actively looking for things to praise. If he implements an effective carbon tax like Musk hopes, I'll be on the front lines cheering him. Oh, I just heard that the Director of National Intelligence and Chairman of the Joint C
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by Malician 10y ago
Did this apply to persons who had green cards or visas?
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by Malician 10y ago
This is affecting all the major tech companies directly, and many others' personal lives. This is definitely tech-related and important to many in the tech community. Or: Yes, when he stops doing these things.
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by Malician 10y ago
How do you expect others around you to treat you when they see you treating refugees in this manner?
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by Malician 10y ago
https://mic.com/articles/166845/the-list-of-muslim-countries... This, of course, excuses the action not at all. But it does explain the choice of countries. (and, of course, Obama didn't tell Trump which lis
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by Malician 10y ago
Chicago is a huge city. Yes, it has a crime problem. Yes, "something" needs to be done. That doesn't mean policies like Trump's are necessarily the right ones. I've visited Chicago. It was a beautiful and wonde
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by Malician 10y ago
I read the headline in the same manner as the AP section.
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by Malician 10y ago
People don't like a wildcard. Trump's broken promises are a little more than slight exaggerations. At this point I have to wonder if it's possible for him to lie in a way he hasn't already which will lead his supporter
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by Malician 10y ago
Oh, yeah. Everything that does anything has a risk in the right context and dose for the right person. And marijuana can obviously have some pretty potent effects.
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by Malician 10y ago
People have beliefs and goal functions (religious - obey God; love / protect spouse and family; acquire money and power; maintain health and increase status, and positive image of self.) A powerful brain is like an engine with more hor
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by Malician 10y ago
I don't buy the idea that punishment and reward are just different sides of the same coin. Reward works well for building a healthy rapport and relationship. I don't think punishment is entirely ineffective, but if it isn'
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by Malician 10y ago
The last Airbnb I stayed in was obviously lived in, but the fellow was temporarily out - probably with his GF. The one before that was a really nice spare cottage in the backyard of a couple grandparents. Both experiences were far better
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by Malician 10y ago
Depends where you live. I don't ride the subway; they're impractical where I live. ATVs or snowmobiles are necessary for reaching many areas of my state not covered by the road system.
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by Malician 10y ago
No. They don't. The industry is holding off tiny bits of content laden with ads, features disabled, and the worst tech imaginable and as many roadblocks as possible. At this point I don't care. I don't watch much of their
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by Malician 10y ago
I haven't had soda more than (once every year or so) for several years now, other than as a mixer in cocktails. It's still delicious. Water is still disgusting. I don't drink diet soda because it tastes terrible. Stevia so
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by Malician 10y ago
If I drive drunk, I put others at unavoidable risk. I don't smoke weed. If I do smoke weed, in what way am I causing comparable harm to others? How is it reasonable to threaten me with criminal penalties? Is that good for society!?
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by Malician 10y ago
Except this doesn't actually happen. I have always had much better cars riding in Uber, much better service, and felt safer, too. There is nothing good about cabs. I have a list of cab horror stories long as my arm.

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