PopeOfNope

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   by PopeOfNope 11y ago

   > I would highly encourage anyone feeling depressed to seek counseling, and for the most part school mental health services are a safe and welcoming place to find help. In this day and age, I would be very, very careful about who you tal
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   by PopeOfNope 11y ago

   Nice theory, but this isn't a new phenomenon. I had a friend of a friend get dismissed in a similar manner back in 2001. The official reason is the therapist decided college would put undue stress on an already fragile mind. The unoffi
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   Thanks! I'll have to remember that.
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   Updated. Massdrop is aggravating that way.
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   There's also the Tex Yoda, for those who are also fans of minimal mechanical keyboards. You have to wait for a group buy on massdrop to buy one, though. https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/2tn5i0&#
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   > I think what you're saying is: Survivor bias. We are comparing the best songs of the past to all songs of the now. I hate how quickly people are to trot out "survivor bias" or "survivor fallacy" here. It doesn&
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   It also speaks to a universal human desire to have a purpose in life, to make a lasting positive impact on the world.
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   > That sort of delayed feedback loop is no way to participate in a community Who says he's participating in any particular community? > The survivorship bias is a logical fallacy, not a prescription for choosing what to read! So
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   by PopeOfNope 12y ago

   Really? I thought it would be ideal for an extrovert. Instead of spending all your newfound downtime reading, you could instead spend all your newfound downtime interacting with real humans.
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    by PopeOfNope 12y ago

    It will be intelligible, but will it still be art? English lends itself well to all manner of subtext. When what we call english today becomes a dead language, will it still even have the same meaning? It's something I occasionally won
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    by PopeOfNope 12y ago

    > We rely on individuals for long-term orientation because organizations no longer make themselves adequate. The flip side of that coin is that organizations are only as good as their leadership. Being able to select good leadership gene