StrangeATractor

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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
> I would argue we treat pigs (which are comparable to dogs in terms of intelligence) Closer to toddlers actually. I'm not a vegetarian or animals rights activist or anything but I'm kind of surprised people eat pigs with how s
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Hell of a coincidence, I just bought a bunch of Korzybski. Oddly enough, he's kind of difficult to find nowadays.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Sort of figures. Kids in America don't really have any rights.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Not a fair comparison, Newsom has a substantial portion of his money directly tied to the fate of this bank. If this were a legal case a judge would have to recuse himself.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
As someone about to be in the market for something like this, propriety lockout is a complete deal breaker for me. /2¢
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
That sounds like a security nightmare tbh.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
FFS nobody's called CPS?
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
My first non-trivial bash script was a CLI frontend for an MPV daemon that used regex to manipulate the playlist. It also had all the basic controls you'd expect from a music player. Kind of like a CLI quod-libet. That thing was awesom
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
They don't have the connections.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Ted was a different matter, lol
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Even Sylvia Plath got rejected. Her success was a small part of talent (a skill which she refined magnificently), but mostly a fanatical work ethic and she didn't let rejection by publishers get her down.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Ask around and do internet research. Firms will usually have bios for their partners on their websites which will give you an idea of their caliber. Find the firm that has partners with SCOTUS cases under their belt (preferably winning them
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Firms will often handle a range of issues, for example estate, trust, and real estate law (along with other things), which would be the people with the connections you're looking for. It also helps if you have a legal problem that need
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
If you get set up with a good legal firm they'll point you in the right direction. A lot of people who get ripped off got tied up in some shady dealings but a good attorney will not only have connections, they'll keep you with peo
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Yeah I think it was the French specifically around that time with the post structuralist influence, and the humanities in America that imported a lot of that thought and language. I'm not well versed in the school of thought by any mea
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
I thought so too at first, but I've seen more than a few French speakers say the situation is just about the same in French.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Anyone interested in this should read Baudrillard. Simulacra and Simulation is more relevant than ever. A warning, he has great ideas but he is a terrible writer. So bad that I wonder if it's intentional to make the reader think more
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
You see this pattern with almost anyone who is proficient at almost anything. Start with something in the simplest, smallest or most general way you can and master it, then build from there. Mathematicians and physicists make a career out o
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
I have to confess I was partly inspired by ZK to start doing this, but by doing it for transitory notes and putting it into my day-to-day habits I feel like I've gained super powers. It's less effort to use a timestamp as a UUID f
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
To clarify: If all smartphones were basically just an encyclopedia, instant messenging and music device I think they would be much better for people. Currently, most time on a smartphone is spent engaging with the attention economy, which I
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
I love legal pads instead of bound notebooks because you can tear off and rearrange pages so they can be with other relevant notes, also the top spiral makes it easy to put in my backpack. Do yourself a favor though, and time stamp each pag
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
It's funny the lengths I've seen people go to on HN to make everyone and their kid suddenly given a smartphone not a big deal at all, which couldn't possibility have any ramifications for mental health or development.
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
I heard a tale in the days of yore where a radio station was not getting the range promised by the laws of physics. When they did some investigating they found an engineer that lived next door to the tower was syphoning power from the radio
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
Do you have outdoor cameras? What did you do for weatherproofing?
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
These are mostly for managing your baseline anxiety levels: Valerian capsules help, but get a good brand like Oregon's Wild Havest, valerian tends to pick up lead in the ground. Valerian helps a lot with panic attacks, too. Make a habi
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by StrangeATractor 4y ago
A slightly different take is that it's easier to police people's language than to try to change the world.