SyzygistSix

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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
As someone who remembers what the time before cell phones was like, having a hand held pocket phone is still miraculous. A slightly less aesthetically pleasing phone is not a big deal when it reduces the true ugliness in the production chai
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
That's the puritanical aspect. Many things are deemed to be perfectly fine, as long as no one is orgasming to it.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
>Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Of course. It's practically axiomatic. Which is why it is strange you brought up one particular opinion.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
>Having been in a sector of fintech that many sex workers used, I can say with confidence that the majority of the women within were single moms who simply couldn't or didn't have access to the social net to feed their children
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
I find most jobs to be just as degrading and humiliating as being a cam performer, while stealing more time for less money. Venues like OnlyFans also allow people to cut out pimps and other predatory manager types. Truly, puritanism is
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Not puritans per se but certainly people who push the puritan mindset, in order to profit from the hard work and sacrifice of others. The push for full time employment for everyone, framed as a good thing, usually comes from people who
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
>will not want to have spent them in waste. And will at least think about what this means.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Judgemental notions that are attached to labelling are not always useful, except perhaps to hide the underlying dynamic.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
I would suggest paying attention to the ones that speak to you.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
A buddhist, occultist, or existentialist might suggest Pascal just didn't explore this space far enough. Those with the courage to question even the existence of God and meaning might find more rewarding insights or experiences.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
In one experiment, kids were allowed to play all the arcade games they wanted. They played endlessly. Another set of kids were paid to play video games for hours. Those kids cheated and were found to slack off when viewed in a hidden came
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Only 10 hours? Bull of Heaven laughs.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Not everyone frames it in a judgemental fashion. Some people simply decide to see what happens when they decide to go outside their comfort zone. The tendency to not explore these spaces seems to be one of the reasons why they are occulte
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
>When I was at school one of the punishments was to be sent to stand in a corner and stare at the wall. It used to send some kids almost crazy but never bothered me much—all I had to do was to go into daydream mode to pass time away Me a
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
I like to rephrase questions and suppositions like this using E-Prime. For me it helps reveal the underlying dynamic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Thank you. I have had friends, none Buddhist, attend Vipassana retreats that are similar. No phone, computer, media, or conversation for a week or a weekend, just a focus on silent meditation. And an absence of religious trappings, so suit
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
I don't see the numbers on HN? Which is why it is less addictive to me than Reddit. I also lurked for nearly 2 years, as I was concerned about diluting conversations with low quality, unnecessary posts, which are far less frequent on
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
>I wonder what is the primary intended role of Google's "Ethical AI" efforts in the first place. I as well. Is their role to bring up adversarial viewpoints or to actually be adversarial? If it is the former, did her behav
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Was she fired over the paper? Or was she let go because she, with a position as a manager, told other people at Google not to participate in the DEI program because it was useless?
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
This is the best Linux joke I've ever heard.
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by SyzygistSix 6y ago
Same for me in the early 80s. All boys and girls took shop, home ec, and typing. And Hunter Safety, as part of phys-ed.