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721.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
"Spherical harmonics are orthogonal functions on the sphere, just like Fourier modes are orthogonal functions in normal space" I am stupid. What does this mean?
722.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
That's a drive with which your exact position becomes uncertain so... you might be there already.
723.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
But not humans, regrettably.
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Thanks for this, ok... >> The largest assumption that seems to be behind your position is that society should not have recreational drugs. Is this correct? > not necessarily. as alcohol was/is still very common where i grew up
725.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I've found very few in many years' use. You may be a more competent user than I. Please report bugs, the devs are very responsive.
726.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Seems you have prior form in not knowing what you're talking about https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32632468
727.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Wirth silver(?) Pascal book used 'b' overstruck with a backslash when spaces needed to be shown explicitly. I wonder if there's a unicode for that.
728.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
This is a really great post and I appreciate it, and I don't even know where to start and how to respond. I suspect we have some very different assumptions which I'll try to make clear, which will lead us to disagreement, but that
729.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I think you'll end up with drug-naive kids, which may be a similar risk. You've just shifted the risk to an older period of their life. Kids need information, not naivete enforced through ignorance.
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
People can disregard fucking anything they don't want to hear. Still, perhaps, might work. > where these bad choices drugs = bad choice, always? There can be good sides too.
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
That sounds like the right way to do it. I would have welcomed that down to earth honesty at my school. We only got half the info we needed, the half they wanted us to hear, and at that point I lost trust in them.
732.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I can't give a source but a figure I heard was 30% to 90% of males died prematurely in preindustrial[1] cultures due to violence. Can't remember the source, sorry. [1] My word, afraid I can't recall the right/more precis
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
> you were basically saying something along the lines of "there is no condition that requires someone to take psychedelics" Not that I was saying that but ok, is there one? Edit: I'm sorry, this conversation has just gone
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Subtleties in people's positions can be difficult to interpret in text. I misunderstood yours, that's all! We seem to be in complete agreement.
735.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I said "a psychedelics deficiency won't kill you unlike insulin". Deficiency, I said. So why are you talking about overdose. Obviously an overdose of anything will kill you, including water, so what was your point.
736.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Yeah. It'll be fine. No trouble at all.
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Rereading it I agree, I misunderstood it. I guess this bit got me though "Even if we accept that psychedelics are medicinal, there's still the paradigm that you only take medication when you are sick, and it has to be the right me
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I'm talking about psychedelics used recreationally, although I know from personal experience how valuable they can be in sorting out personal internal problems. Also, a psychedelics deficiency won't kill you unlike insulin.
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Our positions are subtly different it seems. I certainly know of some people who I'm sure psychedelics or other drugs would assist greatly, but to me the decision has to be that person's always. To say "I hold the opinion tha
740.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Over many years I've come across several discussions about fast linkers and how compile times sped up so much by replacing one linker with a faster one, but I've never found out what about them makes them normally so slow. Can any
741.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I strongly incline towards legalisation but I want a proper discussion based on evidence with those who hold a different viewpoint that I can learn from and bounced my ideas off, not simply attempt to shut down the discussion as happens her
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
If I went through the threads I bet I could find a number of such claims of excessive goodness, not backed up by anything. It just feels dishonest, and worse, it unbalances a serious discussion we need to have. Additionally, if those who ha
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
That's a new one to me, thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_percep... In a 2010 study of psychedelic users, 23.9%[verification needed] reported constant HPPD-like effects, though only 4.2
744.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
> , but it also feels like it's being pumped way too hard as curing basically everything with little discussion of the side effects In every HN drug discussion someone always pops up with some claim like this "curing basically
745.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
When you've invented something better you can also invent a time machine, take a trip back half a century and cause everything to be done the right way from the very start.
746.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
> Make a repo. That's a file that lives wherever. Go to some directory, fossil open filename. Now you have a working directory. Type fossil ui, now you're looking at it in a browser. Don't remember where I got to, I think
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
> In contrast, Fossil is a single standalone binary which is installed by putting it on $PATH. ... It manages a community server with wiki, bug tracking, and forums, provides packaged ... Standing up a community server for Fossil takes m
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by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Ah, the 'method' part. Gotcha. You might email the author and ask for a copy. They're often surprisingly willing to hand out individual copies.
749.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Err, what exactly were you expecting, their telephone numbers? You got figures and probabilities in the conclusion and I can't see what else you could reasonably hope for.
750.
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Hot water, sewers, decent food, television and films, warm & damp-resistant housing, electric lights and much more and I'm glad of it. I remember living in places where hot water had to come from a kettle and the house was cold and

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