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by b6 9y ago
Such bunk. I spent thousands of hours fighting with computers due to obsession, certainly not because I had some notion that it was important or that it would be considered a good occupation 20 years in the future. I was practically living
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by b6 9y ago
It's great to read such eloquent defense of such an important idea. I would ask that anybody with terrible ideas be allowed to speak at length and convince all the peaceful tolerant listeners of the terribleness of the ideas. Sadly, th
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by b6 9y ago
> Also, do other species react like we do? Cats seem to see the squirming snakes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXXQ6GCUb8
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by b6 9y ago
I hope it's not annoying to people if I type this word yet again, but: meditation. If I had known how helpful it would be, I would have started many years ago. It just doesn't seem possible that it's helpful, right? Sitting q
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by b6 9y ago
People in the US are extremely generous, by any measure.
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by b6 9y ago
Hi, this thread really croaked, but I thought I'd give some thoughts. I think the term "mainland" is strange. To me it seems like marketing by the CCP, because nobody else thinks China consists of a mainland part and some oth
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by b6 9y ago
I have no idea what I'm talking about in this area, but the only brain games I've run into that I think might actually be helpful are the ones that are somewhat painful, e.g., BrainHQ. Definitely not fun. I start to sweat just thi
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China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs by February(bloomberg.com)
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by b6 9y ago
> so you don't ever make anyone uncomfortable again This is not within OP's (or anyone's) power.
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by b6 9y ago
Of course "diversity" policies don't make companies fairer. Treating people differently because of bodily attributes is fundamentally unfair. And I don't oppose this stuff because I feel threatened. I oppose it because c
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by b6 9y ago
> Sorry but they don't get off that easy when almost half of them voted Trump into office. Not to rehash the past, but I thought we had gotten it clear by now: voting for the guy does not indicate support. Americans vote for the can
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by b6 9y ago
Thank you. I hope someday humans can get past the idea that uh oh, something is different, and that means something is wrong, and something must be done to fix it .
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by b6 9y ago
Along the same lines, "Four Violins": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9RTSXki8E IIRC, this stuff influenced the Velvet Underground.
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by b6 9y ago
> vpn that can unblock all those web site can be purchased for $15/year Have you lived in China? If so, please tell me what VPN service you're talking about. If not, I think you might not be aware how sophisticated and annoying
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by b6 9y ago
> Urbanization fundamentally has been engineered to create "wage slaves" Suppose someone was born out in the forest, and there were no cities, no societies, no technology. Would you call that person a sustenance slave? Would yo
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by b6 9y ago
> The mere thought that the world isn't a meritocracy frightens techbros. People you disagree with are complicated people with complicated views. I don't think it's good to label them, treat them as one group, and characte
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by b6 9y ago
There's no need to add something new. I'm just resisting the rise of these new more insidious forms of racism and sexism.
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by b6 9y ago
Nobody opposes diversity of experience, perspective, skill, etc. It really is helpful to have people with different use cases testing and developing the software. But "diversity" is being used to mean diversity of gender, ethnicit
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by b6 9y ago
Please just explain what's wrong. It's more constructive.
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by b6 9y ago
It seems clear to me that schizophrenic people generally think they are being tortured with whatever technology is appropriate from the age in which they live. In that famous first writeup, the method of torture was "pneumatic chemistr
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by b6 9y ago
When I was much younger, I found it funny. But then I learned about it, and it stopped being funny and became worrisome and frightening. An extremely debilitating disease that can strike anyone for no apparent reason, that makes you and you
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by b6 9y ago
Man. I feel like I got blasted with a word salad here. To me the main value of this piece is to raise awareness that the internet is serving as a kind of incubator for mental illness just as it does for, well, everything else. I often see i
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by b6 9y ago
I second this advice, but I want to offer a different interpretation of what's going on when you meditate. For one thing, your concentration improves. The mind rests, and it seems to work on more important things subconsciously. You gi
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by b6 9y ago
> And sometimes, even "I will do my best" is an excellent reason for doing things. Man, I think this is absolutely it. I feel very sorry for someone who would pin their happiness on being the best in the world. It may not be wi
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by b6 9y ago
This stuff is cancer. I think Google made a terrible mistake trying to placate those who want equality of outcome. It's not achievable or even desirable. In an effort supposedly to combat sexism and racism, discrimination on the basis
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by b6 9y ago
This is such an eggshells issue. I think a lot of people probably feel extremely reluctant to speak openly about this, or try to diagnose it, and that seems very bad, because children are suffering and their futures are being compromised. I
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by b6 9y ago
I feel as if I see claims like this pretty regularly. But when they don't amount to anything, I never see followups about delusions of persecution.
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by b6 9y ago
Maybe not a good idea, but I was thinking it could be cool if they turned on some lock LED in the bezel.
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by b6 9y ago
My feeling is that when a topic of discussion finally comes along that you perhaps didn't even realize your mind has been working on for a long time, it just pours out of your fingers like magic.
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by b6 9y ago
Both dogs and cats do kill each other. It is not uncommon at all.

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