barbs

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   by barbs 3y ago

   If I were of old age, living in constant pain, unable to do anything I wanted, wholly dependent on others, with no chance of improvment I would probably want to die. That's got little to do with depression and more to do with accepting
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   by barbs 3y ago

   I don't think that's quite right. According to wikipedia: > It affects 3–7% of the population;[2][5] however, up to 20% of the general population may have some degree of symptoms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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   by barbs 3y ago

   You may also like Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
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   by barbs 3y ago

   > Kind of like one way sharing? You give, they take? Yes. There are plenty of examples of people sharing knowledge on the internet without expecting anything in return. Wikipedia, StackOverflow, and most open-source projects come to mi
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   by barbs 3y ago

   > Suicide is the fatal symptom of a treatable disease. Not all suicide is a result of depression.
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   by barbs 3y ago

   I'm well aware that the majority of people don't want anything to do with homeless people. I'm saying this needs to change. It's exactly this attitude of not wanting to deal with people they find inconvenient that ostrac
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   by barbs 3y ago

   > Homeless people are a "nuisance and inconvenience" to the community. To argue otherwise is to be disingenuous. Okay, it's pretty clear that you're discussing this from a place of ignorance and privilege. I suggest
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   by barbs 3y ago

   Decriminalizing drugs reduces a lot of harms regarding drug use, but it's no silver bullet. Seems like the uptick in drug overdose deaths would be best responded to with injecting rooms. They've been a resounding success around th
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   by barbs 3y ago

   I'm sorry but giving wildly exaggerated options and suggesting and they're your only options is a bit disingenuous. How about just checking that they're okay instead of glaring at them for inconveniencing you? And yes, really
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    by barbs 3y ago

    How are they a threat? They're lying in a pool of vomit, it's pretty clear they need help. Maybe teach your kids a bit of compassion?
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    by barbs 3y ago

    > Most people who use drugs eventually end up not being able to live like normal adults. And no one willingly goes to get help or treatment. Citation needed. Seriously though, the amount of unsubstantiated opinions that get thrown arou
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I get the feeling that the author is a car enthusiast, and the vehicle in question is a hobby project and not something to be driven on public roads. I think the fact that it is unroadworthy is the point of the whole article i.e. "good
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    by barbs 3y ago

    This is about exercising self-discipline, not calming yourself down?
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Reminds me of this guy who installed QBasic through DOSBOX and used it to successfully get his son into programming: http://www.nicolasbize.com/blog/30-years-later-qbasic-is-sti... Hacker News discussion: https:/
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    by barbs 3y ago

    > However, I do have a project out in the public now. It ships with the base system in FreeBSD and also ships with Mac OSX. It is a command-line tool that lots of people may use in bash scripts. Is that widespread enough? Also, one reas
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Doing exercise for exercise's sake is difficult for me too. I'm lucky that my work is a half hour bike ride, and this is faster than catching public transport (though not quite as fast as driving). That's enough to motivate m
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I really don't think that's true at all. I consider drowning to be inhaling water and being unable to breathe, not just any death that happens underwater, and I imagine most people would think the same.
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Right? Imagine being dead in the water because the batteries ran out
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    by barbs 3y ago

    One of my friends lived in a squat in Melbourne for a few years. They sort of ran it, meaning they would put the place on couchsurfing.com to attract more people. They had anywhere between about 4-20 people living in the house at any time,
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Is there a browser extension to turn these off?
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I imagine the thrill of the hunt would make it worth it, not to mention a story you can tell every time you see a small bird hanging around.
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I read this ages ago but had forgotten about it. Thanks for bringing this back into my life, absolutely brilliant.
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Not sure if this is exactly what you're describing but I noticed the open-source Diablo engine DevilitionX has Zerotier built in to allow online multiplayer sessions. https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX&#x2F
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I remember reading somewhere that the best software does what it needs to do and then gets out of your way...and it was referring specifically to Syncthing!
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I think git itself is better, personally.
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    by barbs 3y ago

    I've not used these myself but they seem to be designed to solve this problem: https://chargie.org/
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    by barbs 3y ago

    About time I saw an article about this on HN. Honestly one of the worst design patterns since the original popups. I can't believe it works, but it obviously must do, otherwise it wouldn't be so prevalent. Is there a plugin of sor
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Doesn't seem to work on my phone - it won't scroll at all. iPhone SE 2016 - iOS 15.7.3
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    by barbs 3y ago

    Also Australian, can confirm although TV/monitor screen sizes are also usually expressed in inches. We also haven't made the switch to metric time yet ;)
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    by barbs 3y ago

    How does it compare to https://wiby.me/ ?