bashmelek

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by bashmelek 1y ago
The cultural canon in the USA will lean towards that. I will say that, if we are to suggest more global reading, concrete examples are always welcome! I would of course recommend Journey to the West. Even among the Four Great Classical No
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I used to see these in Florida a lot when I was a kid. What happened?
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by bashmelek 2y ago
Yeah. There is something about carving out the image of your own mind and getting absorbed deep inside it. I will write from scratch much more than I need if it strikes me, break whatever rule I want, give names that only make sense to me.
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I feel bored of AI as well. LLMs and Generative AI are exciting, and I want research and development on such to continue. I use Copilot at work, and sometimes it is scary on point (other times not). But at home, I like to do things by hand.
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by bashmelek 2y ago
This is rather timely—I started playing with PDCurses after being inspired by Zed Shaw’s “Rogue is the Best Project”. It has been an interesting experience
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by bashmelek 2y ago
Would anyone know how we, the American public, can push for reform? Illegal immigration and social issue flag waving is in every press release but we need to demand and hold accountable lawmakers and enforcers.
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I wish in matters of religion that HN could have discussion with less polemics or axe grinding.
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by bashmelek 2y ago
My thoughts exactly. I live in Florida, and have for 30 years. I’ve never personally used my insurance, and my parents had to use theirs once when the neighbor’s tree randomly fell in our yard, and they also had their insurance pay for mo
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by bashmelek 2y ago
It bothers me also how the word “rationalist” suddenly means the LW crowd, while I keep thinking Leibniz
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by bashmelek 2y ago
Socrates probably would have annoyed me too. I’m terrible at picking words. Can’t stand the popular notion of “debate,” internet or in person; so much uncharitable interpretation, obtuseness and deflection, and being held to a standard of a
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I did a bit of casual research on premodern coinage and currency a while back, acoup and https://memdb.libraries.rutgers.edu/about-spufford-currency was a great launching point. I later compiled a bunch of findings into an
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by bashmelek 2y ago
It is still inspiring for someone like me who wouldn’t even know where to start for something like this—-that is can be done by an individual nobody.The author knew a few important things, but more, did their research, asked questions, and
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I’m glad to hear mention of roofing claims finally. I live in Florida, my insurance shot up. No claims, I live away from the water. I paid for my own roof. But a lot of people around me got free roofs, and I remember getting constant calls
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by bashmelek 2y ago
From my own impression back then, it was less political but more subtly ideological. Truth be told, I have my own ideology as well. Some things that I remember were an article that used a trolley problem of throwing someone in the way to s
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by bashmelek 2y ago
To be honest, even 18 years ago, long before this editor in chief, I found Scientific American rather ideological. Maybe it got more obvious over time, but I don’t see its recent tone categorically different.
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I am still mad at the introduction for “The Idiot” for spoiling as much as possible and analyzing every plot point or emotional moment and then bringing up the author’s life on top of that. I could only imagine anyone who willfully puts th
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by bashmelek 2y ago
The motif also shows up in the 1001 Nights
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by bashmelek 2y ago
It’s very unfortunate, and it causes species native to Türkiye to disappear. A lot of the salep you might find shopping is a salep mix, meant to make the drink salep, and is mostly sugar. The history of the salep drink is itself fascinatin
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by bashmelek 2y ago
Further research is yielding that, in the USA, they are considered pests, and so somewhat highly regulated: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-are-snails-raised
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by bashmelek 2y ago
In terms of protein and CO2 eq, the snails seem comparable if not better than crickets, if I’m reading the data correctly, with .7 kg CO2 eq per kg for the snails (edible meat) vs 1.3 for crickets, and 16g protein vs the crickets 14-20g. Gr
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by bashmelek 2y ago
On the other hand, they eat tons of krill. Bringing back mammoths, however, gives us decent portions from an herbivore, one that I imagine was delicious!
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by bashmelek 2y ago
I’ve been wondering how snails fit into this. I know they have some higher calcium needs, but their carbon footprint per gram of protein is a fraction of chicken. Granted, I know most of their flavor comes from the butter and garlic they
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by bashmelek 2y ago
Isn’t there always a print in the ukiyo-e museum in Matsumoto? It’s not a very big place, and they only show a small fraction of their collection at any one time, but I definitely enjoyed my visit while I was there
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by bashmelek 2y ago
Do you have any recommendations for sources? I’ve used Vulkan Tutorial, which is a bit stale but I suppose still good for exposure. I’ve also used Vulkan Guide, before its latest overhaul. That one was educational. Not sure if I’ll be ab
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by bashmelek 2y ago
My understanding of Davis’s work is that some key parts of it also include finding common ground with the other person, treating them as a decent and reasonable person, and letting them come to their own conclusions. There is a respect and
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by bashmelek 3y ago
I don’t want to point any fingers at western culture on the whole, and the idea of individualism. At this point it feels more like fragmentation. Community pools were really popular in the States some decades ago, and then when segregation
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by bashmelek 3y ago
Fun fact! The correct original plural is “penes”.
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by bashmelek 3y ago
I guess I don’t really see this as hacker news material. Popular media aggregators tend to promote these kinds of statement art projects. I suppose I’m a little weary and wary of it all. I do not need a sanctioned individual—that we must
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by bashmelek 3y ago
If I remember correctly multiplication requires a “zero,” an “identity,” and for something to be a field each item needs an inverse. I imagine we can define multiplication in R2 just as we do for C. So by that logic we ought to be able to d
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by bashmelek 3y ago
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that “real artists shitpost”. They will play with their craft and make something stupid, all as a form of recreation and expression.

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