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by bashmelek 4y ago
The article doesn’t seem to mention it, but the question as to whether light has a speed or is instantaneous was discussed in Ancient Greece as well, and continued to be by thinkers throughout the ages.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
Let us discuss this more. If I were more knowledgeable of this, there would surely be benefits.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
Then again there are also deontological aka categorical morality frameworks that see pulling the lever as acceptable, that it is not “killing” but the life of the man in the other line is lost as a secondary effect, which must be gravely co
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by bashmelek 4y ago
I’ve heard before of people struggling through the Ainulindale, but to be honest I never could understand why. Maybe it has something to do with me being Catholic? I completely loved the Ainulindale, beginning to end.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
I’d argue that multiculturalism is a misnomer. I can’t speak for GP, but I sympathize with the fear of cultures being eroded and replaced with a largely corporate global monoculture.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
I’d actually take the opposite approach—-keep sex as something within a committed relationship/marriage, and keep dating as something with purposeful intent for finding such a partner. What may be missing, though, is a sense of connect
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by bashmelek 4y ago
This is something I wish was brought up more. It is almost a meme that “the originals were darker,” but really the famous tales of the Grimms and Perrault et al are just local snapshots of a living tradition of the common people telling sto
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by bashmelek 4y ago
I feel this too. People have different needs. I had an ex who despaired at the idea of marrying me because she didn’t want kids with autism. To me, I’m fine, my kids would be fine, and I don’t want any stigma or to be seen as defective. I j
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by bashmelek 4y ago
The abstract mentions about mentalizing ability being a predictor of prosocial giving. As someone a big low on that scale, I’m curious, maybe even a bit concerned, about the research behind that.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
If money is no object, where does, say, platinum-iridium stand on this?
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by bashmelek 4y ago
I’m glad to see Valomilk mentioned in the article—they sprang to mind instantly as a smaller producer I want to see continue.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
On the other hand, that gives me the idea to pitch clean cold fusion energy to power quantum computing that generates a quantum encrypted infinite denominational new currency based on NFTs.
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by bashmelek 4y ago
Unfortunately we as a country have done a poor job in helping other nations develop and gain secure economies for their peoples. Paramilitaries thrive in such environments, and then other powers make their offers for international leadershi
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by bashmelek 5y ago
http://www.makarioslabs.com/ Just a little webgl demo I like tinkering with every so often
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by bashmelek 5y ago
A related element is that apparently there was a large surplus of women at the time. The imbalance contributed to an increase prostitution and women getting stuck in unhappy marriages.
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by bashmelek 5y ago
For anyone interested, IBM quantum experience lets you simulate quantum computer operation, and even gives an allowance of running actual simple programs, made in their visual tool “composer”, on a real quantum device, through the api. Sign
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by bashmelek 5y ago
The part of the scroll being blank also goes way back, reminiscent of the “true and wordless scripture” of Buddhism
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Currency, Late Medieval Europe (From Intro in the Handbook of Medieval Exchange)(memdb.libraries.rutgers.edu)
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by bashmelek 5y ago
The article mentions how the AI partners can also be verbally abusive themselves. I don't know how Replika works, but Cleverbot would take statistically appropriate responses it gathered from human interactions (leading it to often ask
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by bashmelek 5y ago
My understanding is that girls are more likely to attempt suicide, while boys are more likely to die from suicide. As a sibling comment mentions, a big factor in this is differences in how the groups go about in their respective attempts. I
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by bashmelek 5y ago
If you could dig up sources on studies I'd greatly appreciate it. I never pursued psychology to the end after getting a bachelors in it, but mental health is still I cause I care about and would like to see improvements.
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by bashmelek 5y ago
I find the idea very natural too, and there is precedent for this in Western tradition as well. In the times of ancient Rome, people would eat a meal with at their gravesite of a dead relative. This meal was called "refrigerium".
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by bashmelek 5y ago
I'm glad someone brought this up. Vlad Tepes was remembered by his people as a just ruler. One story about him (paraphrased): A wealthy merchant lost a purse holding a large sum of money. He announced to everyone that whoever found it
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by bashmelek 5y ago
I don't think the "Fish game" is skill based exactly--from what I understand the end payout depends largely on what fish the inner workings of the game decides to throw your way
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by bashmelek 5y ago
I don't think I would say "everything happens for a reason" to someone who is suffering, but all the same for me and other people of faith it's a simple reality. But for people who disagree or struggle with the premise,
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by bashmelek 5y ago
Some of the comments against preserving languages sadden me, but I have to accept it--that there are big matters of meaning that we are going to disagree on. I stand firmly with preserving language, and with that culture. I hope to do my pa
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by bashmelek 5y ago
>"Outside the Church there is no salvation" >846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers?335 Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through th
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by bashmelek 5y ago
I'm sure this is a dumb question, but are there any conceivable use cases for a gravity-based communication system?
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by bashmelek 5y ago
Quetzalcoatl preferred nonhuman sacrifice. Other gods of the Aztec pantheon, such as Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc, and Huitzilpohctli, however, did have a lot of human sacrifices offered
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by bashmelek 6y ago
There's also the option of going into your Youtube history and deleting things from it. More than once I've clicked on something out of curiosity and regretted it, only to have youtube recommend more of the same, but removing the

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