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by bckr 5y ago
I agree that it's dismissive and negative, but golly were those characters obnoxious and at least semi-toxic.
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by bckr 5y ago
We're not talking about perpetual motion engines. I think you've demonstrated the above commenter's point that > there's basically no interest in actually stopping it with any kind of sustainable long term technical e
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by bckr 5y ago
> Think about the typical large slab-on-grade grocery store You can raise the floor, just like you can drop the ceiling. > that seems like it would have been a massively wasteful over-reaction At least this person has some creative id
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by bckr 5y ago
... which is in bed with the Russian oligarchy... who are expert in disinformation ...
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by bckr 5y ago
> Parents can also get worse as you age and learn that some actions or behaviors are inexcusable Indeed, many would envy those in this thread who seem to have avoided having the truly stupid/insane/wicked adults in their lives.
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by bckr 5y ago
That might be true, but I think there is a threshold called "good enough" that every parent can reach with some effort.
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by bckr 5y ago
Not GP, but I suspect that increased emotional maturity would prevent one from lashing out, overreacting, underreacting, being unable to emotionally support one's child, etc.
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by bckr 5y ago
The UN definition of genocide requires acts of violence with the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part , a national , ethnical, racial or religious group, as such " (emphasis mine).[1] Putin and Russian have made it clear tha
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by bckr 5y ago
I'm sure there's some validity to this from an anthropological/linguistic standpoint (I'm a big fan of "sounds prescriptivist but ok"). But look at your own comment: > Context is important. If you are writin
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by bckr 5y ago
The name of the game is Kaos. Success will come and go on many time and space scales.
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by bckr 5y ago
another interesting point > slave labor Can you be more specific? Googling "Google slave labor" reveals a lawsuit from 2019 or so from folks whose children were injured & died in cobalt mines that big tech ultimately receiv
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by bckr 5y ago
Cool thanks for a useful answer. I agree with your first point definitely.
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by bckr 5y ago
I agree with this sentiment, although I agree it's stupid that The Hill was suspended. If anyone wants to give a reason why these arguments are always about freedom of speech VS censorship, instead of being about private property + fre
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by bckr 5y ago
> Notion just feels cleaner; I haven't really tried to analyze why. There are fewer formatting options, but the options given are very opinionated. It is also really good at responsiveness to screen size.
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by bckr 5y ago
Ohhhh, I like it... gods, please let this be the case. This is the good kind of deep state.
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by bckr 5y ago
> Force won't remain limited to only those crapping, screaming and exposing themselves in public. Okay? What exactly do you mean by this? We expect force to be used in a lot of contexts. > Will you still support this when, perhap
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by bckr 5y ago
This is how I learned arithmetic in the US 2 decades ago. edit: But actually after that I used something called "Math-U-See", which used physical blocks to develop intuition. That was pretty cool.
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by bckr 5y ago
> Some advocates for homeless people have objected to forced care, but Newsom told the San Francisco Chronicle it is past time to talk about civil rights when people who are clearly in distress are ranting in streets and frightening or e
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by bckr 5y ago
This is a good comment. Much better than your previous one. Thanks. > which is why you try to tackle the problem every day Yes, every day I tackle some of my problems. Many days the effort I spend on a problem is to think about how I c
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by bckr 5y ago
I'd go one further and point you to western esotericism, where you would likely perform various meditations before summoning goetic entities. Now, you're not supposed to let yourself get possessed by them, but any Christian should
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by bckr 5y ago
I said: > I don't really understand the need you said: > you seem to believe that I should want what you want There's a disconnect there where you're reading a lot into what I said. Granted, my comment was terse. Here
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by bckr 5y ago
I'm jealous that you have this experience, honestly. I do the same things, but feel like a caged animal. Maybe I just need a comfier seat.
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by bckr 5y ago
> I have no desire whatsoever for any of those things Cool, thanks for making that explicit. > nor will I accept it for your convenience A little aggressive but OK. Remoters are on the defense, after all. But please realize... I'
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by bckr 5y ago
I'm sorry you experienced that. > had to resolve by accepting the tiny odds I think that's the right approach. Acceptance works wonders. FWIW, from what I've read you won't go spontaneously nuts unless you're doi
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by bckr 5y ago
I think you are reading aggression into GP's comment that wasn't there.
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by bckr 5y ago
> an involuntary, difficult-to-control channeling of my focus/perception I'm really curious about this. Say more?
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by bckr 5y ago
Hmm, I wonder if these experiences you and GP are describing are at all like my nightmarish Salvia trip--experiencing the collapse of the universe of experience and the certainty that everything I've ever known, been, and desired is an
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by bckr 5y ago
> you start wanting to use social media a lot less fidgets for a minute about whether HN is a social media site
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by bckr 5y ago
Right on. And I bet those nice folks did a good job of taking executive function burden off your back :-)
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by bckr 5y ago
Yep. I use the executive function capacity that I have and I work to increase that capacity over time. But pushing too far past that capacity leads to, you guessed it, burn out. +1 to the preachiness. You have done zero to help me or anyone

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