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by belfalas 2y ago
Harder than you for sure since I learned nothing from your low-effort and shaming comment.
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by belfalas 2y ago
Thank you for your thoughtful and informative reply. I learned something from reading this and that was my goal.
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by belfalas 2y ago
Oh you mean like Computer Science? :) Joke aside, Buddhism is a classic "ten year study" similar to certain martial arts or plastic arts. Four years is hardly any time.
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by belfalas 2y ago
Asking sincerely because I'm not well-versed on this topic - do we have actual proof that humans are causing global warming? My understanding is that the climate will change independently of human activity. For example, we know that
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by belfalas 2y ago
This article gave me some great laughs. It's clear that the author only studied Buddhism for four years (a very short period of time) and has some very fundamental misunderstandings of Buddhist teachings. For example, this explanation
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by belfalas 2y ago
75 and 60 are vastly different.
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by belfalas 2y ago
Plus one for MTR, it’s a great tool. Not perfect, but great.
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Microservices don't make sense (part 1)(hundredmondays.substack.com)
3 points by belfalas 2y ago|0 comments
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by belfalas 2y ago
I’m interested to see where this goes. That said, I am now planning to delay upgrading my iPhone 11 Pro until iPhone 18 comes out. IMHO Apple and everyone else is moving way too fast with adoption. The deployment surface of iPhone is huge -
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by belfalas 2y ago
I really love the Swift language. I think it is really nice to program in. When it is really good, it just is so satisfying. I can get that "ahh" feeling. I feel like it's this weird blend of Ruby, Haskell, Javascript, and so
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by belfalas 3y ago
Compromise: xitter
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by belfalas 3y ago
Death is a natural part of life. I really don't understand why there are folks out there chasing immortality.
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by belfalas 3y ago
Just wait until you learn about AUTOEXEC.BAT ;)
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by belfalas 3y ago
At university I had an acquaintance who was a philosophy major. His comment on Wittgenstein was: "it feels like the Tractatus is what he believes, and the Philosophical Investigations is what he can prove." Highly recommend "
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by belfalas 3y ago
https://archive.is/IzwGj
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FCC Fairness Doctrine(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by belfalas 3y ago|0 comments
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by belfalas 3y ago
> Fitch late on Tuesday lowered the US long-term rating one rung from triple A to double A plus, citing the country’s growing debt burden and an “erosion of governance”, including on fiscal matters. The action came two months after the
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by belfalas 3y ago
"ChatGPT, where does John Lennon live?"
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by belfalas 3y ago
> Still, as an occasional reader, I have noticed certain trends. When stories that focus on structural barriers faced by women in the workplace, or on diversity in tech, or on race or masculinity—stories, admittedly, that are more intri
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by belfalas 3y ago
Wow, I always liked Sinead and her music but didn't realize that was the reason for her haircut. Big up to her.
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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System(donellameadows.org)
2 points by belfalas 3y ago|0 comments
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by belfalas 3y ago
To be pedantic and HN about it, "horary astrology" is actual stock market astrology. :) Disclaimer: I would not advise you try it as a way to get rich quick, but it's fun to read about!
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by belfalas 3y ago
Classic "English understatement."
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by belfalas 3y ago
> They've got the "Town" them embedded in the page and every time I hear that song it really brings me back. That Town theme music is just a lovely piece of music. Totally nostalgia inducing. 8-Bit music theory did a nic
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Norway has had it with Meta(arstechnica.com)
4 points by belfalas 3y ago|0 comments
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Experts predict 'mass extinction event' for Bay Area startups(sfchronicle.com)
4 points by belfalas 3y ago|0 comments
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On Being a Senior Engineer(kitchensoap.com)
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by belfalas 3y ago
> Maybe our Universe started by a collision of two or more other Universes and we got this mess called the Big Bang. Once upon a time I watched PBS Nova program about string theory. I remember they talked about something along these li
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by belfalas 3y ago
Well, I think an active effort to understand and empathize with people needs to happen first, instead of treating everyone you don’t exactly agree with as an enemy. A democracy only works if everyone acknowledges everyone’s legitimacy, othe
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by belfalas 3y ago
> I wonder what he must have sounded like I believe you can find recordings of the original Dr. Bronner online. I seem to remember hearing a radio program about him and they played back some of his recording. To my ears he sounded like

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