borlanco

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by borlanco 3y ago
Death is ultimate poverty. You lose everything you have and everything you are, all at once. And this ultimate loss is not avoidable nor reversible. And sometimes it comes without warning. So it's quite normal to fear death. My trick t
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by borlanco 3y ago
> One example is the big bang theory being proposed by a Catholic astronomer who didn't like the then prevaling idea that the universe did not have a beginning or end because it went against his religious beliefs. This actually came
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by borlanco 3y ago
Some more about the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnUubH2X3o
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by borlanco 3y ago
Spaniard here. Be careful, the brochures do not tell the whole story. If you move to any Mediterranean country, you will feel wonderful at first because our culture is so different, but for some people it gets tiresome and unbearable after
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by borlanco 3y ago
This paper has lots of info about HBM. They explain CAS latency in page 4: "Demystifying the Characteristics of High Bandwidth Memory for Real-Time Systems" https://upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/handle/2117
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by borlanco 3y ago
> "This is a massive fundamental problem with Haskell and all language that take hardline stances on things that are better left to the users". Thank you. This is completely and utterly true.
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by borlanco 3y ago
Yes, I agree with you. These debates, controversies and confusion are a consequence of trying to discredit some philosophies and to advance others as "the true ones".
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by borlanco 3y ago
You mention two different topics. Professional philosophers do essentially the same thing we do, they derive a set of personal beliefs that they see as trustworthy. The difference is that they go out and try to sell their philosophies to th
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by borlanco 3y ago
What you say means you're a philosopher too! Seriously, philosophy is a personal endeavor. You derive your own, make your own deductions, and you believe in them. That makes it valid for you. But ... if your philosophy is about how the
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by borlanco 3y ago
"Believe" means you are willing to consider some results as premises for your next deduction.
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by borlanco 3y ago
Anyone can add to progress, if they acknowledge that progress is whatever works for everyone, literally, for everyone. Who succeeded in doing that? There is Confucius, and Norman Borlaugh, and many others ... https://en.m.wikiped
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by borlanco 3y ago
To be able to reach some understanding among us, let me point out that my statement was philosophical (about how the world works) and your statement was political (about who is right). This distinction is important. In politics, understanda
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by borlanco 3y ago
This isn't new. Confucius was well aware of it 2400 years ago, and it's for everyone. If you abuse your powers, you will lose them.
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by borlanco 3y ago
Here in Spain it's 7:43am, and I'm enjoying my daily cup of Ethiopia Yirgacheffe right now.