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by coyotespike 4y ago
Easy recent counterexamples include, say, Hilary Mantel, Christopher Hitchens, David Foster Wallace, Helen Dewitt. Each of these wrote brilliantly, in a style very different to how most people talk. Some of them (Hitchens) wrote deliberatel
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by coyotespike 4y ago
A fascinating story - the poor woman was the child of war criminals from another century and became a shut-in. So much history, and bizarre. Another excellent article about her aunt, referenced in the piece: https://archive.ph&#x
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by coyotespike 4y ago
I will check out that reddit! Shoes are hard. Personally, I tend to use one of: - Astral Loyaks, which are minimalist boating shoes. Fine for casual style, and can work out in them - Chuck Taylor's, again casual but super flexible styl
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by coyotespike 4y ago
I don't know much about it, but many great countries agree with you in practice and so it must have a lot going for it. Still, I like the bottom-up approach the common law provides.
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by coyotespike 4y ago
You are completely right! I was going to say it's mainly the Commonwealth and the US, but there are more common-law countries than I would have thought: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/common-la.
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by coyotespike 4y ago
Okay bud. The common law has been developing for hundreds of years. It is an extraordinary institution and an important part of Western traditions. At its best, the common law has allowed a finely balanced rule to develop - not in a vacuum,
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by coyotespike 4y ago
This! Many of my old "worst regrets", which bugged me for years, no longer bother me. If I revisit the regrets that don't bother me - well, probably they could start bothering me again! I still have regrets that haunt me dail
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by coyotespike 4y ago
Sasha Chapin mentioned this book - thanks for the push to get it and read it. A remarkable autobiography, and a balanced and compelling account of his practice. I'm inspired to find a good community :)
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by coyotespike 5y ago
And for what it's worth, apparently he was in fact a scientist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Akeley Everyone in that era including scientists killed too many animals imo. Glad he helped get a park going thou
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by coyotespike 5y ago
That period from 10-14 sounds mindblowing! Magic. I'm guessing your folks had a summer house in Norway or something - I love that you had that freedom.
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I would love to hear more about the survival situations you did (I'm guessing intentionally) - and about the bear skins!
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Wonderful piece, lightly erudite, seamlessly blending etymology, syntax, and so on, with philosophy and humanity. The comparison with translations from Sinhala was a nice touch too.
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by coyotespike 5y ago
This is great, especially 3) which implicitly makes a business case for reducing tech debt (useful for communicating with the rest of the org), and also helps steer us toward debt that actually matters.
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Check out the FAQ there, helpfully answers these questions. tl;dr yes these are legally valid digital signatures. (former lawyer here and didn't know the answers either!)
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by coyotespike 5y ago
This awesome book helped me "see" the constellations (sometime I'll really take the time to learn more of them!) https://www.amazon.com/Stars-H-Rey/dp/0547132808
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I meditate, usually an hour of sitting practice, and then through the day. Practicing more felt really urgent after a couple of big psychedelic trips, and I've found getting into contact with a source of fundamental unconditional love
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Yes, exactly so! Also, we have already been able to find "magic drugs" for mice, worms, fruit flies, yeast, and other organisms. Currently Celine Halioua's Loyal and Matt Kaeberleine's lab are working on doing the same f
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I would encourage you not to think of this as a personal, internal issue. We are obligate social animals. This self-doubt isn't happening in a vacuum. You haven't gone into depth here (and that's fine) but it sounds like a la
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I respectfully disagree - many diseases are diseases of aging, in that they appear only when someone has aged significantly. A drug that increased healthspan would thus treat multiple diseases at once. And in fact, since we still do not hav
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Yes, good question! We have good results for c. elegans, mice, and fruit flies. These have all had their lifespans extended by quite a lot for c. elegans, or iirc about 40% for mice. This, and the existence of several multicellular organism
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I regret that this is not a very good article. For context, I'm not a biologist, but have joined On Deck Longevity Biotech - maybe half the people have biology PhDs, and everyone is interested in (obviously) longevity biotech. Yes, the
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by coyotespike 5y ago
The world is full of smart, curious, active people who are neither brilliant nor delusional. One problem we do have is that (in the States, especially), our culture is geared around individual careers. Meaning we don't have a supportiv
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Yes, this sounds right! If you approach it with the mindset of "let's free this person up for a while and see if this helps them do something cool" then you're more likely to be happy with the outcome. This is not a job,
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Most of the piece is mood affiliation, accusing anyone supporting crypto aims of bad faith. Under the fluff, there are two substantive points: - If Web3 advocates move essential internet services on-chain, that would centralize into a singl
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I learned this technique while reviewing high school math to take the GRE, and really enjoyed it. I find it elegant and easier to derive than the usual formula - I prefer not to memorize equations. And with just a little practice, it was ea
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by coyotespike 5y ago
Yeah, I'm doing UT Austin, and they charge $1k a course, for a total of 10 courses - to me that is pretty cheap. It's all through EdX, so still a cash cow for them, but reasonable for the student.
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by coyotespike 5y ago
There is so much good advice in this thread! - Friends and family and community. This is actually more important than all other advice in this thread (I never say that kind of thing, but it's true here). They will be there for you when
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I've always gone for Athena, goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Hephaestus would be my second choice, fitting for those of us who toil in the code mines ;)
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I did not know Chile had a desert until I found myself in it, while motorcycling down to Ushuaia. It was incredible - a Mars landscape, as far as the eye could see. We would pick up pallets by the side of the road and make a fire at night.
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by coyotespike 5y ago
I used my own emacs for several years, then switched to Spacemacs. It's far easier to learn and use for most people, and also works with Vim keybindings. I'd recommend giving it a try.

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