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by emacsen 5y ago
> That sounds like a crappy, knockoff kind of zen. If it is, it's a long standing one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisaku The stick is meant to "wake up" practioners but it's also used to help
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by emacsen 5y ago
This is a difficult topic because it's so fraught with misunderstanding and complexity, but I'd like to share a few thoughts, not all from the OP but from this topic in general. 1. Meditation as a tool for self-improvement Meditat
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by emacsen 5y ago
> taking space that we now use for growing animal feed There was a recent Youtube video that explained how this isn't quite accurate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g I'll save you the time (though y
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by emacsen 5y ago
> Have you got a citation that Hamas is on a religious mission to "kill all non-muslims". Read their own literature, read Wikipedia, read any source on Hamas. This isn't a hidden agenda, this is their stated goal. > it
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by emacsen 5y ago
They are religious extremists who believe that the entire land should be free of anyone whose religious beliefs do not match theirs and they don't mind killing innocent people, including their own people- women, children, etc. to furth
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by emacsen 5y ago
I know that this is probably an innocent comment on your part, but the wording of "with Palestine" implies that there are two places in a fight, one called Israel, the other called Palestine. This is a simplified explanation of wh
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by emacsen 5y ago
As others have mentioned, the source you're citing is at best highly questionable. The amount of leaps the article makes is just out of this world, mostly that this Israeli company has Israelis involved, and that Israelis who have ex
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by emacsen 5y ago
There are two reasons I see for this based on my experience. First, as the other commenter mentioned, Java was targeted at large enterprise. I remember hearing about Java Beans, and Java Enterprise this and that. It fit with the model of de
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by emacsen 5y ago
I was with you until you said that Python is largely intended for system administration automation. Python is used in a wide variety of application environments, especially the web. For example, early versions of Youtube were nothing more t
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by emacsen 5y ago
Some of this is interesting, such as the social media aspect, but I'd like to understand exactly what your motivation is and where your funding is from. One of the things few people know about the new "porn addiction" website
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by emacsen 5y ago
I've noticed that you said you're here to answer all questions, but then you've been selectively not answering a lot of questions, like mine, and others who ask pointed, specific questions rather than mostly fluff. I buy lots
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by emacsen 5y ago
That's a good distinction to draw, and certainly clarifies things in some ways. The line between the two is somewhat blurry. Back in the day you're talking about, components were often discreet enough that they could be replaced.
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by emacsen 5y ago
From the web site, the selling point seems to be around this being a "right to repair" laptop. What's a bit unclear to me is that it seems the Framework Laptop is not be under an Open Source license, unlike the Pinebook Pro,
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by emacsen 5y ago
> I wonder how many of the people defending or downsizing Nina Paley's position have seen the offending content Exactly. Nina likes to pretend that she is simply "exploring the issue critically" or that pronouns are "
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by emacsen 5y ago
Those are only two posts of dozens. Feel free to read her twitter feed, her blog, her facebook feed, etc.
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by emacsen 5y ago
While this project (like Nina's quilt project) is interesting, and she has previously made some beautiful art, including Sita Sings the Blues, and Mimi and Eunice, Nina has spent a significant amount of time and energy in the last five
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by emacsen 5y ago
> Because of the size? It's huge and because of that, it's not in the same category as a normal phone. If it had been sold as that, that would be one thing, but it wasn't. I bought an MNT Reform laptop knowing it won'
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by emacsen 5y ago
I purchased the LibreM phone when it was being crowdfunded. I waited years for the thing to be released, and what they came out with at the end was beyond disappointing. It's nearly three times heavier and 2.5x thicker than a normal ph
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by emacsen 6y ago
I didn't give it away, it's functional. As for UBPorts, it stoppped updating! It just fails to update. It also insists I'm on a captive portal when I'm on my home wifi.
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by emacsen 6y ago
I've had the first gen PinePhone and my view on it is that this is not really a mass market device yet. The PinePhone is just too slow to use. It's frustratingly unresponsive. I hoped the LibreM would be fast enough to make the ph
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by emacsen 6y ago
"Don't flatter yourself that I downvote you en mass comment on everything you post" - while downvoting me and commenting. I'm sad that you see my attempt to improve OSM, as some kind of personal affront. It's genuin
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by emacsen 6y ago
You literally said to me "Your heart is full of hate" - direct quote! You follow me around the Internet downvoting me and commenting on things I write. And yet again, misdirection, because instead of just being honest and saying &
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by emacsen 6y ago
Good to hear. Pelias was a welcome innovation in geolocation using OSM data.
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by emacsen 6y ago
To be honest, I don't remember the name of the app. I think I actually got it as an APK from Randy directly...
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by emacsen 6y ago
As usual, Richard, you are using a misdirection tactic. I said leadership inside and out of the OSMF, yet you are pointing out /one/ person, rather than the whole or the majority of long time leadership such as Frederick Ramm, And
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by emacsen 6y ago
> What is wrong with OSM's geolocation services? They come up with irrelevant results or no results at all. I talked about this in more detail in "Why OSM is in serious trouble". > What even are OSM's geolocation s
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by emacsen 6y ago
The issue isn't lack of engineering but that the engineering in OSM is entirely on the "value add" providers, that are the companies using OSM. The OSM Foundation and general leadership (both official and unofficial) are peop
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by emacsen 6y ago
I'm the author of both "Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap" and "Why OpenStreetMap is in serious trouble". I think the issue of a mobile application is an interesting one, and on its own is not an issue, but combined
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by emacsen 6y ago
Don't forget The Day the Universe Changed!
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by emacsen 6y ago
The answer to this is complex and nuanced. First, most reasonable people do not shame anyone for their body preferences- period. It is often more about how than what. You may prefer someone who is taller, shorter, larger, thinner, etc. Bu

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