exolymph

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by exolymph 3y ago
What a missed opportunity, shoulda deleted them all!
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by exolymph 3y ago
> This is a joke offered in the spirit of humor Hacker News moment lol
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by exolymph 3y ago
Parallel thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35622873 Intriguingly, while google.com isn't working for me, google.ca is.
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by exolymph 3y ago
Interestingly, while google.com isn't working for me, google.ca did return results. I wonder what's up!
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by exolymph 4y ago
All of that is pretty fucking impressive? Why do you feel like the appropriate comparison point is lifelong dedicated yogis rather than normals
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by exolymph 4y ago
Much of Hitchens' critique of Mother Theresa is cherrypicked and distorted: https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/gcxpr5/saint_mo...
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by exolymph 4y ago
Bankruptcy is substantially better than death so yeah this seems like a win?
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by exolymph 4y ago
I feel like it'd be out of character / off-brand for Musk to care about the ADL
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by exolymph 4y ago
Deadlines / other people waiting on me. Changing settings (can be as small as switching from couch to table). If it's something boring, putting on YouTube at the same time so my whole "attention space" is filled despite
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by exolymph 4y ago
I was up until I got pregnant! (Intermittent fasting pairs extraordinarily poorly with morning sickness. And then once that wears off you're ravenous all the time.) > weekend comes and it becomes 10X harder, especially if others are
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by exolymph 4y ago
There are infinite people telling you to do any given dumb thing. Most of us manage alright regardless. People still fall for Nigerian prince scams, it just isn't novel anymore.
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by exolymph 4y ago
Not having kids also produces this dynamic. A childless person is less likely to have strong connections amongst the still-vigorous once they're very old.
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by exolymph 4y ago
Great comment. You're a good son. One small note: > the most frustrating thing is how many of these people we delete that just keep re-adding themselves. Facebook really should not re-suggest a friend if you delete them. Try blockin
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by exolymph 4y ago
Most likely it's a feedback loop that goes both ways. Generally healthy —> activity is easier and more pleasurable —> exercise makes you healthier —> being healthy makes exercise more viscerally rewarding, and so on.
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by exolymph 4y ago
Go to church anyway. You don't have to believe to attend services.
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by exolymph 4y ago
What a heartwarming success story :) Username checks out!
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by exolymph 4y ago
If it goes through, they'll just use Instagram Stories and Reels instead. Possibly also Snapchat.
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by exolymph 4y ago
Descriptive =/= prescriptive.
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by exolymph 4y ago
Who says it has to be someone else's voice?
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Underestimating Social Complexity Among Hunter-Gatherers(traditionsofconflict.substack.com)
1 points by exolymph 4y ago|0 comments
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You can just do stuff(alicemaz.substack.com)
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by exolymph 4y ago
Similar to Google Docs but with GPT4 (previously 3 and 3.5) built in.
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by exolymph 4y ago
I'm a writer (copy, social, all-purpose) at a startup. I've been using GPT4 via Lex.page to generate crappy first drafts which I then improve and expand. It can speed up the process quite a bit, but needs handholding and someone t
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by exolymph 4y ago
You can fire someone who is pregnant, just not because they're pregnant.
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by exolymph 4y ago
Blindsight and Echopraxia by Peter Watts, The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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by exolymph 4y ago
> In person work, though a logistical headache and social annoyance, drives team cohesion. This is probably true, but the thing is, I don't care. Team cohesion is not worth commuting. So any company that wants people who feel the sa
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A slightly better form of metonymy(theoutpostreport.substack.com)
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by exolymph 4y ago
It's a pure hypothetical because the people who do reproduce under conditions of modernity will become the future population.
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by exolymph 4y ago
I like https://hckrnews.com/ as an alternative front page
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by exolymph 4y ago
Not due to lack of practical capacity but lack of the political will to commit large-scale massacre. (Not saying we should have.)

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