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by goodroot 8y ago
Fascinating. I have a keen interest in Shamanism and more patience for "woo-woo" here than most. Navigating your dream state is a mighty Shamanic concept. It is one of two Shamanic practices that people here will entertain. The ot
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by goodroot 9y ago
I recently received an invite for the GeForceNOW beta. For the unaware, GeforceNOW is game streaming; they leverage cloud GPUs to render games, then stream the results back to you. My take away is in-line with critical consensus. If you hav
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by goodroot 9y ago
Nihilism need not be an end-point. There are many positive and motivating philosophies that are less bleak and more illuminating. The author's positions on most of their anecdotes do not seem to convey a sense of optimism. Buddhism, St
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by goodroot 9y ago
Whether you're exploring this idea, or more far-out ideas like Graham Hancock's, one must admit there's a profound romance in this premise. It excites me to consider that there were once entire axioms of culture, intellect, t
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by goodroot 9y ago
I find it unusual that one can use a polarized axiom as the basis for what's considered rational thought. Life is deep, unfathomably complex, nuanced, and believe or not, bipartisan. You can introduce more flavour by expanding your win
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by goodroot 9y ago
You can mitigate a lot of these feelings by being aware of your exposure. This community in particular can make even the dazzlingly brilliant feel lumpy and unmotivated. There was an interesting study[0] done on Facebook users in University
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by goodroot 9y ago
Such a vision is a fallacy.
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by goodroot 9y ago
> Ironically, it's when we heal ourselves that we can actually be of the highest service to those who are hurting. Beautifully said. After creating my own healing, I feel compelled to give back in some way. Anytime I see a thread li
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by goodroot 9y ago
My meditation practice started with Vipassana meditation: https://www.dhamma.org/en/about/vipassana After dabbling for awhile with nothing but a pillow and my psyche, I participated in a 10-day silent meditation p
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by goodroot 9y ago
You're right. That was too sweeping, in fairness. I've edited in 'good software products'; that record is categorically abysmal. IBM makes amazing mainframes and physical technical systems, and conducts some fascinating
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by goodroot 9y ago
Not a mention of plant-based medicines and psychedelic, spirit-centric treatments of depression? There's enough data at this point that this seems willfully obtuse. We need new ways, yes, and they're out there. These new ways need
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by goodroot 9y ago
Hrmph. Poppycock. I grew up with depression. I suffered from it for over two decades. Between Ayahuasca and daily meditation, I have most definitely unwoven any of these "permanent" changes. You can always, always get better. The
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by goodroot 9y ago
As a Canadian who has worked at IBM, I'm not surprised that this didn't find success. In IBMs defense, I don't believe our public sector has the experience or aptitude required to act as a supporting interface for a job of th
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by goodroot 9y ago
I agree with you, poster. I'm baffled as to why you felt you needed a throw-away, though. If you don't think you can speak in earnest within this community, it probably isn't healthy for any of us to be here. Back to your poi
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by goodroot 9y ago
> Knight, who favors the shouty, super-caffeinated tone of a spin-class instructor, calls herself a “bestselling anti-guru.” She is particularly proud of the best-selling part, and it’s easy to see why her approach appeals. The phrase th
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by goodroot 9y ago
I know HN isn't too spiced up about Crypto, but it's important to realize that lots of these "cryptocurrencies" are built atop Ethereum -- that's part of what makes it magical. This is leveraging Ethereum, to create
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by goodroot 9y ago
When authority is centralized, it's akin to full control. Decentralization fragments control across many, many different parties, who in consensus have authority. If the transaction is on an immutable public record, the authority could
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by goodroot 9y ago
The big feature of the car example comes within the third paragraph. It's decentralized. The node, the charging station, doesn't need to phone home or synchronize with a central authority in order to process the payment. It can wr
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by goodroot 9y ago
You might like this example, it puts decentralized smart-contracts in a digestible context: https://germanylandofinnovation.com/2016/10/19/german-compan... -- Under the prototype, users interact with the char
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by goodroot 9y ago
Hello, api. You might want to check this page out: https://www.stateofthedapps.com There are 938 projects listed that leverage Ethereum/Solidity. One of my personal favourites is: https://colony.io . The whitepap
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by goodroot 9y ago
> For one, Ethereum is unable to access real time data from outside the blockchain. Developers need to rely on trusted third party data providers, called oracles, to provide smart contracts with outside information like weather, random n
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by goodroot 9y ago
Does anyone have any good books to recommend about gaming and mental health? Or, really, just gaming in general? Perhaps from a philosophical perspective?
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by goodroot 9y ago
Most excellent question, kss238. The next part in the series, which breaks apart the different parts of a TLS ciphersuite, was just published: http://fly.io/articles/how-ciphersuites-work/ It should answer your qu
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by goodroot 9y ago
I understand the argument regarding power consumption. However, if we're going to green wash ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing ) a cryptocurrency, we need to focus on more than power consumption. Given th
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SEO is dead, Long live SEO(medium.com)
1 points by goodroot 9y ago|0 comments
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by goodroot 9y ago
* Harry Potter! * A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy: Taught me much about myself and reinforced a healthy pattern of practicing will power. * The End of Your World: After discovering spirituality and meditation I had li
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How Gravatar hurts your visitors(fly.io)
9 points by goodroot 9y ago|2 comments
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How to Apply HTTP/2(fly.io)
2 points by goodroot 9y ago|0 comments
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by goodroot 9y ago
> The robots are much more efficient than a human at the task of scanning store shelves. Oh, my. This sentence gave me a real chuckle. But, then, I reflected. We're in for some interesting times. If the heuristic is whether not a ro
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What's Application Delivery?(fly.io)
1 points by goodroot 9y ago|0 comments

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