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by inphovore 5y ago
You may find this difficult to comprehend, that humans cannot all be trusted with the truth! Sometimes the truth is useless, or counter productive, or relevant in a relative way. Let’s begin with a simple example: how are you? You know if y
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by inphovore 5y ago
Find a relevant node GitHub project. Admire the code. Change it to do something useful. Separately, follow a tutorial for getting a basic express static webpage served so the essential mechanics a node web app are understood.
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by inphovore 5y ago
I have a very subtle yet bad reaction to L-theanine. I have a noticeably positive response to taking Acytel L-carnitine. One pill at night before bed. Taking half the dosage on an empty stomach gives best results, though makes ones stomach
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by inphovore 5y ago
Disillusioned toward novel modernity, I prefer reading more deeply the remnants of our intellectual lineage. We have lost so much. I found this on HN yesterday, a curated list of scattered esoteric topics: https://www.globalgreye
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by inphovore 5y ago
This was ultimately the reason given for the ancient Trojan war. That Zeus was upset that there were so many people in the world. That is in fact the true meaning of Odysseus’ name. the “child of anger”, given by his uncle for this very rea
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by inphovore 5y ago
Let us digress a moment and ask, by what do you mean “war”? In our time, we may cite so many unlawful conflicts. Of unlawful warfare, what may be said of the other side? Life feeds upon life. Power is savage. War is a savage writ. The last
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by inphovore 5y ago
Lock up your savings. Live “lean” for a few years. Read. Keep a garden. Eat healthy, get plenty of physical exercise. Dream of creating a legacy in your life that is not a waste of your humanity.
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by inphovore 5y ago
I have spent decades developing ideas around this very topic. I have some take away highlights and a few concrete favorites. Uncertainty is the natural disposition of Reality. Certainty is a self deception. One can only be less uncertain an
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No. I am a proficient audio learner and unless I’m distracted or uninterested I remember audio content for years!
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Live a more full life of contemplation and self direction. Technology is a parasite, feeding upon our attention and self imposed reliance. Once we read rather than skimmed. Once we struggled with our own discoveries and interpretations with
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Is this a self deception?
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by inphovore 5y ago
https://www.engadget.com/ibm-eagle-processor-050133991.html “but the processor is not yet at the point where it can solve problems that classical computers cannot” Yawn. Is it fake news or occult tech?
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by inphovore 5y ago
First things first, doubt quantum supremacy. Every example has turned out to be an equation tuning exercise or something unprovable. I personally believe the qubit is a dead end, and we won’t see truly impressive quantum computation without
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by inphovore 5y ago
I’m surprised you left out Warzone2100! The (superior) open source TA equivalent
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by inphovore 5y ago
Not everyone is into the “joy of coding.” There is much to do in IT that isn’t coding. That said, I’ve gotten past INTERESTED gf’s into coding by a) most nightly nerd conversations have to do with tech; b) taught base conversion and Boolean
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by inphovore 5y ago
Intelligence is the mitigation of uncertainty, if it does not mitigate uncertainty it is not intelligence. Your brain is as a FPGA, it can be educated, trained, skilled, talented, opportunistic. Intensive contemplation is scientifically pro
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She is an intellectual giant whose shadow casts long over Man. I see everyone else is pretty frumpy about her (and philosophy for that matter.) She is a relic of another age. In that age, before globalization and instant access to common kn
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by inphovore 6y ago
You might consider something such as bogbook: https://github.com/bogbook/bog Save different secret keys for each pseudonym, and later the identity may be revealed by private key validation . You don’t have to use bogbo
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by inphovore 7y ago
I would offer that you’re simply bad at it. A mentor of mine, the great historian William Durant whose 11 volume contribution “The Story of Civilization” tells us of the wonders of learning the steps humanity has taken from barbarism to civ
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by inphovore 9y ago
Suffering isn't evil. Wide spread misconception of fools, to think morality is a designation of personal appeal. Evil is the corruption of innocence, the perversion of Truth and integrity. That which is good is not what makes you feel
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by inphovore 9y ago
"Are emotions algorithms for survival?" The trouble humanity has always had while contemplating her own nature, lies in complexity providing more than one solution to similar problems. Individually, our cognitive strategies diverg