jackarg

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by jackarg 9y ago
If you want to become a generous person such as him, when do you know when you've reached a limit in compassion? Would someone like your uncle ever think, for someone who is excessively rude, uncaring, disagreeable, unfriendly: "h
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Random Darknet Shopper Bot, Art Installation(wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org)
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by jackarg 10y ago
simply replying to save this well phrased comment
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by jackarg 10y ago
But you're a programmer, so you must manage no? I've actually thought about the e-ink display. I would immediately buy a very simple, lightweight e-ink laptop that allows me to do simple tasks.
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by jackarg 10y ago
> focusing on the beauty... while ameliorating the downsides That's a great way to put it, thanks. The second thing that worries me about doing compsci is the fact that I'll have to dedicate a huge portion of my life to staying
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by jackarg 10y ago
Yes, it's a perspective that I have to work to maintain. It's hard to constantly have to seek for the high-quality veggies and reconvince yourself that what you're doing is worth it.
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by jackarg 10y ago
This is literally what I'm trying to convey in my personal statement for university. I'm thinking of studying computer science at uni (I'm in my last year of high school) and this is precisely my dilemma: how to keep my inter
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by jackarg 10y ago
Exactly my train of thought. Gets me thinking of the actual advantages of such a thing, is it really necessary?
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by jackarg 10y ago
There needs to be a generation or current of people in tech working against the trend to addict and disturb their users for profit maximization and pushing for some kind of ethical limit.
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by jackarg 10y ago
> acquiesce to jarring, rude, and disruptive technologies that foster a passive, frantic, reactive, unreflective, and anxious consciousness. I totally agree with this and love the calm technology principle as well. I'd like to draw
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by jackarg 10y ago
You would willingly give up the french language if asked to and replace it with english? As a french person too, this is inconceivable for me. I don't think cultural identity is really possible without languages. French culture would n
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by jackarg 10y ago
If I understand correctly, you say that software as an art form must by default have a conventional and easily usable UI or means of interaction, ("practical considerations of the medium") before considering anything artistic such
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by jackarg 10y ago
I wouldn't generalize that any deviant, avant garde self indulgent artistic work that doesn't care about its audience and doesn't care about maintaining some conformity is necessarily "unwatchable" or "unlisten