kharak

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by kharak 7y ago
Just finished the Youtube talk on degrading technology / knowledge. Really liked that perspective, although I disagree with quit a bit of Jonathan Blows points. About the challenge: I had the feeling, that you and a good chunk of reade
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I had this sentiment quit often in the beginning of my career. Now, I simply realize that my lack of understanding crosses every single piece of technology there is. Fridge? No idea. Cars? Well, I can drive it almost as well as I can open a
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by kharak 7y ago
I read that often, also in this thread. But it isn't working for me. Meaning is not a rational concept, I guess it is a feeling. I say guess, because I've never experienced it. I only know, that the lack of meaning is a feeling. O
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Could you give an example? What's depressing about the current world of software?
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This is me, up to certain a point. I workout regularly, get slowly better at my job, participate in social activities. Just focus on enjoying life and I do. Still, it's all utterly meaningless. Funny thing is, I'm quit sure that t
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Uh, do you mean two weeks of only water? Do you do this for weight loss? Do you work out? I would be very afraid to mess-up my metabosm. How do you prevent that?
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Excellently put. He's the perfect host for me. Just presenting and exploring thoughts and ideas.
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Can you recommend a summarising read up on this?
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That's the most out of touch American thing I've ever read on this site.
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I thought about it, getting more calm is definitely happening. But I attribute that to the breathing technique and not the "observe mind" part. I'm feeling hardly ever stressed, so don't see any need for it. Maybe I expe
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by kharak 7y ago
Being able to play music / an instrument is certainly a great skill to have. Can´t do it myself, due to a shared flat, but a great thing to do!
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Forgotten to put reading into that list, I have weeks or months where reading is my goto activity (although less last 12 months). But honestly, despite my curiosity for everything, I don´t believe books can help me become a better version o
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What else do you do every evening? For me, its working out, doing chores or Netflix, podcasts and video games. There is nothing else I could do. Too tired to learn new things and I need to recharge.
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Title should sound more like this:Increased learning speed in monkeys. It's also from 2017. As we are now two years later, have these findings been replicated with humans?
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My comment wasn't meant to criticise, just open self reflection. Even reading about some of those projects, I still don't get it and wonder why. What makes some people see this tool and get all excited about the possibilities, whi
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I always feel like I'm missing something. I don't have a single idea where something like this could be useful. Maybe because I don't care about "fun" projects and live a quit minimalistic live style? I must don&#x2
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Where is this from?
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I wish, for the future, that we'll be able to extend the (healthy) human life span. Imagine being able to start a new, education heavy career later in life. Heck, you are pretty much locked-in whatever you do if you're already in
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by kharak 7y ago
I sometimes wonder if the culture in Europe is different. I don't know a single person working in SWE who has an active GitHub presents or a personal blog. Of course, GitHub wasn't a thing during my college time (subversion was ki
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by kharak 7y ago
I guess that is an USA centric viewpoint. Here in Europe, if you live in a city, chances are you don't need, have or want a car. People want less cars, less traffic and more public transport and bike lanes. Personally, I'd never l
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by kharak 8y ago
> The support person suggested I just start a new account with a new email address. That seemed ridiculous to me. I don't want a new email address. One of the replies told us exactly the same. Just reopen with a new email address. R
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by kharak 8y ago
A family member had the same problem recently. Amazon "deleted" all seller accounts in Europe, because they allegedly didn't sell anything. There was only an US seller account left to contact support. We send support requests
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by kharak 8y ago
I can't even imagine having that kind of feeling related to my job. Especially not if it's about coding. At least not if it's about typical B2B or B2C software. What do you do for a living if you don't mind me asking?
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by kharak 8y ago
I often wonder if those studies about "copying the entire lecture by taking notes" are an example of the Simpson Paradox. Breaking them down to sub-groups of students and their experience would surely reveal another picture. At le
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> Bringing another being into this meatgrinder of a world is the cruelest act in itself. My world view is grim, but not as pessimistic as yours. May I recommend you something? Have you seen the movie Arrival? The protagonist makes a deci
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by kharak 8y ago
You're on to something. I started with database programming, so mostly declarative. That was a joy and I did't need much time to catch up with the senior developers. Afterwards, I switched my employer and started anew with Java. I
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by kharak 8y ago
"Attention to Detail" is my major weak point. I don't have it in coding. Give my a philosophical essay, a political discussion or an academic paper and I'll drown you in details, implications and references. Those come i
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by kharak 8y ago
That was one of the most interesting ideas I came across while reading science fiction. The exact reason I like this genre. I still think about it today. Why does intelligence need consciousness? Does it really? Evolution is full of sup-opt
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by kharak 8y ago
Same here, my memory is one of my worst attributes. If you ask me about tasks I've done last week, I might have trouble remembering them (or any details) without looking up Jiras. I get the argument of compounding knowledge, though. It
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by kharak 8y ago
Out of curiosity, do you feel you can compete with people who have advanced degrees in more quantitative sciences? Although I'm in the process of plugging several holes in my own math education, I don't believe I'd be able to

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