lcall

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by lcall 5y ago
"A little populist authoritarianism can be good, if I approve of the policies. History is irrelevant here [or easily ignored]. The principles underlying the Constitution are only important, when convenient to my wallet, the prestige
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by lcall 5y ago
"The Sermon on the Mount is nice I guess but unrealistic. Maybe it's ... like poetry for strange people." "The 10 commandments are outmoded, because we are smarter now."
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by lcall 5y ago
"A little dishonesty is no problem. Lying and stealing are sometimes excusable. Breaking the speed limit is OK because I am special, or because everyone else does it. Fraud is only a problem if it is caught. Probably no one will kn
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by lcall 5y ago
"Reading the instructions (or the Bible) is a waste -- too boring."
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by lcall 5y ago
"What's in it for me? That's all that matters. YOLO."
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by lcall 5y ago
"Multigenerationally united, caring families, have nothing to teach me, because they are boring. Same goes for honest people who have shown over time that they care about their families and others -- they are just left behind, in thes
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by lcall 5y ago
"Who cares about the Constitution, or the lessons of history? Or about using actual measurements and numbers as inputs to decisions?" (And maybe: "Separating individual choices from consequences doesn't matter or can be
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by lcall 5y ago
"Trust me because I am loud or charismatic or persuasive or persistent (regardless of my behavior over time, which you may know nothing about)."
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by lcall 5y ago
"Someone who sounds impressive on social media (FB etc) and has strong opinions, must be right -- even though I don't know them at all, or know anyone who knows them, so I have no basis for knowing if they are really honest or rel
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by lcall 5y ago
"If it feels good, do it, regardless of future consequences to self or others (even multigenerationally, or if it makes me less trustworthy to people that will be important to me in the future)."
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by lcall 5y ago
"I'm good-looking on screen, so you should believe whatever I say." "People you see in advertising make it look good, so it must be good, or therefore I will spend money on things that really don't matter." :)
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by lcall 5y ago
"The government can do more good for others, with your earnings, than you can. So you don't have a choice. We will take more of it and spend it for you." "If you spend it, more will come. Without problems."
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by lcall 5y ago
"I have read and understand and agree to...", thinking it doesn't matter, when it can matter. We all seem to accept going farther down a slippery slope of saying things we don't mean to each other, out of convenience or
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by lcall 5y ago
Most debt, at least personal/family debt (maybe other kinds). It is a way to let other people manage your money, to their advantage. There are many references on better financial management (Dave Ramsey is one--we have tried to provid
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by lcall 5y ago
ps: If anything I can do or write is useful, I'm very glad. I feel like I have found the tools that bring joy, and the means to step through the problems that are part of life, while being pointed in the right direction and growing, l
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by lcall 5y ago
I think what many really want is joy -- happiness in things that last, and expectation that one's direction is worthwhile for reasons that are both real and good. (Some unselfishness is usually involved.) I hope you find it, and I th
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by lcall 5y ago
I have had to deal with this. Resetting expectations with health issues, family and personal challenges and growth, finance, unemployment, etc. Huge keys are honesty with self and others, kindness (the whole true Golden Rule), prioritizin
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by lcall 6y ago
pps: ok, I am into overkill now. But this makes me think of the language Esperanto. Learnable in 1/4 the time of Spanish which is among the easier languages for some. So internally consistent, rich, and seems to me the cheapest way
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by lcall 6y ago
I have thought so too. Many times. Pls forgive or ignore my verbosity here, but I have been thinking about this. I found that when I ask people to be specific, sometimes, they are noticeably distressed, or they don't want to talk mor
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by lcall 6y ago
Maybe, I am not the authority but maybe, it was meant specifically about worship. Edits: Thanks for your comment. If memory serves, they were also commanded to do at least some high-skill work (were there some figures in there?--would have
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by lcall 6y ago
I suggest for anyone, going to: https://www.latterdaysaintjobs.org/ers/ct/?lang=eng ...and learning from the site and them in person, asking them for feedback, and doing whatever they say. (There are other very
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by lcall 6y ago
A good point. I was thinking both at different times; Mr. Franklin (IIRC--been a while) was referring to conversation among groups of friends.
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by lcall 6y ago
ps: re the above: I was told in comments about a simple college paper I had to write, that some statements like that were "weak" (from a good friend, and I think he helped my paper get a better grade when I made changes; but that
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by lcall 6y ago
Yes. I also find myself saying "Sometimes I wonder if...", or "it seems...", or phrasing things as questions that I know will either make the point (if no one has a response), or help me learn (if I was wrong), or it si
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by lcall 6y ago
Some ideas: Be humble. I don't mean talk yourself down, but keep in mind we all are still learning. Be open to feedback. Know the purpose and something about the audience. Make an outline (at least). Think it over. Have enough wri
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by lcall 6y ago
Late to this but: I still use Chromium (and Iridium, a derivative that hopefully doesn't send info to Google), specifically on OpenBSD, for reasons summarized here (lower chance of privilege escalation, limiting bad behavior, easier t
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by lcall 6y ago
OpenBSD: These are reasons I decided it was worth learning to use it, and change parts of my tech stack in the process, to favor things that come with it in the base. It took a lot of time (still does, as I still have much to learn), so
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by lcall 6y ago
Life balance and having purpose are key to everything. I use an acronum "pvsgeer" for purpose/vision/strategy/goals/empowerment/execution/review/revise/report/repeat (or a subset of tha
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by lcall 6y ago
(In case you only see direct replies via one of the HN monitor services: I have replied to viklove on another part of this thread w/ how I find satisfactory answers, w/o what they have called cognitive dissonance.) (Paul talks ab
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by lcall 6y ago
Related to my earlier comment in this branch, where I said "many belief systems have some truth and some good ... [and] Keep all the good that you have, and let us see if we can add to it." (I hope I'm saying this right.) As

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