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by maroonblazer 2y ago
Islam contains a lot of contradictions and ambiguities within its scriptures (as does Christianity and Judaism). E.g. gender roles and justice can elicit competing interpretations among scholars of Islam. Not to mention the wide diversity w
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Great piece, beautifully written. For others who, at first glance, assumed the publication was some kind of magazine dedicated to woodworking, it is not. From their 'About' page: Immaterial Incorporated (aka Cabinet) is a non-pro
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Sure, a couple I've come across: "Potentiality" - this view argues that regardless of whether the fetus is a person, it has the potential to become a person, and thus inherits some moral consideration. "Value of Human Li
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The strongest arguments against abortion don't hinge on whether the fetus is a person. The question of abortion ultimately boils down to whose rights we privilege: those of the mother, or the fetus?
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Yeah, along with John von Neumann. I frequently mention those two whenever the icebreaker question "What persons, living or dead, would you most like to have a meal with?" I'm nearly always met with "Who..??"
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>It’s a feature, not a bug, of capitalism. It's not a feature of capitalism - we've had capitalism without sending manufacturing overseas for decades. Rather, it's a feature of globalization, which is a tactic that isn&#x2
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Congrats on the project. I like the layout/design. At first glance it looks intuitive and very approachable. Nice work. I spent much too long looking for a "Record" button. Is the idea that you're supposed to 'draw&
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Do I take this to mean that instead of running 5K at a relatively steady pace, I should instead break it up into several walk-short burst run-walk cycles?
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This review in The Atlantic does a good job of critiquing Gladwell's 'Tipping Point' ideas, including those in his latest book. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/revenge.
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I’m not the target audience for lithub.com and have heard of, but never read, Lapham’s Quarterly . However, this was a great read. The writing is top-notch, but what else would you expect from a mentee of the editor of Harper’s magazine?
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Buddhism explores these ideas too. For a modern approach to this mindset I highly recommend "Seeing That Frees" by Rob Burbea. https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/08772fe1-564c-4a95-9a5d-...
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Love this! Nice work.
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The analogy isn't quite right. The conductor and director spend days collaborating with the symphony and the actors/crew. Parent's example is them literally prompting - via a creative brief - the artist or agency.
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Congrats on shipping! I enjoyed your write up, and was surprised to read that it was built in Godot, which I'd only ever considered for games, but of course it makes sense that games are simply a kind of app. Love that you employ the c
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I think that's exactly right. When I began studying jazz drumming I was working from a DVD by John Riley. At one point he makes this statement about what it means to be 'gifted' at drumming (but it applies to anything). He sa
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by maroonblazer 2y ago
Presumably Sony is sitting on decades worth of code for each of the PlayStation architectures. How long before they're training their own models and making those available to their studios' developers?
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Official Minecraft Creator Channel Launched on YouTube(youtube.com)
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Agree. This is where doing a little research can pay off handsomely. The first time I listened to Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring", I didn't 'get it'. But people in the know held it in very high esteem, so I g
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>To my understanding, there are currently three of these: Łukasz Langa - the individual who implemented my ban from the Python Discourse forum Go on...
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Disagree. For people who don't fall into the groups I described, I think there's merit to pushing past the psychological hurdles and putting yourself out there in the 'real world'. Most people who fit into this category
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This is encouraging news for people who, unlike most of those normals or near-normals implicitly referred to here in the comments, suffer from horrific disfigurement or debilitating psychological issues that make engaging with the 'rea
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And of course from a Buddhist perspective the self is an illusion, making all this 'self-worth' chasing akin to tilting at windmills.
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The description of the game sounds really interesting. Is there anything like it on the market today? > You choose to be either the US or the USSR (In a one-player game, the computer takes the other side. You can also play against a frie
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I've become convinced that, in the end, no one really teaches you anything, you end up teaching yourself. That phrasing is a bit hyperbolic. It's more accurate to say a good teacher only gets you 50%, 60%, maybe 70% of the way t
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There's a long history of visual art being created in the service of god worship. Musical art too. Much of Bach's oeuvre is in service to the god of the Protestant church.
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Unlikely, given we have people running for high office in the U.S. saying similar things, and it has nearly zero impact on their likelihood to win the election.
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A pithy little saying I learned when just starting out in my career: "What you say, and what you do, says nothing about me, and everything about you."
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This is the very next sentence, so it is a little odd that "hence the title" comes before, and not after, "...using something called self attention." My take is these are nitpicks though. I can't count the number
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This is fantastic. My only qualm is in "browse" mode, I wish the clips were slightly longer. Or that holding down the mouse/trackpad kept playing the clip. As of now, and unless I'm doing it wrong, the clips are so short
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And this one, for Maxell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk71h2CQ_xM

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