mindfulplay

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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Thank you and others for the suggestions. This is great.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
I had previously no idea who he was. Having listened to his music, I now understand how good he is/was and this was a gentle introduction to this genre. Are there good jazz piano/jazz albums to listen to that people might recommen
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
It's great to see someone being able to dictate success on your terms and not by a career ladder imposed on by an imaginary committee. Importantly she acknowledges that this is not all roses and fun (which makes it a proper job). So ku
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
This is nonsensical peddling by a techno-crypto bro. Simple retort: currency is meant to be stable. He points to crypto being a trillion dollar "industry". Isn't that the same with any gambling/poker-like venture? Edit:
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
It's nice to be able to take down people like Chamath in this way via the market itself. Chamath is one of those popularity seeking stunt masters who are actually charlatans behind the scenes.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Haven't listened to the audio, but why is this dude chamath still 'popular'? He seems like a modern day hedge fund trader who successfully navigates twitter but hasn't produced much of any value? Seems like he is riding
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Well, they will probably continue ramming this through in other countries where they have a lot more users without having to worry about any privacy implications.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Isn't the better idea to simply remove the keyboard noise? I think a few services do this already...
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Seems rather condescending doesn't it? You don't need a PR agency to sugar coat four billion dollars... It's actually pretty generous and requires some level of good faith assumption on our part.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Did you max out your credit cards and have an VC walk out in the middle of a smoothie lunch? Because that's apparently the secret to success based on the AirBnBs of the world... But still very laudable!
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
It makes no sense to colonize Mars or any other planet other than a pure show or an escapist mentality. Human beings as a species have shown the inability to even cohabit a 5 square mile space peacefully let alone colonize other worlds. Bet
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Well not sure how to feel sorry for you: you rely on Chinese manufacturing and this is not something thats novel in the first place. Amazon is not a copyright or a trademark enforcer, so this speaks to your inability to sue one Chinese manu
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
This is a federally protected land, there are no special rules for art unless it was before when such laws were made. FWIW, I find this piece of trash to be a showoff moment for some wannabe 'artist'. Mimicking a movie prop to me
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Wind is not consistent and the scaling of the plants is non-uniform/sublinear... Wind is also supplementary because of its inconsistencies and so will not directly power grids.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
This is genuinely scary. Photos, Yale locks, Fi, WiFi and Nest thermostat can all be poof gone because I made a silly YouTube comment? How is this not regulated? Google photos also 'helpfully' offers to delete your uploaded photos
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
At some point, I hope such hidden heroes get their success outspoken more publicly: Dave cutler, Dianne hackborn are prime examples. I do like the fact John Carmack and Linus who are well-deserved to have a public following. But there are m
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Too close to home here.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
How does one write so many words to communicate so little of value? And the message? Quit some VC funded thing and start a blog? The world is a strange place... Hedge fund sellouts now have finally found an alternative.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
This seems on par or worse than what the Sacklers did. But because this is a multiheaded beast with no clear villain to blame, nothing really happens. Congress are to blame.
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
This is fascinating and new to me. I thought it was designed by say the DNA or the rna to behave in that coordinated manner and to seek specific molecules. But if it's just a random walk and somehow this success at this scale and speed
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
This is fascinating - similar to octopuses. But I am not sure if its arrogant of our species to assess intelligence in this way (absolutely no disrespect to these great scientists BTW) : surely there must be a better way; and perhaps our no
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Why does that matter? Why are humans so special? I 'feel' like octopuses are the better candidate :) putting aside trivial human aspirations....
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Octopuses are so fascinating. We scour other planets and galaxies for life / mystical aliens sending aimless signals in search of reciprocation or even acknowledgement. I wonder how amazing it would be if we had a similar grand underta
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Actually not. Octopuses (female) breed their young for months without eating and then die off. Seems like they have perfected this system over millenia via evolution?
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
I find this amusing as this is an inherently human emotional evaluation. Perhaps that is not the point in the grand scheme of things? Octopuses have survived for 500+ millions of years and I would say more intelligent and peaceful than huma
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
I have often wondered about this aspect of lifespan. Octopuses are amazing. Perhaps their relatively short lifespan and lifecycle after mating is somehow correlated with them being around for 500+ million years. Somehow I find that more fas
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
One amazing snippet that is contradictory to human beings: octopuses are color-blind across their entire body (with their physical eyes as well as their "body" eyes) but they are excellent camouflage artists! How is that even poss
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Fantastic article. Superb writing and makes me ponder about our species in general. I do have a general take on how humans perceive or judge other organisms through a very human lens. We characterize organisms based on their social structur
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
Here are a few I just invented to mimic these pseudo philosophers (modern day VC charlatans): Tomorrow is a mist. Today's the sunshine. Make the world better by building something anything today. Build shit. Ship shit. That's all
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by mindfulplay 6y ago
The fact that they cannot disambiguate between a white truck and the sky color that killed an innocent driver is a starting point. I realize the drivers probably should be paying attention etc: but when Tesla falsely advertises (or worse by

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