monktastic1

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by monktastic1 2y ago
Most of us cannot be those "greatest minds that have thus far graced this planet." For many of us, it's more fulfilling to be good at one thing than mediocre at dozens.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Indeed. I am reminded of the sad and horrible story of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn
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by monktastic1 2y ago
And without that context, his sister may have been perplexed as to why he would dive into complicated math that he should have known she wouldn't understand. Consider that sometimes when you read ego or aggression into writing, it&#x27
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by monktastic1 2y ago
I mean you can personally refuse care, but the subtext I get is that others should martyr themselves similarly. That's not a choice you get to make for them.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
FYI, "eke." "Eek" is an expression of alarm or surprise.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
In your version, the color of a vertex is independent of other vertices. The real problem is about entirely about connections to other vertices. The latter cannot be reduced to the former.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
One of the two best polygraph jokes in the Simpsons! The other, of course, being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or2iZ-mOvf8
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Hey, I don't have any solutions for you, but wanted to share some camaraderie. I feel exactly this way. In fact, I could have written the post myself.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
I know that jokes are ruined by explaining them, but... could you explain the joke here? I also read it as misdirection.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Not sure where you're from, but in most of the US "apartments" are not assets, but liabilities: tenants don't own them, but rent them. We generally call them "condos" when owned.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
A lovely take. For years now, JHU has been emphasizing that the benefits of psilocybin are strongly correlated with whether one has a "mystical-type experience." My own explorations (long ago) strongly bore this out.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Your objection is addressed in the comment. See "If you're a materialist, you might object..."
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by monktastic1 2y ago
"Without loss of much generality..." ;)
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Another, more "visual" description: Without loss of generality, let the number be xx...xx100...000, where x stands for any bit and there are n trailing zeros. 1. The largest power of 2 that divides it is 2^n. 2. The twos-complemen
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by monktastic1 2y ago
(BTW, "bias" is a noun, and "biased" is the adjective. It's like the difference between "I am prejudice" and "I am prejudiced.")
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Man, sounds like NDAs all the way down.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Why not nuking the whole planet, so that nobody is left? Or maybe you want some people remaining to enjoy it, in which case why not your progeny instead of others? I find this whole line of thought fraught. Some assumption somewhere went wr
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by monktastic1 2y ago
One who can observe Tau neutrinos, no less.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
Please either cite something meaningful or else stop posting vapid, bitter, empty responses.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
And yours are the words of a contemptous, snarky Internet troll. You might find Reddit a better place for your edginess. It's not welcome here.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
You are confusing using emotion to reach God with emotion being God. And of course there is "such a thing." You even described what it refers to, a definition which is sufficient for the purposes of this thread.
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by monktastic1 2y ago
I was with you right up until the word "emotion." Although "Hinduism" is vast and covers quite a few disparate beliefs and philosophies, none of them (to my knowledge) even approximately equate God with an emotion. Even
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by monktastic1 3y ago
I suspect it will only be "solved" once the problems of existential angst and ennui are. It's remarkable how powerful our primal emotions can be at overriding even the strongest of drugs.
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by monktastic1 3y ago
In case this helps anybody: I've been using those BreatheRight strips (extra strength) and they've been incredibly helpful. Not nearly as effective as CPAP, I'm sure, but a milder version of the same effect.
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by monktastic1 3y ago
Obligatory: https://qntm.org/responsibility
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by monktastic1 3y ago
For me it never loads on Android Chrome.
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by monktastic1 3y ago
At some of these companies, vests happen monthly (at least, after the first year). It's effectively cash, adding 200k+ annually to a salary of 200+.
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by monktastic1 3y ago
What I'm inferring from this truly bizarre thread is that some people assume that clarifying questions are always fronts for hidden motivations (such as springing "gotchas" or getting into debates). It might be worthwhile to
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by monktastic1 3y ago
If he felt that he had to "get out in time," then he knew he did something "wrong" in the sense that my parent is (presumably) asking about. That's the only question I'm answering. You seem intent on drawing me
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by monktastic1 3y ago
I'm not sure why you're asking me that. I made it clear from my comment that there's a distinction between legal and moral "wrong," and I described the unlikelihood that he didn't know it was the former. That&#

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