mvncleaninst

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by mvncleaninst 3y ago
there is no judgement free context
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> Problems that can be easily parallelized already work fine with multiprocessing! Yeah, except afaik you pay more in context switches, sharing is more cumbersome. Also language runtime of a single process is likely working with less inf
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> Google Services includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. Google Services generates revenues primarily from advertising; sales of apps and in-app purchases, an
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I had a good friend in college who started doing psychedelics. He talked extensively about the positive effects of them and how much better he felt. At around the same time, he dropped out of school and cut family ties. He talked about conn
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But are you saying that in the cases where it frequently does happen, that the people who experienced it have somehow "transcended ignorance"? What does that mean in practice
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> No, I was not trying to imply that. > Psychedelics have a way of forcing you out of this ignorance Is there a contradiction here? You said that you weren't saying that they transcend ignorance, and then say that they force you
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> Having this mindset sets you up to a gloriously ignorant life. It is basically programming yourself to lie to yourself until you die and be happy with it. Are you implying that people who have done psychedelics have somehow transcended
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> CA's population has tripled in 60 years Somewhat unrelated, but several states have seen unexpected growth since that time period Kind of hard to believe, but in 1950 Florida and Kentucky had about the same population. Since then
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Ideas for the sake of ideas are an infinite time sink. Someone who wastes decades studying astrology or metaphysics or some other pseudo-scientific thing that doesn't deliver tangible value is a moron by definition An example: you coul
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I'm not disagreeing with your point about confidentiality, it's good for people to have that kind of outlet where they can speak without consequences. The liquidation of that confidentiality is very very bad because it destroys an
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The people who need help most can be legally compelled by a court to receive it Saying that someone with anxiety "needs help most" is unconvincing given the presence of psychotic homeless who aren't receiving treatment becaus
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Yeah you still have to deal with it through the CC company, but the benefit of doing it that way is once you suffer through the BS and eventually get a live person, it's normally resolved also I think some of the CC companies are less
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> Or the best of both worlds: American employment while living in Canada. But then wouldn't you get double dipped on taxes?
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> Unless you're wealthy enough to delegate it to an assistant Funny. I wouldn't call myself wealthy but considered doing this a couple days ago. This washing machine thing charged my card then didn't give me working credit
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There's a pretty good trick to dealing with this (I've found): just call up the credit card company and tell them that you tried contacting the merchant, then ask them to bounce the charge
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I'm pretty sure this attitude is the reason why the phrase "melting pot" fell out of fashion If someone moves to an entirely new country, it's likely less intimidating to find an environment that's similar to home &
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Thinking intrinsic value of achievements matters more than extrinsic I'll give an example: in getting a degree, seeking out the hardest classes and struggling to get a 3.8, or seeking out the easiest classes and getting a 4.0 The avera
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> Looking at humans, studies using the Cattell's 16 Personality Factor questionnaire found that infected men scored lower on Factor G (superego strength/rule consciousness) and higher on Factor L (vigilance) while the opposite
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> Universities should really emphasize software engineering as a major rather than CS They already do, it's called a "systems emphasis". Features cool stuff like data races, scheduling, IPC, consistency guarantees, cache c