ndileas

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by ndileas 2y ago
Franz Liszt is a Menace to Society and all those whose consider themselves Decent, Hardworking, Folk should warn their Children aginst[sic] him. Composition is of course a Good, but the competition is too steep, and if the Young seek to imi
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by ndileas 2y ago
It really depends on the specifics of your life. I get a lot of mileage out of imagining what a more functional adult would do, then doing that (stupid example: <FUNCTIONAL ADULT> doesn't buy the cheapest shoes available and try
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by ndileas 2y ago
the article does mention that the client rejected a similar approach. steganography seems like a bad choice for a museum setting where you don't own the images.
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by ndileas 2y ago
I definitely don't need an AI to write // TODO make this work. That's what I'm for!
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by ndileas 2y ago
I totally agree, but the person to whom I was replying probably does not.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Would you prefer that they would not prepare for unusual circumstances? This is what any serious organization does when there are real stakes. Smart people sit down and gather information, think about likely scenarios, and write a playbook,
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by ndileas 2y ago
Yes, and? Fools and their money, etc. No one is forcing people to pay these rates. If someone wants to buy one that's their business.
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by ndileas 2y ago
The internet is probably good on balance. The best thing to ever happen to humanity...forget it. The best thing to happen to humanity is most likely the practical harnessing of electricity for light and industry.
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by ndileas 2y ago
The continual popularity of Kraft cheese may bolster the argument.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Even humorless curmudgeons (like me) can get in on the action with a huge array of people to disagree with, act snobby to, and never before heard of stupid opinions!
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by ndileas 2y ago
By storing in a dry, cool place and cooking for long enough presumably.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Then someone will require a notarized statement of intent before you can read the recipe blog.
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by ndileas 2y ago
That's a interesting way of thinking of it, but a little limited. For most, the proof of work aspect becomes just another part of the the status competition. I think I'm a little more optimistic about the future. Also, there'
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by ndileas 2y ago
I look at these things as essentially aesthetic preferences. There's certainly cases where a certain medium is the objectively right one for a task, but there's many others where it really just a matter of taste.
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by ndileas 2y ago
s/tenants/tenets/ This idea is interesting, but unfalsifiable with our current methods of understanding history.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Hey, speak for yourself, buddy. More seriously, I think there's ample historical evidence that drugs (with a liberal definition, beer, etc) are very popular across various times and places.
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by ndileas 2y ago
I've had a similar experience in a long running survey. When I gave the "wrong" answers, the interviewer asked a bunch of questions and eventually told me to skip certain questions.
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by ndileas 2y ago
I'm not any kind of historian. Reading the works of those who are, is mind boggling. There is just so much history out there. 60 years of civil war, with heavy conscription...hard to imagine. Although future historians might look at ou
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by ndileas 2y ago
Fast delivery not a daily need for most people, but the dopamine hit is huge, and it makes people buy more stuff. I think an underappreciated factor of amazon's success is how it makes normal people feel like they're the boss, who
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by ndileas 2y ago
This is why its a wonderful thing, an act of rebellion and of bravery, to create something, to love someone, to laugh and smile at another human being. Yeah, the world feels terrible. Smile anyway!
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by ndileas 2y ago
The military doesn't magically know what's going on better than random civilians, and in many cases is risk averse and paranoid, subject to hysterias and fads just as much as everyone else. They do have some non-public sources of
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by ndileas 2y ago
That's really cool that it exists / is possible. Maybe someone will create a similar service that undercuts them - but I would imagine the licensing agreements somewhat require them to do drm with the player / media server. 9
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by ndileas 2y ago
> Do we want activist software engineers? Regardless of whether "we" want them, we already have them, and that genie isn't going back in the bottle. In my view, every person has to decide their ethics and then act accordin
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by ndileas 2y ago
An important corollary then is "it's not proof of work, it's a scam" :P
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by ndileas 2y ago
Sure, although I think there's room for reasonable people to disagree where to draw the line for various services. But taxi service? Seems way way out there in terms of costs and of minimal benefit.
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by ndileas 2y ago
That is indeed one solution to this "problem". However, maybe people who live in the sticks should just accept the tradeoffs that come with rural life? If you want next day delivery and taxi service maybe you should live in a plac
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by ndileas 2y ago
There's really not much an audience for human poetry either (if you exclude music lyrics).
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by ndileas 2y ago
Would you rather wash the dishes than enjoy a favorite book, or piece of music or whatever form of art best floats your boat? Seriously?
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by ndileas 2y ago
My nonaggregate quanta is electrical pulses in the ignition system, thankyou.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Sure; "consumption" in this sense almost always means buying legal goods and services. Some economics would say that someone buying something is by definition proof that it is a beneficial transaction. I wouldn't go that far

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