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by nprateem 3y ago
When I first saw a ferris I thought they were a nerdy joke. I ended up buying one though due to severe RSI and wanting a programmable keyboard so I could reduce how far I was reaching for symbols etc. I'm now a convert to programmables
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by nprateem 3y ago
I thought the debunking had been debunked as the object simultaneously appeared on multiple state-of-the-art radar systems?
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What if we've been lied to about UFOs?(theguardian.com)
21 points by nprateem 3y ago|17 comments
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by nprateem 3y ago
Basically nothing but yoga for the last 3 months. Seems like the only thing worth doing. Every book on proper yoga/enlightenment says it's the way to lasting fulfilment. So I'm prioritising myself at the moment. I even pulled
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by nprateem 3y ago
React components, not just HTML
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by nprateem 3y ago
Or big brown/black cross dresser?
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by nprateem 3y ago
I think you'll find they're a tech company
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by nprateem 3y ago
Even when you tell it to stop apologising, the first thing it does is apologise. Our jobs are totally safe.
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by nprateem 3y ago
Probably so they aren't deflected. POW could be replaced by the more efficient POS, but network effects make that highly unlikely without government intervention.
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by nprateem 3y ago
Deluded
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by nprateem 3y ago
POW crypto should be globally banned on ecological grounds.
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by nprateem 3y ago
Again, it's the 'way over 75k' part. A few hundred k max (and that's assuming a family), and there's not much difference after that. I think a true sense of purpose to life is likely to make someone far happier, and
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by nprateem 3y ago
If money makes you happy why do so many celebs die of drug overdoses? By your logic they should be constantly dancing in the streets. Instead we have morons like Trump. If you can't infer from those peoples' behaviour money doesn&
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by nprateem 3y ago
A relief doesn't make you happy though. It just makes you not stressed. IME there's totally a plateau where you realise more money just means more expensive toys with minimal increase in actual fulfilment or happiness.
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by nprateem 3y ago
A big limitation is that pwabuilder doesn't support push notifications on ios
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by nprateem 3y ago
> Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies, potentially putting at risk around $1 trillion in assets held by investors, tens of thousands of jobs and big parts of the U.S. space program. Yeah, right.
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by nprateem 3y ago
> and a collection of selfies of children kept by the porn sites I hope this journalist never has to do any actual critical thinking. It goes without saying that obviously children wouldn't upload selfies if they're under 18 an
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Spontaneous Spiritual Awakenings: Phenomenology, Altered States and Well-Being(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by nprateem 3y ago|0 comments
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by nprateem 3y ago
Trying to submit this research article on Kundalini awakenings, but getting throttle for some reason: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417526/ Psychologists have accepted the experience as real.
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by nprateem 3y ago
Yeah, historically, and even now, there were good reasons for not talking about altered states of consciousness too much. It seemed like a good way to end up being executed. Now describing some of the experiences that are supposed to accomp
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by nprateem 3y ago
To be honest, I haven't read into western writing too much, but kundalini certainly leads to mystical experiences. It's closer to the Holy Spirit in Christianity, an animating principle (where the Father is pure awareness). Kensho
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by nprateem 3y ago
Kind of related to what I was mentioning on the Godel thread, but IMO the Kundalini (or whatever you call it) experience is the "grand unifying theory" of religion and mythology (although it's not actually a theory, but an ex
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by nprateem 3y ago
It doesn't explain why, but does explain how.
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by nprateem 3y ago
Yeah I realised after I posted that that I'm biased from studying and practicing this for several decades. The warnings section about possible death chimes with Krishna's experience, but also browsing the posts is interesting. Peo
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by nprateem 3y ago
Ah sorry I was referring to his experiences in his book [1]. He awoke kundalini without proper preparation and it nearly killed him. I don't care for anyone's beliefs tbh since it's direct experience that matters. But in aggr
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by nprateem 3y ago
I think the only way to know is to have the experience. I'm with you - it sounds too farfetched. It can't possibly be true... on the other hand, almost every single book I've read on the subject, including by people I've
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by nprateem 3y ago
It means there's a meditation that is supposed to provide direct spiritual realisation. As this involved a transformation of consciousness, it was known as alchemy - change. However, historically the instructions were kept secret and s
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by nprateem 3y ago
They never thought of infinite multiverses with random variations in each, and survivor bias.
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by nprateem 3y ago
What's your point exactly? Oh I see, should we care. I don't. You can reason it either way. As for alchemy it's a meditative practice that makes sense if you understand it. Where the external alchemists went wrong was no one
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by nprateem 3y ago
That may be, but my point is he's learnt an amazing technique and doesn't teach its true purpose. It's wasted on him it seems, as he's just trivialised it.

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