poormystic

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by poormystic 5y ago
If a war against communications facilities were to break out, the scope of disruption would be such as to put us not far out of the Stone Age. The fragile glass network must seem very exposed to military planners; one imagines that conting
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by poormystic 5y ago
Good teachers try to teach their students to think. Every teacher understands that for teaching to succeed 2 conditions must be met: 1) the pupil must come to the teacher with a desire to learn, and 2) There must be an exchange of value; th
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by poormystic 5y ago
Ohh... won't that just make America's enemies dig their toes in? does the human race think it's going to battle with itself for eternity?
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by poormystic 5y ago
We expect software to be updated with improvements to its functionality, whereas a novel is non-functional. (I'm not quite sure what non-functional means...) My other reply is that A/B testing might be said to be accomplished in
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by poormystic 5y ago
Thank you for suggesting that literature could be updated with improvements. <3 :) <3
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by poormystic 5y ago
I've seen an adolescent bush stone curlew with no prospects of a mate going absolutely crazy, all by himself, running and swerving and generally behaving like a sexually frustrated teenager
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by poormystic 5y ago
So much is in the domain of Captain Obvious. It's also true that both sides must want war for war to occur at all.
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by poormystic 5y ago
Your remark is so bleak, my brother, how can I help you?
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by poormystic 5y ago
Don't worry, manufacture tinfoil hats okay?
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by poormystic 5y ago
Yes and there are plenty of reasons for people to criticise me, too, but I'll nevertheless throw my infinitesimal weight behind Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to agree that covid19 misinformation must be discredited.
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by poormystic 5y ago
You've never seen a giant Tesla coil in operation have you? Believe me when you do you'll understand that you can absolutely not put such things into a public space like a science fair. They are very scary and definitely lethal.
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by poormystic 5y ago
In satori I have been conscious of a usually unnoticed "time" which is certainly orthogonal to the "time" of daily reality. In such moments I see that the creation of the observable cosmos (the Firmament) is continuous i
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by poormystic 5y ago
But why publish this in HN, unless it's meant as an object lesson in poor experimental design.
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by poormystic 5y ago
Once, I tried teaching math to homeschoolers after a smoke. Nope, and never again. Doesn't exactly help programming either.
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by poormystic 5y ago
This is a weird article? First the headline - what does it mean? Then the illogical notion that antibiotic resistance causes death. What kind of thinking is this? Bacteria cause illness and death - you can't blame it on ineffective an
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by poormystic 5y ago
When my brother Richard died I was overwhelmed by grief, so I developed a systematic way to get through it. I assembled a list of all his adjectives (dear, lovely, wonderful, artistic etc) and all his nouns (brother, little brother, younges
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by poormystic 5y ago
No, because wealth is the property of greedy intelligence, whose great power protects that wealth. It's continuous rape, and the perpetrators don't want to get off.
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by poormystic 5y ago
"Facebook could be a force for good". Bleep
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by poormystic 5y ago
Spend lots of time looking after others without seeking reward for yourself. Then there will be love in your life, and happiness will inevitably follow. Happy people are beautiful and easily loved, so you'll be doing yourself the most
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by poormystic 5y ago
No New Year Resolutions for me! I just don't believe I'd stick for even 5 minutes unless I really wanted to do [it] and if I wanted to do [it] I wouldn't need any more resolution, right?
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by poormystic 5y ago
Get a good understanding of division.
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by poormystic 5y ago
Thank you Coolgeek, I had believed this was new news
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by poormystic 5y ago
Many people prefer to be thought fools. For example I personally prefer to sit quietly and observe until the need comes for action. I find that my actions (although effective) are not understood by those who try to control me. It's qu
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by poormystic 5y ago
Lots of people have difficult neighbours and mostly we just have to put up with them. Usually the friendliest approaches have the best chance of success. Forcing issues usually makes them worse. IMO the police are not the proper resource in
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by poormystic 5y ago
I like saving lives. I sometimes find myself in a position to help my friends when they are sick, and when I find a sick person without adequate care I step in to help, cooking and cleaning and taking them to the doctor... seeing to it that
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by poormystic 5y ago
Perhaps such a service could succeed but for me trust is gone. There is simply too much evidence of sociopathy among the leaders of such services; Zuckerberg has fouled the nest. Human beings need one another personally, but I don't be
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by poormystic 5y ago
I used to select library books on the basis of whether I liked their covers, and take the book to the left of the one I wanted. That way I discovered lots of new authors, a few of which were worth reading.
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by poormystic 5y ago
Yeh. Getting rid of your phone and staying off that sociopath's website is a good alternative to being tracked and milked as though you were somebody else's property. Just leave, don't wait for a "better alternative &quo
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by poormystic 5y ago
Not suitable for cool climates... and how long can that mechanism keep it up with the warping, wooden frame?
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by poormystic 5y ago
What does Aunty Helen think?

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