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by proksoup 10y ago
"Why are we here" and "where are we going" are vastly better questions than "what are we meant to do". Do you see the difference? "why are we here" can mean "how did we get here, how did we come
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by proksoup 10y ago
Not worshipping.
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by proksoup 10y ago
You think there are answers? The search for meaning is a poorly formed question. 42.
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by proksoup 10y ago
I don't think we disagree.
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by proksoup 10y ago
I feel it's worth proselytzing in the context of counter balancing the movements which imply some other idea is worth worshipping. It seems like a step up, from worshiping one's priest to worshipping ones self, and maybe after tha
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by proksoup 10y ago
I can see why a reasonable person would downvote my reply, it's short and adds no value. I don't know what else to say until I know where you're coming from though, I'm honestly asking what do you mean by that quote?
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by proksoup 10y ago
Yes. Buddhism with that rhetoric (that innovation) has persisted more positively than others that lack it I think. But also, yes.
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by proksoup 10y ago
Yes, this is not good? Better than the alternative?
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by proksoup 10y ago
As far as religions go it doesn't seem too bad at first glance. I like it. My current favorite quote about religion is from the pianist Seymour Bernstein (in the latest Documentary about him, from Ethan Hawke, titled "Seymour: An
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by proksoup 10y ago
It's a good question, I'm not sure I could give a confident answer, as the boundary is blurry to me. I did have, for most of my life since childhood, what I would feel confident calling strong ADD indicators. The two psychiatrists
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by proksoup 10y ago
For me with nicotine, when I have too much I get irritable or quick to anger. With too much adderall, I'm still in a very content place, no anger, and amazingly "productive", but afterwards very dissappointed with my previous
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by proksoup 10y ago
Oh, absorption rate duh, yeah with the patch the onset is like an hour almost, vape hits you much faster.
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by proksoup 10y ago
Nothing beats the patch for consistent delivery. With vaping I have it more in bursts. It's possible that's true about absorption. I wonder if maybe more nicotine is wasted vaporizing because you breathe most of it out or somethin
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by proksoup 10y ago
For me, a 7mg nicotine patch had very much the same effect as half of a 20mg (I think it was 20mg pills I had been prescribed, but it's been a few years so I'm not positive) adderall pill. The effects became very different in larg
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by proksoup 10y ago
My personal experience, I did nicotine patches before anything else. I had previously used adderral, and was seeking an alternative that wouldn't require a prescription. I used nicotine patches for 3 years, before switching to vaporizi
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by proksoup 10y ago
Agreed, a minor injury turning into a major sickness from visiting a hospital when it's not needed, is not necessarily an unwarranted paranoia, e.g. MRSA. And I have witnessed in my own life mental health professionals both helping sit
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by proksoup 10y ago
I didn't mean to imply a particular position on the spectrum, was trying to be a clever tongue in cheek reference to the idea that the boundaries between "having" the condition or not are murky, not trying to share my persona
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by proksoup 10y ago
True. In our insular world, including some businesses, it has been though yeah?
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by proksoup 10y ago
Let's glamourize schizophrenia the same way we've glamourized asperger's (and partially autism as well). Totally serious. I self identify as being at least somewhere on both spectrums.
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by proksoup 10y ago
Owl statues. Decorative, or to scare away other birds and rodents.
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by proksoup 10y ago
> The book is written as if it's presenting "a new, flashy, grand theory of everything". It's not that. The idea of working in a deep, focused manner isn't a new one or one that would shock people (as the book&#x
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by proksoup 10y ago
DBvisualizer ... A Java app but it does that job pretty okay.
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by proksoup 10y ago
> America is safe for all law-abiding persons Your comment shows the level of misinformation and reputation damage done by media and various social movements. Not only do I disagree with your comment, but I find it offensive that you wou
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by proksoup 10y ago
Your problem statement is accurate. I work on a chat product that uses XMPP .... There isn't, I don't think, a common protocol that could be used, is there?
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by proksoup 10y ago
Yes, <3 that. "Contrary to what we would like to believe, there is no such thing as a structureless group." The same essay was linked to me a previous time I made a similar public complaint :)
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by proksoup 10y ago
I've found consensus decision making to be frustrating in the environments I've encountered it. A lot of flip flopping and lack of follow through. Who made that decision? We did. Can we give up on that and try something else? Of c
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by proksoup 10y ago
That linked series specifically and Dan Harmon's approach there is my favorite approach to these topics. I wanted to also share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth Joseph Campbell's very similar work that
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by proksoup 10y ago
Because it's no longer as simple as repealing/passing a domestic law but in addition to that becomes an issue of reneging on an agreement with other nations. In practice maybe we don't respect treaties very much, but it does
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by proksoup 10y ago
Off topic: would it be insane for HN (or other platforms like it) to show publicly the users that up vote? To allow the crowd to assist in researching and identifying vote spam? I suppose there could be negative consequences from that ....
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by proksoup 10y ago
Hm, is it an echo chamber if the dissent to the majority is also present and up voted? I feel like you didn't read the second half of my comment or I don't understand what you mean.

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