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by sandspar 3y ago
He lives this way intentionally. He could get a job as a UX designer at Staples.com whenever he wants.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It's not a lifestyle I'd want to emulate. The author/character does seem to have some kind of moral code, at least. From my reading, it seems like he's OK with harming the "haves" but I didn't notice him h
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by sandspar 3y ago
As someone who lives in the area, there's a significant flavor difference. It's like asking whether there's a taste difference between farmed cow and game meat.
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by sandspar 3y ago
The hero's journey: end up back where you started, having gained something in the process. AI's journey: end up back where you started, having lost something in the process.
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by sandspar 3y ago
The next trick is getting people to turn them off in half the time.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Violin playing is an expressive performance art. Feeling transcendent makes experts play better. Do you think Richard Burton would have acted Hamlet better, the same, or worse, if he knew that Shakespeare himself were in the audience?
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by sandspar 3y ago
You must be right, those thousands of professional violin players who've been playing since kindergarten are just deluding themselves.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Reading a book a week isn't difficult. If you read at a hobbyist reader's comfortable pace then you can finish a medium novel in five to seven hours. Hobbyist readers with full-time jobs who read on the side can read from one to s
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by sandspar 3y ago
That's a great story! Very "modern living".
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by sandspar 3y ago
The iPod weighed a pound and fit in your pocket. The Vision Pro is worn on your face and covers your eyes. Humans are one of the species of animal that hates things covering their faces and eyes.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It's like the speedometer on your car. Even once you reach the speed limit, you may need to check your speedometer again and again, both for safety and comfort. Consider that different people place a different value on their health. In
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by sandspar 3y ago
My health watch both adds to and decreases my mental burden. I am healthier. But I often think of the person who said, "My Garmin has made me less fun." My health watch has increased the amount of time I spend feeling guilt.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Animals feel stressed in zoos and modern people have few natural struggles. Diets are like natural wars and natural war feels natural and clean therefore feels good. People like telling war stories. War stories show where the teller overcam
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by sandspar 3y ago
He also thought that hiccups meant liver disorder and that eclipses affect human behavior.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Can you a bit more slowly highlight the signs of error you noticed in his argument please?
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by sandspar 3y ago
Why do you feel qualified to say, in a single statement, that you request evidence of something and that you simultaneously "have a feeling" about it? No offense but your "feeling" is worthless - you admit as much when y
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by sandspar 3y ago
You quit your job before you had the next thing lined up?
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by sandspar 3y ago
The point is that every current AI chatbot including ChatGPT will write about liberal topics as if they are good and about conservative topics as if they are neutral, or they will refuse to discuss conservative topics. In some cases the cha
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by sandspar 3y ago
Are bad memories also vivid?
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by sandspar 3y ago
I've spent a couple of years working in customer service. I was continually mystified by people's behavior. I would spend a large amount of time trying to comprehend why they did something and couldn't gain any purchase on a
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by sandspar 3y ago
Do you draw and or paint?
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by sandspar 3y ago
Mental visualization discussions very quickly get into woo territory.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Do you feel less grief than the people around you after deaths of people you know?
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by sandspar 3y ago
I have a weak autobiographical memory as well. The only thing people like this have in common is that they have trouble remembering things they've done. In other ways they differ. The people's personalities are heterogenous, just
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by sandspar 3y ago
Related reading: https://www.sirlin.net/ptw "David Airline's Playing to Win has been the competitive gamer's bible since the year 2000."
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by sandspar 3y ago
The self-motivated were likely a hindrance during the building of the pyramids. Scientists are still investigating what time the pyramid builders logged off.
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by sandspar 3y ago
I ran it through an Nvidia translation AI and it came out as "give us money"
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by sandspar 3y ago
Awards are a racket that perpetuate themselves by making money for a constellation of editors, magazines, and talk shows. They have little to do with talent and even less to do with readability. How many of the Academy Awards Best Picture n
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by sandspar 3y ago
Statistically, the smartest person in a cohort of five million has an IQ of roughly 180. Above-average 45 year olds are not competing with 20 year olds with IQ's of 180. They may cooperate, but they tend to work in different problem sp
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by sandspar 3y ago
I love my Clara HD. And it's jacket pocket sized. It easily fits in the chest pocket of a winter jacket or the side pocket of a puffer jacket.

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