saulpw

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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   How do you send an email from your static page?
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   I read the article before I commented, and I reread the definition just now, and I still think that effort/exertion/tension/whatever you want to call it, is a necessary stage along the journey to mastery. Maybe Mozart or wha
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   After you've spent a lot of time exerting yourself, then you can let go and let your non-doing take over. I've experienced this myself with coding and music and language. Once you've got it "in your fingers", lea
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   https://visidata.org/formats We keep that list up to date.
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   I haven't put the work into supporting full round-tripping, so yes, at the moment it's mostly useful for reading/viewing. If someone files an issue that would likely go a long way towards getting better support!
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   I guess I should have made that disclaimer myself, thanks for filling in the gap!
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   I use VisiData[0] to view and modify in bulk. For simple error corrections I just edit the text file. For insertions as part of another process I'll write a simple script that appends a block of test to one of the .rec files. [0] ht
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   I use the .rec format whenever I want a database maintained in git/github. The format is ideal if you want reasonable data diffs.
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   by saulpw 10mo ago

   It's a funnel of sorts: - The git commit log is the raw material. We try to have clean commits, but it's as messy as it is. - This gets compiled into CHANGELOG.md at release time; we include all functionality and bugfixes, basica
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    by saulpw 10mo ago

    There is a huge chasm between superstition and transcendence. Rationality is limited, to be sure, but I'll take it over MAHA and tariffs any day.
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    by saulpw 10mo ago

    Why do you think people voted these idiots in? In large part it's due to a distrust of science and rationality, "the system of the elites". Don't tell me that I need to vaccinate my kids! I'll cure my pancreatic
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    Typescript on the frontend, Python on the backend, SQL for the database, bash for CI. This isn't even counting HTML/CSS or the YAML config.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    I do understand that, in principle. But having a mathematical reason to let some 'difficult' votes go uncounted gives ammunition to those who would put political pressure on vote counting for their advantage, while also making pe
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    They are provisional ballots, not counted unless things are close. And sometimes not even counted then.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    The lazy and stupid but rich will out-survive the industrious and smart but poor.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    And it goes beyond humans: everything that arises must cease. This is one of the three foundations of existential intelligence (or wisdom).
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    The big difference this time around is that this 'high risk capital' isn't a small amount, it's 1-10% of the entire economy.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    Elle Cordova - "Autocorrect - we have a live/hate relationship" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtOgnq8lLtw
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    I agree, but out of curiosity, how does invisible autotuning make you feel?
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    What does it mean to throw in the towel, in your case? Divesting from the stock market? Moving to a hobby farm? Giving up on humanity?
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    > It's capital that belongs to people and those people can do what they like with the money they earned. "earned", that may be the case with millionaires, but it is not the case with billionaires. A person can't &qu
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    > I have a hunch some people actually prefer this sort of thing to explicit content. https://www.reddit.com/r/2busty2hide/
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    Theft is pretty disruptive.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    Okay, I think that's basically the distinction I was making between 'awareness' vs 'consciousness'. I guess it's not workable, since 'awareness' does not seem to communicate that concept well even to
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    How do you square that with your statement above: > Consciousness is the only thing we can be absolutely certain does actually exist. Unless the "consciousness" that you're talking about is the same as the suchness? Is t
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    Personally I differentiate between 'awareness' and 'consciousness' and that makes it a bit clearer for me. Awareness of the 'suchness' of existence is what you're saying is the only thing we can be certai
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    > How many large customers are lining up to pay top dollar to rent one of those 5 year-olds for the next 12 months? If it's depreciated over 6 years then at 5 years it's valued at 17% of its initial price. That seems kind of r
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    Scale matters. The difference between 10% and 90% of people spouting total bs is what makes it 'post-truth'.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    I agree. Enough to run Quake over LAN, not quite enough to run WoW. A lot of complexity in computing is only necessary for dealing with the internet at scale.
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    by saulpw 11mo ago

    What level of computing would you checkpoint at? https://saul.pw/mag/computer/