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by the_af 5y ago
I get really anxious taking photos. I take tons of them but only ever see a few of them again, so what they actually do is prevent me from living in the moment. I find myself looking at all those beautiful places through the phone's sc
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by the_af 5y ago
You wrote a thorough post, thanks. That said, > Hard training is not the only ingredient to excellence It's not the only ingredient, but it is the sine qua non of martial arts excellence. When have you ever seen a martial arts
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by the_af 5y ago
Yes, of course. But did they show in the movie the failings or shortcomings of all the other trainees, what it was that they considered "impossible"? They were training hard and didn't understand why Po was picked over them.
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by the_af 5y ago
First, I want to say I really like Kung Fu Panda... now . In particular, I really like the 2D intro (I wish the whole movie was drawn in that style, which reminds me of the awesome Samurai Jack), and also Tai Lung's escape is a master
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by the_af 5y ago
Definitely, the hair effects are still not there. Something is off, the hair moves as a block in an unnatural way. The rest of the face is pretty good though. The eyes are weirdly intense, but I suppose it was a deliberate choice and some p
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by the_af 5y ago
Yes, but some misconceptions are easier to disprove. And some misconceptions are genuine (in the sense that people genuinely believe them) and others are mere scams that even their alleged "believers" don't believe. I know at
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by the_af 5y ago
I think the white lie is even simpler. As a kid, I always wanted to go swimming (swimming pool or sea) as soon as I finished eating . My parents told me not to because of the cramps. "You must wait an hour before swimming". It wa
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by the_af 5y ago
> Unless of course, “whatever you want” includes not publishing your changes. Copyleft does not permit people to do “whatever they want” You can absolutely not publish your changes, where did you get the idea FOSS forces you to publish
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by the_af 5y ago
> There is evidence to the contrary. Your evidence is incorrect. None of those are FOSS licenses. If you google their names, you'll see each sparked controversy, and ultimately the SPDX doesn't exclusively list FOSS licenses.
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by the_af 5y ago
Agreed it's not exclusive to New Age beliefs, though my point wasn't exactly about the specific delusions ("I can cure anything with this diluted tincture of petals") but about the completely irrational standards of proo
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by the_af 5y ago
> There have been dozens of variations of FOSS licenses over the years that prohibit things like use for nuclear facilities, use in weapon systems, use in genocide, etc. I'm not aware of any FOSS license that states things like th
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by the_af 5y ago
Well, yes. But this goes (or did, before the author fixed it) against the most widespread and accepted definitions of FOSS (nobody from the OSI or FSF would accept this as a free licence, and those are the two major camps), so it cannot be
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by the_af 5y ago
Yes, but said rules stop being FOSS compliant and so they lose the right to pretend they are FOSS.
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by the_af 5y ago
> It's ironic as those who don't trust vaccines seem to flock to the medical advice of those without any training. This is a trend I've observed in proponents of New Age alternative "medicine", way before COVID
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by the_af 5y ago
> My whole life I was taught that trying to cure seasonal flu with vaccine is silly because the flu mutates too fast and it just leads to an endless loop of seasonal vaccines. You've been taught wrong. First, the vaccines don&#x27
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by the_af 5y ago
> when they're talking about 4th booster shot then to me it only indicates that maybe vaccines wasn't the right way to treat this pandemic Can you elaborate? Why does the number of booster shots tell you anything about the ri
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by the_af 5y ago
No harm done. Thanks for replying. As for ASOIAF: interesting, could you elaborate? I read The Hedge Knight last (well, the whole Dunk & Egg I mean) and I liked it. I found it to be a compressed, fast-forwarded version of A Game of Th
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by the_af 5y ago
> Easier is: if they call something art I let them call it art, and just don't buy it or ignore the discussion if I don't like it. So basically my take is: art is if I enjoy it - mostly as a sensorial pleasure or even as a met
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by the_af 5y ago
(I've been upvoting you because this is an interesting point of view). At this point, one must ask: what is not art with such a broad definition? And is a definition that excludes nothing useful? Is it enough for something to be ar
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by the_af 5y ago
> does anyone really believe a photograph is a perfect recreation of truth? I did, in my teenage years. As far as I know, my parents still do. And I'm pretty sure N > 3. Hey, you asked whether anyone believes this, not whether
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by the_af 5y ago
I've found this series of articles about art and photography very interesting, thanks to whoever has been posting them here on HN. They helped me nail down some intuitions I had about photography, and clear some misconceptions. As some
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by the_af 5y ago
Who are you agreeing with? This is certainly not what the article states. A closer summary would be (selectively quoting from TFA): > Photography is not objective truth. Photography and painting both result from deliberate choices of de
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by the_af 5y ago
I partially disagree, and think GRRM (and the TV show) mostly paint morally ambiguous characters with some redeeming qualities and some grievous flaws. > Sansa, Sam, Davos, Jon, Arya, Tyrion, Brianne, Bran, Robin, Yara Of these, I cons
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by the_af 5y ago
So the good guys mostly lost through the show, many permanently killed, with whole cities laid to waste and innocents and guilty alike slaughtered, and the victors proved either morally gray or outright mad, and they only won at the very en
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by the_af 5y ago
Where did he call or consider his fans "monsters"? He specifically lashed out against some very rude fans who made an offensive mention of Robert Jordan's death, a personal friend of GRRM. I 100% support him on this. Fandom c
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by the_af 5y ago
> And that's what writing novels is—it's work for money, like programming or plumbing, not some mystical calling or vocation. I agree with your overall comment, but this is not entirely true. For many writers, writing is a vo
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by the_af 5y ago
Fully agreed. The wonderful thing is that many (if not most) Discworld novels can be read standalone in any order . Yes, you'll miss some references and subtleties, and recurring characters are better if you know their traits, but sti
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by the_af 5y ago
> You are effectively selecting for less trilogies released because of this I'm ok with this. I wish they made more single-novel SF&F stories. It seems everything wants to be a trilogy or a saga, with an eye to a Netflix/
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by the_af 5y ago
I'm lost. Whose writing are you calling less than mediocre here? GRRM or u/fao_? In both cases I disagree, but in the latter I also think you're out of line and against the etiquette of HN. Be nice.
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by the_af 5y ago
Sort of. The good guys won at the very end , and it wasn't easy. And lots of good characters were tortured and died along the way. It wasn't a clear cut "easy" win for the good guys. A major moral character dies in the

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