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by visakanv 10y ago
Oh wow, I like this too. I have always wanted to have something like this for myself and my life. And I'd like to see the past populated with historical events, etc.
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by visakanv 10y ago
It's possible for both phenomena to coexist. Extreme case: Suppose 95% of left-handers are low-functioning, and 5% of them are INCREDIBLY high-functioning. You'd then have them simultaneously overrepresented in top positions AND s
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by visakanv 10y ago
You could be right handed and use a password like !@#asdQWEewq#@!123 (using the pinky on the shift) because it doesn't require you to take your right hand off the mouse
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by visakanv 10y ago
This is really cool.
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by visakanv 10y ago
I'm one of the 85% – I typically watch vids in silence when I'm commuting, especially if I'm already listening to music
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by visakanv 10y ago
It would get progressively 'worse' I think from 150, 200, 250, 300. The group eventually 'died' at 300. I should've instituted clearer rules and moderations once we hit about 75, or frankly, from day 1.
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by visakanv 10y ago
So does that... God is some sort of... sadomasochist? (I'm sorry if that sounds insensitive, I'm really just trying to understand.)
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by visakanv 10y ago
> Every single time that's been tried it tanked because either pathological arseholes overwhelmed everyone else, or no-one wanted to use it. Absolutely. I once ran a community that grew from 5 to 50 to 300+ people, and had this utop
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by visakanv 10y ago
What about aggressive childhood leukaemia? Why does God do that? Genuinely curious to understand.
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by visakanv 10y ago
Which incentivizes the ruining of conversation threads with unrelated/irrelevant tweets.
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by visakanv 10y ago
The title of the post is a riff off of Albert Camus's essay The Myth Of Sisyphus [1]. He made a comparison between the absurdity of Sisyphus's curse (to roll a stone up a hill, over and over, forever) and the absurdity of everyday
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One must imagine Sisyphus LOL-ing(medium.com)
1 points by visakanv 10y ago|1 comments
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by visakanv 10y ago
Hahahaha yeah. I've tried a lot of different systems and tools and combinations, but I've never even gone near iTunes. I'm not sure why, I think I just have a subconscious intuition that it would be terrible. Goodreads is sur
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by visakanv 10y ago
"Unfortunate" is an interesting adjective to use. I think Derek Low is a despicable lowlife who deserves punitive retribution of some kind. What's "unfortunate" is that he continues to get away with this bullshit.
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by visakanv 10y ago
I'm still always wishing that there would be some really good way to manage my information/media consumption in a simple, centralized way. I find Pocket unsatisfactory. I'm talking particularly about books, videos (movies, yo
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by visakanv 10y ago
Yes, this is consistent with my experience. He was patient and kind with a bunch of students, very present and listening closely.
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by visakanv 10y ago
I once had a chance to meet him in person when he happened to be in town, and I was surprised by how pleasant, friendly and even soft-spoken he was, given how arrogant his writing can be. I suppose it riles up more critics and sells more bo
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by visakanv 10y ago
> "You can't go play until your homework is finished." Reminds me of Munger's description of the Grandma Rule [1]: you have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert. I'm very envious of your skillset, and ho
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The subtle, multi-layered relationship between ego and failure(medium.com)
2 points by visakanv 10y ago|3 comments
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by visakanv 10y ago
> Just have to hope there are other, undiscovered, caves like this around the globe. But the moment we discover them...
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by visakanv 10y ago
I think if there's one big idea about nutrition, it should be that there are no one-size-fits-all answers. I skipped breakfast for most of my childhood, and I had no idea why I was so lethargic all the time. I was typically anxious fro
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by visakanv 10y ago
Yep. It's funny to me that people turn to Medium for life advice, because Shakespeare, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca etc all wrote it down in incredible detail hundreds of years ago. I'm half-tempted to do modern translations of those o
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by visakanv 10y ago
I still fondly remember Mister Splashy Pants, and it's been almost 10 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Splashy_Pants
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by visakanv 10y ago
This is totally true. I still have strong memories of being passionate about being social activism, etc and then getting frustrated at being blocked over and over again (by school, govt bodies, etc).
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by visakanv 10y ago
I've been taking cold showers for about a month just because it's been extra hot and humid where I'm from (Singapore), and I've actually been really enjoying it. My water isn't 3 degrees C though, probably more like
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by visakanv 10y ago
Yeah, so there are always trade-offs that an individual would have to make. Freelancers get freedom and flexibility, but they take a bit of a pay cut for it (as in the form of 401(k), like you mentioned). This might be a more optimal outcom
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by visakanv 10y ago
The running joke in reddit fitness communities is that the best workout for losing weight is Fork Putdowns
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by visakanv 10y ago
Yup. The annoying thing is that there are always people on the other side of the fence yelling at you that you're doing it wrong, no matter what you're doing, and for reasons that can be entirely unrelated to you and your context.
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by visakanv 11y ago
> I appreciate the links. Happy to share! :-) > One thing you might clarify is how much reporting contradicts the very nature of the regime, government, and way the system works. [...] That's critical for reform. I think this is
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by visakanv 11y ago
That last two examples both talk about the same thing, which is that it's illegal for a religious organization to explicitly comment on public policy matters. Of course, it doesn't at ALL stop them from organizing and spreading th

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