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by vjulian 3y ago
And don’t forget, if it’s titillating, then it cannot be art.
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by vjulian 3y ago
I sense that your response is in bad faith, intended to win perceived debate rather than further discussion. Assuming it is not in bad faith, then I agree at least that a business-organization example might be apt. To that end, would I be p
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by vjulian 3y ago
I believe you are confusing formalities with realities.
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by vjulian 3y ago
No. You’re ignoring the root cause, drivers, and the realities of government. Arbitrarily applying a “buck stops here” mentality not only stymies the generation of useful analysis but helps to maintain the opaqueness of that which you’re in
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That’s a largely meaningless statement if your aim is to understand who is driving what, and why.
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Your comment only serves to further illustrate the mystic of the US Office of Dear Leader. To what degree, if at all, did Biden drive the profiling, search, evaluation and selection processes? I feel fairly confident in guessing that you do
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by vjulian 3y ago
Correct. I saw that someone had linked the original article and therefore skipped directly there.
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It irritates to no end when US presidents are not only falsely attributed to government actions but falsely portrayed, even thinly, as masterminding those related plans. Over the course of news cycles it paints the picture of a superman not
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by vjulian 3y ago
In seriousness, are other languages faring any better or differently in all this?
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by vjulian 3y ago
I follow you, but as you can also follow your argument could be used not long ago in America to justify firing a chancellor (or other in prominent position) for being in a romantic relationship with a black person. I can assure you that peo
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by vjulian 3y ago
Given apparent US gun violence, immediate escorting off the premises seems wise. Why let potentially angry ex-employees linger?
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by vjulian 3y ago
Skimming the article, I find this looks similar to so-called dry-herb vapes for cannabis. They’re popular and have long been on the market. The article also quotes someone describing the “rigid ideologies” that kerb discussion and research,
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by vjulian 3y ago
The Area Handbooks the author mentions sound fascinating. I see little information online about them from my cursory search but see a few used copies available. Historical accounts such as those are a treasure trove of fun reading, at leas
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They’ve been bred that way for over 100 years in the US.
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by vjulian 3y ago
Honest question: I use (and like) Firefox and rely on many of its features including password vault. However, should I be looking elsewhere? Any suggestions? (I avoid Google Chrome.)
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by vjulian 3y ago
I appreciate this place as a refugee for intelligent people, first and foremost. Most of the world is less intelligent and unable or unwilling to think for themselves. It gets infuriating. I love the interesting links, articles, discussions
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by vjulian 3y ago
I find frustrating the amount of attention the government types pay to porn, given the array of priorities. These governments are rotten, and I mean that quite seriously.
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by vjulian 3y ago
Those boys, I would conclude, simply don’t perceive value in romantic relationships and therefore eschew dating. To me, that’s understandable: What value would a romantic relationship hold for guys of that age and apparent demographic, espe
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Consciousness Does Not Require a Self(iai.tv)
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by vjulian 3y ago
“Laughed at” and “ridiculed” seem to be common aspects of a dysfunctional science culture. In that, I always maintain heavy skepticism of loud, and especially media-echoed, claims scientific consensus. I say that generally.
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by vjulian 3y ago
Thank you. I am not technical to that extent myself to implement it, but I know enough to understand very well what you mean. I’ll hire a contractor, and this helps me communicate effectively.
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by vjulian 3y ago
I have a question: I have 200-300 hours of audio recordings of interviews. I an using Otter.ai to automate transcription, and for each recording I export a ".vtt" file of the transcript. What I'd like to do is create a type o
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by vjulian 3y ago
Growing up, when going to restaurants when in the US, I loved the ones serving so-called ‘Continental’ food. The Haute Cuisine pretensions, puddings on fire, coq au vin, old-fashioned service and the rest—all wonderful! I LOATHE these newer
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by vjulian 3y ago
I now somewhat expect to see discussion elsewhere or articles in questionable publications suggesting that the iPod’s sound quality is superior, on the false axiom that so-called vintage sound reproduction devices offer superior audio quali
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by vjulian 3y ago
Greater social context would be useful. It’s hard to accurately imagine lifestyles denoted simply by “middle” or “upper-middle” class. They are effectively meaningless terms.
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by vjulian 3y ago
The Nature of Personal Reality, by Seth (as “channeled” by Jane Roberts. That—and other Seth books. They provided me with a sense of wonder.
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by vjulian 3y ago
Very interesting article. I hope my tangential comment is not inappropriate: Writing style in the Atlantic Monthly seems to have been considerably dumbed-down over the decades.
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by vjulian 3y ago
How curated and censored are the search results with Kagi? As someone involved with Tantra, for example, I rely on sites that are niche and not always SFW.
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by vjulian 3y ago
I don’t follow. I came of age in the era of records, cassettes and the waning 8-track (and emerging CD). I have Apple Music and, equally importantly, Apple Classical. I star what I want, download some for offline listening, and discover new
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by vjulian 3y ago
Brookline, by chance?

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