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Zen Koan: Before I began my studies in Zen, I thought a tree was a tree and a stone, a stone. When I started to study Zen, I could see that a tree was not a t
by startupdiscuss 4y ago
Zen Koan:
Before I began my studies in Zen, I thought a tree was a tree and a stone, a stone.
When I started to study Zen, I could see that a tree was not a tree, and a stone was not a stone.
Now that I am a Zen master, I know that a tree is a tree and a stone is a stone.
-- Source: my buddy in college
I think you come full circle to learn that you can only keep so much in your head at one time and that you're always in some sense loading up what you need for the next month or three. At least this time you knew to look for the man su command, and remind yourself of the work you did, that you shared with all these other people.
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- mrtksn 4y agoThere's a poplar meme called "midwit meme"[0]. I guess it's a popular observation. [0] https://imgflip.com/i/6peco7 https://imgflip.com/i/6peco7
- svnt 4y agoI’m more of a redwood meme guy myself. https://i.imgflip.com/1kuv83.jpg https://i.imgflip.com/1kuv83.jpg
- yuy910616 4y agoIt is pretty cool. When I was little I had no idea what it means, just knew that it sounds cool. But the older I get that more I see these patterns. junior dev: python is so cool! senior dev: python is slow. No type checking. The syntax is garbage. John Carmack: I write a lot of python and I use it exactly for what it is good for!
- intelVISA 4y agoif only the Carmack level was attainable for us mortals; I've moments where I trick myself into writing passable code but after a little research the same memory order semantics from my IDE stare back at me from Carmack's Doom 3 code 20 years ago. RIP
- anddfyf 4y agoSounds a lot like Bruce Lees famous quote! https://mobile.twitter.com/brucelee/status/1361867949896704006 https://mobile.twitter.com/brucelee/status/13618679498967040...
- sneak 4y agoRelated: The Egg http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
- geek_at 4y agoInteresting read, thanks for sharing
- BbzzbB 4y agoKurzgesagt's short video is great too, it's (quasi-)verbatim, but the music, animation and narration makes it quite poignant. The idea behind the story is quite fascinating to me. If simulationists are right, it's as good or better of a "why" as "origin seeking" IMO. Not that I believe one way or the other, I just think the idea's interesting to ponder on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI
- spfzero 4y agoThank You!
- alpaca128 4y agoReminds me of how after learning how CPUs, memory, operating systems etc work I thought "wow, it really is all ones and zeroes". A simple phrase but it became more meaningful with deeper understanding.
- eurasiantiger 4y agoSorry, but ”computers work by ones and zeroes” is one of my pet peeves. It is true in the sense that 1 and 0 are common representations for true and false in computer science, but really, it is false and almost certainly establishes magical thinking in the layperson. Modern computers run on electricity, and in electrical circuits such as computers, true/false is represented as a transistor semiconductor being in a conducting or non-conducting state. Current can either flow, or it can’t. In fact, one could build a computer out almost anything that lends itself to both being on and off, and to being controlled by its on/off state (or that of another equivalent assembly).
- tanseydavid 4y agoIt still functions like an abacus.
- falcor84 4y ago> 1 and 0 are common representations for true and false in computer science Long before standing for true or false, 1 and 0 have stood for the presence or absence of something arbitrary, so I don't see any issue here.
- endofreach 4y agoTuring, u here?
- cestith 4y agoIn fact, if we consider the presence or absence of truth in a statement... (There is no completion. The trailing off is intended.)
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- hinkley 4y agoBefore enlightenment: chop wood, carry water After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water
- fezfight 4y agoWhere does existential dread fit in there?
- pphysch 4y agoSomewhere in the middle
- marc_io 4y agoJust notice it.
- swagmoney1606 4y ago
- latexr 4y agoThere’s plenty of opportunity to ponder one’s own existence while chopping wood and carrying water. Or to listen to a podcast.
- hinkley 4y agoI do a lot of podcasts or audiobooks while gardening of late. I’m tapering off because it’s not the same experience. I started by listening to just nature based books. It was different. More in some ways, less in others. If you can’t be alone with your own thoughts then brother are you in a bad place. Everything in moderation.
- hinkley 4y agoSomewhere in the middle. Hopefully not while sharpening the axe or staring into the well.
- joelfried 4y ago