BasDirks

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by BasDirks 4y ago
Sounds like you are maintaining and extending your own frame of reference. I feel like a note that is never read again is not necessarily a wasted effort.
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by BasDirks 4y ago
#2 on 'Infinite with Timer Limit' on the second attempt where I didn't get trolled by broken video. Found some absolute bangers from unexpected countries. Better than any ML algorithm in terms of recommending interesting musi
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by BasDirks 4y ago
Romanticism, that sweet youthful foolishness. Living tragically can be beautiful, and lead to deep despair.
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by BasDirks 4y ago
Well written but too hostile.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
Why is nyt evil?
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by BasDirks 5y ago
> Is trusting those sources really an acceptable basis for any autonomous individual to proceed? You yourself are awefully fond of basing elaborate narratives on dubious sources, which is fine, but why then stoop to high-school debate cl
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by BasDirks 5y ago
You gonna tell them if he steals cookies from the cookie jar? I see your point but I ask where you draw the line.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
No, they don't have such a right, but everyone has the right to call him out publicly. The key point, for me, is that vengeance is evil. Cheaters should be exposed but not destroyed. Go the full mile to get cheaters banned from competi
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by BasDirks 5y ago
I don't see why this is downvoted. Seems like a solid argument, even though I don't agree.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
I disagree with the downvotes. Your first edit does a lot to clarify your position, but could you expand on it?
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by BasDirks 5y ago
I really appreciate this comment, it was exactly what I was hoping for.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
This is not true at all, in the domain of computer science there are no concrete examples of this.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
You are not speaking to a y'all. Are you alluding to a dualist world-view?
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by BasDirks 5y ago
You mean the common civilian in Ukraine, surely?
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by BasDirks 5y ago
This war is far from over.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
> Nobody is helping ukraine with any military, period. This is not true.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
Shady.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
Sources?
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by BasDirks 5y ago
No. The Russian people are accountable.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
After reaching that percentile the grind begins. And that's when learning begins. And that's when you develop character. The dopamine doesn't flow as freely any more as obstacles to improvement become the rule rather than the
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by BasDirks 5y ago
To the author: you're doing a great job.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
"This development was mainly acquired through continuous voluntary confrontation with the challenge (read that sentence again and emphasis voluntary). It was first when I understood that, or felt like, I volunteered, that I was able to
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by BasDirks 5y ago
I don't like his proposed end goal. His happiness sounds like a mere absense of pain, but other methods will get you there more reliably. I like the first items on his list: go into the world and mess around, but then he begins to pres
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by BasDirks 5y ago
Americans and Aussies always seem to confuse football with concussionball.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
Ah yes, if only you had more time. /snark
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by BasDirks 5y ago
A failure of the Afghan people! Hahaha, OK. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And ah, okay, the war in Afghanistan was to liberate women? Meanwhile the US is in bed with the Saudi's.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
Without the soviets, the war would not have been won, but how about we celebrate and honor this without shitting on America?
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by BasDirks 5y ago
The US played a pivotal role in saving our asses over in Europe, and we are eternally grateful, but ever since, the US has been bad at war. It's not the firepower, it's not the soldiers, and it's not the organization. These a
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by BasDirks 5y ago
You are quite sour and pretentious. This is why you suffer.
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by BasDirks 5y ago
No shit, they are dealing with the loss of their sibling.

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