Zancarius

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by Zancarius 1mo ago
I think this is something to keep in mind whenever approaching a new project, especially solo. Eventually, the end of the road is unavoidable. I started teaching an (older) adult Sunday school class almost exactly one year ago this coming
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by Zancarius 2mo ago
One of the benefits I've found is that it forces me to be brief. I've almost always kept notes and journals in a text format that I store in VCS, but I've found that journaling by hand is a vastly superior experience. It is
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by Zancarius 2mo ago
So, this is kind of not directly related, but sort of is. I teach an adult Bible study class, and I use Logos for all of my notes and highlights. Your question touches on one of my specific concerns, because they use a proprietary format fo
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by Zancarius 2mo ago
This is true. The outcome is also terrifying. The asymmetric warfare that has been enabled by inexpensive drone tech has so many vast implications that I'm not even sure we've seen every possible avenue this could explore. If eith
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by Zancarius 2mo ago
I think there's a great deal of underestimation of China's manufacturing. Granted, wafers are a totally different thing than any of the other industries they've dominated for cheap, but I certainly wouldn't count them ou
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by Zancarius 2mo ago
"An account of human suffering" (assuming I remember the approximate title) is one of his earlier videos that sticks out in my mind and one I'll never forget. It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact board diagnostics for har
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by Zancarius 3mo ago
That's because I think it's more accurate to call it a megalithic codebase. :)
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by Zancarius 5mo ago
Most of what I get seem to be advertisements or automated messages if you follow large(r) accounts. One of the most interesting things that I've noticed is these advertisements will be triggered if you follow accounts that are position
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by Zancarius 5mo ago
You jest... (but probably not!) I remember when I was first using my alma mater's online sign up for classes in the very early 2000s, their class sign up site had office hours.
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by Zancarius 5mo ago
It still does. I'm not sure what benefit it is for people to point out such mistakes, but my biggest problem comes from glide typing. Often, my device decides it knows better what word I intended than what I actually intended. I'v
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by Zancarius 6mo ago
I think you just explained the opposite—that, yes, it does make you a better photographer. You've just described everything that it has done, which is continually improving your skill set and your thought process(es) that go into you
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by Zancarius 6mo ago
I recently started journaling by hand and was somewhat frustrated with the excruciatingly slow speed versus typing. Eventually, I realized that the slowness was, as you said, a feature. It forces you to think . You have no choice but to ta
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by Zancarius 6mo ago
It's not just electron apps or browsers, as I'd argue modern .NET apps are almost as bad. I have an example. I use Logos (a Bible study app, library ecosystem, and tools) partially for my own faith and interests, and partially b
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by Zancarius 6mo ago
It's also the difference between 1lb and 6lbs also, so the analogy isn't perfect. The problem is that once you approach the limits of the average human ability, multipliers can transform something possible into something impossibl
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by Zancarius 7mo ago
I have to agree. Backing up my Tundra (8' bed) feels substantially safer since I can see immediately behind the vehicle than any pre-regulation vehicle I've driven. That doesn't even account for the convenience with lining up
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by Zancarius 9mo ago
Sometimes it can be a genuine mistake. I was in my garage with my keys in my back pocket, checking the tire pressure on my truck, when it started honking at me. My butt triggered the panic button. I have acute hearing. That was painful and
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by Zancarius 11mo ago
It's August for us here in the SW US, but there's been construction in the area that has displaced a number of them at odd times of the year. Fortunately, snakes will generally leave you alone unless they're provoked or corne
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by Zancarius 11mo ago
I live in an area where we have these[1], and they're generally not something you see all that often. Their biggest danger isn't their venom (they're less venomous than the diamondback) so much as their curiosity, which can g
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by Zancarius 2y ago
Human proclivities tend toward repetition as well, partially as a memory/mnemonic device, so I don't see this as disadvantageous. For example, there's a minor opinion in biblical scholarship that John 21 was a later scribal a
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by Zancarius 2y ago
That's exactly it, and I really like your observation that the "limit of 4" doesn't apply in some cases. Before/after class, we have the exact experience you mentioned here where people will transiently go around ta
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by Zancarius 2y ago
I really hate trying to carry conversation in restaurants for that reason, and because the background noise levels can often get to a point where you can only hear the person sitting right next to you. You're absolutely right that 1) g
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by Zancarius 2y ago
I'm going to shamelessly borrow your phrasing, because what you've described is exactly what happens: It's a rotation through other participants so neither the study leader nor other individuals have to "[carry] the conv
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by Zancarius 2y ago
I think it depends. In the context of a discussion class, it makes sense, because you don't want to deviate too far from the purpose of the study. As someone else pointed out, it doesn't work as well for unstructured conversation.
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by Zancarius 2y ago
Yup, and that's another reason it works so well. Now, it does break down somewhat when the core discussion is over or if someone is a bit disruptive (which has happened recently). As a sibling comment to yours wrote, it DOES help that
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by Zancarius 2y ago
This is a really interesting observation, because I'm in an adult discussion class in Sunday school that is arranged like a circle, and I've been trying to figure out why it seems that structure works so well at limiting conversat
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by Zancarius 2y ago
This is really fascinating to me, because it explains some things. I have a friend who crushed the tip of one of her fingers, but it wasn't amputated. She's described sensations very similar to yours, presumably from nerve damage.
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by Zancarius 2y ago
Hunt for Red October for me also!
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by Zancarius 2y ago
The whole system is broken in hilarious ways. Unrelated but similar: I live in a rural area, so we don't get street delivery of mail. Instead, we need to apply for a PO Box. Every year, to verify that only residents are using the PO Bo
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by Zancarius 2y ago
Doubtful we'll ever know for sure, but sometimes it's difficult to discern with cats whether they know what to do but are just letting us do the work for them or if they genuinely don't know. I suspect the answer is somewhe
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by Zancarius 2y ago
Yeah, really... I picked up a 128GiB card from the store on something of a whim a while back, and I'm not even sure I paid more than about $18USD (with tax) for it. I bet I could have gotten it cheaper, but I was impatient.

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