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by a4444f 6y ago
Alternative news: "Treasure hunters seize 27k artifacts looted by a single French official".
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by a4444f 6y ago
Why do chip makers need subsidies?
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by a4444f 6y ago
Are there any artists that are considered a must for someone new to the field of art? What path did you follow to develop a personal (individual) artistic style? Learning philosophy or philosophy history is one thing (I'd guess it is m
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by a4444f 6y ago
The author has experienced switching perspectives, therefore concludes that what has remained unchanged is reality. But it is possible to switch realities (timelines) as well, though writing about that kind of experiences is kind of pointle
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by a4444f 6y ago
Neither addiction, perfectionism nor being an idiot is OK. The word OK has an opposite meaning. A different matter is whether it is possible to be without addiction, perfectionism or idiocy.
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by a4444f 6y ago
Being understood is impossible (an illusion). There is nothing to understand. Following social conventions is possible. But life is not (necessarily) about following social conventions. Nor is it about not following social conventions.
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by a4444f 6y ago
I'd agree with Dijkstra, provided that he wrote about individual human beings, rather than computers. It is humans that are characterized by radical novelty, not computers, which can be understood by metaphors. It is easy to predict co
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by a4444f 6y ago
"Many Chinese prioritise long work days over leisure time or sleep – even though they know it’s unhealthy. What’s driving this behaviour?" Some typos in the summary, fixed.
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by a4444f 6y ago
There is a lack / something is missing.
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by a4444f 6y ago
How the "How the self-esteem craze took over America" craze took over HN. "Number Six: Where am I? Number Two (not identified as yet): In the village. Six: What do you want? Two: Information. Six: Whose side are you on? Two:
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by a4444f 6y ago
My idea is, that the type of IT knowledge is often of a particular trivia quiz kind. You may "learn" the next trivia quiz, but you'll not be necessarily any more wiser after 20 years (due to forgetting and obsolence) than aft
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by a4444f 6y ago
Sure, for example one time I was proficient in DOS low level programming, not a very useful skill now. Also, typically, when a language or technology gets any good, it already becomes obsoleted by something else (examples Delphi Pascal, Per
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by a4444f 6y ago
Well, there is a gap in your answer, you speak about line, holes and points (domain of geometry, very well), but then you introduce numbers somehow. Also, I'd be more interested in relation between people, swearing and irrational numbe
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by a4444f 6y ago
Why are there irrational numbers? Why so many, why so different? Are rationals not enough?
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by a4444f 6y ago
The older I am, the more experience I have, the harder i find landing a job. 10+ years of experience, multiple companies. Also, not that many techs/skills from earlier years are applicable now, it seems that there were couple of techno
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by a4444f 6y ago
I agree. Or lacanian psychoanalysts, pure structure, no (imaginary) meaning (like maths, or functional programming, no side effects), which I like. Book of Kohelet / Ecclesiastes seems similar to Book of Changes/ I ching.
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by a4444f 6y ago
"metalanguage does not exist"
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by a4444f 6y ago
I guess capitalist state is an oxymoron. Either you have capitalism or a state. "What Is Capitalism? Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods. The production of goods and services is
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by a4444f 6y ago
After a while, you may discover, that (also) you create the news.
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by a4444f 6y ago
I like stories like that (experienced this myself). Building complex system, because it scratches an itch, and not using it after completion. So what happened witch the itch, where is it. What was it all about? Why did it happen? Why this k
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by a4444f 6y ago
I'd say Brexit is a change from one set of rules to the other, but I would not call EU or GB free markets or capitalist states, as major parts of economies are heavily regulated, including agricultural and money sector (central banking
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by a4444f 6y ago
Wankers write history, hysterics write whiningly.
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by a4444f 6y ago
No such thing as an easy conversation.
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by a4444f 6y ago
1.go to any psytrance festival and think about lucy in the sky with diamonds (edit: actually it is impossible to dance with an impostor syndrome, so there you go). 2.only >lacanian< psychoanalysis. most useless kind of psychoanalysis
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by a4444f 6y ago
Their pet girl uses her phone to have some contact with real people.
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by a4444f 6y ago
Lacanian psychoanalysis / (trance) dancing.
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by a4444f 6y ago
To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates with strong thinking skills.
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by a4444f 6y ago
Bravo!
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by a4444f 6y ago
1. put on your X hat 2. make your life miserable 3. no profit 4. quit what is wrong with that, where is the error?
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by a4444f 6y ago
Consider non-institutionalized ideas: - music (including live music (streaming is fine)) - dance - talking with random people about mostly anything (dialup smartphone app) - rest - something else

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