ebullientocelot

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by ebullientocelot 6y ago
So a lot of philosophical writing references a sort of general canon, at least as far as western thinking is concerned. Other traditions I'm sure have their own details but I can't speak intelligently to them. The field is enormou
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by ebullientocelot 6y ago
While not as cool as getting this done in 1969 with people I think it's nice to see that this sort of thing is happening at all these days. As contentious as things have been lately at ground level I'm encouraged any time I read a
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by ebullientocelot 6y ago
I wouldn't normally click into an article with this title/source but your comment led me to do so on a whim. I don't often finish reading long-form and think "that was a great way to spend 30 minutes" but this time
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by ebullientocelot 6y ago
Here is UHS statement: https://ir.uhsinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/uni...
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A Ransomware Attack Has Struck a Major US Hospital Chain(wired.com)
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by ebullientocelot 6y ago
You need to be motivated more than athletic. Basic PFT standards are not extravagant; not everyone in the army is in a Ranger Battalion.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Please post some contact information. No idea what your geography is but I am very interested in chatting with you about some roles that I have that may be very well aligned to the skills and interests you are describing.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I don't know that the purpose is promoting understanding of popular political issues, but it definitely seems to me that work of this kind is fashionable to celebrate in literary circles. Take my view with a grain of salt, though--I&#x
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
No argument with what you're saying, but on a personal level I can't stand Anna, the character. Reminds me too much of a rather unfortunate ex, and ruins the story for me.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
:facepalm:. Yea that makes much, much more sense. My bad.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Definitely seemed intentional--see also the bit about all of the patrol boats getting painted at once when they figured out that water was the primary avenue of escape.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Your comment is literally the first time in my life that I have seen the words "teachers get paid well" in what seems to me to be a serious fashion. Someone quoted below that the highest paid teachers are pulling something like 68
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I think it's possible for an additional tax dollar to help people, for sure. But it seems unreasonable to assume that a positive tax revenue delta will manifest in useful or well-managed social programs. Additional money in the public
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I largely agree with the points you are making, however I think there's a fundamental difference in the carpenter analogy: regardless of the type of screwdriver used there is no material difference in the UX of the cabinet, whereas tha
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
There's something positive to be said for intellectual honesty--if not on the cruise ship, in the writeup.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I came across "elsagate" the other day and was unpleasantly not surprised by what it means. As a father of two young children this is a tough one--I'm 100% pro free speech, especially the speech I don't agree with, but h
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I know, right?? Some real gems: pg. 21: Emotive forces shape the gestalt of the brand identity. Actually no, the whole thing is patently absurd. Wow. What the fuck? Apparently this presentation earned a million dollar fee: https:/&#x2
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
While this is true, I still experience a little of that early-exposure-to-the-Internet sense of wonder when I stumble across a community that's off the beaten path technologically. sdf.org's Gopher service was such an experience i
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I don't think your two points are mutually exclusive, and suspect they are both correct to one degree or another. I live in a second-tier city working for a second-tier company and my daily life is already fairly cyberpunk! During the
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
In a way--my question boils down to why this was written in the first place. Engaging with literary criticism is an invitation to perpetuate literary criticism :P
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
This seems silly to me--if an idea or subject _is_ difficult, then so be it. If something difficult to read is worth it to somebody, then that person will read it. I don't understand the fascination with difficulty--whatever that means
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Amen. Overseas positive identification and rules of engagement were drilled into our heads constantly, driven home by threats of prosecution for murder/war crimes if you got it wrong. Despite the fact that Tommy Taliban loved to fire a
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
+1 for psychogeography. This is a cool comment, do you have any recommendations for books/essays in this vein beyond Guy Dubord? Edit: an => any typo
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
All hail the nanny-state.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Granting the assumption of monotonically increasing inflation at a wild rate, this is still only true ceteris paribus. I can't imagine inflation that would make a small coffee shop chain into 50m/year revenue (customer floor requi
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Thanks, it's stuck in my head now.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Typing "333333 to buy a R2H!" repeatedly led to my initial discovery of copy/paste in my younger days. +1 for nostalgic smiles.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
I tried googling around for Matthew Simon and couldn't find anything, even with San Jose State University added to the search terms (found from "Look Inside" on Amazon for the book--worth a look by itself). I'm a bit dis
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
Yea but they mention this in Ozark, so parent might have meant someone saw the show and looked this up.
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by ebullientocelot 8y ago
This rings true from my experience in Afghanistan too. We did route clearance in RC North, and were often out for days at a time. Very little bad sleep, end up scraping together whatever cigarettes were available so few people had their pre

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