kubielid

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by kubielid 2y ago
Thanks for taking the time to write a more nuanced take; especially in the face of my snark. I addressed this elsewhere in this thread, but my comment was addressing the people who do suffer from these issues. You are lucky you have the pri
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by kubielid 2y ago
> It's not money, its proximity. If that’s the case then how do you solve the proximity problem when you have $0 and 0 free time? Honestly this thread is chock full of: “I’m rich and still lonely!” people who are so far off the mark
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by kubielid 2y ago
> decrease in productivity Citation needed. Aside from despising the “productivity” defense, the 4 day work weeks has shown to increase “productivity“. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-four-day-workwe...
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by kubielid 2y ago
I read it as a joke, fellow MIDI enthusiast.
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by kubielid 2y ago
Sounds like a really cool project. Any links to the exhibit? Unsure if this comment was a refutation of my own or just a fun cherry on top anecdote, but in case I was unclear I was trying to say that “I completely agree with the shorthand o
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by kubielid 2y ago
> Midi being an “artist” tool places it more as a medium like paint. I’ve used MIDI “as paint”. Written music using code to MIDI(1), and wrote “cross instrument” music, ie using my keyboard as drum machine. But these days MIDI is chiefly
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by kubielid 2y ago
Absolutely love the book “Learn Physics with Functional Programming”. Uses Haskell, and teaches it so knowing Haskell is an unnecessary prerequisite, though familiarity with programming in general would be very beneficial, and focuses on 2D
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by kubielid 2y ago
I joked at an estate sale once that everyone has 3 bookshelves: the books they read, the books they want to read, and the books they want other people to think they read.
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by kubielid 2y ago
> Why pay more though? Why indeed? Your bosses must love you defending your own mistreatment. You should put this quote on your CV. > you can always work less. Do you honestly think you can tell that to a person struggling financiall
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by kubielid 2y ago
Okay, if we take your comment as the “full truth” then you have successfully identified the cause of your loneliness so the solution for you, specifically you, would be to give your money away. Then “interacting” would be a requirement agai
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by kubielid 2y ago
Perhaps for you. Do you believe this as an American statistic, or global one? What evidence ca you provide? I feel like all of the articles I read about comparing work across time say people worked less before industrialization; although I
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by kubielid 2y ago
How so? Also, orthogonal lines share a common point of intersection.
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by kubielid 2y ago
> You must be on to something lol. Only the orange site would get angry at someone suggesting they should be paid more and have more free time to pursue their interests.
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by kubielid 2y ago
Where’d you come up with 30 years? Just a feeling? Perhaps you’re feeling the transition in increased disparity between minimum wage and cost of living that occurred ~30 years ago? https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21&#x
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by kubielid 2y ago
I’m sorry but this is simply wrong. You think financial pressure has zero bearing on your mental health? What bearing does your mental health have on your capacity to form and nurture relationships? If you read the article then you’d know
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by kubielid 2y ago
I can tell you how without science. Pay people more, work them less.