leflambeur

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by leflambeur 17d ago
It is fascinating (this word doesn't quite capture sentiment, but the best I can think of right now) how any mention of the Catholic Church, on whatever specific topic — in this case, an encyclical about AI — triggers the immediate des
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by leflambeur 2mo ago
I use Zellij and only recently had a colleague tell me that the name comes from Arabic and had not made the link to "Azulejo". It makes sense of course, considering they all refer to some form of tiling :)
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by leflambeur 2mo ago
on macOS: Cmd+Space -> Cmd+4 No need to install anything.
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by leflambeur 3mo ago
This has been mentioned, if using different words, elsewhere in this thread but soccer is much more accessible and casual in Latin America and Western Europe. Children often live in cities/towns where they have high mobility and agency
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by leflambeur 4mo ago
Demand can be fleeting. See Austin, TX in the early pandemic years vs now Too much reliance on the permanent number-go-up hypothesis in home prices
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by leflambeur 4mo ago
the property can always be sold to a new owner that has a different use in mind. Another drawback, you're likely to have less negotiating power with a corporate-owned rental.
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
Yes, to a significant but not total degree. Some of those losses were later recouped by Portugal (current Northeastern Brazil and Angola). I think that the losses in Asia were more lasting, or permanent.
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
This is one resentful individual. Likes to imply how this or that people is inferior to the other (I thought we were discussing differences in forms of settlement, colonization and maritime expansion) then pivots to modern day economic stat
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
This is true. Tordesillas meant that trans-Pacific trade was not realistic for Portugal.
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
No, lol, that is not how that works. Your point is factually wrong, your point doesn't "stand".
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
You may want to look into the genetic composition of modern-day Brazilians to consider whether "Amerindians were exterminated" is a coherent way to represent it. edit: we are just comparing 2 completely different models here. You&
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
do 99.9% of the people born there speak Dutch? When they became independent, were they 80%+ Reformed Dutch protestants? I don't reject the notion that NL vastly influenced Indonesia but the impact is not even remotely similar to PT and
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
Since when is taxing all subjects a necessity? Britain didn't tax people in the 13 colonies so could we conclude that before the American Revolution they were not part of the British Empire?
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
I think the comparison with the Netherlands is generally appropriate, but we must recognize that what they did in Brazil was exceptional (meaning not comparable to their former possessions in Asia and Africa, a difference from the mere trad
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by leflambeur 7mo ago
In the country where I grew up, physicians have immense clout and are notorious for writing unintelligibly. I once pointed this out as a kid and was told by the secretary something like: the doctor is too busy to write legible prescriptions
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by leflambeur 8mo ago
That’s not what we’d have to assume. I don’t know about religions in the general sense, and you’re right to point out that I very much have the “Abrahamic world view”, though my case is much much more specific than that but that’s not relev
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by leflambeur 8mo ago
That is very much not immaterial. If God does exist and is our creator, then we're designed to recognize him (at least to strive to, or have some innate need to); failing to do so or radically abdicating from this need would lead to di
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by leflambeur 8mo ago
If such being does exist, then how could it possibly not matter? If there's an architect and we are the architect's creation, then how could our belief alone be the important thing?
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by leflambeur 8mo ago
What if it's true that this daddy exists?
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by leflambeur 10mo ago
Will someone please explain 14 on Gregory of Nyssa?
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by leflambeur 1y ago
This is fascinating. But how did the Church's claim that it was a real guy on Earth stop anyone from claiming visions of Christ? edit: I'm not sure we're talking about the same things here. Your claims are all from a history&
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by leflambeur 1y ago
They scream artificial intimacy to you because you have only the most superficial notion of what these things are and never sought to understand them. If you did try to understand basic Christian theology, you'd likely still disagree b
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by leflambeur 1y ago
Many churches were in construction for over a century. Very typical and, although obviously people were elated when one was finished, getting there fast was not a source of anxiety. The Church has all the time in the world.
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by leflambeur 1y ago
yet this will continue until it grounds to a halt. It's amazing and cringy the level of parroting performed by executives. Independent thought is very rare amongst business "leaders".
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by leflambeur 1y ago
tech bros think not only that that system is good, but that they'd be the winners
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by leflambeur 1y ago
isn't the scapegoat he or she who gets sacrificed? I think engineers are that
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by leflambeur 1y ago
It's simply the old Capital vs Labor struggle. CEOs and VCs all sing in the same choir, and for the past 3 years the tune is "be leaner". p.s.: I'm a big fan of yours on Twitter.
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by leflambeur 1y ago
Maybe it’s rising more than other areas in the U.S. at the moment and that is the news? From my anecdata, homes in many suburban areas of southern states are up 70% from 2020 whereas in NYC the rise is about 20% (co-ops) resales (existing h
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by leflambeur 1y ago
OMG I laughed so hard with this post. You're a very funny writer!
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by leflambeur 1y ago
A lot of people seem to just assume that other countries have less friction (or no friction at all?) for people to vote, than the United States. My friends from other countries would find that amusing. I get it that some states try to disen

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