monopoledance

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by monopoledance 5y ago
Destabilizing “the west” and preventing Ukraine from joining NATO. Look at the pandemic… Soon there will be toil about defensive measurements and expenses. The economy wont like a chronic war threat either. Putin just has to move Russia’s t
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Unsatisfied niche btw.. There is effectively no dating app for kinksters, but a lot of people are into kink.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Idk. No one I knew was an outspoken racist in school. Especially these days, teenagers seem to be very aware of these issues. Regardless, it’s not the only thing pointed out here. With the original comment it paints a different story than o
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by monopoledance 5y ago
This article rubs me the wrong way. The headline isn’t well supported by its content, as the article drifts off to cheery picking counter arguments debunking lab-origin conspiracy theories. And a whole lot of questionable references to othe
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by monopoledance 5y ago
"Single-use" may have been the wrong expression. I meant, I needed something that could break, be stolen, or tempered with at the airport, without me losing trust/access to my main work/digital life tool, and without me
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Standing desk doesn't help with the viewing angle and neck strain. Your upper body should be exactly the same as sitting well adjusted.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Keyboard is unmatched indeed, but my nipple mechanic is worn now and the trackpad is atrocious. I am not defending this machine, it is 10 years old, the CPU is a major limitation now. I bought it refurbished for 240€ in 2015, so I had a &qu
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Jeez, I explicitly stated my comment was about "snappiness" only. Sure you can move the goalpost, if it makes you happy, but I am not trying to argue a 10 year old Thinkpad, or any laptop that age, is nicer than a recent Macbook.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Lol. That's what I thought as well, but I couldn't really spell it. The reference fits perfectly.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Maybe. At least I can not switch off easily and those stories stay with me. I also don't like horror movies. Maybe it's more pleasant, or enjoyable, when you feel differently, or "less".
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by monopoledance 5y ago
But would you agree, you don't need that story over and over dressed up differently? Some people have read/seen more than one of those stories. Man's search for arbitrary meaning (through suffering and such). I think that&#
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> You can't escape sadness. Life is fundamentally about suffering. Yeah, no shit. That's why I try to not invite it unnecessarily. > I think people seek these stories because it helps them deal with their own sadness. I dou
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by monopoledance 5y ago
That's terrible ergonomics and you will grow a hunch. One day you will notice in the mirror and your consequent attempts to straighten your neck will fail. Laptops are such a legacy format, we only endure because we're denied powe
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I have a ten year old X220 with an SSD upgrade.... I don't have to wait for anything really, either. Don't get me wrong, I know there is a difference, but... is it a 2000$ difference? This is about snappiness only, I have no troub
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Gnome's accessibility feature "larger text" works a bit better than font scaling IMEx. With font scaling often some alignment and spacing seems odd. And you can toggle "larger text" with one click, if you make the a
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by monopoledance 5y ago
For real. Tho, if organ donations were opt-out, or even no choice, and the infrastructure to match demand and supply would scale (it does not at the moment), we wouldn't need artificial organs to give this poor man this "high ri
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I honestly don't understand why people seek that. Doesn't that sadness and devastation hang with you afterwards? I gave it a try, but now I am trying to avoid these stories at all costs (thanks for the warning) and firmly believe
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I think that depth has been more widely recognized in neuro-biology before, but has fallen from grace in favor of a naive mechanistic enthusiasm at the beginning of that early neuroimagining euphoria. You may look into constructivism, espec
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by monopoledance 5y ago
True or not, great read and interesting idea. The concept of “flattening an energy landscape” resonates a lot with me. I feel like the filter on which internal and external impressions make it into the consciousness varies in people, like a
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Possibly a heavy selection bias, don't you think? Shrooms are illegal almost everywhere, or at least not very popular. I assume there is a very significant filter on which type of personalities seek these experiences (unlike e.g. tryin
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Also, maybe report back, if you don't mind. Would love to get a reality check, if it's just another fiction of self-improvement, or if others see the usefulness, as well.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Yeah, but as a monologue. The thing with ADHD folks is, we constantly seek stimulation/neuronal excitement, so if we manage to do anything, we somehow tricked our brain into enthusiasm, or hit another strong motivator like anxiety, or
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I can't vouch for the most recent episodes, as I haven't listened to them yet, and I don't mind those interview ones much. Otherwise most episodes had some insights and ideas, I found noteworthy, which resonated with me - and
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Amen. For those with poor executive functioning, or ADHD, I can really recommend the podcast "Hacking your ADHD": https://www.hackingyouradhd.com/podcast Ironically, it's less focused on "productivity ha
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> there is only one reason the media rejected the lab-leak hypothesis - it was forwarded by Trump Nonsense. There is media outside the US, and no one really cared about that. The problem has been that literally no one in charge had any i
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by monopoledance 5y ago
Cultural change. Stop pushing family life as this sacred self-fulfillment fantasy it is today, but instead promote other means of salvation. Women's equal access to sterilization would be a big one. Easy and free availability of birth
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by monopoledance 5y ago
You seriously underestimate the complexity of genetics and ontogenesis.
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by monopoledance 5y ago
> For example today we can already predict the color of the eyes and other phenotype from the DNA. We could even do that, without knowing anything about DNA at all. Or predict tomorrows weather without satellites and computers. I think y
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by monopoledance 5y ago
I think you would have to two scenarios at hand: 1. A completely genetically determined disease; a rare 100%-going-to-happen deal. (Which you would probably know about already, because your mother, or grandfather died from it...) 2. Some si
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by monopoledance 5y ago
So, for about 1000$ I can sequence my DNA at home without giving the data away?

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