parafactual

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by parafactual 3y ago
i create new notes, put interesting and shiny texts in them, and weave from them for fun and intellectual or aesthetic inspiration
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by parafactual 3y ago
I maintain a less featureful but easier to use and less janky Loom implementation as an Obsidian plugin: https://github.com/cosmicoptima/loom (Why Obsidian? Because then I don't have to write a text editor from sc
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by parafactual 4y ago
SEEKING WORK | New York | Remote Technologies: Python, Haskell, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQLite, Redis Résumé/CV: https://github.com/cosmicoptima/cosmicoptima/raw/main/resume.pdf Email: c
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by parafactual 4y ago
Location: New York Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Maybe Technologies: Python, Haskell, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQLite, Redis Résumé/CV: https://github.com/cosmicoptima/cosmicoptima/
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by parafactual 4y ago
What do you mean by "pronoun-hedonism"?
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by parafactual 5y ago
This means that NFTs still don't denote much without a centralized authority. Doesn't that defeat the point? (That might not make them worthless, since value is socially constructed, but it makes the claims of decentralization s
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by parafactual 5y ago
I often criticize designs for being overcomplicated. I wouldn't level that criticism towards this seal, though, and I don't have the skill to make it.
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by parafactual 5y ago
I would be interested in talking about it if you or anyone else came up with it. I find the seal very aesthetically pleasing.
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by parafactual 5y ago
It's possible to think that astrology is useful even if the positions of celestial bodies don't actually matter.
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by parafactual 5y ago
Location: Oklahoma Remote: yes, ideally Willing to relocate: no Technologies: - Python (Flask, NumPy, BeautifulSoup etc.) - Haskell, Rust - HTML/CSS/JS, Bootstrap - SQL (SQLite), Redis, Neo4j Resume: https://celeste.exp
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by parafactual 5y ago
I said I use VSCode all the time, which I suspect is the reason I got access. (I never use VSCode.)
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by parafactual 5y ago
network effect
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by parafactual 5y ago
Yes.
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by parafactual 5y ago
I forgot I had linked it; thanks.
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by parafactual 5y ago
Location: Oklahoma Remote: yes, ideally Willing to relocate: no Technologies: - Python (Flask, NumPy, BeautifulSoup etc.) - Haskell, Rust - HTML/CSS/JS, Bootstrap - SQL (SQLite), Redis, Neo4j Resume: upon request Email: parafactua
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by parafactual 5y ago
Not all of us are professional programmers, and especially not all of us are only professional programmers.
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by parafactual 5y ago
> (And often when you ask people to be more forthcoming and give their formal definitions they wave their hands and say that software development is art not engineering and that it's about craftsmanship and beauty not cold, hard, un
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by parafactual 5y ago
As far as I can tell - correct me if I'm wrong - management is just easier compared to (say) manual labor in a factory. They're also paid more per expected hour.
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by parafactual 5y ago
What?
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by parafactual 5y ago
Why did you get in trouble? (That is, what was the stated reason)
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by parafactual 5y ago
Even with the example you mentioned - cmd+backspace 5 times vs. "5dd" - I'm surprised that you can't see why some people would prefer the latter. (Also, if you're on the last line, I think "4dk" works.)
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by parafactual 5y ago
It would be nice if the default keybindings were listed somewhere in the wiki. Did I miss them?
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by parafactual 5y ago
That's fair. I just sometimes get the sense that people equate being "logical" to being very hardheaded and skeptical, only preferring well-established solutions. There is nothing inherently illogical about trying experimenta
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by parafactual 5y ago
> He considered himself a logical rationalist with a self-described “zero tolerance for woo-woo,” so when his search for social anxiety treatment lead him to a psychospiritual retreat center in Mexico, referred to him by Psychedelic Time
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by parafactual 5y ago
This principle seems like it extends far beyond site traffic, especially since something like life satisfaction is much harder to measure.
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by parafactual 5y ago
Gwern found that placing banner ads on his site significantly decreased traffic: https://www.gwern.net/Ads
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by parafactual 5y ago
I'm not sure I'm following the analogy anymore.
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by parafactual 5y ago
monad tutorial via children's book
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by parafactual 5y ago
"Feel impossible" is a pretty awkward way to say "experience learned helplessness".
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by parafactual 5y ago
Deeply understanding viewpoints that pose a direct threat to you takes a lot of effort. It takes time and mental resources. I don't think it is fair to expect that of everyone; activists, sure, but most people just want to live and fee

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