rwnspace

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by rwnspace 4mo ago
I'm aware: I was inviting your thoughts (this is a cramped space for a debate). For mine, reading Lacan directly is a chore (post-atom bomb academic arts can have a "use all the cool sciencey words" problem), but I find the O
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by rwnspace 4mo ago
What's insubstantial about Lacan? There seems to be enough in there to give D&G, Zizek etc careers (as well as inspire a bunch of compelling media i.e. The Matrix)
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by rwnspace 9mo ago
I think time perception is contingent on cultural and lifestyle factors, I don't recognise it in my own life. My twenties (chaotic) lasted forever, now in my 30s, this last year in particular felt incredibly long (it was eventful and f
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by rwnspace 1y ago
It's not exactly GEB: there many paragraphs that are really just lists of things to go and look at deeper, and are therefore skim-readable (or a useful list of search terms). The chapters are structured quite similarly so you get a fee
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by rwnspace 1y ago
In my personal experience new knowledge tends to beget questions.
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by rwnspace 1y ago
Again you speak completely arrogantly, you have no idea what decisions I've taken in my life, no, none of the list, and yes, ones that involve significant threat to life. I specifically did not use the word "entertain" for th
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by rwnspace 1y ago
Right, it's not like such "do this awful thing or do that awful thing" scenarios are constantly relevant in medical, the government, or dare I say, military decisions. You need to start actually having conversations with real
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by rwnspace 1y ago
While I'm detecting you feel strongly about trolley problems, I think it's fine to discuss them, and I really don't see why you need to try and shame me for providing an example of where I tend to sit on them.
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by rwnspace 1y ago
As it happens I'm neither an EA nor much of a utilitarian, in the traditional sense, probably closer to a Christian "post-rat". I'd be hard pressed to say that it's worth killing a bunch of people to say, save the u
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by rwnspace 1y ago
He has some great essays and research pieces and has fostered a generally nice community of people who grew out of LessWrong. There aren't many places online to talk about those things in a certain way without it devolving rapidly.
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by rwnspace 1y ago
Intentionally wiping almost all of my obsidian vaults and accidentally wiping my 2TB HDD was the most freeing thing. I'd amassed so many books and papers and notes and half-finished projects over a frenzied couple of years where the ma
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by rwnspace 2y ago
There were other timers before (one was basically a digital scale), but the cost and number of units of this timer model was certainly a huge boon. That said, there were some exceedingly smart cookies in the early speedcubing scene, and you
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by rwnspace 2y ago
This is suspiciously low quality for the top of HN. That said, I do recommend "How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? Or Effective Way?"
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by rwnspace 2y ago
My experience with them doesn't quite fit either: I've primarily used LLMs for giving me hints when I'm struggling with a leetcode problem or similar. They're surprisingly good at it, providing you regularly remind them
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Right, so we can just completely ignore the symbolic/iconic importance. I don't know why I've seen Instagram mentioned several times already but it's recognition as a place of significant natural beauty and featuring in
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Premature optimisation is the root of all evil :) I was very much in your place a few years ago - the most flexible and responsive and useful place to have most planning is in your head: crystallising ideas and plans and all that just makes
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by rwnspace 3y ago
The thought you had is affecting your meta thought about being affected by a negative thought, my friend. All your body does is process information that passes through the brain and nervous system. Thoughts are just as primary as the senses
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by rwnspace 3y ago
What a throwback. This was one of the few websites on speedcubing available back in 06/07. IIRC there are a few prescient sentences about advancements to cfop which came to life as seriously developed 'research projects' by 1
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Magical practice (and occultism and gnosticism in the wider umbrella) is such an interesting phenomena. So many modern activities are connected to or quietly very influenced by it, particularly therapy, along with many notable figures in th
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Ah, I though I was talking to a political zealot, thanks for confirming. You clearly have no reference for the experience of a severe addiction and how reduced access and affordances can reduce the chances or severity of relapse. I hope you
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Absolutely baffling take. I hope you never get seriously addicted to anything or your mindset that "it's all willpower" will destroy you.
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Have salaries ever tracked inflation, on average?
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Peaks: Speedcubing (top 10), classical guitar (comp level in my youth), couple of major games (top .01% recently in one, top .1% a while ago). I wish that I had learned to love programming in my teens, these things have made me happy but ce
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Love doing something so much that noticing what you are bad at and putting attention into picking up your performance in that area comes naturally (inspired practice is more effective than 'deliberate'). Along with the intelligenc
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Depends, I took economics modules at University, and that was the only subject where the mandatory course textbook was co-written by the module leader. Well, co-written is strong: they added ten exercise questions and some call out boxes to
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by rwnspace 3y ago
Excuse me, the Haruspicy community have gone to great lengths to distance themselves from social sciences, which they consider imprecise and subject to chance.
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by rwnspace 3y ago
I would hazard that these are closer to your projections - he does mention having more time to spend socialising with his kids. You were expecting him to allay your fears about what a lack of financial resources might do. The article isn&#x
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by rwnspace 4y ago
The council replaced the warm halogen bulb streetlights in our area with extremely bright LEDs that have no shielding towards houses. I slept in a ground floor bedroom with a bay window directly beneath such a light for a year. Despite inst
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by rwnspace 4y ago
I believe Faker was the first million dollar salary in eSports on 2017, IIRC LoL moved to a franchising system for it's leagues, which brought in a ton of 'naive' capital, the combination caused a gigantic inflation in NA pla
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by rwnspace 4y ago
Thank you, very kind. I myself am in awe of the current best solvers, the difference between my previously world-class average and the records now is massive.

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