wordbank

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by wordbank 10y ago
> your brain will rot from being so narrowly focused on this one thing It depends on a person. Many people work on the same ideas for dozens of years. The "try everything" approach to work is relatively new.
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by wordbank 10y ago
> patient-hopping my dentists here in the US always did Wow, is it a regular thing?
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by wordbank 10y ago
Yes, altruism balances egocentrism.
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by wordbank 11y ago
Nope, Tumblr is already up.
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by wordbank 11y ago
Spanish countries do it for years with "@" or "x" like "estimad@s" for "estimados" and "estimadas" at once. And Latin America is not very politically correct, it's just respectful for a
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by wordbank 11y ago
Alan Watts is awesome, I highly recommend "Out of your mind" lectures.
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by wordbank 11y ago
Or we can be mindful and do not follow our ancient "animal" behavioral patterns.
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by wordbank 11y ago
Understood, sorry if I sounded rude then. I've encountered many stereotypes on this topic from non-Russian russophiles in the last politically-intensive years - that's why I responded hotheadedly.
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by wordbank 11y ago
All people are talking to broadcast their views. In this case I just opposed to these statements because I thought he had some utopian views of life there: > It's about when other people become dependent on you. > I think this is
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by wordbank 11y ago
What a thought through objection! Here's a perfect example of the "responsible" Russian culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=438sGy9IE58 This video is not fake - I've experienced this kind of alienat
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by wordbank 11y ago
Duh, sorry, but the culture and history of Russia (and neighboring slavic countries) is an example of how to run away from all sorts of responsibilities. Probably it sounds good in our classic books but in reality the only "other peopl
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by wordbank 11y ago
You should read about the amount of slave labour and deaths by purges that was required for these "astonishing" results. Also "space travelling" means nothing when more than half of your citizens don't have access t
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by wordbank 11y ago
Also technical people are usually very arrogant in human sciences. Just because psychology or art are not defined in formulas that doesn't mean they're easy. Quite opposite: they're so diverse that it's impossible to for
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by wordbank 11y ago
> Drinking 3+ glasses of milk daily Huh? There's some correlation with prostate cancer[1] but that's it. [1] http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/milk-consumption-an...
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by wordbank 11y ago
Yes, because it have become an institution and transformed into rules of society in many countries. Many people are using it as a cargo cult without studying its philosophy and many monks are behaving in non-mindful ways. The teaching and t
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by wordbank 11y ago
I'm very intrigued to hear about your Golden Age philosophies or at least some Silver Age ones. Because the core ideas of Buddhism are the only ones that can be applied directly to your behavioural patterns. They are practical, they ar
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by wordbank 11y ago
> If you believe you have to meditate to not go to flaming eternal hell, that's religion. Buddhist "hell" is purely logical, there're no concepts in vanilla Buddhism that are not logical. You're not getting to he
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by wordbank 11y ago
> All religions are silly ridiculous relics. Let's stop talking about them. Why generalize? How about the core parts of Buddhism that are literally a checklist on how to calm your mind. And the same methods are used by modern psycho
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by wordbank 11y ago
It's strange that after a couple decades of meditation you call obviously helpful things "stupid". Please be mindful, everybody has their own ways.
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by wordbank 11y ago
2 years on subscription (though I meditate without Headspace more). There're many techniques and ideas in different Headspace courses that were quite useful for me and I added them into my meditation practice.
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by wordbank 11y ago
I use Apple BT keyboard for almost 4 years now. I've always loved slim keyboards and it's the best slim keyboard you can find. Also small arrows is a great idea: you can navigate through code without moving your hand to the right.
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by wordbank 11y ago
I think you meant this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g
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by wordbank 11y ago
It's important to not describe meditation in terms of "thinking less" because then novices try to reject or block their thoughts and strain their minds. Better phrasing is something like "not following after arising thou
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by wordbank 11y ago
All games are Skinner boxes. F2P are just more obvious ones.
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by wordbank 11y ago
I'm not passionate about programming at all. It's just the best way to make money from home. But I keep my skill growing anyway because I'd like to produce better software products. Development is a mess already, it will be b
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by wordbank 11y ago
> Nope. It does mean that you lose the right to complain though. Yeah, let's isolate rich persons even more instead of helping them to find their way together with us. That's for sure will lead to a better world where rich can
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by wordbank 11y ago
This kind of attitude is the exact source of his suffering.
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by wordbank 11y ago
You'll have a real hard time with Slavic languages. ;) Trying to add all the things you missed meanwhile.
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by wordbank 11y ago
I'm not drinking for over 6 years just because I can't see pleasure in alcohol intoxication. All these comments like "you're not respecting social norms" feel kind of offensive. And now this sword straw man. Sorry,
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by wordbank 11y ago
> I've also heard people say that humans are not the cause of climate change. Just because people say something doesn't mean it's true. This is a straw man argument, you're comparing regular science with philosophy. &

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