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by ziroshima 1y ago
It makes sense from a boolean perspective. E.g "I'll try and go to the store." If the try fails, you did not go to the store.
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by ziroshima 2y ago
I agree with you. It's been my experience though that tracking down solutions manuals for textbooks is very hard. Presumably because they want them out of the hands of students (to prevent cheating).
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by ziroshima 2y ago
There needs to be more resources for self-learning. Solutions need to be provided for problems, with clear explanations. It's a different mindset from a formal academic setting, where there's a strong focus on cheating prevention.
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by ziroshima 3y ago
I think it's naive to attribute all of the world's problems to "misinformation". You can give everyone the same information; in fact, we all already have the same information. But perspectives will vary, and there will b
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by ziroshima 3y ago
Agree completely. I think the author misses the big insight here. Rather than universal deferment to authority, I think the insights here are a) that people overstate their confidence and b) not all science should be treated equally.
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by ziroshima 3y ago
I enjoy my job and the lifestyle it provides. But as other have said, I tune out the "emergencies" and people panicking over it. It's all BS and I think it's important to recognize that. You're going to die in a sho
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by ziroshima 3y ago
This is surely a stupid question: In the article, the graph sure looks like a right triangle, with a base of 2 and a height of 1. Wouldn't the area under this curve (from 0-2) be ~1?
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by ziroshima 4y ago
I started going down the org-mode rabbit hole when I was investigating emacs last year. Then I came across Obsidian ( https://obsidian.md/ ) and haven't looked back.
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by ziroshima 4y ago
Good point. There's always a lot of self-righteous judgment with these sort of things. Not trying to necessarily defend Ms. Holmes, but the objective reality is that no one knows her motivations.
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by ziroshima 4y ago
I view depression as the result of a faulty process. It seems to me that it's mistake to take a drug to correct these symptoms, rather than learning to control one's thoughts and perspectives.
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by ziroshima 4y ago
Yep. I use the VIM extension for Vs Code. I do a CMD-SHIFT-P -> Disable Vim whenever I need this functionality. Not sure if there's a better way to do it.
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by ziroshima 4y ago
I think there have been a series of misinterpretations that unfortunately result in a lot of confusion and (in my opinion) completely miss the point of these stories. I don't think 'God' is an 'entity' per se, I int
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by ziroshima 5y ago
I think of 'the news' as a form of mind control. Whether or not is intentionally engineered as such isn't immediately relevant; ultimately, I think it's the effect on people that matters. There is no unbiased delivery o
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by ziroshima 5y ago
No doubt, these censors and would-be censors have the best of intentions. But you've really got your head up your own ass if you convince yourself that you are protecting people by deciding the information that is appropriate for them
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by ziroshima 5y ago
This selective application of values (e.g. being in favor of free speech, as long as you like what is being said) has been going on forever. We have had a system set up to account for this in the U.S., when the perceived threat to free spee
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by ziroshima 5y ago
Any sort of bureaucratically enforced 'fairness' is going to be good for a certain type of person, and bad for another type of person. It will disincentivize high performance, for better or worse.
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by ziroshima 5y ago
Pretty cool. Looks somewhat similar to Dash ( https://kapeli.com/dash )
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by ziroshima 5y ago
I've noticed that AI-generated images give me a weird, 'skin crawling' sensation. Somewhat similar to nails on a chalkboard. Does anyone else experience this?
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by ziroshima 5y ago
I feel the same way. My take away was that every system of logic will have some sort of "This sentence is a lie." type of paradox. But it feels more like a technical quirk to me than anything of real significance. The fact that ma
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by ziroshima 6y ago
Some people may think that racism ended, but I don't think most do. In fact, I'd say this is a 'straw man', to quote the parent. I think the problem people have is seeing racism enacted to combat racism, which is just go
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by ziroshima 6y ago
This is an interesting premise, but I don't think it really holds up. The world is absolutely too complex for any of us to understand everything, but this is not a problem. You can abstract everything away to 'black boxes', a
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by ziroshima 6y ago
"I am really tired of white women's tears." This is a plainly racist comment.
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by ziroshima 6y ago
Well said, and couldn't agree more. An actual democracy is a terrifying prospect.
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by ziroshima 6y ago
TL;DR - Don't think about it, Just Do It. Nike had it figured out all along.
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by ziroshima 7y ago
I personally found the disparity between my individual opinion and the crowd consensus was really interesting. It seemed to be a great game that fixed all of my gripes with hearthstone and magic. There was just this tidal wave of negative o
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by ziroshima 7y ago
Freelancing sounds like fun, but it looks like a real pain getting started. From what I can tell, it means working for free or next to it on sites like upwork. Any tips or suggestions?
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by ziroshima 7y ago
Interesting to see this now. As a teenager I experimented with DXM ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextromethorphan ) as a hallucinogen. You could buy it in powdered form over the internet for a while, or one could just
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by ziroshima 7y ago
R.A.W. had some great books and I always felt he was very underappreciated. Quantum Psychology in particular really changed my outlook, and I've always felt it should be talked about more.
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by ziroshima 7y ago
Don't compare yourself to others, compare yourself to yourself yesterday, last week, last month, last year. I don't know where this saying comes from, but to me, it's the only motivational saying that matters.
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by ziroshima 7y ago
I was surprised when I received the letter explaining this from Chase. I made a mental note to write them a letter and opt-out, which I had immediately forgotten about until now. Thanks to the creators of the site.

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