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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I understand the costs were higher. Albeit, it could be called a political stunt, did it not provide a lot of employment? So, while inefficient was it not a good thing (in at least the short-term, the long-term could be debated).

My understanding of the federal government of the US is that it is mainly a subsidizer of their national military-industrial complex. Something I would call: military-industrial socialism.

With that said, it is just more of the same in a different era. 1930s and the Empire State Building: to re-invigorate the economy, Eisenhower and the interstate highway system: to provide a stronger national defense, etc

Comment · 3 years ago
Ah, I thought it was common knowledge; You don't, yet... Thank you for holding me to a higher standard.

I wrote not from second hand knowledge. Nor, is it apparently apparent.

Here is one source: (1).

If it this is insufficient for you, for it seems you do not trust me as a source on the subject, here is a quote from the Book of Mormon:

"And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them." (2 Nephi 5:21) (2)

I will not belabor the content of this quote, for it is, hopefully, now clearly racist.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_people_and_Mor...

(2) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-...

[Addendum: I re-read the thread and it seems to me now you were answering to me who was answering to a bifurcation of the original comment. I agree the original commenter would ideally have substantiated his claims. So would have the answer, (to which I answered) which claimed that because they are Mormon then they should be spared of judgement or scrutiny. I disagree (but that is something else).

This whole thread could have been avoided if the term Mormon would have been omitted. Which, I believe would have been fine, since whether those communities were LDS or not, it would have been the same.]

Comment · 3 years ago
Your understanding of modern Mormon culture and their modern ethical inclinations does not change history.

Any religion such as hinduism with their caste-based discrimination and mormonism with their skin-color-based discrimination is in their correct place when found in disrepute.

Please inform yourself before standing for such shameful and unethical/immoral belief system.

Comment · 3 years ago
History, yes. The actual obsolete building housing humans, no.
Comment · 4 years ago
I use Roam Research. It's just the tool I use. I use it because there was hype for it.

I delved deep into meta note-taking with RR. Watched videos, participated in book clubs, built a zettelkasten, etc.

While meta note-taking is not note-taking, I found the time spent meta note-taking meaningful. It is a reward on its own. The benefit, is that I now feel comfortable using my tool. And using it, I do.

While I also prefer for each of my passing seconds to contribute to the production an artefact, if it is not the case then it is fine too. That is the distinction between project and hobby.

I started as note-taking hobbyist and now I guess you could call me a note-taking pro :)

Do not hate the hobbyist.

Comment · 4 years ago
Fascism is a dead political movement that lived in Europe beginning to mid 20th century. Everything else that came afterwards is something else, different. By using that term you are referring to those dead political parties. Who is a Nazi nowadays? The political party does not exist anymore as far as I know. ie No one is a Nazi today.

You do you, use that word if you want but you are not promoting a healthy conversation if you start labelling people and assuming to know their perspective.

I agree that democratic governance is good. Yet let's be frank, kids have no place at the table. It is the responsibility of their parents to listen to them and promote their needs at the said table. ie at the table everyone should be taken into consideration (whether they are a kid or not) but not everyone should be at the table. (as for who is a kid and who is not, that is another subject)

I believe not everyone deserves to be at the table, the same way not everyone deserves to be part of a board of directors. As for why, I am certain you can figure that out on your own.

I answered you because I was slightly disturbed by your use of the word fascism. I hope you see that we are on the same boat. ___

On an adjacent note, personally, I do not care about nations/organizations. I care about people. Individuals. Does my country care about me? No, a country has no brain, no emotion. The question anthropomorphizes an entity emerging from a group individuals. A group cannot love me but each or any individual of said group can.

Comment · 4 years ago
So far an interesting exchange has started.

I hope more of you join. I am sharing about my latest interest: Frederick the Great and another member is sharing too: linters and the propagation of good practices.

Comment · 4 years ago
I was going to suggest you to create one, since I know of no such place but that seemed lazy so here is a discord server I created just now for this purpose:

https://discord.gg/WyRBDGgeCG

Suggestions welcome

Also, if anyone has a good way to categorize knowledge please let me know. I am uncertain which categories and channels to create on this server.

Comment · 4 years ago
Love the concept.

Having ported a Flutter mobile app to web before, it was simple.

One feedback: The spacing between rows of content gets too big on my vertical pc screen. It seems to me you are trying to make one row take the whole height of the screen.

Feel free to contact me, I would love to contribute. My email is in my profile :)

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Taken from the post:

"Now, when I encounter a bug, I ask myself three questions:

Do I use the scientific method to chase this bug? Do I have the correct system view of this problem scope? Do I have the necessary telemetry tool?"

Prior coding, as you guessed. It helps as the Rubber Duck technique and the Feynman technique do, to think through a problem.

Comment · 4 years ago
I now baptize the "ask a rubber duck pre-made questions": the Rubber Drucker technique.

This is an interesting post. There is much discussion about software and whatnot here but not about the stuff of which software is made: thoughts.

The way I handle thinking while programming is to think through writing. I handwrite much of my thought process while programming. Which allows me to stop at any distraction and come back to work easily. I call my writing: my secondary memory; and my working memory: my RAM.

I hope to see more posts of this kind by a diversity of people. "What do you ask yourself or do when [insert situation here]". About programming and more.

Comment · 4 years ago

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