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Comment · 7 years ago

I think Zossima's arc from Brothers Karamazov feeds Messiah complex better than Idiot :)

Comment · 7 years ago

I'd only recommend to take out Notes from the underground and replace it with Idiot, which Dostoevsky himself liked the most of all his works. Devils and Gambler are just below these three. Also, Humiliated and insulted allegedly made Nietzsche cry. But that one I haven't read (yet).

Comment · 8 years ago

while 'pigs' != 'fly':

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Made me chuckle!

Comment · 8 years ago

In Dune[0], they had Butlerian Jihad[1], revolution against an AI of the sorts. Hopefully in real world they'll outlaw nuclear weapons.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad

Comment · 8 years ago

I'm currently reading Steppenwolf by Hesse and it has me thinking a lot. Main character (Harry Haller) seems to portray being in one of those "be careful what you wish for" situations. One aiming for individuality and independence at the cost of alienating people close to him. It is his desire, his goal in the beginning and ends up being his punishment, his prison. Maybe I found the book at the right time of my life (25).

Comment · 8 years ago

I settled it with support team via ticket, thanks for the offer though!

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Comment · 8 years ago

I have to recommend Vox Populi for Civ5.

https://www.reddit.com/r/civvoxpopuli/

Community Patch Project & Community Balance Patch. Still under regular development, a lot of (if not all) base game issues are ironed out. After playing this I couldn't force myself to endure Civ6 and its many flaws.

Comment · 8 years ago

Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri. Life is unfair, a lot of rules are arbitrary, phony people thrive. Get over it, get over yourself. Focus on something worthy and specific, and grind.

Comment · 8 years ago

This is dangerous. Complimented with _virtual moral high ground_, a lot of stupid people have a voice. Reminds me of [0]. Female porn star said she didn't want to shoot films with male porn stars who did gay porn prior. Of course many people found that outrageous. Cyber bullying made her kill herself. One would think women should have freedom to decide for themselves who they should have sex with. Ironic.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Ames#Death

Comment · 8 years ago

Getting that much needed 4.8 rating, reminds me of certain dark reflective surface.

Comment · 8 years ago

Trouble is there are no amphetamines as meds in my backwards country.

Comment · 8 years ago

I tried all variations on the theme - different sleep patterns (getting up early at fixed time, waking naturally), diets (low carb, no processed food with excess sugar etc etc, workouts (running, working with weights), no coffee, just 1 cup of coffee, max 2-3 cups of coffee... sadly without significant effect. What I also notice that my lack of focus is not tied just to productivity - I can't even finish Lord of the Rings movie in one sitting, and I LOVE it.

Comment · 8 years ago

Have you ever tried medication? For me personally it's even worse when working for others. Even went to the therapist, but she said they don't prescribe stuff like Adderall (don't even have it), and solution is just therapy in form of talking, which had zero effect (she asked questions I asked myself when I was 15). Really curious about Adderall.

Comment · 9 years ago

Younger HN reader here. Wow. Thank you so much for this.