vfinn

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Interested in philosophy, programming, composing, charity, entrepreneurship, politics, etc.

If you're suffering, listen to/read Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Philosophy changes your life; it teaches you how to think (differently). It's not wishy-washy wisdom, but a truly profound discipline; you realize time and time again how much you've taken for granted.

Sociology helps you to understand why and how (modern) societies make you ill.

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Comment · 2 years ago
Yes, I know what you mean, but you can say no to movies, social media, tv, and choose to live in the countryside for example (of course that depends on your financial situation and where you live). That alone makes a big difference.
Comment · 2 years ago
One thing I believe is that the less you're involved in fantasy, the more realistic your dreams are. So if you're a simple, practical man without beliefs in supernatural, your dreams will be about daily life; but if you read fantasy and have superstitious beliefs and watch a lot of movies, you will have more complex and bizarre dreams. I mean, it's hard to dream about something you haven't encountered.
Comment · 3 years ago
I hope you get better. You made the world a better place.
Comment · 3 years ago
If cops are practically mandatory in a state, how is that statement meaningful? Why not just say state equals violence? Or are you saying humans don't need to control each other? If they do, how does it make a diffrence under which label the oppression is practiced?
Comment · 3 years ago
1) His way of giving away things for free undermines the suffering people go trough to make a living; it makes effort and hardship look like a joke (maybe in the future no effort is required, and we are reminded about this possibility here, and it's sad); 2) It promotes consumerisms: getting stuff (phones, cars) is supposed to liberate us, and doing it in this way reveals how empty it all is; 3) It feels rarely personal and well-thought: he just throws away stuff, so it undermines the gift giving culture also.
Comment · 3 years ago
MS Word, huh. Hmm... Yes I guess it satisfies this one condition I have. Haven't used it for ages. But it's a key feature for me not to be cornered right from the start, so I would think it's ruled out anyway. Also, moving along the axes should be difficult without changing the document first, which is quite annoying, iirc.

Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned a Microsoft product, since I like Unix more. I just thought the problem is understood more easily that way.

Treesheets seems quite nice. Maybe I'll try it out, but I'm still hoping to find a cleaner alternative.

Comment · 3 years ago
Hehe. Yeah, paper notepads would be nice, but they aren't big enough (they'd have to be tens of meters wide), and if I taped them together, they'd be difficult to handle. Also, erasing stuff is a pain. At one point I was considering using a wall paint for writing on the walls :).

Obsidian is probably a nice tool, but I'd like to have my rigid grid. Graphs are ok, but I don't like how inexact they are.

I'd like just to type, and click switching between cells.

Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, something like that crossed my mind also, but it could be that it's not feasible in small diy work. Have to check.
Comment · 3 years ago
It's hard to say what kind of forces are involved. I could probably open the side panel and be able to see if I run it without water. I was hoping the rubber seal would mostly be flapping along mildly as a whole.
Comment · 3 years ago
I was thinking of a truck wheel patch, but I'd like to be sure there won't be any stains, and that the glue won't react with the detergent, for example. I don't know if it's possible.
Comment · 3 years ago
Maybe you don't mind me asking. I have a small hole in my top-loading washing machine's rubber seal and I have been wondering whether it could be fixed (a new seal costs 100$ and it'd feel nuts to throw it away for environmental reasons alone). I know there are rubber glues, and I have made tests with one, but the question is can they be used inside a washing machine. Does anyone know (a solution to this problem)? The hole is 4cm x 1cm.

Edit: As a side note I have wondered also whether I could use two pieces (of metal, let's say) that I'd screw/press together tightly to prevent the leak. Does that make any sense?

Comment · 4 years ago
Imagine using this across different platforms :/, and let alone using different techniques in addition...

edit: maybe you'd catch some criminals if you tried to match reddit against dark web for example

Comment · 4 years ago
AI will kill the need for all these abstractions. There will be as many or as little abstractions you want. It doesn't matter. New languages of all shapes and forms will be generated eventually on the fly. You will just have to know what you want.
Comment · 4 years ago
Yeah, why bother with propaganda, let's just use nanorobots that spread in the air instead...

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