davmar

i've completed 2 goenka retreats and i would describe the experience very differently experience from how you did.

first, the nightly videos. not cultish and not metaphysics. don't believe me? view them all here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz7QHNvNFfA&list=PLPJVlVRVmh...

second, plenty of delicious food. if it's your first time, dinner is fruits. if it's not your first retreat you aren't offered dinner, but you really don't need the calories because you've mostly been sitting. all the food is vegetarian.

third, the assistant teachers are well trained.

finally, you left after a few days so you cannot speak to what happens at the end. it's called "loving-kindness" meditation and it's at the end because yes, the retreat can be intense, and it's like a balm to treat any difficulties you encountered along the way. here's a link to what it actually is: https://www.mettainstitute.org/mettameditation.html

serious question: what informs your opinions on this topic? i ask because cities are, in fact, already paying for settlements. however, the problem is deeper: settlements often times in results in the cities going into debt that wall street buys. the taxpayer ends up footing the bill. they're called "police brutality bonds". you might find this interesting:

https://acrecampaigns.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ACRE_PB... https://acrecampaigns.org/research_post/police-brutality-bon...

Oh. Interesting. Thanks for the clarification

Googled which weapons cops have out of curiousity and the AR-15 isn't in the top 10 according to this list:

https://www.criminaljusticedegreehub.com/popular-guns-for-la...

there are no markings on either men in the ad that imply they are private security or police.

plain clothes, plain car. also the ad is targeted at me, and i'm not part of any of the other target markets you mentioned.

Yep, here's one for an AR-15 chamber lock that I got a couple weeks ago: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=364409318216958

I was shocked. What's suburban dad doing getting out of his SUV in a mall parking lot with an AR-15???

Full disclosure: I'm not on the right wing or even remotely close.

leaf owners unite!

ah, that's good to know. well, i'll say this, i bought one that only has 80 miles of range anyway since it's pretty much just used for short trips. most of my trips are pretty short so it fits my current needs.

based on my experience, i'd still feel comfortable recommending the used leafs for those who don't need 100+ miles of range per day.

a year ago I bought a used 2016 nissan leaf for driving around town for 11k.

it's the best car i've ever owned. the design is ugly, the generic silver is hideous, but i'm so emotionally attached to it. i don't drive my really nice (and newer) VW GTI anymore.

if you're thinking of getting an EV, you don't have to buy a tesla. the used leafs are just brilliant.

But honestly, thank you. What you built makes my life better.

I use seed.run and it is absolutely outstanding. The UI is incredibly easy to use and I have so much more confidence in my deployments.

These guys have done an outstanding job, definitely take a look. It's an indispensable tool.

precisely. literacy tests are banned by the civil rights act.

Great question and it's not overly critical. I'm afraid I can't give you a satisfying answer even though I would like to because even I'm not sure why VIM acted as a catalyst for me.

What I think it did for me is two things:

- the splits allows me to have multiple files (aka buffers) open at ones time and this might decrease the number of times I have costly context switches.

- the vi way of manipulating text is faster and more efficient in terms of steps needed to complete an edit. I believe this reduces the cognitive load of mundane tasks and lets my mind stay focused on the actual problem I'm solving.

VI may not help everyone obviously. But I think it opened a flood gate for me.

Also the initial lower productivity wasn't really that bad so I don't think it had too much of an impact.

I don't know, but I one practice along my journey has had a surprising impact upon my skill development. That one thing is: I started coding in VIM. For some reason, making that change has improved my thinking, and that's been a big part of my growth.

So, maybe you'll find that to be a helpful practice as well. It's worth a try.

I've been in tough founder situations. What I'd like to add to this conversation is: leaving is the right choice, find a way out, don't stay.

> Has there ever been a case where a vaccine is MORE effective than actually getting and recovering from a virus?

Eradication of diseases and massively decreased death counts due to vaccinations. That's a pretty strong argument to support the idea that the vaccine is more effective than letting a disease rip through a population.

break up with them

/s jk jk

it's only confusing because you're not aware of the difference between sex and gender. take a look at this article i found from a quick google: https://www.healthline.com/health/sex-vs-gender#gender

not op, but i think that western gender roles are a scam. i'm not suggesting that there aren't differences between biological sexes, but gender != sex and the false idea that there are only two ways to express your gender is quite limiting.

i love the name "DeOldify"

sounds rough. on the other hand, healthcare workers perform surgeries with them on, so.......you should just deal with it.

how pedantic. are you trying to misunderstand? one policy serves two functions.

How about you give us your best "for" argument?

I think your delicate opinions will be more comfortable on gab instead of HN or reddit. Bye.

I think you could use some more information on what people mean when they talk about defunding police.

Here's an easy-to-read FAQ:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA59D-eFTzE/?fbclid=IwAR3RbTvBSb...

You don't know what institutional racism is.

i call it the "harvard drivel review". if you want more, check out the pics for this guy on twitter. they're about the same level of quality: https://twitter.com/Tjeary/status/664101632586706944/photo/1

it's comedy gold.

next up: yelp & groupon

for any of sam's startup ideas to have an impact on the current Covid-19 pandemic, they need to:

0. raise a lot of money because vaccine/therapeutic development is $$$. it's probably not seed funding.

1. be successful in researching and developing an approach that works with a novel, unproven approach

2. get that approach certified

3. scale the manufacturing of the novel approach

4. deliver the drugs to patients who need it

5. do it all in a timeframe that is faster than what existing companies can do, and within the budget of the money that you've raised.

i don't think novel vaccines and therapeutics made by startups are likely to work in time to have an impact on this coronavirus.

but, sam's funding can help out if he suggests different problems: logistics planning, increasing care capacity, and increased political pressure.

- in the open letter to mike pence (https://medium.com/@maxinedexter/open-letter-to-vice-preside...) they call for call centers to "coordinate transfers of patients to areas with higher levels or greater capacity for delivering care." if it doesn't exist, software should power this.

- same letter: "A tracking method at the state level for people self quarantined must be instituted for public health surveillance and follow up."

- cities need additional mobile quarantine facilities. build them out of box shipping containers or something.

for this pandemic, we're already behind the 8 ball so i suggest picking simpler projects. if you want to fund novel approaches that require r&d, that's probably more likely to help with the next pandemic.

I love watching esports but I don't have time to play them. I found your comments really insightful and would love to hear more.