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Man that’s some next level guerrilla marketing right there

You’re gonna have a hard time “salvaging what’s left” if you continue see it as such. There’s no reason you can’t feel like you were just born. And there’s no reason a married and successful 40 year old can’t fall into a deep depression. Work on enjoying present which is where real happiness lies. Your situation sounds like heaven to some.

or how I learned that everybody is extraordinary

Well that’s good.

Why would the first non-c language allowed in the kernel be a language that doesn’t even have a standard? Also we’re bringing NPM style supply chain problems to the kernel now? And this is done in the name of security? It’s not the language itself I don’t like, I would like rust a lot more if it had a standard and didn’t have a supply chain (aptly named cargo) problem. It’s pretty obvious to me that software took a nosedive when finding a package became considered a good way write high quality software.

Some would argue that “some person” and “the universe” are the same.

Please explain to me what they mean then. And then explain how embracing one’s optimism is a “cognitive mistake almost by definition”.

You’re making a qualitative judgement by saying a sunny view of a situation might be “inaccurate”. That’s not for anybody to judge except the individual holding the sunny view. And if their perspective needs correction, again only they can say if that’s the case or not.

If we risk societal collapse because of buffer overflows, I think our society needs fixing, not our fun and sharp creative tools.

Personally I think “what if we stopped using npm?” and “what if we stopped using cargo?” are much better security questions to be asking at this point.

I haven’t read the article, but maybe not all distortions need correction. Maybe in some cases somebody might need to balance their optimism in such a way that more wisdom can be utilized, but I still see nothing wrong with embracing a distortion, especially one as helpful as being optimistic.

So a perspective on the nature of the universe is invalidated by having an internal struggle?

Can you explain which part of his philosophy sounds “technically sound” but he clearly isn’t living up to?

And also what does it mean to live up to a philosophy? Do you “live up” to the idea that the universe is a so and so (fill your own beliefs in here)?

If you started drinking more than your friends would like, would that invalidate your opinion about the universe in some way?

I think it is often an incorrect assumption that the people who flaunt numbers like this are being tongue in cheek.

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This. It’s bad philosophy. Non local, non physical, these are the concepts to get comfortable with before attempting to understand the quantum in a coherent way, unless understanding the nature of physicality and locality isn’t your goal. Looking at the quantum world as a bunch of tiny objects will only lead to an infinite regression, where new even smaller objects are continuously discovered.

Here I am thinking about Tom Hanks.

Seems like kind of a crazy thing to say. The first thing to note, is that we should obviously be free to write software like games and other utilities in whatever language we want, especially if they’re not connected to the internet. Second, why exactly are we demonizing people now? Suddenly declaring a language deprecated not only doesn’t actually make any sense, but also seems like a great way to influence people’s personal opinions about others. I can tell you from experience that sentiments like this breed hostility in the workplace. And finally, this is pretty short-sighted, considering the supply chain attack is clearly the attack of the coming age.