why_Mr_Anderson

Hi Ben, after yet another (3rd I think? could be 4th) round of binge-watching all your videos, I was wondering if you made any progress with "Wire EDM" that you mention in one of your videos. That process is (for me, at least) pretty much pure magic. And the resulting cuts are just unbelievable.

Sorry, but your reply sounds like "just stop being poor".

Procrastination is serious problem and anything that helps someone deal with it should not be dismissed.

Edit:

Procrastination is all about avoiding a problem (could be work, could be phone call, anything really) by looking for excuses/reasons why it cannot be done or why it must be postponed before something else is done first.

In Factorio, if you don't have enough let's say steel plates, you _HAVE_ to go and increase your ore production. No excuses will help you avoid the issue and if you get used to it, it can help you get this attitude outside the game and apply what you've learned in real life.

Edit2: (I can bypass the time lock this way? interesting)

Considering I'm nice person as well, I'm just going to say that it's probably more useful for people actually having the problem than meditation and similar new age nonsense.

Doing anything right when it needs to be done can be a huge step forward from the horrible swamp that is procrastination.

There is a reason why those hopelessly addicted to it call it Cracktorio :)

I can imagine that sooner or later reply to threats like this would be a Tomahawk or two.

That's exactly how Google ads worked in the very beginning. Text only, all in one place, it was great! If we could somehow return that type of ads, I'd consider disabling adblocker.

It's also important to distinguish between 'knowing' and 'understanding'.

If someone tells me how to says Good morning in, let's say, Mongolian, I 'know' how to greet people, but dont 'understand' how it works (can't tell which part of the sound/symbol represents what, etc.)

This is still happening? It used to be very annoying decade or so ago, but I thought it was already solved/fixed/improved.

Are there really no option to make a domain registration without expiration?

But parent post is arguing that to become a doctor you need to memorize ungodly amount of things, which is absolutely true. And about that wall of reference material .. yeah, it's usually there to impress patients, most of those books were never touched :) (I'm from family with too many MDs)

By 2050—earlier, probably—all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron—they'll exist only in Newspeak versions, not merely changed into something different, but actually contradictory of what they used to be. Even the literature of The Party will change. Even the slogans will change. How could you have a slogan like Freedom is Slavery when the concept of freedom has been abolished? The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking—not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness. (Gorge Orwell - 1984)

Beautifully written. Now all you need is to open store on Etsy with some crystals and similar junk :)

On serious note: I wonder if there is a generator somewhere for this kind of BS. I have bookmarks for several (corpo lingo, resume, progressive newspeak, etc.), but not for this new age style.

yeah...right... ;)

Great way to make the life of your kids absolute hell at school. I feel sorry for them, being isolated from other kids because your parents are crazy is horrible.

get ready for (random weird maneuver)

all system nominal

boooom

looks like we have a slight issue in the (weird peice of hardware bolted to the capsule), oh well, we have to make adjustments in the next iteration

oh and we should remove microphones from the crew module in the next flight, the screaming after explosion was very unpleasant

edit: apparently my attempt to make a joke was too sophisticated for some people

Wait, you are using shortcuts instead of bookmarks or just keeping the tabs opened and that is the reason to use Chrome?

That's one of the most unique reasons for keeping using certain browser I've even seen.

Sorry, I meant it differently. What I was trying to say was that we (mankind) respond best to disasters = sudden catastrophic events, but really bad to frog-boiling ones. It would be best to do nothing and let it all reach a critical point to trigger that survival instinct, because nothing short of that will be able to force us to do anything about it, other than some weak, irrelevant attempts.

re Python: "...All actual work is done by C libraries though, you could just as easily use BASIC instead"

One of the greatest features of mankind is the response to disasters. When situation gets really bad, we are capable of achieving incredible things that would normally be impossible.

Example: Second world war. You might argue that it was not disaster comparable to climate change, but it did turn entire world upside down, disrupting everything aspect of life of vast majority of world's population. But it also led to incredible advancements in many areas, new discoveries in all sciences, new technologies, massive changes in societies as well.

So I don't see the situation as gloomy, we will survive, because we always do.

Isn't Brave just attempt to copy Google? It's Chromium based, with their own ad system ... why choose lesser evil?

Translated: I can't afford X so it's OK to steal it, because corporations are evil for being for-profit. Got it.

re UBI: you don't have to wait to see how 'well' would UBI work in practice - ask anyone from any European countries about their Roma population and how effectively they use the 'subsidies' (not the right word, but I can't recall the right one) from government. So many enterpreneurs and artists ... (/s just in case)

The only thing that keeps me using Chrome from time time is the in-place translation feature. If anything comparable was added to Firefox (which I mainly use), I would be more than happy to get rid of Chrome once and for all.

And yes, I'm aware of the extensions that offer similar functionality, but unfortunately they still have some way to go before they can reach parity with Chrome translator.

I'm honestly surprised that you are able feel any effect from such a dose. Based on what i've heard from my friend's uncle's guardener's grandmother's neighbour, this could very much be just simple placebo effect. You know you are taking mushrooms, which have no effect, but you 'feel' better.

The moment MS surrendered to Google and adopted Chromium was the last momment when using Edge made even slightest sense. Why choose lesser evil?

No. Since you mentioned 2000s, you know how revolutionary and welcomed were Google ads at that time. Text based ads all in specific positions? Give me more! It was so much better than the nightmare we had. But look at Google and web now ... it's back to square one, now with extra spying on top.

Of course there is a way, but to be honest, I'm tired of dongles and converters and cables and chargers and such. I have so many of them.

Mostly luxury goods? I strongly disagree. For example - many industries use/depend on machines and tools made in Germany.

As a funny experiment, make 2 accounts - one for your actual opinions and other that posts only things aligned with the hive mind (e.g. praise anything mentioning Rust, hating on US, etc.) Results are .. interesting :)

If Apple made an iPhone version with 3.5 jack, i'd throw my Samsung out of the window (literally) in a second. I have no interest to replace my 300euro or so headphones with their Bluetooth garbage.

I think the main issue is that there are too many things grouped under the label of 'child pornography'.

Anyone making actual CP should be thrown into vulcano, but teens sending nudes to each other are as innocent as they can be.

But RMS is one of the main reasons why there is any free software in first place. Without his obsession, it would be long destroyed.

Ever heard about concept of 'friends' or even 'close friends'?