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FirebrandRoaring  ·  2419 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, I have a language question

That makes [ju:sʒ], at worst, and [ju:ʃ], at best.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2424 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Slow down your typing to improve your writing: study

What about editing?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2425 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Happy Saturday Hubski. Have some gloriously gorgeous geckos.

    they're more than willing to resort to a threat display

If he's actually shouting, I'd take a step back, too. Consider my life choices, afterwards.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2426 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New desktop is en route - what have I missed the last few years?

    Cyberpunk 2077 is coming out soon.

Thanks for the reminder!

    Speaking of city builders, Cities:Skylines is a better SimCity that anything since SimCity4

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2426 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New desktop is en route - what have I missed the last few years?

Do you play with mods?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2426 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New desktop is en route - what have I missed the last few years?

Far Cry 5. Haven't played, but the hype says the game's the shit.

Stellaris. It has DLCtitis like many of Paradox' titles, but it's very diverse. Lots of options to fiddle with during the multiple playthroughs.

In fact, any latest Paradox title: Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV, Crusader Kings II...

Alternatively, Endless Space II (a competitor to Stellaris) and/or Endless Legend (quite a unique strategy with a system based on Endless Space).

Civilization VI...

Am I getting drastically out of your interest borders?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2426 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New desktop is en route - what have I missed the last few years?

    Fortnite BR

And PlayerUnknown's BattleGrounds (PUBG), if you're interested in that type of stuff.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2426 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Happy Saturday Hubski. Have some gloriously gorgeous geckos.

That first one's funky.

That last one's handsome.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2427 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Denying Genetics Isn’t Shutting Down Racism, It’s Fueling It

    Mein Kamph

The book's called Mein Kampf. It's the "p" with "f" that makes it confusing to someone who doesn't speak German, where "pf" is common.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World Health Organisation Integrating Quackery

    Now go ahead and explain how bringing up "mass hysteria" is anything other than an argumentative, insulting and counterproductive tangent to inject into this conversation. I'll wait.

No. I'm not playing this game. Seek fight elsewhere.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Zuckerberg Hits Users with the Hard Truth: You Agreed to This

Problem is, there are many powerful players in the field.

Another problem is, I'd rather talk to people on the virtual street without feeling like I'm being watched.

I haven't lived through the Soviet Union, and I damn well would rather not.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World Health Organisation Integrating Quackery

    By your argument, John Snow was a pseudoscientist.

Except qi does not cause mass epidemics... sans the ones our minds create.

There's no reason to codify "liver yin deficiency pattern" in a scientific taxonomy. The author notes how it might be useful for research and historical purposes. There's no reason to affirm unscientific beliefs within science. I'd rather the person in charge of my health only use science and nothing else.

    After all, The ICD has been a staid and respectable body of terminology so far.

There are 14 000+ entries in ICD-10, according to (citation-needed text from) Wikipedia. Most of the lists I find online median to about 20 silly entries (like your "bitten by a cow"). 0.0014 is a decent margin of error for such a titanic amount of work.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Evangelicals—Still!—Support Trump

I find multi-layer kitchen tissue does well with viscous liquids.

Too stressed to read.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, ironically.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Zero finishers at 2018 Barkley Marathons

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why are tags being added to stories I've posted?

    Does anyone remember how community tags work?

In my (very) limited usage of those:

You get to set the community tag or change the existing one once. One user gets one set/change, after which they're no longer allowed to affect the community tag on the post. The change is permanent and overwrites the existing community tag.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2438 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World Health Organisation Integrating Quackery

Did you find any? I tried and failed.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2438 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World Health Organisation Integrating Quackery

    Soon (or maybe not so soon if the US takes as long to implement ICD-11 as it did to implement ICD-11), I will be able to code for liver yin deficiency pattern (ICD-11 code SF50) or liver qi stagnation pattern (ICD-11 code SF57)

P.S. I have a massive deja vu about this article.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2439 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Most Important Decision in Your Life...

Since when is blogging a Real Job™? It's that thing youngsters do (despite, you know, the overwhelming evidence to the contrary). Why would they want to mix in with that myth?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2439 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You’re going to die eventually, why not now?

There's also this film, bringing fiction into (purported) history.

How do you feel about the idea that Jesus did not exist, that he was a character or an inaccurate description of a real person?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You’re going to die eventually, why not now?

CARS: "If he who comes to me does not love me more than his father, his mother..."

NRT: "If someone comes to me and does not hate his father, his mother..."

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Minimal Maps — Michael Pecirno

Current link, for future reference:

http://www.minimalmaps.net/

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Happy Saturday Hubski. Have a honeybee sitting on a clover flower.

Do you like bees? Do you have bees? Would you like to have bees?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You’re going to die eventually, why not now?

Have you read Camus' work?

(I have no idea what I expect to hear when I ask this, but:)

What do you think about it and about his philosophy in general?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mark Zuckerberg on the Cambridge Analytica Situation

    it's whether or not Facebook is agile enough to change.

Perhaps I was too willing to look at things as set in stone when I put forth my argument.

The way I see it (which echoes what someone else — maybe you? — said in a different thread), if they're only thinking about changing things now, after such a massive and extensively-publicized cock-up, things are already too bad. I don't think there's coming back from that. Even if Facebook is revived, they aren't going to be the same thing they used to be... right?

Then I look at Reddit. I'd read the comment section on every one of the big, publicized Reddit derbies (remember "chairman Pao" and the Ellen Pao-Hitler memes?), where people swore off the platform en masse. 2+ years later, and Reddit's still alive and kicking. Voat's been getting enough of a sunlight that I occasionally see GIFs watermarked with the... whatever Voat's subreddit equivalent are, but it's not nearly as big (and, as Wikipedia says, full of alt-right member et al.).

So, the way I (so narrowly) see it: what does Reddit have that led to it staying afloat, and does Facebook have the same quality to it?

(I remember reading about how Facebook is very important in South-East Asia (Phillipines?) because for many people it's the only way to keep in touch with their families back home when they leave to other countries to look for work. That seems like a decent factor for it to stay afloat)

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You’re going to die eventually, why not now?

    Some questions to think about.

You mean, from the perspective of the article? I don't agree with it (which isn't to say I disagree with it, either), but I'd like to answer those questions to explore the mindset.

    How does it enable you to serve your fellow man?

You dedicate yourself to a cause, whether it's Jesus' teachings, a charity or even a software company's mission to better the world through their best means. As such, you succeed in improving lives of fellow men to whom you deliver your work.

    How does it enable you to expand yourself?

In dedication to the cause, you learn how to be a better person to deliver your work. In the adventures that (usually) surround following a mission, you end up meeting people you wouldn't have met otherwise, and they can give you perspective that's priceless because it wouldn't have arrived to you any other way.

That said, one's self is irrelevant in the equation. One is but a vessel for the idea of making things better.

    How does it enable you to examine and survive the difficulties of life?

By dedicating yourself to the cause, you find purpose. With purpose, many difficulties become much more bearable because in the end, you know you're going to achieve something great.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 21, 2018

Hey, I took my time before reading what you said. I'm glad I did: after what kb and veen said, this sunk in better.

First of all, I'm so glad that you found what works for you. I'm always happy to hear that other people make good of their time on this planet. It's inspiring, too. I hope you keep sharing your progress: it helps people like me feel better about my chances.

I have a question, though. Have you ever felt, after you first, second or N-th 10 minutes were up, that you could just do more? If you did, did it feel, next day, like you can't mount that mountain anymore because you're not up for X times more than what you've initially set for yourself?

That's what always gets me with things like this: I come by a decent measured progress schedule, stick to it for a while (the most I've managed was three weeks, after which the mountain failure feeling set in) and fail when the next obstacle seems insurmountable, even though I've managed so far.

Or, do you ever feel overwhelmed by the responsibility or the perceived pressure of "having to" do something to continue the chain of habitual action?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Congress Censored the Internet

Bernie's page on issues does not suggest his position. This seemingly fan-backed site has him "strongly support" net neutrality. Go figure.

P.S. Reason.com has a lot to say about Sanders. Just google his name.

P.P.S. Why is Bernie's Senate web page so good, but his mailing list annoying subscription popup so ugly?

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2440 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Most Important Decision in Your Life...

https://vinepair.com/about-us/

    VinePair is the fastest growing media company delivering accessible, entertaining, and inspiring content about drinks and the experiences you have with a glass in hand.

...yeah, I have no clue what they are, either.