The article is from Mar 13, 2018

He’s definitely one of the few directors who is grandfathered in and can still get away with stuff others wouldn’t.

I actually lied for the first time in about 3 years just few days ago.

I had an appointment and at the front desk the clerk asked me wether I came there by car (do I need a parking permit) to which I said no even though I did but I left it further away so that I don’t need said permit. Funnily enough the person I came to meet then asked me the same thing to which I sad “Yeah, but I left it further away” and I’m quite sure the clerk heard me so… …yeah. That’s why I don’t lie.

The previous lie before that when a beggar came asking wether I had any cash to which I said no even though I did. Again a completely pointless lie.

Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional.

‘Look for what’s looking’ is something he often says in his daily meditation sessions on the Waking Up app, which famously frustrates people. ‘There’s just consciousness and its content’ is also a direct quote from him.

Neither of these he probably came up with by himself, but that’s his way (and in my view, the best way) of saying it.

No, I’m not on social media anymore.

You’re not piloting a bone mech, you are it.

It feels like you’re behind your face looking out into the world but once you pay close attention and look for what’s looking you’ll discover there’s nothing there. There’s no “you” in a sense that there’s someone behind the wheel. There’s just consciousness. It feels like something to be. A subjective experience.

I love doing what I’m doing right now: waking up early and just taking 3 hours or so to enjoy a couple of cups of coffee while browsing the internet with no hurry to be anywhere.

I almost never plan anything ahead. I think it’s due to my undiagnosed ADD, but I’m really the happiest when I have an open schedule and can do whatever I want whenever the motivation strikes. One day, I might just sit and browse Lemmy or watch YouTube the whole morning, and another day I’m in my shed organizing screws for 8 hours straight without eating, drinking, or going to the toilet.

Then, of course, there are the usual activities: long walks, mountain biking, cooking by a campfire, and the occasional trip with my family’s boat, etc. I’m basically the most boring person you’ll meet. I no longer even feel FOMO when I hear about other people’s trips abroad during their vacations. Good for you, but I have zero interest in that.

I wasn’t talking about the wealth of pro athletes but their athletic capabilities. Your workouts will be miserable for the rest of your life if those are the people you’re comparing yourself to.

Comparing myself to the ultra rich doesn’t affect me any more than comparing myself to super athletes. It’s the people around me that matters and they’re not significantly more wealthy than me. You’ll never be content in your life if this is the bar to reach.

I don’t get why this is an issue. Assuming they purchased a legal copy that it was trained on then what’s the problem? Like really. What does it matter that it knows a certain book from cover to cover or is able to imitate art styles etc. That’s exactly what people do too. We’re just not quite as good at it.

These are all porn*

My current device and the two before that all have had removable batteries. I’ve always thought built in batteries are stupid and it’s nice to finally notice that other people agree. Hopefully they next mandate that it has to be able to be taken apart with a screwdriver and spare parts must be able to be purchased straight from the manufacturer.

Perhaps. I’m sure you’ll provide me with the independent data you’re basing that “Teslas are not safe” claim on

Tesla on autopilot/FSD is almost 4 times less likely to be involved in a crash than a human driven Tesla which even then is half as likely to end up in a accident compared to average car. You not liking Musk fortunelately doesn’t change these facts.

In the 2nd quarter, we recorded one crash for every 4.41 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot technology (Autosteer and active safety features). For drivers who were not using Autopilot technology (no Autosteer and active safety features), we recorded one crash for every 1.2 million miles driven. By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 484,000 miles.

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Wouldn’t be surprised if the (mostly) political right that seems all these new pronouns as stupid would also ironically be against giving up on their own gender specific pronoun for a gender neutral one.

I used to agree with you and still do in a way since I have quite negative attitude towards fat people. However I now realize that while calories in - calories out applies to everyone we’re still different especially in the way we experience hunger.

I’m thin and fit myself but I eat like shit. What differentiates me from fat people however is that I only eat about 3000kcal of shit and then I’m full and it may take quite a while before I eat again but I also go to gym and mountain biking and stuff so I use all the calories too instead of storing them as fat. I also sometimes simply just skip dinner altogether because I don’t feel like eating. I’m just lucky that I can still function just fine even with an empty stomach and I don’t experience aggressive sense of hunger like some other people do. Also I hate cooking and eating. Takes too much time.

My theory for why this is is that my body is just better at switching from carbonhydrates to burning fat (converting it into glucose) and thus I don’t experience the drop in blood sugar levels the way some other people do to whom it takes a while for this process to kick in so they crash hard after all the carbs are used up.

We don’t need more pronouns. We need less of them.

In my native language there is no even he/she pronouns. The word is “hän” and it’s gender neutral. You can be male, female, FTM, MTF, non-binary or what ever and you’re still called “hän”. You can identify as anything you like and “hän” already includes you.

I find it so interesting how it feels like certain people are just universally hated on social media. I see zero nuance in the discussion about them. This person bad and that’s it.

Taxes pays my education and healthcare, it funds the military that makes russia think twice before invading my country, it builds and maintains all the roads and bridges I use every day to move around, it pays food and housing for the people that can’t afford that themselves.

I’m gladly paying taxes as long as it’s not all going to the pockets of corrupt politicans.