> the colloquial definition of chemicals which if we're not being pedantic, we know brings up ideas of substances damaging to other substances or life itself. From the comment you're responding to. Damage is…
So, let me get this straight: I've claimed reducing everything to "chemicals" is disingenuous, and in response, I'm immediately told "no, you" and then challenged with debates over topics or ideas I haven't actually…
> Do you know what the word "chemical" means? This intentional nitpicking of the colloquial usage of the word chemicals is a favorite of both, disingenuous conversationalists who like to take a chance to feel correct…
>What is the difference between lye (dangerous), sand (not dangerous unless it suffocates things or gets crushed and inhaled), water (can cause flooding or drowning, otherwise harmless), and sodium bicarbonate (quite…
> could become not-small amounts. Let's not get too relaxed here. There's gigantic masses of plastic all over the world that would like to say that anything mass produced and cumulative "WILL become 'not-small' amounts".
Unfortunately Terrence McKenna (or fortunately depending on how you look at things) doesn't seem to have retained the same popularity. He does still have some decent "pithy one liners" but if I remember right, he didn't…
It definitely seems to matter on an almost jewelry-level to some people, footwear. Even if I doubt they spend more time intentionally looking at other people's shoes day to day, but I guess "louder" designs may change…
That's unusual if that's the case, in my experience. I rely on syncthing to keep my notes synced between devices/applications (and photos) and using "run according to time schedule" for "5 minutes" has never produced a…
Well quite frankly, saying "the claim that these are lies are just as disingenuous as the claims themselves" is a pretty low quality, classic stick-in-the-spokes "debate" tactic that essentially hand waves the ball back…
Stress seems best for the primordial hunt and battles of my ancestors who needed a powerful drive to see through an ideally short term situation with more response than they might have otherwise been able to muster, I…
It turns out reality is slightly more complicated than raw game theory, which is basically just what you described. To be honest, it sounds like you might be internally cynical and externally giving, and exhausted…
The Perennial Philosophy (both the concept and the book) focuses on more these types of things. It brings up that even in Christianity you can easily point at the non-personified elements of the theology and find…
I suppose if you're a cold hard logic type only just dipping your toes into it, the Stoicism of old might be more your speed, as they considered logic and reason their hammer and nails, yet still retain a certain…
People seem quick to forget that religion/philosophy was originally married to the quest to discover more about our world. Carl Sagan, before lamenting about modern astrology, reminds us in Cosmos that astrology was…
Many of these texts have been around long enough for many dedicated people to put forth their own translations, and if relevant (like with many Chinese texts) with some kind of further researched commentary/citations to…
I think many people here probably use Firefox to some degree and are concerned at the sustainability of the entity that makes it, especially since it seems to follow a for-profit trend of higher executive pay even…
Incidentally I've actually found "natural" solutions like boric acid and diatomaceous earth to be wildly effective (in killing/reducing established populations, not preventing new ones), if a bit unsightly and…
This seems like the sane, boring reality. People with modern dental routines probably don't benefit from the original purposes of fluoridation the same way people in the early 1900s only just getting electricity did.…
Isn't that taste chlorine from the sanitation process? Either way I actually do assume water filter companies lobby to keep public water as subpar an option as possible, there's certainly no incentive not to.
I assumed this is what parental controls are invented for, but all too many parents don't seem to even have the knowledge to activate those in the first place. Maybe they should learn how they work instead of supporting…
Considering many cities were actually retrofitted to become car/sprawl centric, I'm going to say that's a political will/lobbying problem rather than a real one. Although it may have become a problem with all this…
I have a feeling that if people made one of those pros and cons sheets and did the crossing off equal things, these conversations would go easier I can't imagine equating things like the smell of weed and having to…
I know it should be a warning sign to just not drink coke, but I've instead taken it as a "this is literally for filling a glass already prefilled to the brim with ice like in the ads" kind of thing. Because undiluted…
It may again be placebo effect, but I can still taste the difference in bottled water poured into my steel water bottle and my usual filtered tap water. I also can't stand plastic bottled sodas, and can tell they've…
I think a lot of this stems from "take backsies" on a long term subconscious level. The HN audience in particular is not just tinker-friendly, but the vast majority surely lived through the era of Apple where Jobs…
> the colloquial definition of chemicals which if we're not being pedantic, we know brings up ideas of substances damaging to other substances or life itself. From the comment you're responding to. Damage is…
So, let me get this straight: I've claimed reducing everything to "chemicals" is disingenuous, and in response, I'm immediately told "no, you" and then challenged with debates over topics or ideas I haven't actually…
> Do you know what the word "chemical" means? This intentional nitpicking of the colloquial usage of the word chemicals is a favorite of both, disingenuous conversationalists who like to take a chance to feel correct…
>What is the difference between lye (dangerous), sand (not dangerous unless it suffocates things or gets crushed and inhaled), water (can cause flooding or drowning, otherwise harmless), and sodium bicarbonate (quite…
> could become not-small amounts. Let's not get too relaxed here. There's gigantic masses of plastic all over the world that would like to say that anything mass produced and cumulative "WILL become 'not-small' amounts".
Unfortunately Terrence McKenna (or fortunately depending on how you look at things) doesn't seem to have retained the same popularity. He does still have some decent "pithy one liners" but if I remember right, he didn't…
It definitely seems to matter on an almost jewelry-level to some people, footwear. Even if I doubt they spend more time intentionally looking at other people's shoes day to day, but I guess "louder" designs may change…
That's unusual if that's the case, in my experience. I rely on syncthing to keep my notes synced between devices/applications (and photos) and using "run according to time schedule" for "5 minutes" has never produced a…
Well quite frankly, saying "the claim that these are lies are just as disingenuous as the claims themselves" is a pretty low quality, classic stick-in-the-spokes "debate" tactic that essentially hand waves the ball back…
Stress seems best for the primordial hunt and battles of my ancestors who needed a powerful drive to see through an ideally short term situation with more response than they might have otherwise been able to muster, I…
It turns out reality is slightly more complicated than raw game theory, which is basically just what you described. To be honest, it sounds like you might be internally cynical and externally giving, and exhausted…
The Perennial Philosophy (both the concept and the book) focuses on more these types of things. It brings up that even in Christianity you can easily point at the non-personified elements of the theology and find…
I suppose if you're a cold hard logic type only just dipping your toes into it, the Stoicism of old might be more your speed, as they considered logic and reason their hammer and nails, yet still retain a certain…
People seem quick to forget that religion/philosophy was originally married to the quest to discover more about our world. Carl Sagan, before lamenting about modern astrology, reminds us in Cosmos that astrology was…
Many of these texts have been around long enough for many dedicated people to put forth their own translations, and if relevant (like with many Chinese texts) with some kind of further researched commentary/citations to…
I think many people here probably use Firefox to some degree and are concerned at the sustainability of the entity that makes it, especially since it seems to follow a for-profit trend of higher executive pay even…
Incidentally I've actually found "natural" solutions like boric acid and diatomaceous earth to be wildly effective (in killing/reducing established populations, not preventing new ones), if a bit unsightly and…
This seems like the sane, boring reality. People with modern dental routines probably don't benefit from the original purposes of fluoridation the same way people in the early 1900s only just getting electricity did.…
Isn't that taste chlorine from the sanitation process? Either way I actually do assume water filter companies lobby to keep public water as subpar an option as possible, there's certainly no incentive not to.
I assumed this is what parental controls are invented for, but all too many parents don't seem to even have the knowledge to activate those in the first place. Maybe they should learn how they work instead of supporting…
Considering many cities were actually retrofitted to become car/sprawl centric, I'm going to say that's a political will/lobbying problem rather than a real one. Although it may have become a problem with all this…
I have a feeling that if people made one of those pros and cons sheets and did the crossing off equal things, these conversations would go easier I can't imagine equating things like the smell of weed and having to…
I know it should be a warning sign to just not drink coke, but I've instead taken it as a "this is literally for filling a glass already prefilled to the brim with ice like in the ads" kind of thing. Because undiluted…
It may again be placebo effect, but I can still taste the difference in bottled water poured into my steel water bottle and my usual filtered tap water. I also can't stand plastic bottled sodas, and can tell they've…
I think a lot of this stems from "take backsies" on a long term subconscious level. The HN audience in particular is not just tinker-friendly, but the vast majority surely lived through the era of Apple where Jobs…