It's hard not to see a sort of oligarchy vs the people battle shaping up, that's for sure.
Readit Newsinference-god commented on Palantir has no place in UK public services opendemocracy.net/en/zara... · Posted by u/jethronethro
> certain confidence that because the changing climate is "just part of a natural cycle" it's going to be fine
What nonsense.
That’s rarely the opinion of those who hold that view.
If climate change has any non-human causes, then to what extent are we humans able to have an affect on those non-human causes?
> Question is, is this human-caused change or the usual natural climate shift that Earth goes through every few thousand centuries or millennia? And is there anything humans should do about it, other than adapting to it?
From the parent post who he was talking about...it does say "natural climate shift" and mention adaption. I think the point is that some people are way too sure sure that we can just adapt to a rapidly shifting climate even if we don't understand the mechanism behind the warming.
Most natural shifts are explainable by science, so why is the trend of the last 75 years, unexplainable yet people are fine with it and just make assumptions we can adapt if we don't understand what's driving the warming?
I do see this view a lot on podcasts like Joe Rogan (which has one of the largest audiences in the world) and it does seem to maintain the idea that climate change is a natural thing and because of that it will be fine. It's not really a fringe idea even though it's a completely baseless idea IMO.
I support transparency for institutions and privacy for individuals. Not the other way around.
What about when a group of individuals forms an institution that's self serving and harmful to other citizens, and they're able to do a lot of this under the guise of "privacy"?
When you feel bored listening to this sort of music you are already half way to the Alpha state (I heard it called that by Quincy Jones). Go a little further, and when your brain fully disengages you can use the space/quiet/calm to go to new places and come up with some amazing ideas.
I don't think my ADD can cope.
Also a huge Eno fan here. Put together, I probably have listened to Music for Airports, Another Green World, Taking Tiger Mountain and Discreet Music more than any other artist. Maybe Philip Glass comes in at a close second.
Anyways, in 2016, Tero Parviainen (@teropa) shared this really cool long-form exploration called "JavaScript Systems Music – Learning Web Audio by Recreating The Works of Steve Reich and Brian Eno" that I enjoyed tremendously (and I don't even like Javascript!)
Check it out at: https://teropa.info/blog/2016/07/28/javascript-systems-music...
I'm going to try gain with Eno after reading your post, I just find it incredibly boring. I wish I didn't.
inference-god commented on My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4 michael.stapelberg.ch/pos... · Posted by u/secure
There are so many base features that are inexplicably relegated to 3rd party apps. Like a better finder experience. Or keeping screen on. Or NTFS writing.
What's crazy is that Vivid app...costs money!
inference-god commented on My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4 michael.stapelberg.ch/pos... · Posted by u/secure
It's classic Apple to spend over a decade insisting that that glossy screens were the best option, and then to eventually roll out a matte screen as a "premium" feature with a bunch of marketing around it.
As someone who buys and likes Apple stuff, I agree, it's a signature move from them.