Amentep Posted January 28, 2019 Author Posted January 28, 2019 I read that and my first thought was "...but who cares?" If you're obsessed with people knowing the real you (enough to go crazy for the character in the book!) then you're probably doing life wrong. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my time with my friends and family but I actually don't care if they know the "true" me or not just like I don't care if I know the "true" them. I'm content to let us be the people we are and perceive when we are together. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
injurai Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 I don't even think people know their true selves. If all you do is try to put on an appearance of a true self, your true self is someone that puts on an appearance and ultimately your whole persona is not only just a persona, but a lie as well. 1
Malcador Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 So I guess he read American Psycho ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Hurlshort Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 If you put on a persona full time, then it isn't really a lie, it is who you are. You might imagine you are someone different in your head, but that is just a fantasy. Sometimes I imagine I'm a really good swordfighter. It doesn't change the fact that I have no idea how to actually use a sword. 1
Amentep Posted January 28, 2019 Author Posted January 28, 2019 If you put on a persona full time, then it isn't really a lie, it is who you are. You might imagine you are someone different in your head, but that is just a fantasy. Sometimes I imagine I'm a really good swordfighter. It doesn't change the fact that I have no idea how to actually use a sword. 3 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Malcador Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/how-much-would-you-pay-for-coffee-roasted-in-space/ A company called Space Roasters says it plans to use the considerable heat of reentry from space through Earth's atmosphere to roast coffee beans. It will then sell them for the perfect cup of joe. In an interview with Room magazine, the founders of the company, Hatem Alkhafaji and Anders Cavallini, say space is the place to look for a next-level brew. "Coffee has been roasted the same way for centuries now, and as space science has improved many technologies, we believe it is time to revolutionize coffee roasting using space technology," the pair told the magazine. How does it work? The company says it has patented a "space roasting capsule" in which heat from re-entry will be distributed around four cylinders each containing 75kg of coffee beans. Floating in microgravity, the beans will be evenly heated and roasted during the process. The capsule will then be recovered after landing with parachutes. "The entire process will last only 20 minutes but will end with a marvelous aroma as the hatch is opened," the founders told the magazine. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Guard Dog Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 If anyone has $900k burning a hole in their pocket this looks pretty cool! https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/25/photos-inside-doomsday-prepper-castle-in-the-nevada-desert.html Just think, the average utility bill in rural Nevada is $325/mo. This bad boy is completely self sustaining. It will pay for itself in time... a long time... 230 years and 9 months to be exact. Still cool though. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Raithe Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling...before they pick up "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
ShadySands Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 The Pentagon compiled research into invisibility cloaking, wormholes, and warp drive A document released this month revealed a secretive multimillion-dollar Department of Defense program from the late 2000s compiled research into invisibility cloaks, warp drive, and many other areas of fringe space science as part of a now-defunct program aimed at detecting and potentially explaining strange sightings in the Earth’s atmosphere. The five-page document includes a list of papers written for the program, originally sent to two members of Congress last year. The pages were released on January 16th as a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Federation of American Scientists. Between 2007 and 2012, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) spent $22 million on this UFO program, which was formally known as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). In 2017, The New York Times first reported the existence of the long-hidden AATIP and that officials had been investigating reports of UFOs for years. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) spearheaded the initiative. A majority of the program’s funding went toward aerospace research, but according to these new documents, some of it also focused on more speculative research into topics that sound like they came straight out of a work of science fiction. 3 Free games updated 3/4/21
Raithe Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Nasa - Research scientist visits island, 3 years after he saw it form from space 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGueiFfgvqA "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gfted1 Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Lego Unveils Awesome New Star Wars Sets for Toy Line's 20th Anniversary. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Raithe Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Because who doesn't like a lightning strike over an erupting volcano? 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gfted1 Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 ^Heres the story behind the image: Catching lightning in a volcanic bottle. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 Because who doesn't like a lightning strike over an erupting volcano? Explains belief in a divine being. A wrathful one, anyway Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Lexx Posted February 1, 2019 Posted February 1, 2019 Reminds me that I haven't seen a real (big) thunderstorm in years. It just doesn't happen around here anymore. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Raithe Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 This was one that slipped by in the New Year... Chow Yun-fat pledges his $700 million fortune to charity "This money isn't something you possess forever. When you're gone one day, you have to leave it to others to use it." He told a reporter. 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Hurlshort Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Hmm, makes me think of a quote I saw a couple days ago... 3
Hurlshort Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Oh and that reminded me of this one! I'm definitely the GenXer just watching it all go down. 1
Gfted1 Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 Famous folks photoshopped hanging out with their former selves. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gromnir Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 Hmm, makes me think of a quote I saw a couple days ago... (image) well, if the dragon were generating billions more in income by employing hoard guards and construction workers for hoard housing and repair o' such housing, not to mention the predictable hoard of lawyer and cpa specialists who no doubt got particular expertise in hoard management, as well as hoard maintenance workers to polish gold and preserve artwork, then we would get closer to metaphor. also, if we are talking o' american billionaires, is likely the dragon would be donating a noteworthy portion o' the hoard to charity every year. sure, trump gives billionaires a bad name when it comes to charitable giving, but Americans is the most charitable people on the planet based on both total charity dollars and % o' gdp. am nowhere near billionaire status, but am giving ~30% every year, and will continue to do so in retirement (our projected $84k per year is actual $120k... which is why we need sit on a slight larger hoard) after already having given more than half all o' our money to a handful o' different charities. am not unique. as an aside, am 'gainst most o' the new democrat wealth taxes not 'cause we think such is a bad idea, but 'cause is so difficult to accurate value massive wealth on a yearly basis... which is why US has been relying on capital gains values for effective taxing the rich. the rich should be taxed more than they is, but am suspecting the more practical solution is to clamp down on capital gains loopholes than to try and try accurate value humongous wealth on a year-to-year basis. however, for funsies, and given title o' thread, smaug is arguable worth $62 billion. jeff bezos, by comparison, is worth 'tween $120 billion and $140 billion. smaug is thus perhaps only scratching top seven on list o' the true great wyrms o' middle-earth. HA! Good Fun! 3 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Raithe Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 Police warn motorists not to be distracted by Bethesda Dragon "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted February 5, 2019 Posted February 5, 2019 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Guard Dog Posted February 6, 2019 Posted February 6, 2019 I never knew that! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Guard Dog Posted February 6, 2019 Posted February 6, 2019 Robot journalism? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/business/media/artificial-intelligence-journalism-robots.html The Simpsons called it again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnGaf0p9x1U 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
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