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Outlook

Neocity art is so fucking dope. It's the greatest project on the internet rn. Just check out all the websites, you'll lose your day.

https://neocities.org/browse
Yesterday, 06:21 PM

Outlook

Man, you guys really had a golden age of gifs back then too.
Yesterday, 06:26 PM

starspawn0

I'm guessing many novice meditators have experienced this before. If you push it further, you will notice your body seems to have a mind of its own -- e.g. arms will raise, seemingly without conscious effort. If you push it further, even more profound types of disconnection will manifest.
Yesterday, 06:17 PM

starspawn0

Such as, where you are located in space (a subtle kind of out-of-body experience), your conception of space itself (e.g. its extent; how expansive it is relative to the image of it you have in your head without realizing it).
Yesterday, 06:43 PM

funkervogt

I'm very sensitive to marijuana, and have used it to have "ego death" several times. I forget my name, that I'm a human, and even that I'm a unitary being that is distinct from everything else. Like the few others who experience it, it makes me feel like I'm going to die.

It's a very powerful experience, but not fun. Something you only do once or twice a year.
Today, 03:58 AM

wjfox

Losing Hong Kong in 1997 marked the official end of the British Empire. I'm sure we'd be happy to take it back :-)
Yesterday, 11:13 AM

Zaphod

I think this sentiment is actually much more widespread than many people realise, at least in countries that have done less well after colonialism. I spent a month in Guyana a few years ago and was shocked by the number of people that told me they wished they hadn't gained independence from Britain. A lot of the issues arose when the British left abruptly leaving a sort of economic/administrative vacuum.
Yesterday, 12:17 PM

Erowind

What a world.
Yesterday, 08:23 PM

eacao

Fincke sounds like one of those people who pulled himself together early on, good on 'im.

& NASA is producing some great technical talent. Not that anyone here has said it iirc, but I've heard the lunar gateway being criticised as senatorial waste and this & that because it would be easier to go straight to the Moon etc etc. Imho, the gateway is laying out the capital investment that makes it hard to turn away from deep space after 2024. As long as NASA can build i...
Yesterday, 01:04 PM

eacao

...build infrastructure before Trump's out, later admins will have little choice but to continue down the track of manned deep-space exploration & long-term habitation.
Yesterday, 01:04 PM

Erowind

Not just that but practically speaking we haven't been to the moon in so long that our space agency needs to re-learn how to explore with modern engineering before making such a big jump to Mars. We don't have the practical expertise of the Apollo program anymore. Artemis looks like it will establish a new generation of skill.
Yesterday, 06:50 PM

Raklian

This puts into perspective how fast the ISS is traveling in orbit which is over 17,000 mph.
Yesterday, 04:14 AM

Erowind

That's really wild. Logistical and engineering problems aside I'd love to travel across the globe in under 2 hours. I know we'd have to accelerate gradually in order to not turn ourselves to goop but still, very cool.
Yesterday, 05:55 AM

Erowind

patents/paywalls. My main gripes are when copyright makes corporations not artists/creators rich, blocks scientific liberty, enforces monopoly and kills people as with the example above.
Yesterday, 05:27 AM

Jessica

It kills everything! Even limiting copyright to 10 years for digital and 75 for solid would do wonders for advancement of ideas. Public movie, gaming and educational sites would pop up overnight that would dwarf netflix, etc.
Yesterday, 05:50 AM

Erowind

+1 Jessica +1 Outlook
Yesterday, 05:54 AM

Raklian

Outlook, I would make the channel all about you. You talk about what you think about everything through your own lens. Think about what sets you apart from the rest, what makes you different, etc.
Yesterday, 12:34 AM

eacao

I think go the Stoic-perspective route. Analyse different happenings through a Stoic lens (be it politics, the singularity, religion etc). Also, perhaps it's important to remember that it's not what decision you make at the beginning, it's about what you make of that decision as time goes on. There are wrong answers but no single right answer, so as long as you pick something workable, your real talent will be in making the best of whatever imperfect choice you've made.
Yesterday, 01:07 PM

Outlook

Thanks for the answers guys, it helped a lot.
Yesterday, 09:24 PM

PhoenixRu

Mea culpa...
Sep 14 2019 03:03 PM

Outlook

Mea culpa, I like that phrase.
Sep 14 2019 05:13 PM

Outlook

I won't be convinced until we haven't turned the planet into farmonium, or concretonium.
Sep 13 2019 10:09 PM

wjfox

I doubt there'd be physical humans living there. Most likely our AI descendants will convert it to computronium.
Sep 13 2019 06:05 PM

Outlook

I'm skeptical on computronium. I'll always think theres a physical singular vantage point to which intelligence latches onto once at a time.
Sep 13 2019 06:15 PM

Outlook

When my amazon package comes I'll send the rest of my good luck to you.
Sep 13 2019 02:59 PM

starspawn0

I thought to myself, "Maybe she's got a naturally skeptical mind, and is `analytical' -- best to speak in arguments, not empty facts." And then I thought it might be a good idea to look her up on the web, to see who she is; and so I did. Turns out, she's a BIG Trump supporter. So then I thought, "Never mind. False alarm. She's asleep..."
Sep 13 2019 11:06 AM

Outlook

https://youtu.be/Ag1o3koTLWM
Sep 13 2019 01:19 PM

wjfox

The NHS is the best thing about living in the UK and is half the per-capita cost of U.S. healthcare.
Sep 13 2019 01:21 PM

Erowind

Spoopy
Sep 13 2019 12:16 AM

Raklian

Hope Jason isn't the one who will deliver the package.
Sep 13 2019 12:23 AM

kjaggard

good luck

Sep 13 2019 01:13 AM

Erowind

Nevermind the ECB's statement that "recession risk to the eurozone remains low." The fact that they've taken these measures means that the European economy is in shoddy shape.
Sep 12 2019 08:09 PM

Raklian

The Euro is more likely to strengthen against the US dollar from this point on. Any further easing or rate cuts by ECB won't be effective. The relay has been passed on to the Euro governments to do something about fiscal policy. What they will do with it will determine how the Euro will perform next.
Sep 13 2019 12:18 AM

Erowind

Agreed mostly :)
Sep 13 2019 03:38 AM