I’ve heard that. I suppose it’s for the best that I moved into a style less lunge-happy (German and Italian longsword.)
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I once had the same problem with a weak core. Fencing cured it for me within a few months, though for the first two months I ended the classes with pain in that area.
This rings false. Greek learning didn’t disappear just because the already faltering Hellenistic dynasties were toppled.
As a reader, it’s less work for more reward.
This is interesting enough that I’d like to see some more explanation, too.
That explains theology.
No problem. It seems like programming is a perfect example of something with a very large working memory requirement and the manipulation of a lot of symbolic, linguistic information.
In computer programming, this is commonly called rubber ducking.
Ask five gamers what WIS means, get five answers.
Caffeinated tea, then?
What I’m getting at is that it doesn’t matter if the software is expressed in electron arrangement or plugs or neurons, if it’s computable. I don’t see any trouble here distinguishing between connectome and neuron.
You could think of software as being any element that is programmable—ie, even a physical plugboard can be thought of as software even though it’s not typically the format we store it on.
This might be counter-intuitive and impractical for self-teaching, but for me it was an assembly language course that made it ‘click’ for how things work behind the scenes. It doesn’t have to be much and you’ll probably never use it again, but the concepts will help your broader understanding.
If you can be more specific about which parts baffle you, I might be able to recommend something more useful.
I bought a new office chair. My selection process was to take my coat off and sit on every single damn chair in the store until I found which one was the least awful. The most comfortable (at any price) that I found was this one—the multiple points of adjustment turned out to be the key so that I had both enough padding and lower back support. Link
That’s a question with an answer. Do wild animals suffer so much their lives aren’t worth living? Then yes. My gut feeling is that it isn’t the case, however, or it varies a lot from specie to specie—some might inherently suffer more than others by being kept in a naturally high state of stress, etc.
This might not be as much of a problem in IT as you might worry, especially if you have personal projects or open source contributions to show for it. It’s difficult enough finding skilled developers that if your skill is in demand, a good recruiter will still go to bat for you. I’d say it harms your chances, but it won’t kill a career.
Looks like I’m going to have to rethink my lunches.
I wouldn’t mind seeing an off-topic forum either.
I had no idea vehicular cycling was a thing, but most of the recommendations on the wikipedia page are commonly accepted as good cycling safety when there’s no bike lanes—and around here bike lanes are rare. I’ll use bike lanes if they’re available and clear of obstructions, and I won’t take a lane unless the lane’s too narrow to share (like on a bridge or in construction) or unless I can keep up with traffic. I always signal, use turning lanes, stop at lights and stop signs, etc, as expected by the MTO guidelines. I ride a hybrid bicycle instead of a road bike because of cost, posture, and the condition of the roads.
As for why? Health benefits, pleasure, and I arrive at work more awake and alert.
I find more sophisticated theologies as unconvincing. The fundamental problem is the more coherent and logically provable your god is, the less she matters, until it’s nothing left that could be thought of as a god at all, let alone produce any real consequences that we should worry about. It’s like the driving paradox—to paraphrase George Carlin, everyone that drivers slower than you is an idiot, everyone that drives faster is a maniac. If someone has a more literal god than you (you in the general sense) they’re clearly just a straw man or an idiot. If someone has a less literal god than you, they’re misguided or heretical or cowardly.
In this analogy, I choose not to drive.