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"But the rational and the irrational appear such in a different way to different persons, just as the good and the bad, the profitable and the unprofitable. [...] For to one man it is consistent with reason to hold a chamber pot for another, and to look to this only, that if he does not hold it, he will receive stripes, and he will not receive his food: but if he shall hold the pot, he will not suffer anything hard or disagreeable. But to another man not only does the holding of a chamber pot appear intolerable for himself, but intolerable also for him to allow another to do this office for him. If, then, you ask me whether you should hold the chamber pot or not, I shall say to you that the receiving of food is worth more than the not receiving of it, and the being scourged is a greater indignity than not being scourged; so that if you measure your interests by these things, go and hold the chamber pot. "But this," you say, "would not be worthy of me." Well, then, it is you who must introduce this consideration into the inquiry, not I; for it is you who know yourself, how much you are worth to yourself, and at what price you sell yourself; for men sell themselves at various prices." - Epictetus, Discourses, 1.2.2; (G. Long, Trans.)

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    > I’m using it how the people selling it are saying to use it. And when I do that, it’s not very good. [...] That is definitely one way to go about it. Going through life stubbornl…

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    > compare to Claude and its training [...] Also, while a child might sleep the brain does not just switch off A child doesn't get centuries of curated human knowledge and public wo…

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    > a question related to retirement planning and 401K allocations, Traditional vs Roth. I had a finical advisor tell me one thing, but I heard a contrary view from someone else that…

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    Thats pretty average for primaries nationwide. Texas had a turn out of around ~24% this year that shattered previous turnout; usually hover around 16%.

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    > There was someone on HN who shared a collection of dozens of single purpose local/offline web apps Maybe this one? Useful patterns for building HTML tools: https://news.ycombinat…

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    > I mean a real steakhouse, not a family restaurant masquerading as a steakhouse Exactly. Outback and Chilis has awful steak, but that explains the steak cooking advice here. Morto…

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    > Go to costco, buy prime filet. Put it in a ziplock [...] What in the world are you guys in this thread doing to steak? Absolute blasphemy. Costco steak? ziplock bags? drowning it…

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    Agree with asking a human, that seems like a simple question for someone in that space. I'd only use the chatbot to research the web for both professional and DIY active forums, di…

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    > Vote for whom? You left off the "This especially includes the primaries." That is where it is decided to vote in/out the "establishment elite" and vote in/out a candidate with a …

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    Their average vs elite: > "[...] the fiftieth income percentile—that is, [...] the preferences of the average citizen" > "[...] “affluent” Americans at the ninetieth income percent…

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    The research she later co-published on the topic: The LL game: The curious preference for low quality and its norms https://diegogambetta.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the_ll_...