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> Most types of meditative studies also force this notion of blindness. In my experience, many seem to encourage the opposite (a higher awareness of one's emotional state). Perhaps…

I feel this way too. I think you can still get access to a lot of the "conversational currency" by just checking it less frequently. Making highly curated lists helps a lot too, si…

Besides picture quality, there's definitely something to be said for using a device that's exclusively for photo/video. You've got better UX (hopefully), amazing lens options, no n…

Totally agree. Realized my earlier comment could be read as suggesting inaction or complacency, which wasn't the point I was trying to make at all. Everyone should be acting with t…

"There's no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism" comes to mind. Even if some folks are in a position to spend all of their money in ways that align with their values…

The Cato Institute, founded as the Charles Koch Foundation, is pro-capital, pro-deregulation, and anti-worker. Being a noted economist doesn't mean that you aren't full of shit.

LeetCode, Project Euler, etc. are great if you're looking for a bit of structure with your practice and would give you a reason to go through the MDN docs in a more targeted way. A…

Not drastically, it seems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_issues_in_Japan

This was claimed for propaganda purposes and never substantiated, afaik.

I wasn't assuming you did say anything about those things; I was merely saying that others commonly do so, and do in fact frequently lump those together with "they have opportuniti…

There is a difference. Please ask some women you know about this, as the parent suggested.

If you can't recognize the difference, you aren't talking with or listening to enough women in your circle about this sort of thing. I would highly encourage you to do so. Regardle…

Citation needed.

How many are rising out of that sort of situation in the U.S. in 2019? It's in the interest of those who seek to maintain the status quo to have people believe that this is a real …

Blaming the people in the ghetto for the problems of the ghetto is a common refrain of those who seek to deny the material conditions and motivations that created the ghetto in the…

CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems (written by Lea Verou) covers a variety of interesting techniques along these lines.

A lot of the local guidelines I've seen mention that light grease is ok.

> I have personally taught a few junior developers functional programming in JavaScript, and they became really good at it in about half a year. If only...

This comment plays into some awful streetwear stereotypes. "ym bape compilation" is about as representative of streetwear as a video of Raiders fans rioting is representative of pr…

It's absurdly "bad" form taken to such an extreme that it's basically parody (or art).

I don't think the uncanny valley concept is really applicable here, unless the file manager resembles a human. It's certainly a departure from the expected behavior, though.