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> ... series of immediate physical constraints is why these hikes are so addictive for people in high-abstraction fields That really hit home. I work in data analysis but in the ea…

100% this … He’s a wounded Soul … desperate to be loved and admired. As someone else wrote - there’s a void inside him that can’t be filled. Yes if only he had the heart/insight to…

> Software projects fail because humans fail. Humans are the drivers of everything in our world. Ah finally - I've had to scroll halfway down to find a key reason big software proj…

Another interpretation of the double-slit posits a guiding 'Pilot Wave' separate from physical particles... aka DeBroglie-Bohm Theory or Bohmian Mechanics. Apparently it's not popu…

That's interesting about walking. I've done longish walking pilgrimages lasting several weeks (Camino etc.) and some stomach problems and joint problems improved a lot. I usually w…

> ... is a sophisticated system of ritual politeness that emphasizes deference, modesty, and indirectness. I'm Irish and think we have a similar culture of indirectness and politen…

This mightn't be exactly what you're looking for - but Leatherman seems an example of a class of people called 'Holy Fools'. (maybe because Leatherman carried a little prayer book)…

> Having no "safe harbour" ... Yes this is soul destroying - the psychological effects are brutal. Not having any little place as a 'base'. I was homeless in Europe for a few weeks…

Yes - I think that's the one the OP recommended. Great read. Gives a superb historical overview and the reader can follow the twists-and-turns of discovery. You get to 'know' the s…

I cycled across the Nullabour Plain in 1998 (Perth to Adelaide)... I have to agree with some parts of this article - there's something Spiritual about the landscape there.

> I used whisper to transcribe nearly every "episode" of the Love Line syndicated radio show from 1997-2007 or so. Yes - second this. I found 'Whisper' great for that type of scena…

I heard somewhere that we speak a mild 'Elizabethan' English in the West of Ireland... no idea if this is true really. Although my parents use some archaic words: "Pass me yon cup …

Totally agree about housing costs. After 10 years of paying high rent in the UK I've returned to Dublin. Currently paying €1,300 per month for a tiny studio. (I'm told I'm lucky) S…

I'm early 50s and went to school in the Republic of Ireland - late 70s, 80s. I really feel the same as the OP here. It felt like a daily prison, combined with huge amounts of memor…

> One usage example is worth a hundred words ... For bash idk if that exists on the internet, ... Totally agree with that - I maintain a big txt file too. Maybe this bash compendiu…

Totally agree about Newton and his 3 ways. I remember reading in Burton's History of Mathematics: "Newton developed 3 different versions of his calculus, apparently searching for t…

I think that's why I'm redoing my old Physics problem sets - but using the infinitesimal approach this time. To see is it more useful. So far the gains are modest but I find it eas…

That's interesting - I read something similar in Bell's 'A primer of infinitesimal analysis' where he said the price for 'Smooth World' infinitestimals is giving up the Law of Excl…

Thanks for the tip... it seems to mention Robinson's 'hyperreals' too...!

I find infinitesimals more intuitive than the formal 'limits-based' approach. I'm currently studying my old degree material but using a fairly interesting book: "Full Frontal Calcu…

Along with getting a ZX Spectrum+ in 1985, we got a subscription to "Input" magazine. It's tagline: “Learn programming for fun and the future” https://archive.org/details/inputmaga…

... I found it a bit poignant / emotional as well! ... those engineers in a dusty office beside McDonalds... quietly keeping the mission going... in touch with something that's bey…

There's a good documentary about the quirky team of NASA engineers that keep in contact with the Voyager probes... It's slightly melancholic, the engineers are aging, the mission's…

This reporting style seems unusual. Haven't noticed it before...(listing the number of people): - according to four people familiar with the talks ... - according to interviews wit…

Ireland: Swimming togs (!)