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Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by BossingAround »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #326
BossingAround wrote: post #321

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It's from sunrise to sunset, no? Can't you get it on at night instead of during the day?

Don't know how this works for Muslims, but if it's anything like for Christians, the goal is to not have the desires to begin with, not just refrain from acting on them (though that's a good start).

> the goal is to not have the desires to begin with

Which is an empty exercise. You can't "stop having desires" for a month. Just another ritual to control the population, huh?

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by smusamashah »

throwaway128128 wrote: post #355
n1b0m wrote: post #126

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I find the lack of sleep the hardest. You don’t really miss the lack of food or water unless you’re in a hot climate.

You sleep less during Ramadan?

Depends on which part of the big ball you are located. If the nights are smaller for you, there isn't really a way to get good long sleep.

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by n1b0m »

throwaway128128 wrote: post #355
n1b0m wrote: post #126

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I find the lack of sleep the hardest. You don’t really miss the lack of food or water unless you’re in a hot climate.

You sleep less during Ramadan?

Yes, especially near the end. You need to stop eating when the first rays of light can be seen which is a few hours before sunrise. As this starts becoming earlier and earlier you get to a point where it’s hardly worth going to sleep and waking up to eat. Also, you’re in the mosque till late for night prayers.

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by nashashmi »

loo wrote: post #358
nashashmi wrote: post #356

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You say orientation isn't a choice even though bisexuals at least establish it as their free choice for relationship. Fine. Even if you correctly claim that some people may have an immutable orientation, why would you in your brilliant and far reaching wisdom think it would be inhumane for the same person to be celibate from that orientation? And further think it is inhumane for the person to engage in a relationship…

I am not bisexual, but tried to be. The choice wasn't available. Have you felt strong attraction for both sexes? If not, have you tried to?

If you tried to feel attraction but could not, you might need help on understanding what attraction is. Until you do, you won't know what love and harm is.

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by mkl »

llamaz wrote: post #354
doetoe wrote: post #308

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In a way it makes more sense to have the units come first, i.e. how the numbers are written in Arabic. Namely, when you do arithmetic you start with the units, so that in English (etc) when you compute 1234 + 5678 you cannot just start writing down digits, but you have to reserve space and work backwards.

This is intentional. They're called Arabic numerals for a reason - when they were imported to Europe to replace Roman numerals, they weren't flipped. This is why mental arithmetic is harder than it needs to be.

Nope. These numerals got to Arabic from India, where writing is LTR, and the digit order was unchanged during that transition and the transition to Europe. The order we use is the original order. They're called Hindu-Arabic numerals [1] for a reason, and in Arabic the equivalent [2] are called Indian numbers (أَرْقَام هِنْدِيَّة) [3]!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals

[3] https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%A3%D9%8E%...

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by loo »

nashashmi wrote: post #364
loo wrote: post #358

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I am not bisexual, but tried to be. The choice wasn't available. Have you felt strong attraction for both sexes? If not, have you tried to?

If you tried to feel attraction but could not, you might need help on understanding what attraction is. Until you do, you won't know what love and harm is.

You feel attraction for both sexes, but choose to ignore one?

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by nashashmi »

loo wrote: post #366
nashashmi wrote: post #364

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If you tried to feel attraction but could not, you might need help on understanding what attraction is. Until you do, you won't know what love and harm is.

You feel attraction for both sexes, but choose to ignore one?

You choose to behave.

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by llamaz »

mkl wrote: post #365
llamaz wrote: post #354

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This is intentional. They're called Arabic numerals for a reason - when they were imported to Europe to replace Roman numerals, they weren't flipped. This is why mental arithmetic is harder than it needs to be.

Nope. These numerals got to Arabic from India, where writing is LTR, and the digit order was unchanged during that transition and the transition to Europe. The order we use is the original order. They're called Hindu-Arabic numerals [1] for a reason, and in Arabic the equivalent [2] are called Indian numbers (أَرْقَام هِنْدِيَّة) [3]! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

I didn't know, thanks for the correction :)

The Arabs must have switched it around then

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by mkl »

llamaz wrote: post #368
mkl wrote: post #365

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope. These numerals got to Arabic from India, where writing is LTR, and the digit order was unchanged during that transition and the transition to Europe. The order we use is the original order. They're called Hindu-Arabic numerals [1] for a reason, and in Arabic the equivalent [2] are called Indian numbers (أَرْقَام هِنْدِيَّة) [3]! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

I didn't know, thanks for the correction :) The Arabs must have switched it around then

No one switched it around, that's my point. The digit order everyone uses is the one best suited to mental arithmetic in LTR languages, where the most significant digit is first. See the book Secrets of Mental Math by Arthur Benjamin. It's also the best suited to getting a rough idea of the number quickly in LTR languages. That's because the digit order everyone uses was designed for LTR languages.
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