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The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job

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Re: The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job

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Damn, for all the huffing and puffing about “prima-Donnas”, it sure sounds like this guy couldn’t even follow a very reasonable request.

It is very rare that I meet people who complain about others being themselves humble, sweet people, who are great to work with.

"I am very humble myself and I will write a scathing, mocking article to explain in great detail how stupid and entitled I think you are if you do the slightest thing I disagree with" -that guy

Re: The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job

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Some people do in fact believe this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos_hypothesis

This reminds me of being a teen and getting my mind blown when a friend of mine said, "You can't prove that you didn't just start existing right now. Who's to say that all of the memories of your entire life were all implanted in your head to make you think the universe didn't start right now."

Many of PKD's stories are about identity and memories, subjects just like that. And several of those stories have been adapted into film/TV.

Re: The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job

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From another post: https://zipcpu.com/blog/2018/10/04/welcome.html > My Christian beliefs are centered around a literal interpretation of the Bible. This includes a belief in a 6-day creation that took place roughly six-thousand years ago, a belief that God will cause the end of this world rather than any man-induced climate change, a firm belief that a free people should be an armed people, and more. Ouch.

Extreme literal interpretations of any text (however times re-written by multiple scribes) is a self-induced limitation of perspective. This is why the SCOTUS has multiple people. Furthermore, when can we tax religion in the USA and weaken its power over the population?

Reminds me of originalism versus natural law. Soon I hope, but this is a slippery slope, see the movie Lagaan.
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