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It's not a perfect test - but we can test it on ourselves - when we're a dream, and then we really realise we're in a dream, then we're more conscious than if we didn't.

Yes, it's based on my understanding of the philosophy and religions I've studied - I'll let any reader make their own exploration instead of providing any arguments and counter arguments (of which there are countless...). :)

That's like saying the decreasing price of hard disk space discourages people from purchasing it.

Best to be the one responsible for cleanliness in share house. Price the rent accordingly.

We cannot change the fact that our loved ones' attention are directed into attention centralisation services like YouTube, Instagram, newspapers, politics discussions, etc. But we can choose to direct our attention to the people next to us. A well placed smile can really make someone's day. :)

First, I'm happy to see you're on your journey to self awareness. Second, accept your condition, enjoying attention is a human condition. You are human! Now keep asking questions. What kind of person would you like to stay/become next?

Perhaps Samsung believes if Google manufactured its own phones, Samsung's smartphone might as well be finished in a couple of years anyway - Google could gain some market share then eventually discontinue updating Android for other manufacturers. Then Samsung would truly be on its own.

If they think they can afford a change like this then I think that's a wound, not a kill.

It happened once.

I applied for jobs to build API's, and got into this company that wants to get some API's done. First week in, the project to build the API platform was deprioritised and placed on the back burner. Then in the sprint meetings they're trying to find some python work for me to do. Two months later I'm shuffled to another team to work on the enterprise planning platform. In this role I'm supposed to communicate to all stakeholders and help them get information easily to make decisions. I'm in a "flat" team of 3 reporting to an executive. Half a year in, I did not pass probation because my communication skills to gather and implement a consensus of all company leaders is insufficient as well as my ability to working in a team where expectations are implicit (no roles assigned) are deficient, especially because I'm still trying to stick to my original job description.

I probably should have started looking for another role three weeks in. But I did not have the judgement at the time.

The land distribution and collectivisation I think we're communistic - you're right it's very early on.

I think the Khmer Rouge were communistic too - everyone became a farmer. The city people can't farm properly and died.

It it's quick it will recover fast, it's if it's a grinding situation like Venezuela or Ukraine or Syria, where change occurs but there are still large blocs of people fighting for the government then it gets horrible.

I suppose if their job description has changed since their application process make sure they know what their new role is by writing, instead of hoping he'll pick it up from social cues.

Sometimes I look at the objects my father bought for me before he died - a toy train, a film camera - stuff I can get for $10 at a store, but they mean a lot more to me than that.

I try to do the same, I hope you don't mind I borrow your words.

Why are there bigger numbers and smaller numbers?

Well there's that Sichuan style fish in chilli oil.

Well, the trend is now removing bankruptcy on certain forms of debt as an option, replacing it with cancelling it after X years. This is student debt.

It's not that inaccurate to presume the net present value of the automation required to replace higher salaried jobs is higher than lower salaried jobs, all else being equal...

The paradox of tolerance is false - the intolerant can change their minds - it's their intolerant ideas that must be attacked, not the person whose minds hold those ideas. The persons always deserve to be treated with as if they are fellow human beings, because they are.

Those ones who would not tolerate those with intolerant ideas, have intolerant ideas too, and they must be convinced their ideas are wrong.

They're testing for Dunning-kruger - either you're below average and you rate yourself a 7 or you're a 10 and you rate yourself an 8.

My iPhone 6 is still snappy but the battery barely lasts 2 hours. I'm half way to work and it's at 29%.

Check again https://mariadb.com/kb/en/the-mariadb-library/with/.

I think for those people it's harder to be truthful - there is more to lose, especially if they've always lied for the purpose of accumulating power economically or socially - the more lies there are the more lies there have to be.

It's much easier for people with nothing to lose to tell the truth. IMO telling the truth is not an ability you can gain by accumulating power or status, but is an ability you sacrifice to attain power or status.

If it helps, I spoke from my own experience. I had completely opposite experience as you - it's only after stumbling through various life experiences I decided to tell the truth as much as possible. The more I told, the more life became livelier.

You can wait for the ship to sink before swimming to the next ship or you can jump and board another ship while the current one is still afloat. Both are viable options - depends how much you like swimming in possibilities/uncertainties, but it sounds like you find it nerve wracking. :)

I am not so sure it's possible - to me it's more like stumbling across a stream - except this time my mind is the riverbed through which the stream runs.

Your question starts with a false premise "Everybody lies". You lie, and justify the lying by projecting it on to everybody else. The answer is very simple, stop lying. You'll find everything beneath you fall away. Your relationships will all be adjusted to accomodate your truthfulness. Your life would be unrecognisable months from now. And you will no longer be super depressed about having to lie.

Personally I don't think a "more efficient use of time" is more important to me than how I feel in my day to day life. It's better to be late to work than to miss a once in a life time conversation with a stranger as I pass an interesting scene on the way to work.

I suppose the task at hand is then to differentiate between whether it is a software company or a company using software.

Don't tie a person's current ideas to the person. What if he changes his mind in 5 years? Do you want to condemn him from now to all time?

Call centres? They have an advantage over foreign call centres operators (more fluent in the language), some companies might pay for it.

Also, this idea: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15136091

Of course, what's been happening in Bitcoin, the more they regulate it at that level, the more government legitimise it in the eyes investors and consumers, and the more it's usage increase. Regulation causing increase in usage - exactly what the word regulation is suppose to mean - to enable.