Strange to begin with this event, but Trakakis connects this Ukrainian’s spirit of defiance to all that is noble in philosophy, noting that respectable philosophers today no longer have ideas that are “strong enough to stop bullets” (p. 6). What we need are thinkers who put themselves a...
If we begin deporting them, as the president-elect plans to do, the empty jobs will still be there. Who’s going to fill them? How much are you willing to pay for frozen pizza? People in Oregon are getting letters telling them to snitch on neighbors who ‘might’ be illegal. No, ...
心不过是一堆念头罢了(The heart is nothing but a pile of ideas).doc,心不过是一堆念头罢了(The heart is nothing but a pile of ideas) Jack Cinci Rinpoche: the mind is nothing but a pile of ideas Mundane faces in a persons life, like the world without end
I am of two minds, though. The adult, thoughtful brain recognizes that instant gratification isn’t always all it is cracked up to be. It can be a curse. It can be bliss for a second then hell for ever after. Many food items are like this for me. I have learned. I don’t trifl...
As Born reflected decades later, the idea of eliminating unobservable quantities had sounded reasonable enough in 1925, but in practice such a “general and vague formulation is quite useless, even misleading”. Pragmatic considerations lay at the heart of Heisenberg’s physics. He often played ...
back in the cover after it’s been washed. Then once the cover is on correctly, actually getting the duvet to not slide aroundwithinthe cover is a totally separate challenge. By the end of the week, most of your comforter is down in the bottom of the duvet cover and utterly useless. ...
Both are funny and the Bots point out its uselessness. In the second skit Joel and the Bots lists the ways the space program has influenced everyday life. Most are a little bit of a stretch. Kinda funny at first. Middle skit is the SoL crew reenacting a scene from the movie. Crow...
yes. But I can't help compare my story to others and find that mine is nothing. So then I feel guilty. I haven't gotten through near as traumatic events as others, but here I am depressed for no reason. Just here. Empty. I suppose that's something I could talk about...IDK ...
and a couple other features found within the ten-point multi-touch interface. however, once my brain and muscle memory made the necessary adjustments, it was clear sailing. the interface is smooth. now that i've figured out all of the different motions, it takes no time to swipe between ...
concept of a useless store. During construction, I covered the windows and a few local blogs wrote about this impending ‘store that doesn’t sell anything’ with bemusement. Some presumed I had replaced a mom and pop store but it had been a vintage clothing store then empty for over a...