In computer programming, this is commonly called rubber ducking.
Antiochus
Hi. I’m a software engineer and history enthusiast. Been reading for years, and just recently got around to making an account. Still building up the courage to dive in, but this place has done wonders for reducing sloppy thinking on my part.
In that case, research will just need to discover the necessary properties of soul-attracting substrate.
I’ve always felt similarly, and found myself thinking about how plastic we are with our own body sense—we seem to be very capable of remapping our motor functions into completely new devices, cars, video game characters, etc, and gaining a sense of body with them. This seem to be supported by how tied driving is to which part of your body performs the control—for me, going from a hand clutch on a motorcycle to a foot clutch completely failed to translate the skill. I have no idea if this is neurologically correct.
How much is it worth spending on a computer chair? Is a chair for both work and play (ie video games) practical, or is reclining comfort necessarily opposed to sit-up comfort?
I don’t agree with the tone of this comment, but I admit there’s something about this that feels deeply weird to me.
This might be counter-intuitive and impractical for self-teaching, but for me it was an assembly language course that made it ‘click’ for how things work behind the scenes. It doesn’t have to be much and you’ll probably never use it again, but the concepts will help your broader understanding.
If you can be more specific about which parts baffle you, I might be able to recommend something more useful.
I feel like there’s a meaningful distinction here, but calling them ‘true’ and fake’ smuggles in connotations that I don’t feel are accurate.
Could you post a link to the kind of chair that you got?
No problem. It seems like programming is a perfect example of something with a very large working memory requirement and the manipulation of a lot of symbolic, linguistic information.
Just bought a different model of this last week, because my bedroom is blissfully dark at night, but also dark in the morning, making it more difficult to wake up when I’d like to. I can confirm that it’s made a really big difference for easing me out of bed. I don’t need the usual snooze routine, or to set a second alarm in a different room anymore.
I find more sophisticated theologies as unconvincing. The fundamental problem is the more coherent and logically provable your god is, the less she matters, until it’s nothing left that could be thought of as a god at all, let alone produce any real consequences that we should worry about. It’s like the driving paradox—to paraphrase George Carlin, everyone that drivers slower than you is an idiot, everyone that drives faster is a maniac. If someone has a more literal god than you (you in the general sense) they’re clearly just a straw man or an idiot. If someone has a less literal god than you, they’re misguided or heretical or cowardly.
In this analogy, I choose not to drive.
This rings false. Greek learning didn’t disappear just because the already faltering Hellenistic dynasties were toppled.
As a reader, it’s less work for more reward.
Ask five gamers what WIS means, get five answers.
I wouldn’t mind seeing an off-topic forum either.
We’re kind of kicking at different goalposts here. You’re trying to show that archery isn’t the best possible use of time (presumably for fitness) and I’m skeptical of your specific claims about it.
A couple things to consider.
Archery, by a formal reading of the term, is a martial art.
Not all forms of archery and martial arts are made equal. There’s considerably overlap in physical requirements. Compare a sport crossbow to an English longbow; compare tai chi to muay thai.
I practice martial arts, but not archery. When I had a chance to spend an afternoon firing a longbow with a measly 45lbs draw, I ached in all new places in my neck, arms, core, and thighs. I also needed to coordinate my body in novel ways.
Archery is not nearly as demanding for time as martial arts; it can be done in addition to other sports fairly easily.
Hopefully that gives you some idea of why I don’t think it’s fair to dismiss archery as suboptimal.
Upvoted. A lot of cycling safety is counterintuitive. Being hit from behind is not as big a risk as people think while cycling, and behaving as predictably as possible (ie like a car) will keep you alive.
That still doesn’t seem right to me, but I should point out that a good motivation to do a thing is as valuable as the thing itself, if otherwise you wouldn’t.
Taken. Quite tickled by the prize question.