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From an energy consumption point of view, bitcoin mining is just about the most backward concept you could imagine. It's like putting a huge block of stone on a already overloaded cart pulled by an ass.

One thing I really like about my native language (slovenian) is that it has duality: grammar rules describing two persons. Not because it's very rare, but because there is a distinction when talking about two persons. It makes it not only more "informative", but also because of the dynamic and depth. It's more complex to learn, and even native slovenian speakers sometimes don't know how to use it, especially with akussativ declination, which is kind of funny. About english I like it's simplicity and flexibility. Particularly the fact that you can transform an adjective or noun into a verb, and it would still make perfect sense. In fact, new words often get molded into use this way. The language evolves so much faster this way, and many foreign language are starting to include english words (I'm looking at you German), but that I don't like that much.

the eyes on a roman statue have more expression than hers just throw in some hashtaggable keywords and you have lyrics that autotune and stutter sound like my childhood bootleg cassettes vanity is the new teen angst (wait, it has always been...) yes, i'm getting old, but if this is creativity i'm pope francis

that reminds of Hero (2002) which is a great eye candy kungfu fairytale starring Jet Li and others

i'm still not doin it

paul walker is so hot and mysterious, brave and skillful, he is actually a better driver than all rally and f1 drivers combined

Lawrence of Arabia is immensely eye candy Purple Moon (1960) Days of Heaven Cleopatra (1963)

Princess Bride Home Movie quite fun, also plenty of cast surprises

Just my opinion: Psychedelics, in order to gain anything healing and positive from them, you need to have a sort of open mind, or a supple mind. The dissociative effect can bear no fruit in individuals who are afraid to get their sub-conscious unveiled. In some cases, having a good guide can offset that, but it's no guarantee. I personally believe that taking psychedelic drugs is a journey that takes place after the trip, in the afterglow, and weeks, months, years after that, without repeating the session. The trip itself is an act of stepping over the threshold, and if you're perceptive, one session is enough to fill you with food for thought and soul long after the physical effects have worn out. It's like getting to know the old world you're used to with new eyes, or a new perspective. It broadens the perception, and if you carry that with you, the trip gives you an experience that becomes a sort of tool (for a lack of a better word) for dealing with everyday life. And once you "mastered" the "first level", you can go back and take another trip, however, the second trip must have its baseline above the previous, or the experience will be nothing new and pointless. Btw, I agree that sports, or any outdoor activity is absolutely best for one's well being, you just have to find a way to do it, so it works best for you. And sometimes it will feel a chore at the thought of it. But once you beat that initial lazy-self, you'd be always happy you did it. I love nature and exploring new places, so a bike ride or a hike into unknown satisfies me most, and overcoming self-limitation with the prize of soothing in the beauty of nature is something of a meditation act.

They are busy exchanging democracy for oil in the Middle East

Quite. Years ago my then-gf left me because she thought I was falling for a hot coworker. Well I wasn't, I swear.

Oh no. Salvo was such an interesting character. I've never met him in person, but if I ever wanted to meet a watmmer IRL it was him. That's really sad. Rest in peace, my man.

Ae rmx baetter thaen thae original for sure, I quite laek it. As for Sophie, that's really sad, rest in peace.

I have no idea what's going on

In your part of the world too, then... I must admit I find it interesting, since what (little) I know about USA is that people there are used to moving around from place to place way more (for jobs), not to mention coming over the Pond from the Old Country in the first place. But I guess even despite of that, people tend to naturally form a sort of local society everywhere they go, and that this sudden (only two generations?) shift to individualism must be viewed as something rather unnatural and disruptive.

Maybe the single most pronounced thing I miss from my childhood was my grandparents house. It was a meeting point for the whole close and extended family at weekends. It used to be a large farm, but when I was a child, there was only one cow and a few chickens left (my grandfather's heatlh was increasingly deteriorating from his ww2 experiences). Still, he cooked schnaps and stuff, he would drive me around in his car (whole day road trips) to visit his friends in near and distant villages. I got to meet lots of interesting folks that way; blacksmiths, painters and sculpturers, farmers and guys who owned heavy machinery, war veterans, etc. Very fascinating for a kid. My grandparent's house was always full of people, relatives and neighbors and friends dropping by, everyone knew each other well. Friends of family would drop by and have a drink and just shoot nonsense, gossip, or laughs. We held family lunch "parties" on sundays, as a kid I would run around all day doing shenanigans with other kids, etc. Across the street from our house was a club house for young folks where bands were practicing or sometimes they'd have open air theatre program in summer. The house is empty today, the village is mostly quiet, with young people moving out to larger cities or other countries. Just last month I was having a conversation with my aunt, about the ways of our grandparents, how they always kept their family and friends close and knit. And in general how these traditions die out because of modern living, where each individual gets so wrapped up in day-to-day life and easily forgets about communities and such.

A morning mantra for twitter's devs?

Sometimes I wish I was 18 again and watching Jarmusch films for the first time

aye, might give a ring to my man tomorrow

Haven't been listening to this in a while, a nice heads-up refresher, thanks. Peak Ae, change my mind

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Burger Runner 2020

that looks like a quaint neighborhood, wouldn't mind having a flat in such a place. I've been to Berlin several times, had a blast every time I was there, many stories. Can you still buy weed in Friedrichschain park?

Cryptocurrency mining is the next (exponential) step of energy consumption. To that I concede.

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