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rini's avatar rini 8 months ago

I liked the sailor husband analogy very much. I think it's uncanny how quickly things went back to 'normal'. I felt naive for thinking that some things might change for the better after what everyone had to go through. Sometimes I came across notices that some places overlooked or didn't bother to take down, about keeping distances or not sitting next to another person, which were like some weird residue of the past.

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murid's avatar murid 8 months ago

@rini I am so tempted to document all these signs and artifacts that were left behind by covid.

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rini's avatar rini 8 months ago

That would make kind of a quirky project! I would even contribute my own findings if you so liked. But I don't have any at the moment and can't even remember where I saw the ones that I did anymore. Likely at jabatan kerajaan or not so popular eateries.

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surenaga's avatar surenaga 10 months ago

As the old saying goes, you are what you eat...

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letslearntogether's avatar letslearntogether 10 months ago

I once spoke of something similar, though much less humorous or eloquent..."Why must something die in order for me to live?," I would quietly ask myself as I ate my food. As childish as it sounds, with every bite I would imagine that my digestive system was a gateway to heaven, where any plant or animal that I ate could live forever in peace.

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murid's avatar murid 10 months ago

@LetsLearn I once was next to a cow that was sick and dying, the day before it was going to be slaughtered. It struck me that it was really sad that it wouldn't be eaten, that its death had little meaning, not even to sustain others.

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letslearntogether's avatar letslearntogether 10 months ago

@murid That is indeed sad. Perhaps it might be said that death itself is tragic when all beings strive to live and thrive.

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mysticscave's avatar mysticscave 10 months ago

You probably know this, but 35 is the limit in very high humidity. I've experienced a 54 degree day, and now take temperature records very seriously before moving places.

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letslearntogether's avatar letslearntogether 10 months ago

Yup, a wet-bulb temp. of 35C can lead to hyperthermia. https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wet-bulb

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773tk's avatar 773tk 10 months ago

saw a news article lately about a child horrifically burning their feet walking barefoot near wrens hometown... remembering that walking barefoot to the beach was the norm growing up. now children only have a world of scorching sun and black asphalt.

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 10 months ago

IIRC, the opening of "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson covers a mass wet-bulb heat death event that really captures the horror of what it will be like in 10-20 years in certain parts of our planet. Really scary shit.

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murid's avatar murid 10 months ago

@mystic yes, at 36C wetbulb right now. I've experienced 50C in a desert, it's a whole different feeling.

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letslearntogether's avatar letslearntogether 10 months ago

Yes! Thank you for that BoingBoing article link. Funnily enough, I have been studying Elinor Ostrom's work a lot lately and dug this summary: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGS78lExn0n2NJpqHw75bcVVj2UlVcNxS I was always put off by "The Malthusian Premise," "The Tragedy of The Commons," and other vaguely "scientific" concepts that are used to try to justify despotism.

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letslearntogether's avatar letslearntogether 10 months ago

I generally agree with you on "AI" as well. However, that seems to be a problem with most approaches to automation in general. It is only useful to the extent that it removes the toil or danger from tasks that must be done in order to survive *for everyone's benefit simultaneously*. If not, then it is just contributing to despotism.

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robophobia's avatar robophobia 10 months ago

Insightful post, definitely helps me put into words my conflicted feelings with respect to artists rights vs the concepts of public domain and open source

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lostletters's avatar lostletters 10 months ago

Oooh which solo RPG system are you going to be playing? I recently played several sessions of Fallen as well as Sundered Isles for some interesting solo adventures. It's delightfully entertaining to be able to escape to a world of imagination anytime without having to worry about scheduling across 4-5 friends.

murid's avatar murid 10 months ago

@lost I'm trying out 'Sword, Sorcery & 2d6', which is very indie and janky. But yeah, as they say the fantasy aspect of D&D is the idea that you can get a bunch of adults to together to play a game.

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peppersalt's avatar peppersalt 1 year ago

i love your art and your thoughts so much

rini's avatar rini 12 months ago

This is kind of ancient history by now, but what was 'Staff Eng' actually referring to?? I'm curious.

metamorphosis's avatar metamorphosis 11 months ago

I hope you come back brother, I miss reading your blogs.

murid's avatar murid 11 months ago

@Rini Staff Engineer

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murid's avatar murid 11 months ago

@Metamorphosis I'm still around. Just these last few months have been really busy so I haven't had much time to update the website.

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 year ago

love the collection of "none of this fits" being its own thing

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ghostscape's avatar ghostscape 1 year ago

criminal that you made me realise both how much i want a jane austen mecha anime and that this does not exist

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 year ago

does not exist...yet

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bigbadboyyo's avatar bigbadboyyo 1 year ago

Hell yeah brown envelope

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myrrh's avatar myrrh 1 year ago

I run an international mail based art trade, check it out I your interested!

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murid's avatar murid 1 year ago

@Myrrh That's interesting, any link to it?

nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 year ago

Field Study is an international art exchange that creates a few different collective works annually. Long-standing and worth checking out: http://daviddellafiora.blogspot.com/

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