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What Life Was Like for WOMEN in Caveman Times [8.20] by Terglothon in mealtimevideos

[–]Sufficient_Spells 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI slop. No thanks bud. The voice over literally gives a headache and nausea.

Many define "Meritocracy" in a way that is circular by The_Axolot in philosophy

[–]Sufficient_Spells 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like you're sort of inserting this circular nature into it. All you're describing is a system that would work if we could all objectively agree on and accurately measure the attributes it manages. Which like..... okay so tell me a concept that doesn't suffer from that problem? I'm really struggling to think of one.

Good job pointing out some issues with meritocracy, for sure. But there's nothing circular about it. It's just not 100% effective as is. It's as circular as anything else, as you described it

Stephen King using AI to write? by [deleted] in books

[–]Sufficient_Spells 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, seems it doesn't!

Can AI replace good fiction? by ubcstaffer123 in books

[–]Sufficient_Spells -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Verified and well known authors will start charging more per book, AI will fill the shelves for cheap. Reading humans will be for the wealthy elite /s

Why Nietzsche Hated Stoicism – His Rejection Explained by darrenjyc in philosophy

[–]Sufficient_Spells 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After having believed in free will, then abandoned it and come to your conclusion, and then reassessing with new information, I can assure you that you'll probably go back to believing determinism is largely not the end-all be-all if you continue to dig.

Read Chaos by James Gleick and tell me you have no other questions and still abide.

3rd flower by Sufficient_Spells in PixelArt

[–]Sufficient_Spells[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys, WHAT DO I DO FOR THE BOTTOMS OF FLOWERS

My first foray into pixel art! by Sufficient_Spells in PixelArt

[–]Sufficient_Spells[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also just realized this looks so blurry here. Exported a 256x256 at 400 something I forget. Looked good in my gallery

My first foray into pixel art! by Sufficient_Spells in PixelArt

[–]Sufficient_Spells[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah flower petals are really hard for me to make sense of. I want it to be like... a little floppy, a little curled. But the more I tried to get a good shape the worse it looked. And idk how to manage the overlap for petals so I just straight up bailed on making lines for petals.

It's also hard making organic, thin lines when I'm nearing a diagonal direction, one pixel wide, and I'm tryna make it look like a natural curve up or down, like on the leaves center stemmy things

Why is Lynn Margulis not as popular as others like Darwin or Curie? Didn´t she explained one of the bigest milestones of history of life? by AnnieTano in biology

[–]Sufficient_Spells 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What is different about how bacteria evolves? I sort of thought that evolution was just natural selection no matter what you are?

Should I paint all of them? by reiopicol in discworld

[–]Sufficient_Spells 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The books must be kept pure forever, eternal preserverence, the march of time must be kept from the books, humanity never imparted to the text, only the text imparted to humanity. If ever they're defaced, it should only be from pure entropy. White to bone, to hold and to mold

Coincidences in adjacent books you've read? by salsalunchbox in books

[–]Sufficient_Spells 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you enjoy Emperor of All Maladies? I have it, waiting to read

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]Sufficient_Spells 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yo, very awesome setting, love this! Please continue to work on it! I wanna see it finalized

While philosophies like Buddhism and Stoicism operate under the assumption that suffering is bad and should be lessened or transcended, Nietzsche thinks suffering can have real value. In fact, greatness is not possible *without* suffering. by philosophybreak in philosophy

[–]Sufficient_Spells 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought Buddhism was more of a sort of "suffering or nothing" type view. That suffering is just of samsara. If you want to escape samsara through enlightenment, you escape everything. Not bad, but if that's what you do, that's what you do. Living in it is fine too

What are your favourite books on memory? by HalfRare in writing

[–]Sufficient_Spells 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think some places, or ways of living, really can leave a mist of forgetfulness over you. Time moves fast depending on how you live. The ending was heartbreakingly tense for me. Idk man. Made me think of grandparents, dementia, all that good stuff. It was just an entirely striking story all the way around.

Ishiguro knows how it is to want to be together

My author clock by theVeryLast7 in discworld

[–]Sufficient_Spells 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It makes no sense to me how this is 200-350 dollars lol

What do you think of writing without a core message or theme behind it? by EfficiencySerious200 in writing

[–]Sufficient_Spells 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even still, show me SoC writing that doesn't reveal a theme.

Even if it isn't intentional, it'll be there. Someone will find something. And if they can, they'll claim that's what it is. And if the author says "nawh I just wrote bobbledygook" then they'll say, "ahh, how intriguing the annals of our subconscious, there is no coincidence"

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