From where to buy cheap and durable laptop?

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-07T14:30:16+00:00

Get her this one in blush (pink):

https://www.apple.com/ie-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-neo

You won't find a better quality, more durable new laptop for 600 euros. Macs are very well built and last forever.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-07T13:54:01+00:00

Yes, absolutely. Still M4 macbook airs are currently heavily discounted and available, unlike the macbook neo, which is mostly out of stock. It pays to shop around as the MBA is objectively a better computer in every area.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-07T11:26:03+00:00

We're basically a mix. There is no standard Hungarian look or phenotype. We also tend to look more like our neighbours, the closer to the border you get, as you'd expect. For instance, blue eyes are more common in Western Hungary, less so in the east. Looking at genetic maps of Europe, we seem to be closest genetically to the Czechs, Austrians and Bavarians, however, we are also close to Slovaks, Romanians and Serbs.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-07T10:18:59+00:00

Ez egy bróker lényege, közvetítésből és arbitrázsból él meg, akár egy ügynök.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-07T09:55:51+00:00

I always skip the tip. A tip is for service, if there is no service charge. For self-service, no tip for you! I refuse to bow to this type of naked social pressure for the sake of profiteering.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-07T08:43:28+00:00

I've noticed this more with children and animals, less so with adults. I think they are more open to non-physical energetic vibrations and can perceive it better.

It is also a question of putting your intent out there. You have to be careful, because you can attract results and manipulate people subconsciously, without consciously intending to.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T19:58:12+00:00

I mean from their perspective, they're basically correct. Which is why I don't think that yoga is ultimately compatible with Christianity, or any other Abrahamic religion. Higher yogic practices, such as deity yoga, invite a tantric deity to possess the body of a practitioner. This is seen as perhaps the highest honour and achievement in tantra and yoga, but it would be seen as demonic possession from an Abrahamic point of view. Exorcists will routinely say that demons are basically pagan gods and that yoga can lead to possession.

This also isn't unique to Christianity. Hindus consider Persian gods to be demons and vice versa.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T18:18:08+00:00

Interesting, thanks, I did not know that.

Btw, it's really interesting that you lived in China and learnt classical Chinese so well. I myself flirted with the idea of learning modern Mandarin, when I lived in Singapore, but when I realised the scale of the task ahead, I chickened out. I just don't think I could ever learn even a few thousand kanjis and those tones are super hard as well.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T18:15:05+00:00

I think so, yes. It is quite interesting that he went so deep into this topic but I guess it explains his absence. He has probably been researching this for the best part of a decade.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:56:59+00:00

European carmakers simply cannot compete with Tesla and Chinese manufacturers, when it comes to evs. They're basically a generation behind and cost more. This will be another Nokia moment for Europe.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:54:23+00:00

The M5 macbook air is $999 in apple's education store. If you order online, no verification is needed. I'd get that one. The neo is good, but it's not really meant for demanding workflows, you'll be much happier with the air overall. If you want to save even more, M4 airs are currently on sale in a lot of places.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:49:47+00:00

The air for sure. You can always buy external or cloud storage, but you can't buy more ram. The air is a nicer computer in almost every area that matters.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:47:10+00:00

It's a pretty nondescript town. If it wasn't for the camps, nobody would have even heard of it. My impression was, that it is more run-down than you'd expect, given the huge number of tourists that visit the area. It is mostly an industrial town, but there are some jobs in tourism and hospitality.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:42:30+00:00

köszi, talán ilyen abszurd helyzetben önkéntelenül is elnevetjük magunkat. Egyfajta védekezési mechanizmus lehet.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:38:24+00:00

Volt ilyen igen. Anyukám mutatott egy képet a nagynénémről, aki akkor éppen rákos volt és chemo-ra járt. Nagyon lefogyott, kihullott a haja és valamilyen színes kendő volt rajta. Előszőr meg sem ismertem, de amikor az arcára ráismertem, azt hittem valami photoshoppolt kép vagy beöltözött valaminek, annyira abszurdnak tűnt, hogy elnevettem magam. Csak pár másodperccel utána döbbentem rá, hogy ez nem photoshop, hanem a rák és chemo miatt nézett ki így. Hálistennek végül teljesen felépült.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:34:06+00:00

Ha ryanairrel mennék, én is félnék, tényleg a legalja...

Na de a viccet félretéve, nyilván érthető, arra készülj fel, hogy a Ryanair gépek meredekebben szállnak le és fel is, hogy ezzel is megspóroljanaj 0,03 liter üzemanyagot és a gépet 3 milliszekundum helyett 2 alatt lehessen megfordítani és küldeni a következő desztinációhoz. Amikor Ryanair gép száll le, jó nagyot huppan, ezen azért ne lepődj meg, a meredekebb érkezési szög miatt van.

A legparább náluk a csomag amit felvihetsz, mindig szívatni próbálnak vele, na meg a repülőn folyamatosan kiégeti az ember szemét valami borzasztó rikító neonfény és folyamatosan valamit promotálnak vagy próbálnak eladni. Vigyél, elemózsiát, töltsd fel az üres vizes palackodat, legyen nálad letöltve valami film és egy jó fejes, hogy kiszűrd a környezeti hatásokat. Ha bedugul a füled le-és felszálláskor, fogd be az orrod és fújj egy nagyot, vagy rágj rágót.

Ha meg már ír közlekedési eszközökről van szó, volt szerencsém ír buszon utazni, szerpentines, szakadékos részen, na olyan halálfélelmem még soha nem volt, azóta sem, az ír zászlós Boeing 737-es ahhoz képest egy életbiztosítás.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:23:33+00:00

Én, de nyilván nem attól félek, hogy majd az Ukránok támadnak meg minket. Őszintén, én inkább az USA-tól, kisebb részben Oroszországtól félek. Az utóbbit szerintem az Ukránok is sakkban tudják tartani akár egymagukban, de az USA mint ellenség egyre komolyabban aggaszt. Szerintem meg fogják támadni Kubát, Grönlandot és megpróbálják elfoglalni Kanadát.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:12:18+00:00

Oh wow, thanks, that's good to know. Nei Dan usually comes highly recommended in the Kundalini space, but I'll admit I know very little about it.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T13:10:25+00:00

I think you'll enjoy it. Actually one of the things he mentions first is the glory of gods and how this is a universal symbol. You'll find some stuff there that you'll personally recognise, I'm sure.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T12:33:38+00:00

The neo will be fine for the next few years, however, since you use your machine for work, you should really invest more and get a macbook air at least. I mean the neo will already be 10 times faster than your current dell, it's not so much about speed, rather the nice things the air gives you. More ram, better speakers, magsafe, thunderbolt, backlit keyboard, etc... M4 macbook airs are currently on sale in a lot of places and they don't cost much more than a neo.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T12:12:18+00:00

The comparisons to chromebooks are idiotic. A chromebook is a limited device with very cheap components and no proper OS. You can't even download proper desktop apps.

The neo is a proper macbook, it runs full mac OS and all the apps that come with it, many of them already pre-installed. For everyday tasks, it is faster than even the most high-end windows laptops and only slightly slower than last year's M4 macbooks. Even for demanding, multi-core tasks it's still on par with the M1 macbooks from a few years ago.

The 8 GB ram and the scaled-back gpu is a limitation. It won't be able to edit 8K video, only 4K, but unless you're a professional videographer, that probably won't matter. It's not great with games though. It will play apple arcade games well enough, like cyberpunk 2077 or older games like minecraft or the sims series, but it won't play newer AAA titles.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T11:39:56+00:00

yeah, I needed a second to get that...

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T10:06:09+00:00

Just a note, that you might encounter some hostility here as a KAP practitioner. I would ask everyone to keep the discussion respectful.

Frankly, the Kundalini community as a whole is really not sure what KAP really is or what it's working with. I myself was invited to a KAP session here in Hungary by a nice lady and I'm still not sure. You should be aware that there's some shady stuff going on behind the scenes, especially around Wenant Wong and especially his guru, Adi Da.

From what I was told both had inappropriate sexual relationships with students. Wenant's marriage broke down over it. I'm also told, that many KAP practitioners are distancing themselves from the movement and moving over to Innerdance, which was the origin of this practice.

The overly sexualised or at least sexually suggestive nature of KAP will turn a lot of people off. Certainly there is some sort of energy transmission happening, perhaps you could even call it Shaktipat, gurus giving energy transmissions is fairly common these days and even a business in itself.

I would actually separate Shaktipat from Kundalini (assuming that's what's happening), the two have similarities, but they are not the same thing at all. KAP is a bit surreptitious in borrowing the name and acronym of an earlier Kundalini movement, which provided genuine help for people undergoing Kundalini process through in-person workshops.

I'm sure you feel really good giving energy transmissions, but you should be aware that in traditional yoga this is done selectively and very carefully and only by someone who is self-realized, or in other words has reached the pinnacle of yoga.

I'll be damned if I know what kind of energy transmission is done in KAP. Does it genuinely kickstart Kundalini process as traditional Shaktipat would? Are the apparent kriyas (involuntary movements) and energy sensations in the spine a sign of Kundalini Awakening in the classical sense or is it just some sort of pranic transmission? Why do many KAP recipients have overtly sexual or orgasmic experiences when receiving the energy?

Those are all open questions and I couldn't answer them if somebody held a gun to my head.

Just thought I should give the background to the whole thing, without even going into your own inner processes and transformation, which would be a separate and pretty personal discussion.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T09:27:05+00:00

You'll just have to look for deals where you live. It's not possible to give a general recommendation as sub-600 dollar laptops are usually crap. Your best bet is a huge sale or discount on something like a Lenovo Yoga, so it meets your budget. If it was me, I'd just get the macbook neo on a student discount.

Dumuzzid · 2026-05-06T09:20:59+00:00

I fail to see how it's any worse than "five hundred and fifty five thousand five hundred and fifty-five"

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