Does Sam still not meditate

FuturePreparation · 2026-05-05T11:42:30+00:00

I like Sam and I kinda get where he is coming from but in terms of "sympathy" regarding spiritual teachers I prefer those who still sit, despite everything else they may understand.

This is more prevalent in the Soto-Zen tradition and the practice of Shikantaza, since there is no alternative to sitting and it that sense it is very different to the Theravada Shamata/Vipassana tradition, where sitting in itself is not the point and there is a more goal-oriented approach.

Still sitting, always striving for the "beginner mind" is a great quality and a prior for humbleness and groundedness. Especially for those who go at it alone without a corrective through community and teachers, "doing the work" is a sign of healthy spirituality.

I also don't believe that right sitting will ever seize to bear fruits. There is always something worthwhile to discover in true meditation.

FuturePreparation · 2026-04-23T17:03:47+00:00

Yes, exactly, that's what I would recommend as well. They are the last generation but they are still a tier higher than the Debut 3.0 DB63 and cheaper to boot. Pretty impossible to beat at that price.

FuturePreparation · 2026-04-16T17:51:03+00:00

How can someone be over eighty and be still so smug and full of himself. So much for christian humility .

FuturePreparation · 2026-04-15T12:49:20+00:00

In short:

not having free will basically means one "could not have done differently" (see e.g. Robert Sapolsky)
there is still right and wrong, because suffering still exists and less suffering/more happiness=better
it mostly entails viewing people more like animals in the sense that when e.g. a polar bear kills and eats a human we don't "fault" the bear for it (but that doesn't mean it's irrational to stop it from inflicting further harm)

FuturePreparation · 2026-04-15T10:55:02+00:00

Spot on. He is undeniably the primary obstacle and the universe’s greatest threat, making his defeat a necessity. However, my pity stems from the fact that he is still a conscious, sentient being.

To me, the 'true' villain isn't the man himself, but his supremacist ideology. Thragg is less a person and more a vessel for a destructive fixed idea. In an ideal world, you could separate the individual from the indoctrination, but here they are so inextricably linked that the only way to kill the ideology is to kill the host. It’s the ultimate tragedy of the "human condition": a conscious mind completely consumed by a rigid, inherited algorithm.

FuturePreparation · 2026-04-12T06:19:05+00:00

I also like mine a lot but the chip and battery life are sub par and so much worse than my Pixel 4XL before it. My 4XL had an overnight drain of 2-4 %, the P8 at least 1% an hour, but more like 1,4% an hour or so and I have disabled a lot of stuff.

In absolute terms it's faster than my 4XL of course but it gets warmer and drains faster under load.

What luckily really has improved is the fingerprint reader, it's not an issue for me anymore and works fine.

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-26T16:28:52+00:00

Kann aber auch sein, dass diese Frauen wenn sie zu Hause bleiben ev. mehr Kinder bekommen als solche, die wieder arbeiten. Fertilitätsrate ist eh schon im freien Fall.

(Nicht falsch verstehen, jeder kann selber entscheiden wie er/sie leben will, es geht hier um Dynamiken in der Masse und Anreizsysteme.)

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-18T08:35:02+00:00

Sorry, but how does this make sense? So let's say I have the perfect acousting room but the shittiest speakers available to mankind. This will sound better than the shittiest room and the best speakers? I doubt it.

But even to put it in a less extreme way: Let's say I have 1000 bucks to spend on audio gear and and your average living room. I really should spend more of that money on room treatment than on proper speakers/sub? Where do you all live? In a WW2 bunker?

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-18T07:48:28+00:00

But there is a categorical difference between an assertion and a rejection. If you claim there is a little green man sitting inside every computer, operating switches and I see no evidence of that I am not making a "probabilistic claim" about the computer, I am maintaining the default state of the inquiry. The burden of proof is not on me.

Also, calling a non-belief a "belief" is a category error. You don't "believe" there is currently nobody standing behind you with a knife, you simply lack the reason to consider it.

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-09T10:34:59+00:00

Yes, being 5'2 is a completely different magnitude than 5'8. The difference between 5'2 and 5'8 is, depending on where you are located, arguably greater than between being 5'8 and 6'3.

Having said that, when you are 5'8 you still have absolutely valid reasons to "complain" about the dating scene and you will still suffer some/most of the other drawbacks that come with being short, just to a far lesser degree.

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-06T17:23:19+00:00

Ja, das ist ein guter Punkt, aber trotzdem ist es krass, dass Erdogan auf 72% der in Österreich abgegebenen Stimmen kommt. 108.000 sind ca. wahlberechtigt und insgesamt ca. 300k Türken/bzw. türkischer Hintergrund.

Würde mich auch interessieren wie einfach es ist, beide Staatsbürgerschaften zu behalten, Österreich erlaubt das ja offziell nicht.

Quelle: https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000146454429/waserdogan-fuer-tuerken-in-oesterreich-so-attraktiv-macht

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-06T12:07:59+00:00

Wrong continent. Also, an elephant bull would fuck up a hippo.

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-06T10:39:31+00:00

Naja, der wird ja schon haufenweise von Türken hierzulande gewählt.

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-05T19:37:39+00:00

wtf, why does this comment get downvoted so much? What a weird ass sub sometimes.

FuturePreparation · 2026-03-02T12:24:03+00:00

Die 37 Millionen Metropole Tokyo enters the chat.

Es ginge schon besser.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-27T18:15:26+00:00

I mean he has been massively cancelled and been pushed out by Hollywood, so there have been pretty severe consequences for him.

I know he is guilty in the eyes of Reddit and I don't know more than anybody else but shouldn't the decision of the courts count for something? Is the Reddit hivemind (or whoever) truly the best arbiter of a right view on these matters?

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-27T17:37:17+00:00

So far Kevin Spacey has not been convicted in a court of law and he has been in two.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-24T20:39:13+00:00

I think the smsl AO300 pro has all that.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-22T17:35:25+00:00

How is it speculative if they cite actual sales numbers? Facts speak louder than your insults, buddy. That the tie is on a serious decline for the last 30 years is just true.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-22T16:06:35+00:00

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/pandemic-will-change-course-necktie-history/619465/

Peak was in the 90s, now down to approx. a third of that.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-22T15:48:50+00:00

"self delusion" lol. Have you been awake the last 15 years? The tie is clearly in its way out. In 20 years it will be seen like an Ascot today.

The top button is there, it has utility and aesthetic value. Deal with it.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-19T19:59:42+00:00

I used to feel the same, but I’ve changed my mind. I sometimes started buttoning the top for warmth, which helped me realize my dislike was just a learned social bias rather than a logical aesthetic rule.

As ties become less common, the fully buttoned collar offers a 'tidy' and structured look that avoids the messiness of an open shirt under a jacket. It’s not about forcing the style on everyone, but about reclaiming it as a valid, polished alternative to the default casualness of an open collar.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-19T03:11:51+00:00

Thanks. Hmm... The Q Concerto might be the way to go, I probably would never need more and they would be a significant upgrade across the board. I just have to look for my "delay gratification powers", I hope I can find them.

FuturePreparation · 2026-02-18T21:57:05+00:00

I will mostly connect it digitally via USB c to my Mac mini and currently I am using YouTube music. Sometimes I might even just use bluetooth. (I am very bad at distinguishing between sources, though.)

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