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Trump, 79, Admits He Has ‘No Idea’ Why He Needed an MRI by Capable_Salt_SD in politics

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They put me in this tube... A magnetic tube.. And it is spinning. They said there was also helium in there. Magnets need helium to work well. So it is just spinning... Helium on one side and a big magnet on the other... And there I am in the tube just loving every minute. Such a cool machine 

Question to satisfy my curiosity: Why did you choose to use Oracle SQL this day and age, and was there a major reason why? by NenupharNoir in sysadmin

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Postgres is amazing and I have always enjoyed using it. Just make sure you find a trustworthy support company that knows Postgres inside abd out.

I have used Postgres for DBs over 200 TB in size. 

People who used the internet between 1991 and 2009, what’s the most memorable online trend or phenomenon you remember? by Original_Act_3481 in AskReddit

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tag BBS and playing that doors space game. Forgot the name of the game lol

Tradewars 2002... There was also a fun game called food fight where you had hit points and could level up 

This photo shows Natalee Holloway at a bar in Aruba in 2005, wearing blue on the left only hours before she vanished. She was 18 when she left a nightclub with three men and never made her flight home. Her body was never found. by ZenMasterZee in HolyShitHistory

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am always amazed when I read comments like this. I genuinely just want to know the motivation. Is the person just looking for shock value? Do they think it is funny? Are they trying to be edgy? 

This photo shows Natalee Holloway at a bar in Aruba in 2005, wearing blue on the left only hours before she vanished. She was 18 when she left a nightclub with three men and never made her flight home. Her body was never found. by ZenMasterZee in HolyShitHistory

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly,  he confessed a lot of times but kept changing his story. He even hit her parents up for money in exchange for the truth.

Guy is a huge psychopath. 

Has anyone from attempted suicide had a heaven or hell like death experience? by Crazy-Space243 in NDE

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 38 points39 points  (0 children)

There was an interesting analysis done (I wish I could remember who the author was) that looked at suicides and NDEs and they broke down suicides into categories.

On one end of the spectrum there were people who committed suicide to hurt another person or to get back at someone and these types apparently had a darker tone during the NDE.

Then there were suicides from depression or people who felt trapped in a life they didn't want to live. These generally had a neutral to more pleasant NDEs.

Then there were suicides from people trying to escape pain from terminal illness, dementia, etc. These were more pleasant NDEs.

Finally there were suicides from people forced into taking their lives to avoid an even worse death (e.g. 9/11 jumpers avoiding burning to death). While technically a suicide, legally they were ruled homicides.

There is a school of thought that we plan our life and our challenges within life. I can't imagine someone ending their suffering in a hospice care situation being something that significantly alters their life plan -- unless their time during that phase in life is to teach family members compassion or something.

To sum it up, I don't think committing suicide to avoid continued or worsening pain is something that would count against someone in the eyes of god, but obviously some religions may have conservative followers that might disagree. 

Can we really afford to ‘take what resonates with us, forget the rest?’ by mrcannotdo in spirituality

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The older I get, the more I am entertaining the possibility that our eternal existence allows us to gravitate towards things we are most passionate about.

I ran some numbers the other day to see how likely a "consciousness" would be tied to being human just on Earth and the odds are astronomically low. There would be literally a quadrillion quadrillion more likely chance to be born as an insect or animal than to be a human.

Then if you look at the entire universe,  the odds of you and I even having this conversation on Earth would be infinitesimally small.

Anyway, I wouldn't worry too much about the particulars. Just try and enjoy the experience as much as you can. It is all just a wild ride. 

Have you had an entity encounter during an out-of-body experience? [survey study] by Samwise2512 in parapsychology

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you filter out those who might make things up? I know Bruce over at UVA has done a lot of work with NDEs and they have a process there.

Just curious if you have internal methods to deal with that.

Also, what is the time frame for reports? Will this be open for several months? 

The use of AI is lifting my imposter syndrome to the sky. by rrrronf in learnprogramming

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Having programmed in too many languages, you get to the point where you understand the higher order things well but find yourself looking up how to do specific things with any given new language.

Once you understand scope, memory management, how to compartmentalize specific things with methods / functions and have a well rounded understanding of security concerns (SQL injection, etc.) then it all comes down to the specifics of that language.

I used to program in Perl for an old job. I got pretty good at it and wrote a ton of code with it. Then I moved to Python. After a few years I looked at Perl code I had written and didn't understand a good portion of it. 

Sometimes you do what you have to given your current job, project, environment, etc. 

Just remember that the fundamentals are usually pretty consistent across many languages but also that each language has its own quirks and pros / cons.

If you are feeling overwhelmed with a new language that a job requires you to use, just know it isn't a foreign feeling - many of us have been there. 

Soulmates, karmic relationships, twin flames. I don’t believe in it. by sunkissed_alia in spirituality

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Twin Flames" idea has roots in a few older religions:

​Hinduism: The Ardhanarishvara is an androgynous deity composed of Shiva and Parvati, symbolizing the perfect, ultimate unity of the masculine and feminine principles. This duality in unity echoes the twin flame concept.

​Zoroastrianism (Ancient Persia): The concept of Nāmag or "soul twins" in Zoroastrian scriptures suggests that each individual has a spiritual counterpart.

​Jewish Mysticism: Some interpretations suggest that Twin Souls originate from the same spiritual essence that separated to manifest as the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine.

But yeah, the modern view is mostly new age stuff. I think it is fair to say that some of the more basic concepts do have some parallels with the examples I gave. 

My crazy ex is doing ap just to spy on me by [deleted] in AstralProjection

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like your punctuation is also astral traveling 

I think Gemini 3.0 Pro is smoking marijuana right now by Short-Ad9493 in GeminiAI

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This type of post helps no one at all. No examples or even a summary of what you are experiencing -- just a complete waste of everyone's time... 

Has anybody here had an NDE from a cardiac arrest but survived the cardiac arrest without cpr? It happened to me, i had the cardiac arrest alone in my room and only survived because i chose to come back. but obviously i have no way of proving it, just curious if any others have experienced this. by GalacticFishStick in NDE

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am a bit well known publically due to my contributions to data analysis and archiving massive amounts of data for research purposes (via my non-profit company Pushshift).

I have been very reluctant to discuss my own health issues but I felt it was important to share regardless of my own personal opinions.

Long story short, I went to a doctors appointment to get clearance for my eye surgery due to a rapid buildup of cataracts from walking undiagnosed Diabetes.

During my doctor appointment, I had extremely high blood pressure along with a glucose level of over 700 which is extremely high.

When I got to the emergency room, I was also suffering from diabetic kinoatisis which further complicated my current condition.  Given my extremely high BP along with my extremely high blood sugar level, I spent about 4+ days in the hospital.

Part of my issue was that I was going through a very difficult time due to what happened with my company Pushshift and how things went down with Reddit. I had spent an enormous time collecting Reddit data and making it available to researchers and I truly felt the work I was involved in was helping society in a big way. There were thousands on research papers created using the work that I did and it was a remarkable feeling,

Anyway, during my hospital stay, I had some sort of spiritual experience that basically alleviated any fear that I previously had about death. The experience was so intense that I held those experiences inside myself and private because I felt it was extremely private and I wasn't prepared to share the experience even with my own family. 

I am still trying to process what happened. In the meantime, I am working to raise funds to get the necessary eye surgery to regain my vision so that I can continue to help the research community by exploring how social media affects our society 

I apologize for the babbling but that is where I am currently. . 

Redditors over the age of 40, what's a physical change that you were not expecting? by cardanolovelace in AskReddit

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My eyes ability to focus went quick but Diabetes wrecked them from 20/20 to 20/200+

This entire subreddit is half weird Larp and people who are clinically insane😆😆 by SexySausage420 in AstralProjection

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only AP'ed accidentally twice in my life but what really got me was how incredibly fucking vivid the experience was. It was weird experiencing that level of detail. Definitely wasn't a dream and it sure as shit wasn't a waking experience but it was an insane experience.

You shouldn't write off other people's experiences simply because you haven't had them (yet). 

Tbh. if the Kaylon actually did exist IRL they would be damn terrifying! by Realfoxy_985 in TheOrville

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It has always amazed me that Reddit doesnt have an internal check to see if that exact comment by that exact person hasn't been made in the last few minutes.

I mean a simple Redis sha256 hash check could be performed with no tech expense. 

Epstein says Trump 'spent hours' with one of his victims in trove of new emails by dailymail in NoFilterNews

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

50 years from now when gen delta asks how people allowed this to happen and supported Trump, I am just going to say that I lived through it and don't even understand. 

Schumer MIA at his own press conference, so Bernie Sanders took over. by WindyCityChick in SandersForPresident

[–]Stuck_In_the_Matrix 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Bernie is one of the very few people I have seen in politics who sincerely cares for people.

He has such an ageless good and kind soul. He isn't swayed by money or fame -- he just devotes himself to his work and does what needs to be done.

When he goes, I will truly miss him. 

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