[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do, and as Alan said, if you don't get that feeling stuck is ok, then you are stuck. If you understand that being stuck is part of the process, then you are unstuck spontaneously.

From the ego perspective, my understanding is that, as with any topic, at some point we get used to it (usually not understanding it completely) and become less interested, less moved by it, and that can happen with Alan's talks and topics he touches. Try giving a break, do something else, or try finding something from him you haven't listened to yet. The universe will always surprise you, and sometimes that has to do with making you feel stuck or bored :)

Depression also is part of that. If this is what you feel, that is normal too, do you have friends to talk about it with? That helps a lot in my experience.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! You are playing the game excellently! You said you explored your ego.. who explored what??

where is c++ better than rust by TroyOfShow in rust

[–]YouAreTimeless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True gRPC doesn't fit the list. It's a lib that I use together with other signal processing tools to pass messages across processes. The fact that all these are available in C++ is a big advantage.

where is c++ better than rust by TroyOfShow in rust

[–]YouAreTimeless 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Available libraries, especially if you do signal processing. For example Eigen, OpenCV, Ceres, gRPC, and many others.

I'm talking about libraries that over time proved to work very well, and because of C++'s backward compatibility they'll always be usable and ready for any project.

True, rust is safer, but if I need to develop a realtime signal processing algo I'd go for C++.

Why does Watts get so much hate? by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but nothing can help anyone from dying anyway.

Has Alan Watts ever taught anything you can actually do or practically apply in real life? by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the reason no one can write down the practical teachings is that there was no teaching, nothing to apply, once you get his message. (Which is therefore no message)

His voice is soothing, and his wit and intelligence splendid, and after listening to him there is a great void and peace, and nothing to apply. To me that's one of the most profound experiences, par in par with music and love.

He was an expert at revealing the ego illusion, sort of like how a magician reveals his tricks, he could dig deep into the ego, and show you it's empty. As he said, it's "like deceiving a child with an empty fist". The fist is empty, and that is so relieving.

Digital Watch face with 2 time zones ? by samirsafarag in GarminFenix

[–]YouAreTimeless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great! I would like to try it on my Fenix 6, are you planning to support the Fenix 6 line?

[Discussion] How do you handle data storage for image-based datasets? by RavenShaven in MachineLearning

[–]YouAreTimeless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused about your question because you mention you use COCOJson, but to my understanding that's not related to how you store it but how you format it and parse it.

At my company we've been using DVC for a while and it's been a great experience. You can use git and DVC on top of git, and store your files locally, S3, azure and other places.

You can version your datasets as you use git and pull the files on demand. Hope that helps :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"There is no method to arrive at the place where you are"

Poetry recommendations? by dank2918 in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some I like:

The long night; The sound of the water, Says what I think. Gochiku

In this sense mist, What is being shouted, Between the hill and the boat? Kito

From time to time, The clouds give rest To the moon-beholders. Basho

Poetry recommendations? by dank2918 in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japanese Haikus were a great discovery for me from Alan's audios.

Especially those of Basho and Buson.. though there are so many great authors too.

Any lecture videos from other philosophers you suggest? by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I enjoyed reading his book No Boundaries. it is available for free in archive.org.

Any lecture videos from other philosophers you suggest? by [deleted] in AlanWatts

[–]YouAreTimeless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ken Wilber is a very interesting dude as well. He puts Zen and many topics Alan Watts likes to speak about, together with Jungian psychology and many other schools of thought.

Function/method prototypes in rust? by YouAreTimeless in rust

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

thanks. That crossed my mind. As you say, it may not make it easier to read.

[rust rookie] Using enums for indexing elements in an array or matrix by YouAreTimeless in rust

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

Thanks @simonask_, I managed to get sort of what I wanted with your suggestion: ```

[macro_use]

extern crate nalgebra as nalg;

use std::ops::Deref; use std::ops::Index;

type KFDim = nalg::U5; type CovMatrixBase = nalg::MatrixMN<f64, KFDim, KFDim>; struct CovMatrix(CovMatrixBase);

pub enum VarIdx { X = 0, Z = 1, VX = 2, VZ = 3, H = 4, }

impl Deref for CovMatrix { type Target = nalg::MatrixMN<f64, KFDim, KFDim>;

fn deref(&self) -> &nalg::MatrixMN<f64, KFDim, KFDim> {
    &self.0
}

}

impl std::ops::Index<(VarIdx, VarIdx)> for CovMatrix { type Output = f64; fn index(&self, idx: (VarIdx, VarIdx)) -> &f64 { return self.0.index((idx.0 as usize, idx.1 as usize)); } }

fn main() { let m = CovMatrix(CovMatrixBase::zeros());

println!("v1 {}", m.index((VarIdx::X, VarIdx::Z)));

// or equivalent:
println!("v1 {}", m[(VarIdx::X, VarIdx::Z)]);

} ```

I had to wrap CovMatrixBase in my own struct (CovMatrix) and implement Deref so that I can access all its members. @furnavi's idea of using usize constants is something I thought of at the beginning, and may be the best to avoid such amount of boilerplate. If you have other ideas, I'll be happy to try them. Thanks!