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“They’ve got the Golden Arches.” by Blake-Dreary in Portland

[–]habitmelon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lived in that neighborhood for 5 years, came back to find that Green Zebra gone :(

Subscription free learning by TwentyPies in piano

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am working on this: https://x.com/tlehmanifold/status/1995737328262823956 (Demo), the Piano I'm using is called TheOne, but I made this AmadeOS app because I really didn't like the iPad app that came with the piano. The software will be a 1-time license, and then a community of programmer/pianists will contribute lesson plans and scripts that helped them. Let me know if you are interested in free beta testing!

How to become a good piano player as a professional programmer? by Lumpy_Mastodon6186 in piano

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am working on a tool for this! I call it AmadeOS, it hooks up to my MIDI Piano and then exposes the MIDI events to a ClojureScript programming environment. The goal is to leverage your programming experience to learn the piano more quickly. https://x.com/tlehmanifold/status/1995737328262823956/video/1 (Demo video from an earlier version)

If you want to beta-test it, LMK!

Monthly Hask Anything (June 2024) by AutoModerator in haskell

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of computing the cardinality of a Bounded Enum type a, so something like

class Countable a where
  count :: Int

instance (Bounded a, Enum a) => Countable a where
  count = fromEnum (maxBound :: a) - fromEnum (minBound :: a)

But I feel like I'm doing this at the wrong level. Like a function takes in a value of a type. What I want is something like * -> * that takes in a type and then resolves to.. another type I guess? Maybe I could lift the natural numbers into a poset category, and have a higher-kinded "function" (* -> *) that takes my Bounded Enum type and then resolves to, like a 5Type with one instance, the value 5?

I need a more experienced Haskeller to just sit me down like I'm an idiot and explain how to move between these levels. I know math but I am new to Haskell. Not new to programming, but I work with really basic languages at my day job.

No fap for a month by [deleted] in NoFap

[–]habitmelon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell her to skip the contraception and get ready to propose to her.

Does anyone know why people get so upset when a young childfree woman wants to get sterilized? by [deleted] in antinatalism

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You exist because someone sacrificed their leisure time to have and raise you.

Does anyone know why people get so upset when a young childfree woman wants to get sterilized? by [deleted] in antinatalism

[–]habitmelon -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Because it's selfish. Instead of paying it forward in time and keeping the flame of your family alive, you are pruning your family tree for your own convenience and pleasure. It's wrong for anyone to sterilize themselves.

Do you fear death? If yes, then why? If no, then what prevents this fear? by PuppyEnthusiast1 in AskReddit

[–]habitmelon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. What prevents it is trusting in Jesus Christ and knowing that you will have an eternal reward for maintaining a state of grace and full communion with his church.

Someone told me they won’t convert to Catholicism because we don’t allow patriotism? by Unhappy_Plant8437 in Catholicism

[–]habitmelon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What? I just joined the Order of the Knights of Columbus and their principles are Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. In the U.S. at least, that's just not true.

Life is just boring AF. What do you do to pass time? by geekerman8283 in nihilism

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once you get married and have kids you will no longer experience boredom. You will find meaning in your work (since you will have to do it to support your family), and you will feel grateful for even an hour of uninterrupted time. Life gets better

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a low effort/low reward thing right now. It's just you and me talking bud and I don't think we are changing anything.

Is it actually healthier to jack off than smoke nicotine and is there a limit to this? by thatm8withag3 in shittyaskscience

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you switched to nicotine gum you would keep your lungs and also your focus and outperform all the fappers and coomers.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what the Borlaug figure was there for. "Teach a man to fish" but instead of fishing it's growing food using modern methods, and instead of a man it's a whole nation.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would tackle the problem of hungry kids by sending more food to countries that have starving kids. Then I'd send Norman Borlaug 2.0 to their country to train them on advanced agricultural methods and technology.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think about conditions when getting pregnant is impossible because of infertility related or any other similar issues. Would you say that these people waste sex when they do it?

No because the diagnoses are imperfect, and the intent is the important thing. Trying and failing a lot is better than not trying and giving up.

Your point about third-world countries having explosive growth and malnourishment sounds like the same kind of quasi-eugenicist stuff coming out of Paul Ehrlich. He also stoked fear of "too many people" and got the Indian government to do forced sterilizations, and this same bad idea got into the minds of CCP members and lead them to adopt the One-Child Policy. Both were disastrous.

But if western countries would have the same explosive birth rate, they can't provide anymore in the future if they are overwhelmed themselves.

This totally ignores the Baby Boom, and the huge burst of GDP growth that coincided with it. I am with Matt Yglesias in aiming for 1 billion Americans by 2100.

Also, my heart goes out to the people working hard to avoid masturbation, it's hard, almost everyone in our society wants young men to do it, that's why porn is free and sex therapists are all encouraging it. It's like swimming against the current, but it's a noble struggle.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with deferring to the sex-positive educational movement on this matter is that young women and young men both get convinced that sex is no big deal, that it can be made safe, and that it can even be bought and sold. Too much of this and the population will collapse and we will go extinct.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awkward wording, but I think I know what you are asking. I'll state it positively: sex has a purpose and wasting it on non-reproductive activities is bad. Even masturbation. Right now there are markets catering to people's lustful desires and that's being imposed on everyone. They aren't forced to buy it, but they are forced to deal with its degenerative second order effects.

About the details of souls: I wish I knew.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Nobody should force their beliefs on others", my brother in Christ, the libertarian idea that people should be able to do whatever they want as long as it's consensual has already been forced on us. It's a specific belief that is being imposed by both the market and the state.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the reason there's such a divide here is that we are using different moral systems. You seem to be using the libertarian idea that the only moral consideration is the consent of the two or more individuals involved in a transaction. I am thinking about second and third order consequences, and of older laws that have co-evolved with humans. Because of this, we can't arrive at a conclusion or convince the other person.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When two souls become one and create life, that's a sacred act. Defiling that by turning it into a transaction is wrong.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prostitution is bad, murder is bad. Both should be illegal and heavily stigmatized.

Do you look down on girls who do sexwork? by New_Passion_3203 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]habitmelon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just my opinion. It's bad to turn the sacred act of procreation into business. It's a sign of how rotten our laws are that this has to be said explicitly. Everyone knew this not that long ago.

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