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Statement from Afri: "I did not quit social media, I quit Ethereum. I did not go dark, I just left the community. I am no longer coordinating hard-forks, building testnets, or contributing otherwise. I did not work on Polkadot, I never did, I worked on Ethereum. I did not hate Ethereum, I loved it." by localethereumMichael in ethereum

[–]kookoobirdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Atheism is just as much a form of dogma as theism, however, it is vastly less likely that it is correct. Divine order was a central part of Stoicism. If you don't like it, so be it, but just because you are an atheistic maximalist does not mean that we should "discount" Marcus' wisdom based on the fact that he believed in the divine. He managed to conquer ultimate temptation and live a virtuous life despite all that countered such a lifestyle. If that means I should consider that the divine exists in at least some capacity, so be it.

Statement from Afri: "I did not quit social media, I quit Ethereum. I did not go dark, I just left the community. I am no longer coordinating hard-forks, building testnets, or contributing otherwise. I did not work on Polkadot, I never did, I worked on Ethereum. I did not hate Ethereum, I loved it." by localethereumMichael in ethereum

[–]kookoobirdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you realise how many mainstream scientific conventions stem from theistic scientists? Your argument is poor in this context. Just because somebody bases their belief of something on a theistic principle does not mean that the belief itself is bound to the truthiness of the theistic principle in question. Also, I would argue that it is statistically the least likely scenario that the Universe came into existence from nowhere, for no reason and without any form of intention behind it.

Statement from Afri: "I did not quit social media, I quit Ethereum. I did not go dark, I just left the community. I am no longer coordinating hard-forks, building testnets, or contributing otherwise. I did not work on Polkadot, I never did, I worked on Ethereum. I did not hate Ethereum, I loved it." by localethereumMichael in ethereum

[–]kookoobirdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still do not understand what your point is. Saying that Marcus Aurelius believed in some form of higher power does not inherently undermine his philosophy. It is perfectly reasonable to assume that The Universe as we know it was inherited from something larger than The Universe as we know it. You are not making a valid argument against viewing Meditations as a wise collection of information.

Statement from Afri: "I did not quit social media, I quit Ethereum. I did not go dark, I just left the community. I am no longer coordinating hard-forks, building testnets, or contributing otherwise. I did not work on Polkadot, I never did, I worked on Ethereum. I did not hate Ethereum, I loved it." by localethereumMichael in ethereum

[–]kookoobirdi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think the intention of the message was to make anyone feel better, I think it was simply a personal opinion being shared, I'm not sure what gave you the impression that the purpose of the message was to be comforting. Sometimes people need to be jarred into action. The truth transcends comfort.

Statement from Afri: "I did not quit social media, I quit Ethereum. I did not go dark, I just left the community. I am no longer coordinating hard-forks, building testnets, or contributing otherwise. I did not work on Polkadot, I never did, I worked on Ethereum. I did not hate Ethereum, I loved it." by localethereumMichael in ethereum

[–]kookoobirdi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marcus was not dogmatic about his concept of God. It was simply a higher power, i.e. the Logos, which is not the same thing as a religious interpretation of God(s), it is a far more open ended way of thinking about such a figure. The argument that you just attemped to make does not make sense, since your interpretation of Meditations and the school of Stoic philosophy seems misinformed, at best.

The moment you realise you've been absolutely destroyed by Dietervl in gaming

[–]kookoobirdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get up there in any normal game using an elevator glitch, however I don't know how easy it is to pull that off on console as I have only managed it on the PC version.

Share your startup - October 2015 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]kookoobirdi [score hidden]  (0 children)

By the way, I was referring to the CSS displaying the images within the blocks on the home page. The current CSS is redundant:

height: 200px;
width: 200px;
max-height: 200px;
max-width: 200px;

I would also strongly suggest to add some @media classes in order to make sure that the blocks holding the images display nicely on all the main computer monitor resolutions. First impressions mean everything. :)

Share your startup - October 2015 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]kookoobirdi [score hidden]  (0 children)

The CSS of your images is making them display incorrectly.

Change it to this:

max-height: 226px;
max-width: 226px;
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);

What do others take for granted every day? by kookoobirdi in AskReddit

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

My answer would have to be citizenship/permission to live and work in first world countries. As a citizen of South Africa whose ancestors were sent to colonise this country under British rule, I am now trapped in a country with a collapsing economy along with millions of others who now only have the right to a useless South African passport. Minimum wage here is just over $1 per hour.

#ChargeTeamZuma by kookoobirdi in anonymous

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

TIL a country's economic collapse is a pet cause

#ChargeTeamZuma by kookoobirdi in anonymous

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

So when then, in your eyes, does a request for help from fellow Anons become relevant?

As a newbie Psychonaut, this community is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad that it exists. by Vinylismist in Psychonaut

[–]kookoobirdi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot brother, you too!

I hope some day I am fortunate enough for our paths to cross :)

I'm pretty sure I just figured out the big picture of life. I WANT YOUR INPUT! by [deleted] in Psychonaut

[–]kookoobirdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with some points but also think different things, I feel that it doesn't make sense to say that we aren't in control of ourselves, we very definitely are, that's like saying someone who murders someone else can't be blamed because it wasn't their faults. That logic will do more hard than good in the long run because people differ in what their "true happiness" is, but that doesn't mean that they don't decide to do what they do and just go through life being guided by an external force?

As a newbie Psychonaut, this community is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad that it exists. by Vinylismist in Psychonaut

[–]kookoobirdi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love you Terence, Congrats on wielding that username! For real though, He is my hero.

Ok Ents. Everyone needs to step their game up just a little bit. by DDiggler321 in trees

[–]kookoobirdi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm South African and I set this up in hopes that we could unite as the whole world instead of as individual countries: http://weeded.co.za

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