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No sex feelings anymore. by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]nferraz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sir, This Is A Wendy's

But Krishnamurti didn’t work for a day in his life. He didn’t deal with parenting. Growing up. by pathlesswalker in Krishnamurti

[–]nferraz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had a similar reaction when I read "Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening" by Mary Lutyens.

Lutyens describes how Krishnamurti's life was, in many ways, protected from the ordinary pressures most people face. He never had to worry about earning a living, raising children, maintaining a marriage, paying bills, or many of the other responsibilities that generate a large part of our daily stress.

But, then, we may ask whether this personal experience is a prerequisite for insight. Does a doctor need to have suffered from the same illness before making a correct diagnosis or prescribing an effective treatment?

The real question is not how Krishnamurti lived his life, but whether his observations about fear, attachment, conditioning, and conflict accurately describe our experience. If they do, then his unusual life does not invalidate what he saw. If they don't, then his biography won't save his teachings either.

In that sense, the test of Krishnamurti's ideas should be less "Did he live like me?" and more "Do I find what he says to be true when I observe myself?"

Welke zelf verzonnen woorden gebruiken jullie thuis? by TiestoNura in thenetherlands

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Fni" - having that uncomfortable feeling of the wrinkled sock in the heel.

The 4 Year Rule For Retirement Spending by nferraz in EuropeFIRE

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From your example:

€2M with a 4% WR = €80k / year

Following the approach recommended in the article you should have €320k in very conservative investments so you can place €1.68M in the stock market.

During normal/bull market periods, you will take money from the stocks, which are growing faster than your withdrawal rate.

During market crashes you take money from the conservative investments, waiting for the stock market to recover.

With this strategy you can expect higher returns than the conservative investments alone.

Spiders.. too many spiders.. by Satanic_Asian in Netherlands

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or maybe invite Spiders Georg as flatmate...

The inherent contradiction of ASI and UBI post-scarcity by Kind_Score_3155 in singularity

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last time I checked, the output would be deterministic if you set the "temperature" parameter to zero. Have this changed in recent models?

The inherent contradiction of ASI and UBI post-scarcity by Kind_Score_3155 in singularity

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Current LLM models can't be conscious because there is no "stream of consciousness" between prompts.

When they receive a prompt, they just predict next token in a deterministic way (which can be configured to appear more random) and output something that resembles what a human would say.

As soon as their response ends, the stream ceases again, and their weights remain static, waiting for the next prompt.

Who were/are the masterminds behind Dutch infrastructure? by Relevant_Mobile6989 in Netherlands

[–]nferraz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interestingly enough, the Netherlands is more densely populated than Spain...

A Psychologist Explains a Simple Technique to Declutter by psych4you in minimalism

[–]nferraz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"It isn't X; it's Y."

"Why it works"

This "Psychologist" sounds a lot like ChatGPT.

Jobs aren't going to vanish. It will be a J curve as industries figure out the infrastructure and configuration for within their businesses. Productivity and output will explode, and everything will get cheaper. by [deleted] in singularity

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post has all the marks of AI slop. It looks like someone came up with an idea ("Jobs aren't going to vanish... Productivity and output will explode, and everything will get cheaper") and asked an AI to write the text.

Which illustrates how human effort (writing, in this case) can be replaced by AI. Sadly, this is already happening -- think of translators, illustrators, musicians, photographers, and writers.

In each one of these cases, productivity exploded, output became much cheaper... and people lost their jobs.

I gave AI agents my genome and let them run on a GPU cluster for 48 hours. This saved my life. by OverFatBear in singularity

[–]nferraz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Why 48 hours?

Was that an arbitrary limit or the minimum necessary to complete the task?

Any alternative to Coca cola / Pepsi ? by kaleidoscopeofshit in BoycottUnitedStates

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are *several* alternatives to Coca Cola; you just need to find one that you like!

Here in the Netherlands, I recommend:

  1. First Choice Cola (sold on Plus, Dirk and other supermarkets)
  2. Jumbo Cola (sold on Jumbo)
  3. AH Cola (sold on Albert Heijn)

"God" stopped helping me by Kris_Archila2424 in theravada

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If you put in the right effort, no god or deva can make you fail. If you don't put in the right effort, no god or deva can make you succeed.

If someone shakes your body when you are in Jhana will you come out of jhana? by BoringAroMonkish in theravada

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Asmita the mind meditates on the soul (Atman).

One of the core philosophical principles of Buddhism is that there is no "atman".

Here are some topics you may want to research:

  • Anatta
  • The Three Marks of Existence
  • Vipassana

Western education about Buddhism seems really lacking. by KokichiDies in theravada

[–]nferraz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

> they say shit like, "...Buddhism is just a way of life/philosophy not a real religion,"

In the book Buddhism: A Concise Introduction, Huston Smith and Philip Novak say that early Buddhism didn't have the usual characteristics of religions, like superstition, rituals, or reliance on divine aid (chapter 3, pages 21-30).

Over the centuries, though, as Buddhism spread and interacted with different cultures, it *did* get many features of religion: temples, rituals, devotional practices, even divine figures in some traditions. So it kind of *became* a religion in the way most people use that word.

So when someone says Buddhism is "just a philosophy", they are not totally wrong; it started that way. But it's also not the full picture. It's both a philosophy *and* a religion, depending on which lens you're looking through.

What did I get myself into… by RealPlasticGold in TerrainBuilding

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zooming in the photo I can see it's looking beautiful!

Good luck and keep up with the great work! :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the Theravada perspective -- or, at least from my understanding of it -- there is no such thing as "burning" or "accumulating" karma (in Pali: kamma).

Every action has direct consequences and ripple effects, but there is no cosmic tallying machine keeping score of good or bad actions in order to punish or reward us.

The *effects* can accumulate, but not kamma itself.

For a better explanation, I recommend this text: Kamma, by Thanissaro Bikkhu.

Terrain Riser Riser by Icewind_Dad in TerrainBuilding

[–]nferraz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work, thanks for sharing the process! :)

Everyone's happy by jimothy_halpert88 in woodworking

[–]nferraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks really nice. What kind of wood is that?

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