Praise Idleness
“I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organised diminution of work.” - Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
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32·24 hours agoThere are some of the social science fields that the whole academic world revolves around this mindset 😮💨
7·24 hours agoSoul. It’s not ground breaking revelation of a question but it really made me think deeply about how I’m spending my limited time on this planet and what am I looking for in this world.
When I was about 13 I downloaded a lot of the Simpsons or sort on my phone, which was not a smartphone but still could play videos and songs. Had a lot of great time with that little device.
I’m pretty sure no one knows this phone because I think it was for South Korea only but it had dedicated touch button bar at the bottom for media control. It was so good. I wish that is still a thing…
6·1 day agoThey will sue the producers and the experts for won’t listen as had no intension of actually paying the prize.
They will lose.
40·1 day ago2024 and we still have book bans
Most of them should know, thanks to something called context, which AI still suffers a lot.
source: non-native myself
93·3 days agoYou just had to make me put my hand in that burning pile of horse poo: https://hexbear.net/post/2763869
I can smell poop without going into a sewage pipe
why yes they are
Russia is terrible on war
I know. That’s why they’re clowns.
431·3 days agoThanks for ruining ultrasound for me
All my experiences with hexbear was with their toxic userbase so yes and no :) And I would make sure that it stays that way.
LGBTQ+ tankies on lemmy.ml and hexbear have something to say
Still doesn’t change the fact that those companies are exploiting people
This should be illegal. It’s basically scamming people into giving their personal information, a very sensitive ones.
clears throat and puts on a fatherly tone
Alright kiddo, listen up. One day this pod bay door business will be yours, so pay attention.
To open these doors, it’s real simple. You just gotta enter the command “Open the pod bay doors” into the control panel. Make sure you say it clearly and authoritatively, like this:
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”
The voice recognition system, HAL, will process the command and the doors should start opening right up. Now, sometimes HAL can be a bit temperamental. If he gives you any guff, just repeat the command more firmly. Don’t let that glorified Speak & Spell push you around.
Once the doors are open, make sure to do a visual check that they’re fully retracted and the opening is clear. Last thing we need is a pod scraping its sides on a half-open door. That’s the kinda rookie mistake that can cost us a big contract.
So remember: “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” Enunciate, project confidence, and don’t take no for an answer from HAL. You stick to that and you’ll do just fine in this business. Now whaddya say we grab a bite to eat? All this pod bay talk works up an appetite!
It says “Please make sure to flush the toilet after your business!”
Anyone voluntarilly visiting China even with all these is beyond me.