wyrmroot

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[–] wyrmroot 16 points 7 months ago

The README lacks a description of why I would choose this over rm. The name makes me think it might replace shred but that doesn’t appear to be the case.

[–] wyrmroot 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I can't disagree, except to the extent that I don't personally view the CI as a means to reaching some objective, universally "good" set of actions. I think Kant was way off the mark with a lot of that pursuit. I do think, however, that an action which fails to satisfy the CI (meaning as I see it, "I want to do this but I don't think others should") is often one that should be re-evaluated.

But also I took like 3 philosophy courses so I'm officially in way over my head now but enjoy the discussion!

[–] wyrmroot 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I think the CI is far from a universal law that solves all problems. But I do think it can be among a set of useful tests to judge an action. I'm not sure the surgeon example is in good faith - a reasonable interpretation might be "Help others to the extent that you are trained and able to", which gets you pretty close to most Good Samaritan laws.

Most imperatives taken literally and expected to fit every situation and interpretation will fall apart quickly, I think this one is no better or worse than others. Probably the way I've internalized it is different from how it was originally intended, too!

[–] wyrmroot 47 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Something that’s weirdly stuck with me (even though he’s not my favorite philosopher) is Kant’s Categorical Imperative which says, briefly, do only the things that would still be okay if everyone did them.

I think it fills in a nice gap left by the golden rule (treat others as you’d like to be treated) in drawing attention to how some things which don’t seem to do much harm would be a major problem if broadly adopted.

[–] wyrmroot 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

#Wordle1019 3/6* Grade: A+

🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ A-

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ A

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SMYki9x2tB1xDzcD

What an absolute choke from having such a lucky first guess

[–] wyrmroot 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

#Wordle1015 3/6* Grade: A

🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ B

⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 A-

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SMXA3YOzBrcJ1Ywc

[–] wyrmroot 13 points 8 months ago

Brb strapping in for the wildest 2 years, 11 months of my life.

Thanks for posting this though. Remember folks, even the super safe drugs are only safe for their intended purpose and dose.

[–] wyrmroot 5 points 8 months ago

Classic Porky

[–] wyrmroot 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A way that I find helpful to answer questions like this is to look backwards when taking multiple doses:

“If I were to take another pill now, would I have had no more than 1-2 pills in the last 4 hours?”

The pharmacokinetic questions are outside the scope of what the patient should be trying to figure out when taking a drug. That was the responsibility of the drug label writer and (if applicable) the prescribing physician and/or pharmacist. Yours is to faithfully follow the instructions, not make assumptions about drug residence time or loading doses.

[–] wyrmroot 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If someone walked in with a tray of papers looking bored, I’d think little of it. These folks sneaking around like fucking scooby doo villains is so wild.

[–] wyrmroot 3 points 8 months ago

Ubuntu Breezy (5.10)

[–] wyrmroot 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I hate seeing data encoded into magic comments, struct tags included. One of my biggest gripes with Go is that I think they should have used a different symbol to distinguish important annotations from true comments.

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