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  1. Comment on How do you wake yourself up in the mornings? in ~talk

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    Triathlon culture is very bullish on early morning workouts to the point where there is a movement of coaches (such as Matt Dixon) trying to harp on the importance of sleep and that waking up to...

    Triathlon culture is very bullish on early morning workouts to the point where there is a movement of coaches (such as Matt Dixon) trying to harp on the importance of sleep and that waking up to get the hours in is counter productive.

    That being said I had always wanted to be an early morning person but never reached that state until I started triathlon training. Now when I'm training I'm up at 04:45 and feel great going for a swim -- it should be note again however, that it can be counter-productive to chronically cut sleep to get that early morning workout. I'm usually in bed by 21:00, worst case 22:00.

    Triathlon may not be the answer for you, however an early morning game of squash, weightlifting, running, cycling or any sort of physical activity may help you settle into a habit where various strategies about how to wake up become less important because you were lucky enough to figure out a good why.

  2. Comment on What is your favourite programming language? in ~comp

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    You're a beginner but know elisp? That's pretty interesting! I've been coding for years and use emacs (doom flavour) everyday and still haven't got around to learning elisp. I mean I know some of...

    You're a beginner but know elisp? That's pretty interesting! I've been coding for years and use emacs (doom flavour) everyday and still haven't got around to learning elisp. I mean I know some of the basics of the functional paradigm but to build an extension for emacs is something I've been thinking about.

    How'd you go about learning elisp? Do you have any suggestions on resources that you found useful?

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  3. Comment on Tildistas, what is your favorite poem? in ~books

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    In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough. ~ Ezra Pound More info here

    In a Station of the Metro

    The apparition of these faces in the crowd:
    Petals on a wet, black bough.

    ~ Ezra Pound

    More info here

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  4. Comment on What's an important life lesson that you learned far later than you should have? in ~talk

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    If this stuff floats your boat I highly recommend reading up on the concept of Virtue Ethics specifically eudaimonia, which (broadly) is about seeking how to flourish through habit rather than...

    I should work on myself instead to strive towards happiness.

    If this stuff floats your boat I highly recommend reading up on the concept of Virtue Ethics specifically eudaimonia, which (broadly) is about seeking how to flourish through habit rather than being happy. The wiki may be a bit terse based on your exposure to philosophy but a quick StartPage or DuckDuckGo search will yield more accessible knowledge. I believe the CrashCourse series on youtube also cover Eudaimonia and it is certainly covered in The History of Philosophy Without any Gaps but takes 50 or so episodes to get to the Socratic philosophers if I recall correctly.

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  5. Comment on Recommend me a book that _________. in ~books

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    Recommend me a book with great prose.

    Recommend me a book with great prose.

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  6. Comment on What creative projects are you working on? (May 2019 edition) in ~creative

  7. Comment on Introductions | February 2019 in ~talk

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    Left Reddit a while ago and was just on HackerNews and SlowTwitch (old school style Triathlon Forum). Big fan of virtue ethics although I believe they are heuristic optimization techniques and...

    Left Reddit a while ago and was just on HackerNews and SlowTwitch (old school style Triathlon Forum). Big fan of virtue ethics although I believe they are heuristic optimization techniques and tend to frame stuff from an existential view when considering longer term decisions. A big part of the reason why I like virtue ethics is it meshes well with my career (full time + consulting) and sport (triathlon) which require optimizing a lot of my time. While this helps keep me applied and busy I've been wondering lately if I am missing out from other things by not being able to be as "chill" as others. Would love to have a discussion about meshing views of Stoicism/Epicurean/Aristotelian/Buddhism with a modern lifestyle -- I feel a lot of the time it is hard to divorce there views from how they would impact my career/hobby which seem to have an underlying capitalist incentive. Even Buddhism, the philosophy I have spent the most time with (born and raised in a Buddhist family) seems to of been cherry-picked to help us with our everyday social lives for example I've found as I get older the idea of wanting less has often transitioned to wanting luxury goods or BIFL (buy it for life) items. Is this really wanting less? I own less at higher quality but I still derive pleasure/attachment from the fact that what I own is a luxury good (for example, a metal strainer vs a plastic strainer).

    Anyways just a train of thought... I enjoy reading others views and flows of thought so PM if you'd like to engage in a discussion of how personal success can avoid turning into a rat-race.

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  8. Comment on How do you unwind? in ~talk

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    Triathlon training! Not for everyone as it sometimes feels like a second job but knowing I'm working towards my next race or adventure swim/bike/run helps create purpose in my life to reduce the...

    Triathlon training! Not for everyone as it sometimes feels like a second job but knowing I'm working towards my next race or adventure swim/bike/run helps create purpose in my life to reduce the nausea of any feelings of meaninglessness.

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