As we became more experienced, it’s harder to get or feel a breakthrough. However, once you get it, it is so exciting. The context here is that I am thinking about Buddhism for quite a long time (心外无别法). Then when you connect it with philosophy, say German idealists such as Kant and Hegel, it becomes clear that our ideas and minds is very important to shape and understand the reality. This has no conflict with scientific truth from materialism. In human world, you have to accept and be open to that there are more than one ultimate truth. ...

dialectics Kant: Kant’s critical philosophy utilized dialectics to challenge metaphysical claims and to propose that reality is shaped by our perceptions. German idealists: Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel further developed this idea, using dialectics to delve into the nature of being and knowledge itself. Hegel’s dialectic, in particular, is famous for its thesis-antithesis-synthesis progression. Thesis: A proposition or an idea is put forward, starting the dialectical process. Antithesis: This initial idea is then countered with an opposing view or critique. Synthesis: Through the clash of thesis and antithesis, a new understanding (the synthesis) emerges, which in turn becomes a new thesis for further exploration. This triadic structure is not just a rigid formula; it’s a dynamic process that promotes the evolution of thought. It’s been applied in philosophy, sociology, literature, and even in everyday problem-solving. ...

Helene reached the small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, which is home to the purest natural quartz on Earth. The quartz is used as a crucible to melt polysilicon, which is then used to produce silicon wafers - the base of semiconductor manufacturing. There are two mining companies there, Quartz Corp and Sibelco. Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017)

lung-gom-pa You must be curious about what lung-gom-pa is. It is an ecstatic state: running in a trance, just like lungs-on-legs. Albert Camus: In the depth of winter I learned that there lay within me an invincible summer. Albert Camus: what if Sisyphus is happy? La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un cœur d’homme; il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux. The struggle itself towards the summit is enough to fill a man’s heart; you have to imagine Sisyphus happy. ...

Hope it will be proved wrong in the due time. The source is from Kate Manne. Three types of programming: PS 2024-10-06 it is a year now. the longer the war by Isreal, the less chance of Harris to win. it is unfortunate but that is exactly what Democratic Party is doing now. then it will blame voters for its failure. The Hamas attack last year is terrorism. The war in Gaza by Isreal is genocide. ...

Changes in assumptions: modern synthesis extended evolutionary synthesis the pre-eminance of natural selection reciprocal causation (organisms shape, and shaped by, selective and developmental environments) genetic inheritance inclusive inheritance random genetic variation non-random phenotypic variation gradualism variable rates of change gene-centred perspective organism-centred perspective micro-evolution macro-evolution For classical MS, the major directing or creative influence in evolution is natural selection, which alone explains why the properties of organisms match the properties of their environments (adaptation). Genes constitute the only general inheritance system. Acquired characters are not inherited. There is no relationship between the direction in which mutations occur - and hence the supply of phenotypic variants - and the direction that would lead to enhanced fitness. Evolution via mutations of large effects is unlikely because such mutations have diruptive pleiotropic effects. Phenotypic transitions typically occur through multiple small steps, leading to gradual evolutionary change. Evolution requires, and is often defined as, change in gene frequencies. Populations evolve through changes in gene frequencies brought about through natural selection, drift, mutation and gene flow. Macro-evolutionary patterns are explained by micro-evolutionary processes of selection, drift, mutation and gene flow. ...

Update rust $ rustc --version rustc 1.78.0 (9b00956e5 2024-04-29) $ rustup update $ rustc --version rustc 1.81.0 (eeb90cda1 2024-09-04) Start to play with Tauri: node.js + rust => GUI App. There are examples of deno and tauri. Another interesting thing is WebUI in C with WebSocket, that uses browser as the GUI.

This is from a tweet: knowing about architecture means buildings are legible in a different way; knowing about plants and birds makes hikes more stimulating, playing music makes listening to it richer, etc. However, it clicks with me from another perspective. To understand or to know the world better, we have to know some details and have to know it in one or many more abstracted ways. Yes, the world (so vast in both time and space) to us (so tiny, life is so short) is always abstracted one way or another for us. For example, the capitalism is an abstracted construct in the real world. It is there for real and abstracted. Sometimes, we know it. Sometimes we know its name only. Sometimes we do not know its name yet but just feel its existance like the elephant to the blind. ...

Once night fell, it turned thoroughly cold out. I wrapped my scarf tighter around my neck. My uncle was grumbling beside me, his breath making hazy white puffs that hung in the air for a moment and then vanished into the night. what is gone with these white puffs? I could see in the courtyard on the other side of the hospital window that early cherry blossoms had already started to fall. Their petals spun in little whirls, dancing at the edge of the path. ...

Business owners spend more time printing business cards than finding clients. People trying to get in shape who buy fancy workout gear instead of exercising. Pretend activity instead of the real thing. Ask questions and find the real pain and problems to solve. Real things have risk. They have the possibility of failure. They have frustration. They force you to confront the possibility that maybe you just aren’t good enough. Fake activity is great for making yourself feel better, but lousy for actual results. ...