Newton Hightower's book Anger Busters contains a great overview of anger management techniques that work and anger management techniques that don't work. Venting doesn't work. It just reinforces the neural pathways that are involved in anger. Sure you feel great, but it makes it harder to avoid the angry outburst next time, when you might really need to. Meanwhile, if you had prevented yourself from expressing anger, you could have instead been training your brain to devote its efforts to problem solving, instead.
I did a lot of anger management work a few years ago and as a result I discovered solutions to lots of my problems. As a result I'm much much happier with every aspect of my life, because I've been able to actually fix the problems that were frustrating me.
Soylent has announced today their latest product, Soylent 2.0
Some explanation of Soylent 1.0 might be nice for those of us who might not have seen previous reporting on the subject. Otherwise, I might just assume it's people.
And years later someone came across that piano arrangement, found that a copyright had been registered on it, and (presumably being ignorant of the actual history of the song), thought they owned a copyright on the song and started trying to enforce it.
When it comes to copyright, never attribute to ignorance that which can be adequately explained by malice. They always try to enforce the rights further than they know they are entitled to.
Also, it is better for the guilty to go free than for the innocent to be punished. Saying that someone who agrees with this fundamental principle of our legal system doesn't want rape prosecuted is simply an ad hominem.
Thank you so much for that interesting piece of information! It's a shame that question doesn't seem to have gotten rated highly enough for Steve to see it, but I'm fascinated by what you've shared and seeing that there's a connection between the raids on Alcor and SJGames and thus, ultimately, the EFF.
Steve, I read that you consider yourself a "small-l libertarian." These days a lot of libertarians have come to oppose copyright law, or else favor severe reforms for it. As a publisher, game designer, and libertarian, how do you feel about the subject, and do you feel that these various roles are in tension with each other?
On a related note, in junior high school I bought GURPS Cyberpunk from a friend, only to later find out that that friend had shoplifted it from a bookstore. I've always regretted that. Do I owe you guys some money?
Steve, thanks for many enjoyable hours spent gaming and reading your company's books about gaming. I wish I could ask you how to make more hours so that I could still play today!
I have read that at one time you had cryonics arrangements with Alcor Life Extension foundation. Is that still true today? Are you optimistic about your chances? Do you recommend other people follow suit?
Err, why exactly would it be a bad idea to pay debts?
I wondered that, too, the first time I heard this. The answer is that it would be a bad idea to make debt payments if you are spending your rent or grocery money to do so. This is why we have things like bankruptcy laws.
Outrage is almost always a sign that someone is trying to manipulate you (either for page views, or something else).
An angry outburst is temporary insanity. You are not rational while you are angry, and anything you are thinking of saying or doing is going to be irrational and stands a high degree of making your problem worse. If you will train yourself to relax as your default habit whenever something frustrates you, and adopt the rule that you won't say or do anything until you have calmed down, you will actually train the neurons in your brain to focus on rational problem solving instead of producing an angry outburst, and you will be able to come up with much better solutions to your problems.
A debt collector knows that if you are thinking rationally when they call, you will not pay them, so they seek to get you upset so you will do something irrational. Politicians exploit the exact same thing.
As a parent I know the most important thing I need to do in raising my children is to keep my head and stay calm and relaxed so that the solutions I come up with to parenting difficulties will be rational solutions, the best solutions possible so I can do a good job of raising my kids.
Maybe, there can be some justification for legally recognizing groups of people raising children together (their own or adopted) â" but I am not sure about that either...
As a libertarian I would say that each group or individual should be able to grant whatever recognition to those groups that they please, or withhold it. The group/couple should be able to get together and do what they want and their neighbors can consider them "married" or not, or whatever.
It's also rather anti-social and possibly illegal to perform medical tests on someone without their consent
Ordinarily I'd agree, but if you're about to have sex with me, I think that gives me more rights to information about you than the average citizen out there. If you're uncomfortable with what I might be putting in that condom, then we could always just not have sex.
Problem is, by living in the same physical space as us
How do you define that? You're not here in my house; we don't live together. How is it that I occupy the same physical space as you (assuming you are in the U.S.) but I do not somehow occupy the same physical space as somebody in Mexico? Is it because there's a river between me and Mexico?
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but I'm fucking a woman into a long term relationship
But you're not fucking a woman who promised "to death do us part."
It's not just for women any more.
Newton Hightower's book Anger Busters contains a great overview of anger management techniques that work and anger management techniques that don't work. Venting doesn't work. It just reinforces the neural pathways that are involved in anger. Sure you feel great, but it makes it harder to avoid the angry outburst next time, when you might really need to. Meanwhile, if you had prevented yourself from expressing anger, you could have instead been training your brain to devote its efforts to problem solving, instead.
I did a lot of anger management work a few years ago and as a result I discovered solutions to lots of my problems. As a result I'm much much happier with every aspect of my life, because I've been able to actually fix the problems that were frustrating me.
it helps me sleep better at night knowing I'm at least willing to try to give them some of my attention in return for free content.
I feel better blocking all ads and knowing that I've contributed to pressuring websites to find an alternative model to stay afloat.
Soylent has announced today their latest product, Soylent 2.0
Some explanation of Soylent 1.0 might be nice for those of us who might not have seen previous reporting on the subject. Otherwise, I might just assume it's people.
And years later someone came across that piano arrangement, found that a copyright had been registered on it, and (presumably being ignorant of the actual history of the song), thought they owned a copyright on the song and started trying to enforce it.
When it comes to copyright, never attribute to ignorance that which can be adequately explained by malice. They always try to enforce the rights further than they know they are entitled to.
Also, it is better for the guilty to go free than for the innocent to be punished. Saying that someone who agrees with this fundamental principle of our legal system doesn't want rape prosecuted is simply an ad hominem.
You mean the money they just created out of thin air isn't really real?
That's usually a pretty funny bitcoin comment, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the situation in this case.
Thank you so much for that interesting piece of information! It's a shame that question doesn't seem to have gotten rated highly enough for Steve to see it, but I'm fascinated by what you've shared and seeing that there's a connection between the raids on Alcor and SJGames and thus, ultimately, the EFF.
If somebody would mod up my cryonics question I'd be grateful. Mr. Jackson could use more questions. :)
Steve, I read that you consider yourself a "small-l libertarian." These days a lot of libertarians have come to oppose copyright law, or else favor severe reforms for it. As a publisher, game designer, and libertarian, how do you feel about the subject, and do you feel that these various roles are in tension with each other?
On a related note, in junior high school I bought GURPS Cyberpunk from a friend, only to later find out that that friend had shoplifted it from a bookstore. I've always regretted that. Do I owe you guys some money?
Steve, thanks for many enjoyable hours spent gaming and reading your company's books about gaming. I wish I could ask you how to make more hours so that I could still play today!
I have read that at one time you had cryonics arrangements with Alcor Life Extension foundation. Is that still true today? Are you optimistic about your chances? Do you recommend other people follow suit?
Err, why exactly would it be a bad idea to pay debts?
I wondered that, too, the first time I heard this. The answer is that it would be a bad idea to make debt payments if you are spending your rent or grocery money to do so. This is why we have things like bankruptcy laws.
Outrage is almost always a sign that someone is trying to manipulate you (either for page views, or something else).
An angry outburst is temporary insanity. You are not rational while you are angry, and anything you are thinking of saying or doing is going to be irrational and stands a high degree of making your problem worse. If you will train yourself to relax as your default habit whenever something frustrates you, and adopt the rule that you won't say or do anything until you have calmed down, you will actually train the neurons in your brain to focus on rational problem solving instead of producing an angry outburst, and you will be able to come up with much better solutions to your problems.
A debt collector knows that if you are thinking rationally when they call, you will not pay them, so they seek to get you upset so you will do something irrational. Politicians exploit the exact same thing.
As a parent I know the most important thing I need to do in raising my children is to keep my head and stay calm and relaxed so that the solutions I come up with to parenting difficulties will be rational solutions, the best solutions possible so I can do a good job of raising my kids.
This works for nearly any problem in life.
Maybe, there can be some justification for legally recognizing groups of people raising children together (their own or adopted) â" but I am not sure about that either...
As a libertarian I would say that each group or individual should be able to grant whatever recognition to those groups that they please, or withhold it. The group/couple should be able to get together and do what they want and their neighbors can consider them "married" or not, or whatever.
Some nerds are interested in hacking government/society.
Thank you for explaining estoppel so clearly. I finally get it!
It's also rather anti-social and possibly illegal to perform medical tests on someone without their consent
Ordinarily I'd agree, but if you're about to have sex with me, I think that gives me more rights to information about you than the average citizen out there. If you're uncomfortable with what I might be putting in that condom, then we could always just not have sex.
Also, I'm not going to vote and I don't believe in democracy any more. :)
I'm always cognizant of that. How do we know DuckDuckGo is not simply lying?
No, because I don't think it's a valid/relevant question
Fair enough. Adios, Dan.
I note that you haven't addressed a single one of the points I raised
No need. Burden of proof is on you.
So, no answer to my question?
Rights aren't granted by the Constitution.
Problem is, by living in the same physical space as us
How do you define that? You're not here in my house; we don't live together. How is it that I occupy the same physical space as you (assuming you are in the U.S.) but I do not somehow occupy the same physical space as somebody in Mexico? Is it because there's a river between me and Mexico?
If you don't get vaccinated, you potentially hurt us
This is very unrigorous thinking. There is a difference between hurting you versus declining to provide you a benefit.