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Maybe give this one a spin
I certainly will, thanks! I've always found theology fascinating. "Spirituality" means absolutely nothing to me though so perhaps this will help clear up my confusion in that respect :-)
And one for you (no free download though, sorry):
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him by Sheldon B Kopp.
I first read it many years ago when I was a teenager struggling with depression. I've since graduated to bipolar so that's some progress, at least. I found it very helpful anyway.
Brianna Ghey — Rest In Power
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Ian McEwan:machines like me.
At first it was boring but then the writer introduced Alan Turing and all that "P vs NP"-stuff.
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I am reading Foundation by Isaac Asimov lately.
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I'm reading a biography of George Orwell ("1984"). "The Ministry of Truth" by Dorian Lynskey. Really good! Generally biographies gives you a lot of history of the times concerned in the book. This book writes about circa 1880-1950 and touches the Spanish civil war, several other big authors of the time like H.G. Wells, just to mention one. As you might already know Orwell/Eric Blair partook in the civil war in the trenches of Spain.
The book 1984 might be hot even today with all the Big Tech and polarization going on in society. But I do not know if I can stand re-reading it right now. The future doesn't seem too promising, I think.
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1984, disgusting book, well worth the second read 20 years later.
Today I'm reading 'Alan Watts - The Way of Zen'.
I don't know anything about it... wip
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Oh boy . . . I wish I hadn't clicked on this link written by someone in the GMO/biotechnology resistance movement for decades:
https://www.scanthehorizon.org/p/dnai-t … telligence
Buckle up as a new artificial world rises to dominance. Though after the chestnut
debacle, I'm counting on more misfires than usable results . . . Playing god will
inevitably have consequences . . .
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Osho - Yoga, The Science Of The Soul. (2002)
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Anthropological bestseller Watching The English by Kate Fox.
Crime story from 18 century France L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux by Jean-François Parot.
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ttps://chimera-linux.org/docs/
decided to get more familiar with this distro even though it is still in alpha(afaik)
ttps://chimera-linux.org/news/2023/06/entering-alpha.html
tl;dr: see just the faq
ttps://chimera-linux.org/docs/faq
also see this previous forum thread
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=5554
20240122-1338UTC---edited-to-add-additional-links-below---
about chimera linux:
ttps://www.theregister.com/2023/02/13/chimera_non_gnu_linux/
older commentary regarding smaller niche disros(mentions Devuan, Gentoo, Void, etc):
ttps://www.theregister.com/2018/05/16/contributing_to_keep_small_linux_alive/
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Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!
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Alongside Night by J. Neil Schulman
Also made into a movie, and both are available at various outlets(pdf, mp4, and otherwise)
random book link at:
ttps://archive.org/details/AlongsideNightFree30
Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!
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came across @golinux post:
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=38157#p38157
and applause from @yeti
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=38177#p38177
referencing:
ttps://www.vhemt.org/news.htm
and that has a link to:
ttps://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/to-be-or-not-to-be-111641644551979.html
i appreciate that Les Knight advocates strongly for voluntary activism and the superiority of the agora.
voluntaryism:
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntaryism
agora:
ttps://voluntaryist.com/tag/agorism/
ttps://voluntaryist.com/category/how-i-became-a-voluntaryist/
Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!
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@stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn . . . Thanks! I learned a new word - agorism - which I will soon forget. All that wordiness makes my head spin! That being said I have lived my life very much on those principles not from being taught but from an inner "knowing". FWIW, I was advocating for Zero Population Growth in the 70s. I never understood the human urge to replicate. Fortunately, that was at a time when reproductive rights were a choice so could permanently protect myself from an oopsie. Not even a hint of regret. Just gratitude for the freedom to have a life of unlimited exploration . . .
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I just got a copy of Hacking Exposed, Linux 3rd edition.
600 pages, I hope I learn more about securing my box. :-)
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@GlennW: Highly recommend HackTheBox.
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most of these are not for the faint of heart.
ttps://archive.org/details/@whatwillittake
Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!
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Unfortunately I can't provide a link. If you find it in your language...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordi … _of_Crowds
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Currently reading short story "Hail and Farewell" by Ray Bradbury.
Not in the mood for that kind of stuff this week.
I heard about something called "House of whispers" which has something to do with Neil Gaiman. That seems more intresting. Maybe some day.
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Blood Money by Peter Schweizer. It was just released late last month. I'm going to try to get my local library to order a copy.
I ordered used copies of two of his older books yesterday. I'll read those while I'm waiting for my library to purchase a copy of his latest book.
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Something called "Quantum Radio". First half was intresting. But after that it started to remind me of some SG1 episodes i have watched before. Boring.
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I just finish Ephraim Mattos' book, City Of Death.
A great story of Humanitarian Warriors.
I found it difficult to put it down.
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I just got a copy of Hacking Exposed, Linux 3rd edition.
600 pages, ...
I thought I should share, this book edition was published in 2008, so it's not that current...
Kernel 2.4, netfilter, iptables (no nftables) and many of the links are old as well.
just a heads-up... it's quite expensive for a history story.
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Finished recently:lords of uncreation by A.Chaikovsky. Mostly boring but the last 100 pages was slightly intresting.
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Narcotopia, Patrick Winn... just got this one, it's about the golden triangle and the drug manufacturing trade there.
The Myth Of Normal, Gabor Mate'. About trauma and recovery and culture.
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after reading this recent wired article:
ttps://www.wired.com/story/inside-biggest-fbi-sting-operation-in-history/
was reminded of operation torpedo and operation pacifier:
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torpedo
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pacifier
also see:
ttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/playpen-story-fbis-unprecedented-and-illegal-hacking-operation
Be Excellent to each other and Party On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure
Do unto others as you would have them do instantaneously back to you!
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