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ymous 3 points

Damn.

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ymous 2 points

From time to time.

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ymous 2 points

I like this part

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ymous 1 point *

I would argue that "trees" are as mental as colours are.

Imagine a hypothetical animal which is a fish living deep in the ocean. Not a single generation of this fish has ever seen a tree before. What if someone catches this fish, puts it in a fishtank and then takes it for a walk in the park. Would the fish be able to differentiate the leaves of a tree from it's branches? Would it be able to tell that a tree is something separate from the ground that it grows from? Would it perceive a tree as a distinct object?

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I have a feeling that you are confusing between "definition" and "perception". I see "definition" simply as a collection of symbols used to assign meaning to some particular symbol that we wish to define. "perception" on the other hand is the ability to recognize that a particular phenomenon is distinct.

I do not understand why being able to define colours in terms of wavelengths would enable all animals to perceive the same colours. We can define all our colour words in whatever way we want. These definitions will be useful as long as someone can interpret them (as long as they know what a wavelength of light is).

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ymous 2 points

I think this question has a good potential for a deep philosophical discussion, however I don't quite understand a few statements that you are making.

You are saying

colors cannot be defined without relying on other words to define them

but is it possible to define anything at all without relying on other words?

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ymous 2 points

For real?

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ymous 3 points

I like Think complexity. Maybe I'll actually get to using this textbook one day.

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Open Book Publishers
s/ebooks · Posted by ymous 1 year ago
ymous 2 points

Ventilation system. "To vent" means to install a ventilation system in your home. I assume that OP either took up cooking or is building a thermonuclear reactor. In both cases, a ventilation system is favorable, however it may come at a cost, therefore OP wants to get some feedback from the community before proceeding with the purchase and installation of a ventilating system.

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Complexity Explained (complexityexplained.github.io)
s/science · Posted by ymous 1 year ago
ymous 2 points

Omg I like claiming stuff too. I want to claim google.com. I think it'd be a stable source of income.

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ymous 1 point

Stop wormposting. Find a real hobby. Perhaps, knitting?

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I used to think that Italians live in Haiti before seeing your comment. This probably also means that Italy is not inhabited by Haitians as I used to believe.

I cannot digest this. It cannot be. Don't tell me my knowledge of geography was false this whole time. Who lives in Italy then? Italians???

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ymous 2 points

Typically people don't realise that it's a paid service. You've already "agreed" to it by ticking all the terms of service. Even the wizard won't mention anything about the money before he's finished installing. Then, after he's done everything, you can't just back out of the deal. He also won't leave until you pay.

I remember that one time when I went to court because of this. They were gonna force me to pay $99 for a "wizard" that helped me install XVideoDownloader_Windows_PremiumPlus_FreeTrial.exe. I won the case actually. My lawyer found a loophole in the "agreement" with the installer. A wizard must be male. That's in the very definition of the word. The person who helped me install the software was a female, therefore the wizard-dispatching company violated their own contract. After this incident, they started writing "witch/wizard" in the agreement though.

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ymous 2 points

Laos.

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ymous 5 points

I live in southeast asia (GMT+7). I'm not from here though.

Currently 2 hours in 2024. No signs of zombie apocalypse yet.

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John Eustor - Going Home (youtu.be)
s/music · Posted by ymous 1 year ago
ymous 2 points

I can relate. When I'm on the internet, I just talk about internet stuff. I typically tend to avoid talking about my real life whilst online. I get too preserve some of my anonymity, but at the same time, shit can get boring real quick.

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ymous 2 points

Snake. I recently revived my old Nokia phone just to play some old-fashioned snake. It probably doesn't count as "old" to some people, but for a zoomer like me, it feels old. I have memories of me spending way too much time on my Nokia phone playing snake as a child. I think it was the only game I could play without having to ask my mother for permission to use her computer.

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ymous 2 points

There have always been precisely two Mainchan users. 1) The admin and 2) [REDACTED] who operates all the other accounts.

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ymous 1 point

1 Canadian can wrestle 750 Germans. It's a well known fact.

It kinda bothers me that this happened on a Friday 13th though.

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