UnbornTao

@Yeah Yeah It's OK to feel this way, can you allow it to be there? Feel it, but don't act it out. It will pass eventually, and you'll be glad you let it be.

Maybe Kant is a good example. At the risk of oversimplifying, he changed the trajectory of philosophy by proposing that the mind does not perceive reality as it is. That may sound lame on paper for some of us - but in this context, what idea doesn't? What form would it even take? I think we tend to assume that an original thought has to look a certain way (like being exceptionally extravagant) - but what way, exactly? What made it original may have had more to do with the origin of the insight itself - experiential - and with the fact that he had authentically seen something true and profound, made a genuine breakthrough, and was able to communicate it in a way that was effective. Just some thoughts.

@AerisVahnEphelia For curiosity's sake, you might be interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum

What is? Didn't we have to invent language at some point in history? Could it be considered a historical development rather than a discovery? In that example, I imagine it's not about a particular language, it's something much more fundamental. The association she learned to make had to go beyond any English word or particular language. Exactly, this is the main issue we're discussing, and the assumption being addressed: that language is an objective reality or exists objectively.

That's fair. I've used W8 and Vista, I think. Don't have much to say, honestly, other than Windows 8's Start menu felt clunky. Linux can be more reliable and stable than Windows, depending on the use case and provided it fulfills your needs. Mint is a good example of this, and it's based on Debian which has a fairly conservative philosophy behind its design. Apparently it may not be the best for tinkering. Arch and Fedora are generally considered better for bleeding-edge stuff. But yeah.

That's fair. Backwards compatibility is obviously also one of its big strengths. At some point in the near future it will be phased out by Microsoft, though, unless you use some esoteric version. https://www.actualized.org/insights/conservative-on-software-updates

@PenguinPablo COSMIC just got released recently, too.

Hiking in the Andes, by Minnesota-based Jagadish Vasudev. Yeah, doesn't sound that enticing.

I say take the risk.

Exactly, it tends to work reasonably well. With Windows, it seems to be more about what you want to avoid than what you're missing.

At some point, she didn't have access to a possibility that you're taking to be a fact of the universe. You assume that a sound must automatically mean or convey something simply because it exists. But in her case, we can see that this connection had to be learned. The sensations of water on her body didn't automatically make her associate them with the experience of w-a-t-e-r. That context wasn't there on its own at the beginning.

It's more closed and less customizable than Windows, but it does have a fairly consistent UI and stays out of its own way. I've found it to be more stable than Windows overall, if only because it doesn't have to cater to multiple hardware configurations. And yeah, it's generally simpler to use.

Amen. The Gospel of Linux. I've found Mint to be quite reliable and stable in my case, so I agree on that.

Thanks. But I added the Helen Keller example above.

What's the sound of one hand clapping? The equivalent koan here could be: Where is language found in two hands clapping? But okay, we are at an impasse. Consider, though, that at some point you didn't know about this possibility of language. You had to learn it. By GPT:

What is a melody, and can it say something by itself? Really look into this. Essentially, it's a set of notes arranged in a certain way - and you react to that. You might feel uplifted, sad, or connected when hearing it. But again, why would that necessarily mean that "languaging" has happened? In this case, I'm referring to music without lyrics, though the point would apply either way. Yeah, but again, language goes beyond the words themselves. It's the notion that something is being conveyed, communicated, or translated into that makes it possible for a word to get an experience across. I think we might be at an impasse at this point. Let's look at where its beauty, and the sense that it "says something," comes from. Wouldn't you say it might have more to do with you than with the sound itself? After all, it's just a perception. It's meaningless input filtered through your perceptive organs. By itself, it is just that - a sound. I'm not a fan of this kind of thinking when it comes to investigating things. Maybe it's true, but in my view, it doesn't really tackle the heart of the matter, which is language. It's a ready‑made answer crafted so I'll finally stop irritating you once and for all.

Needs context. Anyway:

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Chihuahuas are the worst

Do you have someone you can talk about this with, like a professional therapist? I recommend doing that. This isn't the most suitable place for therapy or healing.

Reader.

Monkeys can rip off not only your belongings, but also your face.

For sure. I'm not a tech guy, but I like learning about the world of software and different Linux distros. If anything, just for the fun and the philosophy behind it. What distro do you use? Depends on the use case, of course. Have you considered dual-booting? There are decent alternatives out there in the Linux world, I've heard. Affinity is apparently considering developing a Linux version of their app. Could be a decent Photoshop replacement at some point…

Thanks! Watched it a few hours ago. To add to the video you shared: