UnderTruth

I'm a bit of a "backwards" guy. I was raised Baptist/Evangelical, and in spite of the "Jesus and you" approach, practicing some of the more "monastic" dispositions has come more naturally for me, even before joining the church in my 20s. Things like fasting, long prayers (sometimes just "sitting" with God), seeking to serve others and make little of myself, giving thanks for the beauty of Nature, etc. Not perfectly, of course, but maybe easier than some other virtues.

But where I've struggled, and continue to struggle, is in trying to know where to aim for some of the virtues of married life, and the associated "life in the world", and putting that into practice. Things like: caring about m

In a recent conversation with someone from my parish, I shared with them that I assume I won't be part of the "New Jerusalem", either by being fully not-saved, or else because I can't imagine getting more than a roughly-built shack on the outskirts of whatever the "New Earth" may end up being, far from the city of the Saints. The idea that I might actually "belong" there is like the idea that I could flap my arms and begin to fly.

Probably relatedly, I have been trying to understand what the right mindset is to have about matters of "self-worth", in general, as a married man "in the world" (where it seems that making "nothing" of myself is not the most helpful for my family, nor best exampl

Honestly, I have had decent luck with pay, given my MCOL location, but the number of short stints (initially was "strategic"/voluntary, then everything changed when the COVID virus attacked...) seems to be hurting me, even trying to position as a "real contractor"...

Personally, I don't care about FTE vs contractor, and have tried FTE previously, but both companies had layoffs shortly after joining, so I went back to contract work...

Gaps on the resume are times I filled with smaller local companies and/or having newborns at home.

Main issue is perhaps that I am seeking remote-only roles, but given the higher pay available and the extra time with the kids, I am willing to

Honestly, I have had decent luck with pay, given my MCOL location, but the number of short stints (initially was "strategic"/voluntary, then everything changed when the COVID virus attacked...) seems to be hurting me, even trying to position as a "real contractor"...

Personally, I don't care about FTE vs contractor, and have tried FTE previously, but both companies had layoffs shortly after joining, so I went back to contract work...

Gaps on the resume are times I filled with smaller local companies and/or having newborns at home.

Main issue is perhaps that I am seeking remote-only roles, but given the higher pay available and the extra time with the kids, I am willing to wait a

Experience shows that there is no lack of potential fuel for conflict between people regarding truths & goods. The potential for LLM-style "AI" to be used as a tool to increase human-to-human conflict is not a new concern.

Having heard someone mention the "Man vs Bear debate" as a possible example of a "scissor statement" disseminated with deliberate malice, I was curious whether anyone here has other possible examples they might share (whether backed up by reporting or simply wild speculation), or relevant thoughts on how/whether a society might try to limit the possible harm of such things.

High-quality posts, but nothing on any platform for a month. I know we're all just usernames here, but I just hope he hasn't been shadowbanned, or something worse out in the real world.

An example that comes to mind, though it is less mundane than other examples could be, is Report on an Unidentified Space Station, by J. G. Ballard.

The problem of managing scarce resources is common to many video games that require "building", to complex businesses, and to scheduling one's time. (This post is prompted by that last one, but clearly spans a wider scope.)

To give everything to the single activity that provides the most gain, one must have a comparative advantage, and trade with others for what else is needed, which is not always possible. And taking a broader view, it makes for a very fragile system.

Giving a completely equal amount of time to each activity is generally incongruent with the relative difference in need or value for the activity.

What concepts, papers, frameworks, etc. exist to help manage this type of pr

Hello! I have been digging into some technical details of Scholastic philosophy (semiotics, ideogenesis, theology, etc) and occasionally come across references which are not available in English.

...And I would like more! Do you have an advanced text that you like to reference, which is only available in Latin? I would be happy to learn about it!

Situation:

I would like to track use of time for projects in a single file, to have a "timeline" view, and also then have running totals for those projects.

The "timeline" could (ideally) be a table:

...

Or (if a table won't work) a list:

• 09/08 #Afternoon #ProjectA #TaskTypeA
• 09/08 #Morning #ProjectC #TaskTypeB

...

And as the above shows, I am also not sure whether this could be more easily accomplished with tags or with "metadata".

The goal is to have some kind of running table/list, as above, and then some way to show a count, like:

| Thi