#QOTO is about 2 or three days away from hitting the 5,000 user mark! Woot!
I've always found the "Chinese Curses" of particular interest. Now to be fair there is no evidence that the origin of these curses are Chinese but that doesn't take anything away from them:
* May you live in interesting times.
* May you come to the attention of important people.
* May all your wishes come true.
of them all the last one was always the most interesting to me. For two reasons, first, we may not always be fully aware of what we truly want or the consequences of it. But also, if all your wishes come true, what is left to look forward to and strive for. There is no reason to life without unfulfilled desires.
Pigs are ugly as hell, but I still want one :)
https://www.thedodo.com/rescued-pig-loves-man-2308030292.html
This is an extraordinarily well preserved 18,000 year old Dog or Wolf. It may turn out we have breeding dogs for over 18,000 years!
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/frozen-puppy-intl-scli-scn/index.html
Superhydrophobic metal won't sink -- even when damaged
http://www.designfax.net/cms/dfx/opens/article-view-dfx.php?nid=4&bid=954&et=featurearticle&pn=03
A scientific attempt to demystify meditation yielded astounding results
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21638225
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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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