Absurdist philosophy takes an existentialist look at life, acknowledging that despite the innate human desire to find meaning, the harsh reality is that there’s not much point to anything. Absurdists are fascinated by the contrast between humanity’s want for something to hold onto—a sense of purpose—and the inevitable...
Me, reads post, feeling it speaking directly to me, but never having put absurdism direclty in front of me, despite my absolute die-hard adherence to it. “Waiting for Godot”, huh wonder of the "Godot "(in my head pronounced go-dot) game engine.
Ask wife, Have you ever read “Waiting for go-dot”…
“You mean, waiting for gah-doh”
“Oh-shit…”
I’d heard of the play, with the correct pronunciation, but never put it together in my head.
Anyway, I’m off to find more defined absurdism. Thanks for this so that I could get it out of the way with my wife and not in front of regular humans.
One of my favorite lines in one of my favorite song.
“Can’t believe how strange it is to be anything at all” - In an Aeroplane over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
I read some girl books, basically talked to every woman i loved/respected and asked for a “life influence” book. Jayne eyre, are you there god it is me margret, the ladies room.
Now that i have my daughter i just love her and give her what I can.
I do not lie to my kids. Even when that is hard. I am brutally honest about the world around us as she asks the questions.
Good luck, there is nothing harder or more rewading than kids.
Finding a good client is hard. Folks recommend the Nvidia Shield Pro. Finding something that plays all the formats and can pass audio through hdmi to a AV receiver. Umcompressed HD audio, HDR/10/DolbyVision. Etc.
If I can just pop a debian machine down, that is great, but a hardware guide would be nice to see.
AI layoffs (sopuli.xyz)
Five movies that embrace absurdism (faroutmagazine.co.uk)
Absurdist philosophy takes an existentialist look at life, acknowledging that despite the innate human desire to find meaning, the harsh reality is that there’s not much point to anything. Absurdists are fascinated by the contrast between humanity’s want for something to hold onto—a sense of purpose—and the inevitable...
Checking in on top of the past 24 hours (lemmy.world)
I’ll probably check in again at 34 hours.
Breaking: Trump Verdict Livethread
Jury HAS reached a verdict. 11 hours, 43 minutes....
Excellent (lemmy.ca)
Steve Buscemi victim of random street attack in New York City (www.theguardian.com)
Ripperonis (mander.xyz)
AMD's gaming graphics business looks like it's in terminal decline (www.pcgamer.com)
Very curious doggo
Daughters: Fathers
What did your father do for you/not do for you that you needed?...
Freezer garbage soup stock! (lemmy.world)
I kept a quart sized freezer bag in the back of the freezer for all my scraps as an experiment....
Linux Distro for Jellyfin Client HTPC
I’m looking to replace my Rock 5B running Android TV (the OS jank has finally gotten to me) with an x64 Linux HTPC coupled with an Rii remote....
Harvey Weinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned (www.theguardian.com)
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul...
A3 receipts is wild AF (lazysoci.al)
A library for creating fully typed declarative API clients quickly and easily (github.com)
Would love to hear any suggestions, feedback or comments.
It's movie night. You don't know who's coming but you have to pick a movie everyone vibes with. What do you choose?
18+ Limestone ostracon depicting sex, Egypt, 11th century BCE
Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" 48-Person (mostly) trombone cover (www.youtube.com)
People did some fun stuff during COVID. I keep discovering more and more.
Facebook opens its Android-based Quest operating system to other VR device makers – OSnews (www.osnews.com)
Overview of F-Droid apps published with Reproducible Builds · GitLab (gitlab.com)
It’s awesome there are already so many reproduxible builds on fdroid. Why aren’t there more? Do devs simply not care enough? Or is it too difficult?
Get rid of landlords... (lemmy.world)