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> A being with no time is unable to act.

This assumes a single linear timestream.

If you're the "being", and you're running a simulation of some system, you can absolutely create many parallel timestreams with different initial conditions. You can even return to some point in the simulation and try several intermediate conditions, resulting in different causal outcomes.

The many worlds interpretation would absolutely allow agency on the part of such a "being".


If you can create, then you are subject to time. This means you had a start. You can't have your cake and eat it too.


Foley is just not practical for live performance, especially fast reactive stuff like metal clashing.


If the market was aware of them they'd have been picked up already.


Hendrix knew his tools intimately. The comparison proves a point other than that which you make.


What if an unsupported claim is actually harmful to society, if believed?

15% of people believe the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks[1]. 42% of Britons believe that the UK sends £350M a week to the EU[2]. If voters make decisions based on such beliefs, I'd expect material damage to democracy.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polls_about_9/11_con...

[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vote-leave-br...


Is wikipedia wrong? I'm not sure what argument you're trying to make.


"Runaway" is a term of art here. Redefining it for this conversation is unhelpful.


That's often a big "if".


Leave. Job-hopping is a pattern, not a single event. If I get a candidate with a good track record but one three-month stint, sure I'll query it, but "it wasn't a good fit for me" is a reasonable excuse and a good conversation starter if you can wrap it in a strong story for what _is_ a good fit.


Bait & switch jobs are a pattern, they happen all the time. Needing to leave several jobs in a row after only a few months at each place is just basic reality, normal circumstances for a lot of people given the way corporations treat employees now.


Different supported features make it easier to maintain such a client. Example: Some filesystems notify observers on file change, some don't.


This shouldn't affect other local filesystems though. Inotify won't work with NFS, but should be ok with fs owned by the local system.


The mistake is assuming that there's something special about 'local' filesystems. They have as much feature disparity as networked ones.


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