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2018-11-06 at 12:43 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?Ok, while I have you here Ghost, I have a couple quick chemistry questions (not about cocaine ==> crack)...
I plan on extracting ephedrine from some ephedrine HCl pills...
The instructions I'm looking at mention a need for methanol (among other things, of course).
Where exactly does one find straight up methanol? -
2018-11-06 at 12:39 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?
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2018-11-06 at 12:38 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?
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2018-11-06 at 12:12 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?
Originally posted by Narc I just got a big 500ml bottle of pure 10% off eBay a couple of months back. Only cost like 3 quid an all.
Yeah, I've come to notice that so many seemingly controversial chemicals can be quite easily acquired on the clear net.
Although, every day I wonder if I'm getting added to some kind of watch list. -
2018-11-06 at 12:09 AM UTC in ITT: channel schizophrenia
Originally posted by Sophie Once you've been addicted to X or Y opiates, they'll be your favorite drug for forever, whether you kick the addiction or not.
Can confirm.
Every other drug is merely a substitute at this point.
That being said, though, I 100% do not regret quitting opiates when I did.
It might seem a tad paradoxical, but one can truly love something while also abstaining from it entirely. -
2018-11-06 at 12:03 AM UTC in Since when do stores not carry ammonia?
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2018-11-05 at 11:49 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?
Originally posted by Zanick We can be reasonably sure it's not a substance.
You know what, just for fun, and I'll bet you'll totally get the motivation being a philosophy guy...
Maybe conscience is a substance.
I mean, if it's an evolved trait, a particular configuration of neural networking is essentially a physical substrate for a conscience.
A psychopath, by definition, is one who is missing this particular substrate.
Therefore, one could argue that conscience, even morality, is a physical thing.
But then of course this opens up the pandora's box of the mind-body problem.
Is that which is represented by that substrate a physical thing (i.e. does the brain === the mind?), or does it lie in some intangible dimension, much like the mind is said to exist in? -
2018-11-05 at 11:34 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?
Originally posted by cupocheer So…if you have a machine to correct your grammatical errors, why not engage it?
But, no. I shall comment on the topic at hand when you all tire of each other's conversation.
Just thought I'd let you know I was here reading and fixing a couple of mistakes for ease of reading?
Would you rather I didn't?
No problem.
Read my most recent post in this thread.
Your intent can easily be construed as sheer rudeness.
Correcting people's spelling mistakes and grammar takes some finesse if you want to avoid coming off as a pompous, pedantic ass.
Just sayin'. -
2018-11-05 at 11:26 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?I also just realized that I may have been reacting too harshly if your intent is merely to educate and not to agitate.
If it's the former, I apologize for my harsh tone.
If it's the latter, fuck you. -
2018-11-05 at 11:25 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?
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2018-11-05 at 11:23 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?
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2018-11-05 at 11:20 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?
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2018-11-05 at 11:11 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?Zanick, I just knew you'd join the party in this thread.
This thread has the potential to be an incredibly interesting discourse.
But then again, what is NIS's overall user-pool.
Shitposting might just be par for the course. -
2018-11-05 at 11:06 PM UTC in How many y'all niggas be working right now but actually posting on NIS?
Originally posted by Zanick Damn, I didn't think minors would delve far into Heidegger like that, he's a beast of a philosopher and a whole semester with him is a lot. I myself had the opportunity to spend a semester doing a close reading of B&T about a year ago; what a read it was! At first, I thought he was just an incomprehensible Nazi, but by the time I was done, I wanted to spend another semester digging through his work independently.
Well, I was a precocious student, so I took a lot of upper-level classes even though I didn't necessarily have to.
The label of incomprehensible Nazi is not an uncommon one for him. The guy was a tad bonkers, to say the least, but he really had some unique ways of seeing the world (or, should I say, Being-in-the-world as such).
Certainly worth the time to give his ideas a chance.
You don't necessarily have to like his politics to find beauty in his philosophy.
Originally posted by Zanick I'm coming around to the idea of programming as a very marketable skill and one that employs some of the more abstract thinking that comes with what we've studied. I'll probably hit you up for direction at some point in the not-too-distant future when I start learning for direction. Thanks!
You're exactly right on both counts.
It is a very marketable skill.
And the systematic/logical/rational thinking you use in philosophy is excellent preparation for learning programming. -
2018-11-05 at 11 PM UTC in How can a conscience be determined?Ok, there are two different things at play here:
1. A psychological conscience.
2. Morality.
A psychological conscience is the result of millions of years of evolution. Altruism has evolved in humans in order to create cohesive bonds built on reciprocative acts of goodness.
Now, when it comes to an objective source of morality, that is a much thornier issue.
One could argue that whatever nature gave us as a moral compass (i.e. a psychological conscience) should define morality, and that's that.
But of course, centuries of debate have arose surrounding such definitions of objective morality, or even if there can ever be such a thing. -
2018-11-05 at 10:40 PM UTC in What would you do if you saw a robotic tentacle coming out from your toilet?
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2018-11-05 at 10:23 PM UTC in How many y'all niggas be working right now but actually posting on NIS?
Originally posted by totse3.com Very very interesting and an awesome segue to my point of being here on this site for the Black-List prior to just hanging out because of old school Lolzing with original totse trollzing
I am in my early-mid 50s. I have never- ever been on Welfare nor Foodstamp/EBS in my life. and my broke ass was homeless for 3 years solid.
I have collected my Unemployment for several months during harder times. but only twice in my entire life. Once in my 40s and once in my 20s.
I tried to get Social Security benefits to help out but they said I didn't qualify for such and such year, when I knew I worked those years. (A solid 5 out of 10 years is required of being fully employed before getting either SSI or SSD?).. this is related to the blacklisting.. because oddly it was during a time when I believe Jeff (Who then had suggested to go to a temp service in Walnut Creek called Madsen Personnel which I appreciated him for.. then turned into, I'v helped you in the past. If you don't stop bothering me.. I will make sure you never ever work again" and me replying something like "Oh.. like in Hollywood"
I see things that relate. Sure I shouldn't of been a smart ass to him, but I didn't like his threat. it's a huge fucking conflict of interest and though it may seem funny to say this, it is kind of a form of trade violations. it somehow falls into this. Not specifically "Inside Trading" but "Anti-Trust" law.
Of course I'm just an average Joe.. and Jeff is clearly more powerful than the neighborhood computer nerd-club president.
So I found a paystub for the month of a year the lady at the SS department stated I didn't work that year.
proved her wrong. never heard back about it. didn't go back to trying to collect either form of SocSec
That's... quite a detailed story, and yet I read every word.
I'd try pushing even harder with that bit of evidence you managed to find. Forward the paystub to someone at a higher level of command. You never know... -
2018-11-05 at 10:20 PM UTC in How many y'all niggas be working right now but actually posting on NIS?
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson I have underlings to do my bidding. I also get paid for my expert knowledge not for what I do.
Work smarter not harder etc.
EDIT: Occasionally I do some actual "work" but that's mainly to show the underlings I'm not opposed to getting my hands "dirty" once in a while.
Yeah I'm kinda halfway into that mode. In fact, I will be branching out into freelance consulting pretty damn soon. -
2018-11-05 at 10:19 PM UTC in How many y'all niggas be working right now but actually posting on NIS?
Originally posted by Zanick I think we have a lot in common! I major in your minor and I love it, and I'm planning to go to grad school. I might try to take up programming to fund my degree if I can find the time or the discipline, assuming it's still viable by that time for someone outside the field to get in on merit. Everybody has a different path, and I guess it makes sense for a lot of people to go to school with the expectation of a related career, but I doubt we've ever been that sort of people.
Philosophy is an absolute blast. If I ever do end up going back and going to grad school, it will likely be in a philosophy field, probably philosophy of mind.
Or maybe something along the lines of Heidegger's work. I took a class focusing on Heidegger's Being and Time and holy fuck did that course ever fuck me up.
And bruh, if you ever want any advice on how to effectively teach yourself to program, come to me. I learned so much through sheer trial and error.
My first bit of advice that I always give anyone setting out to learn programming themselves, is start with Python. It is as close to executable pseudocode as you can get, and yet it has all the bells and whistles.
That being said, another very useful learning technique is to do the complete opposite (as well as, not instead of, the above), and to play around in assembly / machine language. It really forces you to understand how all the higher-level programming languages (like Python) are ultimately translated into hardware-understandable code. -
2018-11-05 at 10:11 PM UTC in Users you would do
