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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory

Plato's cave allegory is a timeless journey from darkness into light, igniting a quest for truth in a world awash with shadows.

By Viktoriya Sus

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The Republic by Plato at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/1497

#books #literature #philosophy

The Cave of Plato. A cavernous room with two groups of philosophers separated by a wall, atop the wall is a row of figurines including Cupid and Bacchus and a light casts a shadow of them against the wall, the group of men at left standing together debating, the group at right in animated discussion in a darker portion of the space; after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1604. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platon_Cave_Sanraedam_1604.jpg
#Books #literature #philosophy

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Jira is a proprietary well known data stealing software engineering project management tool. Why not use open source #redmine. Does a pretty good job. May the #foss be with you. #floss
#FLOSS #foss #redmine

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Trump tells Europe his administration will continue military support for Ukraine – FT byteseu.com/580942/ #trump #Ukraine #USA #War
Trump tells Europe his administration will continue military support for Ukraine – FT
#USA #Trump #war #ukraine

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ModRetro Chromatic review: an arms dealer’s Game Boy is among the best ever made

Stellar hardware from a controversial figure.

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Chattanooga court opposes motion to dismiss suspected Bosnian War criminal’s charges byteseu.com/580940/ #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #Chattanooga #doj #Herzegovina #Miljkovic #OBL #prisoners #torture #WarCrimes
Chattanooga court opposes motion to dismiss suspected Bosnian War criminal's charges
#torture #warcrimes #Bosnia #DOJ #prisoners #bosniaandherzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #Herzegovina #chattanooga #miljkovic #obl

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"86% of open source contributions are employee time" is corporate speak for "We're helping by letting our engineers do the work!" 🤓

Study shows $7.7B annual OSS investment, but companies are fuzzy on tracking details. Probably because "vibing on GitHub" isn't an official timesheet category 😏

#OpenSource #Technology

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#opensource #technology

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I was this many days old when I realized that #python includes the possibility of an "else:" block for for loops, that executes only when you haven't used "break" to escape the loop. #adventofcode
#python #adventofcode

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If you're interested in the @furilabs #FLX1 Linux phone, make sure to check out the Furilabs Forum (furilabs.com/forum/), the Matrix Chat (matrix.to/#/#FuriLabs:matrix.o…) or the Telegram chat (t.me/furilabs_chat).

#linuxonmobile #linux

#Linux #linuxonmobile #flx1 @Furi Labs

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Attention-Worthy Links for December 21st, 2024

bit.ly/awl122124

#Linux #Windows #Cost-Effectiveness #Privacy #Performance #Support #Antarctica #Patescibacteria #symbiotic #predatory #monitor #Daphnia #totality #combinations #AI #novella #health #insurance #murder #Radicalized #Sanders #Zilbalodis #climate #NRDC #innocent #animals #climate

#Windows #Linux #privacy #AI #health #murder #climate #Monitor #Animals #Sanders #performance #support #cost #insurance #Antarctica #novella #totality #innocent #predatory #radicalized #symbiotic #nrdc #patescibacteria #daphnia #combinations #zilbalodis

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A social post from @Cpin42 that says: Took three Ambiens and tried to call God on the microwave

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Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us.

Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Scientific American.

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#KnowableMagazine
#ScienceMastodon

#ScienceMastodon #knowablemagazine

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Victims of forced sterilization in California prisons often weren’t given a choice, says Jennifer James, who works with these women. “They were told they had cancer but they didn’t have cancer, and they were told the only option was a hysterectomy.” boltsmag.org/forced-sterilizat…
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$35K compensation/reparations to victims seems insultingly low. And then to deny 80% of the applications. Insult to injury

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China pledges support for Serbia’s sovereignty, development – World byteseu.com/580938/ #Serbia
China pledges support for Serbia's sovereignty, development - World
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✨ c a t ✨ #Cats #MastoCats #catsofmastodon
#mastocats #cats #catsofmastodon

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Okay, having read Google's proposed remedies in its antitrust case, they seem to me deeply unserious. For one thing, it completely bypasses the concept of user choice in favor of manufacturer or vendor choice. For another, "multiple defaults" is a meaningless notion. If The Goog comes as a default, so it will remain.

blog.google/outreach-initiativ…

Full PDF here: storage.googleapis.com/gweb-un…

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@AAKL Or is ready to believe the DOJ's proposals are quite the overreach.
@AA

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Toxic flame retardants could face sweeping EU ban.

A class of substances intended to stop plastics catching fire and used in anything from smartphones to sofas could be the next family of chemicals subject to blanket restrictions in the EU amid fears over their health and environmental impact. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12…

#climatechange #climatecrisis #GlobalWarming

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The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians

<- harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th…

I use Music for Programming or DI:FM for background ambient focus enhancement. TIL some people use Spotify for this, and it's bad for artists. Suggestion: don't?

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I always wonder if the death of #LastFM (the streaming and social networking service - what's left is more of a warmed-over #Audioscrobbler with YouTube and Spotify integration) was because #Spotify were undercutting them. Last.fm seemed to make strenuous efforts to appease record labels and to pay for music, but Spotify always seemed to be able to minimise its payments to labels and artists.
#spotify #lastfm #audioscrobbler

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Our government should not hang on the whims of the richest man in the world. threads.net/@senpattymurray/po…

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A short piano tune.

soundcloud.com/stefanbohacek/m…

#music #NewMusic #piano #instrumental #soundcloud

#music #piano #Instrumental #soundcloud #newmusic
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FUCKING LINUX reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/co…
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@noiob mm. i'm looking for something like a virtual keypad which i can connect to specific keyboard keys.
@noiob
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@garbageman it is DECEMBER in CANADA
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