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
thecollector.com/hidden-meanin…
The Republic by Plato at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/1497
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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.
"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 😏
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).
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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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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…
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
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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