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Personal tips? Any favorite historical love letters as examples?
 
Thoughts on a kind of alternative to a love letter a single person might write as well?

I was revisiting thinking of the virtue of obedience and various issues that may come up with respect to it. Some authorities may make non-authoritative commands, or sinful commands, or some people may make commands who do not possess authority. I recall people arguing the "Nuremberg Defense" that Nazis were "just following orders" (being obedient to the Nazi political authorities) was not valid. Civil rights movements have promoted the idea of "civil disobedience" over laws which were not sinful, but which created inconveniences. The idea of "American freedom" to pursue one's self-interest may seem to be contrary to obedience, when taken without limit. Have you run in to instances as these or have some to bring up to discuss?

From a post over a decade ago: https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/
 
Does this appear to still be true today or how have things changed?

> Proponents of Albert Ellis' Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy cite a construct or concept they call low frustration tolerance (LFT), or "short-term hedonism" in order to partly explain behaviors like procrastination and certain other apparently paradoxical or self-defeating behavior. It is defined as seeking immediate pleasure or avoidance of pain at the cost of long-term stress and defeatism.
 
> The concept was originally developed by psychologist Albert Ellis who theorized that low frustration tolerance is an evaluative component in dysfunctional and irrational beliefs. Behaviors are then derived towards avoiding frustrating events which, paradoxically, lead to increased frustration and even greater mental stress.
 
> In REBT the opposite construct is "high frustration tolerance".
 
> Furthermore, low frustration tolerance is characteristic of conditions such as:
 
> Depression[1]
> Asperger's syndrome[2]
> ADHD.[3]

> Philately (/fɪˈlætəliː/ fi-la-tə-lee) is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps.[1] For instance, the stamps being studied may be very rare, or reside only in museums.
 
There's also a catalog issued by the USPS of same name (PDF, I think there's a newer one out): https://www.usps.com/stamp-collecting/assets/pdf/usa_philatelic_catalog.pdf
 
USPS store for general shopping: https://store.usps.com/store/home

https://infogalactic.com/info/Rerum_Novarum
 
I think the translation in the OP is ok
 
The papal encyclical "Rerum Novarum" encouraged certain work conditions or reforms for workers (in response to some of the excesses of the Industrial Revolution):
 
(from its first two words, Latin for "of revolutionary change"[n 1]
 
> It was an open letter, passed to all Catholic bishops, that addressed the condition of the working classes.
 
> Of primary concern was the need for some amelioration of "The misery and wretchedness pressing so unjustly on the majority of the working class."[5] It supported the rights of labor to form unions, rejected socialism and unrestricted capitalism, whilst affirming the right to private property.
 
> Fair wages are defined in Rerum novarum as at least a living wage, but Leo recommended paying more than that: enough to support the worker, his wife and family, with a little savings left over so that the worker can improve his condition over time.[15]

I'm kind of for legalizing all drugs, slowly, while also putting in place societal infrastructure for discouraging the abuse of drugs and to help people who become addicts.
 
I can elaborate on further reasons for legalization of drugs if requested; it is not however a top priority to me as a policy issue so I don't focus on it as much for that reason.
 
What do you think about drug legalization or criminalization?

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I liked the idea of Colemak, but it never became faster than QWERTY for me: https://colemak.com/
 
Dvorak seems interesting just older
 
I saw some people promote "Halmak" but it's a minority interest (may have been an attempt to tweak Colemak)
 
The Carpalx people have some exotic designs: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/
 
Of course going in a different direction is stenography, the open steno project: https://www.openstenoproject.org/
 
or the Characorder: https://www.charachorder.com/
 
Have you tried an alternative keyboard layout to QWERTY or an alternative to keyboard designs altogether with steno?

It's the summertime when some take more time off or vacations
 
Any tips on where to go (local or at a distance), what to do, what to pack?
 
General travel and 'cation post

https://mistcooling.com/cool-energy-ac-mister.html
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/19381/mistbox-energy-saving-device-proven-to-cut-ac-bill
 
Review of Mistbox with commentary: https://www.allhomerobotics.com/mistbox-review/
 
I guess the idea is to use evaporative cooling to keep HVAC units cool when it's hot?
 
Do these kinds of things work or is there a way to make them work?