So, these on-changing properties that describe the state of the equilibrium state of the system are called state variables.

这些描述,系统平衡态的,变化的属性,就叫做状态变量。

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It's not a good thing if you're just looping and checking some condition, but never actually changing the state of the world.

这不是一个好事情，如果你只是循环,检查一些条件，但是永远不要改变世界上的国家。

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It's about changing our perception-- state of mind.

我们要改变我们的认知，心境。

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