how to study and learn really difficult subjects:
1. don’t panic. hard just means dense. it’s not impossible, it’s just packed. unwrap it slowly.
2. get a map before diving in. watch an overview video, read the table of contents, or skim the wikipedia page. you need context first.
3. use multiple sources. one book will confuse you, two will clarify, three will enlighten.
4. build intuition, not memory. visualize it. simulate it. code it. teach it to a friend or a wall.
5. tolerate confusion. you’ll feel dumb 90% of the time; that’s the price of learning something that rewires your brain.
6. connect it to reality. every abstract thing has a real-world analog. find it. relate it. ground it.
7. revisit the same topic after a week. mastery is not about reading once; it’s about returning after your brain has “chewed” on it.
8. don’t romanticize genius. smart people aren’t born knowing it. they just survived longer in the confusion phase.
the truth is; learning hard stuff isn’t about intelligence.
it’s about endurance, humility, and curiosity.
you stay long enough in the fog until it clears.
Depression is often just:
- missing fajr
- no qur'ān
- no dhikr
- no sunlight
- bad sleep
- no walks
- processed food
- too much phone
- zero purpose beyond dunyā
Many Kenyans don't know that they can invest in global companies like Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Netflix, etc
In this thread I answer the frequently asked questions about investing in offshore stocks & ETFs as a Kenyan.
1/ What's the minimum investment required?
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Bro kama unayo M15-18 usikimbilie kununua gari huku unaishi nyumba ya kupanga. Jenga Block yako (vyumba 2, sebule, jiko, choo) na hakikisha unapiga hatua kuelekea kwenye Jumba la ndoto yako.
Kila ndoto inaanzia kwenye hatua ndogo. Nakupa mchanganuo mfupi utoke nyumba ya kupanga.
Huu ndio mkataba unaomtesa Congo DR dhidi ya Rwanda na wakulimaliza hili ni Congo DR mwenyewe.
Mapema usiku wa tarehe 16/3/1996 viongozi wa Rwanda, Uganda, Sudani kusini na Ethiopia pamoja na kiongozi wa AFDL Laulent kabila walisaini “Makubaliano ya mkataba wa Lemera”.
Mkataba huu ulikuwa na shabaha ya kuigawa nchi hiyo kubwa mikononi mwa Marekani kupitia usimamizi wa Rwanda, Uganda, Sudani kusini na Ethiopia, huku Kenya na Tanzania wakiwa ndio wenyeviti wa kuinjinia mkataba huo wa lemela.
Japo baadae Tanzania ilijitoa kuunga mkono kuigawanya Kongo baadala yake ikaunga mkono msimamo wa Laurent Kabila katika kukataa kuutekeleza mkataba wa lemela, ambao kupitia mkataba huo ilizalishwa operation maalum iliyoitwa "Operation Banyamrenge".
Operation hii ililenga kumuondosha madarakani Mobutu, kiongozi wa muda mrefu wa Kongo na kibaraka wa Marekani ambao mpaka kipindi hicho walikuwa tayari wamemchoka kutokana na mabadiriko ya siasa za dunia.
Katika Makubaliano hayo yalio fanywa kati ya Laurent Desire Kabila na mataifa hayo huku Kabila akiwa kama kiongozi wa chama cha “kuikomboa Kongo” aliyekuwa akitaka kuondosha utawala wa dikteta Mobutu Sese Seko alipewa masharti ambayo yalianishwa kwenye mkataba wa Lemera.
Ambapo moja ya masharti ilikuwa ni kishirikina na wapiganaji wa Kinyarwanda kutoka Rwanda, Uganda na watutsi walio kuwa na makazi mashariki mwa Kongo, na baadae ya mapigano atoe sehemu ya ardhi mashariki mwa Kongo kama shukrani kwa Rwanda na Uganda huku akiruhusu usalama wa taifa hilo kuwa mikononi mwao.
Makubaliano hayo yalifanyika kwenye vilima vya Lemera vilivyoko Kivu ya Kusini katika mji wa Uvira na kujulikana kwa jina hilo, la "mkataba wa lemera" makubaliano hayo yalitaka Kabila, baada ya kuwa rais wa Kongo, aruhusu mikoa miwili ya Kivu Kaskazini na Kusini kuwa makazi ya Wanyarwanda wa kabila la Kitutsi.
You call yourself a Software Engineer, yet
You use languages created by someone else
You use libraries implemented by someone else
You use frameworks maintained by someone else
You read articles written by someone else
You use IDE made by someone else
You use OSS dev tools created by someone else
You code on devices manufactured by someone else
All you do is writing glue code.
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