Wouter

IT Cloud & infrastructure engineer - cycling to ease the mind

[Wouter @_Jarkson_]

@truthache68 Defrag isn’t about computing, it’s about life

[Brett Boettcher @brettboettcher1]

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[Brunbitty @brunbitty]

Tonight it finally clicked for me.

Neo asks her the classic question:
“If you already know what I’m going to do… do I really have a choice?”

And she hits him with the line:
“You’ve already made the choice. You’re just here to understand why.”

For years I thought this meant “there’s no free will.” But that’s not it.

Here’s the real insight:

Free will doesn’t exist in the moment.

It exists in the identity that leads to the moment.

The actions you take right now?
They’re mostly automatic - shaped by your conditioning, experiences, fears, habits, and past.

But the person you’re becoming?
That’s where your freedom actually lives.

You don’t choose the moment.
You choose the man who will meet the moment.

Or put in another way:

Determinism writes the past.

Identity writes the future.

Because when your life isn’t where you want it to be, the answer isn’t “make better choices.” The answer is: become the version of yourself who makes better choices automatically.

That’s the real red pill.

[Wouter @_Jarkson_]

@DocBrownLloyd @deloreanmotorco Just watched the movies with my 12 year old son, he loved them! Back to the future movies are … timeless.

[Wouter @_Jarkson_]

@Celinevdc Bijna!

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@JanDemets Opgelet voor kamelen!

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@tourdetietema @EvenepoelRemco @LeTour all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

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@whatcar That’s the exact same silhouette of the Polestar 2, no?

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@Rainmaker1973 A pinneke

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@geerthoste Jamaar, waar kan je schuilen zonder luchtafweer? Onder water hé.

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@IserbytEli Absoluut verdiend!

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@Renerosaurus Ze kunnen zelfs niet opstappen

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@NostalgiaFolder That’s a bit too fast for XP

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@_me_sofie Dat zie je natuurlijk niet zonder bril.

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@wardmarkey Met tandenstoker de laadpoort stofvrij maken kan je proberen.

[Wouter @_Jarkson_]

It’s funny cause it’s true

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Cycling is bad for the economy. A cyclist doesn’t buy the car/ car insurance/ fuel/ spare parts and service and doesn’t use paid parking. He is healthy and doesn’t buy drugs. Walking is even worse. They don’t even buy a bicycle.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me ― it still sometimes happens ― and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife.

They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl.

But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.

Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance.

That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful.

The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful».

― Ann Druyan

[Wouter @_Jarkson_]

@huisop32 Toeval bestaat niet 😄

[Stijn De Paepe @StijnDePaepe]

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