Adina Ponta

Tech & security enthusiast. Hopeful to integrate technology and law for a safe future of humanity. Tennis 🎾 and F1🏁 junkie

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

The Japanese first high-speed train had a problem. Says one engineer he solved it with a design inspired by birds.

[Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau]

I refuse to bookmark a website. I will simply use the far more logical system of keeping 400 tabs open on 32 browser windows until my computer crashes and I can finally be free.

[Granite Man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @GraniteDhuine]

My ducks may not be in a row, but at least they're having fun. Your ducks probably hate you for making them line up like that.

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What A World (A few Stories) https://t.co/iwq8ESVDVt via @collabfund

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Minimum Levels of Stress https://t.co/maBYY4nZdB via @collabfund
In the absence of big problems, people shift their worries to smaller ones. In the absence of small problems, they focus on petty or even imaginary ones.

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"The world is big, but industries are small.

After a few years, everyone comes to know the quality of your work.

Reputation matters."

-@JamesClear

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"You can't make a comeback if you don't start."

-@JamesClear

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You're one year of focus away from people saying you got lucky.

Remember that.

- @SahilBloom

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Happiness and the pursuit of a good and meaningful life https://t.co/017tcHFVFF

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"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world." - Malala
Never underestimate the power of tiny actions.
A small stone thrown into a lake can create a ripples that expand for ages.
- @SahilBloom

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Do It Your Way https://t.co/5sYplB3II7 via @collabfund

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Do It Your Way https://t.co/5sYplB3II7 via @collabfund
The ultimate success metric is whether you get what you want out of life. But that’s harder than it sounds because it’s easy to try to copy someone who wants something you don’t.

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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
You need not concern yourself with how others perceive your actions.
You get to dance to your own music.

- @SahilBloom

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“The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.”

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"Compete externally and you compare.
Compete internally and you improve."
-@JamesClear

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Graphic designer and painter Paula Scher on how to make something great:

"Less is more and more is more. It's the middle that's not a good place."

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"There are all kinds of cheat codes lying around, but they usually look boring. People will routinely ignore things that already work for the hope of a slightly easier path. The cheat code is the work you're avoiding."

-@JamesClear

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Tact is not the quality by which you often please, but by which you seldom offend.”

— Alice Wellington Rollins

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Cumulative vs. Cyclical Knowledge https://t.co/XVttSpnFiR via @collabfund