Aristidis Marousas

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[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

The great Instagram Crash of 2024

[Instagram @instagram]

Hi, we know there’s a technical issue impacting some people’s ability to access Instagram.

We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and are sorry for any inconvenience.

#instagramdown

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

@elonmusk Don’t access to the internet, water, electricity, healthcare, etc all require human labor to be made available? Are we saying that, as a developed and evolved species these should not be universally accessible?

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

Lmaoo

[Luciano Lucas @tharealluciano]

Everybody running to twitter to see if instagram is down for everyone else: #InstagramDown

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

Pumped!

[Brandon Sanderson @BrandSanderson]

The climax to the first arc of #TheStormlightArchive series is coming & the fate of the world—& the Cosmere—will hang in the balance.

Add #WindandTruth to your shelf Friday, December 6, 2024 @torbooks @gollancz

Pre-order: https://t.co/v1NeWLqhHg

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

@resy needs to fix their app. Me trying to book a cocktail bar at 9:45pm forced me to cancel hard to come by dinner reservations at 7pm.

Had to call the restaurant and have them manually uncancel on their side.

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

@NJTRANSIT why is everything delayed at NY Penn Station today?

Why aren’t we able to get clear updates and tracking on trains?

[WWE @WWE]

Remembering WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero on his birthday. ❤️

VIVA LA RAZA!

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

Is there a way to better moderate who is asking questions at these @WWE press conferences?

Some “media” journalists seem so starstruck they can’t even get the questions out and then most of those that do ask the most ridiculous things.

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

@SonnyKissXO You’re a star ⭐️

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

The customs line at @EWRairport is ridiculous right now.

I only see 4 lanes open for US citizens and there has to be at least 500 people here trying to get through.

The situation isn’t any better for other passengers arriving.

What’s going on Newark/@TSA?

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

Never thought @Expedia would try and screw me out of $21.

But here we are.

Note to any potential customers, rent your cars directly from the rental company and don’t use Expedia.

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

4 of 5 stars to Bewilderment by Richard Powers https://t.co/ok9KxOsFWc

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3 of 5 stars to Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel https://t.co/fxFJm3PyOH

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

4 of 5 stars to Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel https://t.co/fxFJm3P0Z9

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

James Cameron has written & directed 3 of the top 4 highest-grossing movies of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Titanic).

Before he made movies, Cameron was a truck driver.

He didn't go to film school.

Instead, on the weekends, he would go to the library and..

"I'd pull any thesis that [University of Southern California] graduate students had written [on] anything that related to film technology," Cameron explained.

"And for the cost of xeroxing (photocopying), I [got] all these doctoral dissertations [and] build up these big binders on how everything was done."

"So I literally gave myself a full graduate course on film technology for about $120.

I didn’t have to enroll in school because it was all there in the library. I’d set it up to go in like I was on a tactical mission, find out what I needed to know, and take it all home."

Takeaway 1:

When asked what motivated him to read those big binders full of information on filmmaking, Cameron said he was just following what excited him.

"People seek out the information and knowledge they need," he said. "It's like a divining rod."

The mythologist Joseph Campbell similarly talked about how reading is like "a divining rod," a way to find what you are uniquely attracted to and meant to do.

"You’ve got to read," Campbell said. "Find [what] excites you. And if it doesn’t excite you…It’s not yours.”

Takeaway 2:

Of course, at some point, Cameron had to put the binders down and pick up a camera.

When he eventually attempted to make his first movie, Cameron said, “It was a bit like a doctor doing his first appendectomy after having only read about it."

The bestselling author and learning expert, Scott Young, has a great article with a great title, "Do The Real Thing."

"When you examine case studies of people who have had major accomplishments," Scott writes, "you expect there to be some trick or shortcut...More often, however, the strategy used is dead simple: doing the real thing."

Takeaway 3:

Leonardo da Vinci used to sign off his letters, “Leonardo da Vinci, disscepolo della sperientia” ("disciple of experience").

He used to believe that one learns best by solely "doing the real thing."

Over time, however, he evolved out of this belief and, biographer Walter Isaacson writes, "became a disciple of both experience and received wisdom."

When you examine case studies of people who have mastered their craft, you usually find they are "disciples of both experience and received wisdom."

Like Cameron, they read the library and they do the real thing.

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“Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whither he is going.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

5 of 5 stars to The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins https://t.co/EpsutnYABS

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

#RiseOfTheBeasts was a lot of fun and I teared up when I heard the Maximals say “Maximize” BUT their story and relationship with the autobots was barely touched upon and we only had glimpses of Cheetor and Rhinox in their transformed states.

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😳😳😳

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

If AI starts becoming a burden, just unplug it.
Like we did with nan.

[Wrestling Pics & Clips @WrestleClips]

Imagine throwing a drink at Scott Hall and then realizing you just made him look even cooler 😂

Scott was simply the best ❤️

[Aristidis Marousas @ATMarousas]

Just remembered it’s been over a decade of rumors, announcements, teases, and take backs on #TheDoorsofStone from @PatrickRothfuss.

Glad another entry in the Kingkiller Chronicle world is coming out in Nov, but we all just really want this last book out.