When I was a young line cook I cooked for Lady Gaga once.
I’ve always been a sweet and savory cook, so when her ticket came in it needed to be modified to vegan. Which was one of my special interests back then. 1/6
Shaped a portion of my self-esteem as a chef.
I felt seen for the first time in a long time. In a job where I was a fly on the wall (but also a tournant lol)
It was a wonderful memory that I hold dear, as I cheer for Lady Gaga from the sidelines 5/6
basically joseph campbell taught me to ritualize almost everything i considered mundane. like my morning coffee, my afternoon walk and my bedtime reading. i learned over time this is because ritualizing ordinary moments makes them sacred. and when something becomes sacred, when you give it meaning, it gives meaning back to you.
@crulge Came across this a while back and it absolutely blew my mind.
Transplant recipients often develop traits of the donor, and many times can have their memories as well. Wild.
working at a big company is basically an accelerated course in how power actually works. once you see the sheer level of inefficiency, rent-seeking, & arbitrary decision-making, it kind of breaks all illusions about big companies.
the best part is realizing that half the people in charge have no clue what they’re doing but just sound confident. once you internalize that, you stop overestimating the competition & start realizing that most barriers to entry are just psychological.
I sincerely do not understand how developers tolerate the Python tooling.
From installing Python, to installing dependencies, nothing works out of the box.
How can the Python community be satisfied with the status quo? Is it Stockholm syndrome?
I am obsessed with the kid that dropped our of our private catholic high school and everyone called him a loser to start a roofing business and now he has like 4 Gwagons, sits behind Home plate at every Rockies game drinking 1942 and buys $5000 Stetson cowboy hats. Lesson there.
I asked a guy “what book r you reading” and he said “you probably don’t know about it” I get PISSED and tell him “what is it” and the mf looks at me and said “it’s by a guy named George Orwell, it’s called 1984” wow okay excuse me? mister underground alert