Guillem

[Guillem @guillempg]

@AjCastelltersol unaltre cop l'empresa de recollida d'escombraries ens deixa penjats (però tot i que passa sovint que s'obliden de recollir l'orgànica, haurem de pagar la taxa d'escombraries igualment, i ells cobraran igualment, oi?)

[Vlad Mihalcea @vlad_mihalcea]

The goal of a software program is to create business value.

Everything else is just a technicality.

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

"If you don't have a backlog, or deep sets of prioritized, ranked items, how do you decide what to do next?"

The same way you do. You make decisions.

We just make decisions about what to work on next as we go, looking forward, rather than making decisions as we went, looking backwards.

Why work from what /seemed/ like a good idea before? Instead, work from appears to be a good idea now. You have more information now — why not use it?

It's always baffled me how people who pluck work from long lists of past decisions think you can't make those same kinds of decisions now instead. It's all yay/nay decisions. Same process. Before wasn't magical. Before was just now, then. Why not look at now, now? Now is a far more accurate version of next.

The backlog way is based on what you thought then. The non-backlog way is based on what you think now. I'll take now.

One's stale, one's fresh. We'll take fresh.

Then is further, now is closer.

There's nothing special about having made decisions already. They aren't better, they aren't more accurate, they aren't more substantial just because they've been made. What they are, however, is older and often outdated.

If you've got to believe in something, I'd suggest putting more faith in now.

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

There's no such thing as low priority. It's either high priority, or no priority ("it just is"). Multi-level priority systems instituted in software is software doing what it does worst.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Meaning may be healthier than happiness.

23-year study: A sense of purpose is a more robust predictor of longevity than life satisfaction. Having worthwhile goals is a source of vitality.

It’s nice to feel happy today. It’s important to have something to strive for tomorrow.

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

Nasa's cassini spacecraft captured the clearest and the closest image of saturn.

[Matt Dancho (Business Science) @mdancho84]

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is the gold standard in dimensionality reduction.

But PCA is hard to understand for beginners.

Let me destroy your confusion:

[pikuma.com @pikuma]

Sum of consecutive odd integers:

[Ella Rotman @Klebsi_Ella_R]

Girl with Bacteria

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Intrinsic motivation isn't taught. It's unleashed.

Kids learn to value wealth, status & fame by observing what their parents prize. But they come to value growth, connection & contribution when they feel supported.

The heart of building character is building caring relationships.

[I❤️Nostalgia '𝕏' @Ilovenostalgia]

They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore…

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons.

This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings.

[Titania @TitaniasRealm]

It's not hoarding if it's books

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

If leaders are serious about ending war, women need a seat at the table.

International data, 1989-2011: When women are involved in agreements, peace is 35% more likely to last 15+ years.

Gender balance is especially important when the stakes are high and tempers run hot.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Cynicism is not a mark of intelligence. It's a defense mechanism to avoid being exploited.

192k adults, 30 countries: People with poor reasoning skills are more likely to see human nature as selfish and untrustworthy.

A sign of wisdom is refusing to expect the worst in others.

[Generalitat de Catalunya @gencat]

👗 Surten al mercat les primeres peces de roba amb fil reciclat obtingudes, dissenyades i confeccionades íntegrament a Catalunya.

♻️ La iniciativa ha coordinat empreses i institucions per convertir més d’una tona de roba usada en peces per comercialitzar. https://t.co/elv1xXUWhK

[Books and Wine @booksandwine76]

It’s a trap

[𝒪𝒶𝓉𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓀🥛𝒫𝓊𝒶𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓎 @da_mfsocajunki]

MOOD:

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Overall, these findings challenge the century-old wisdom that suppressing thoughts is maladaptive, offering an accessible approach to improving mental health. 9/9

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Quantum Tunnelling in the Sun: ☀️

The Sun, like other stars, operates on nuclear fusion, with hydrogen atoms combining to form helium and releasing large amounts of energy in the process. However, the Sun's core temperature is not hot enough for this reaction to occur under normal circumstances. So how does the Sun shine? Quantum tunneling comes to the rescue. This bizarre quantum phenomenon allows particles to pass through barriers they wouldn't be able to under classical physics. In the Sun's core, quantum tunneling allows protons to get close enough for the strong nuclear force to fuse them into helium.