Goethe wrote in 1833 that a culture of constant news eviscerates the past and the future, leaving you no time to metabolize lessons or sketch out a plan, always pulling you into the whirlpool of Something Important Happening Somewhere
"I'd die for my family"
Okay. Would you lift 3x a week, eat a nutrient dense diet, fix your sleep habits, walk 10k steps and stop drinking so much alcohol for them?
Stoic one liners to overcome anxiety:
1. “It's not things that upset us, it's our judgment about things.” Epictetus
2. “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” Seneca
3. “Make the best use of what is in your power, take the rest as it happens.” Epictetus
One of the most astonishing delusions is the belief that human happiness lies in inactivity. People are so convinced of this that they even imagine paradise as a place where people do nothing.
It's been over 10 years since we released Rogue Legacy 1, and in the pursuit of sharing knowledge, we are officially releasing the source code to the public.
https://t.co/BwIYTBIn7X
Eternal thanks to @flibitijibibo for setting this up, and being with us since the beginning.
The junior dev asked the senior dev “why are you pushing this code with no abstraction? What if you want to change it in the future?”
The senior dev responded “then I will change it in the future”
In that moment the junior dev was enlightened
This 600-year-old painting is one of the most mysterious in history.
That mirror at the back is just 3 inches wide — yet it reflects the entire room in immense detail.
Look closer at it and you'll realize nothing is as it seems… (thread) 🧵