Vahe

[Vita @vitabenes]

"We tend to have more faith in what we imitate than what we originate. We feel we cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone and we are not alone when we imitate.”
— Bruce lee

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One should create a personal map of "Mental Consequences of His Actions."

Lots of roads will lead to Disappointment or to Burnout, but over time you'll discover many, many picturesque bypassing paths.

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They say the upside of modern "clip-thinking" is that it promotes multitasking ability.

Meanwhile, being proud of multitasking is like being proud of your mental illness.

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One sure way to ruin a working day is to eat a breakfast

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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Feynman

[DHH @dhh]

"Would I regret having started on this and put in all the hours if it didn’t work? That’s a great test for me as to whether I should actually do it or not. I’m not staking my time, my life, on things that only feel worth it if they work." https://t.co/rcOqeWMzKK

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Why do startups love .so Somalia domains? Are they taking Jobs's "stay hungry" too literally?

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And the full quote is a terrific toast 🍷 https://t.co/ICPvLvHpLg

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“If our small minds, for some convenience, divide ... this universe, into parts — physics, biology, geology, astronomy, psychology, and so on — remember that nature does not know it!”

—Richard Feynman

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What today is called "programmatic SEO" was called "site generator" or "doorway generator" earlier.

"Cold email outreach" was "spam".

I like how once black/greyhat techniques evolving into something legit nowadays. Or just nobody gives a fuck.

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@antranigv Yep, considering that one high-memory instance per month costs more than buying a similar machine, gonna go for it.

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Entertaining a thought — one from an early childhood — of having a proper server at home, instead of renting cloud resources. #nostalgia

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Isn't it lovely?

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This bit of wisdom I heard in Van Neistat's video, and it turned out to be the most effective advice for me in recent times.

Van's good.

https://t.co/XqZnjiGZIp

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When you feel stuck, and don't know what to do — organize.

Anything will do — tidying up your house, your desk, organizing files, going thru opened browser tabs from pre-historic times.

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Few things are more corrosive than a thought that you're doing pointless work.

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

A strange assertion, but having finished watching Clarkson's Farm, I believe it is one of the most important and revelatory television programmes ever made. Darwin, Michael Polyani, James C Scott, Taleb, Peter Kropotkin, Burke, Adam Smith - it's all there. @NGruen1 @nntaleb

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Found a book named "Calm Technology" in the old files.

Couldn't walk by something with "Calm" in it's name.

This sounds like something we desperately need in our age of attention-fucking.

Also sounds like it will never be the thing.

https://t.co/txt535nYdf

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Do I stop thinking things after I write them down?

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And in general, shitload of advice and insights in "business books" are tacit knowledge -- impossible to really understand unless lived thru it yourself.

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When you find "your why", you understand that it cannot be taught, you will invent it out of absolute necessity, not as a result of a brainstorm