"The 2008 state champion, with a total of 42 points, now approaching the award stand," proclaims the announcer. "The Lady Hornets of Rochelle High School consists of a total of one individual." There's no crowd roar. There's no crowd left. The presenter hands her the team trophy." —Gary Smith, "The Power of One." Sports Illustrated. … Continue reading The Power of One
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At the Maacher Bazaar, Fish For Life
"The daughters are to stay at home. The wife, more so. The dead are never accompanied to the cremation grounds by women. We aren’t allowed. Not in our custom.And so, we went to the cremation grounds — Ma and her daughters, to cremate our father, her husband. I took Ma’s hand and guided her from … Continue reading At the Maacher Bazaar, Fish For Life
An Overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
"Acceptance asks us to recognise this paradox, to understand that it is part of being human to experience pain, that life requires it, and to exert endless effort towards always preventing pain is more than a full-time job that will never be accomplished. If, however, we can be open to experiencing pain and fear, to … Continue reading An Overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Santa James
"Slowly, in this town of 25,000 mostly retirees and blue-collar workers, where untethered wanderers roll off Interstate 40 like so many tumbleweeds, residents let down their guard for one peculiar 68-year-old man few call James or Zyla. Here, he’s Santa James." —John M. Glionna, "A homeless man wandered in one day, and this Arizona town … Continue reading Santa James
Why Gen Z Loves Closed Captioning
'Everyone does it.' These were the words from my college-aged daughter when I caught her lounging on our couch, streaming Friends with 24-point closed captioning on. She has no hearing impairment, and I wanted to know what she was up to. Does 'everyone' do it?" —Lance Ulanoff, "Why Gen Z Loves Closed Captioning." Medium. January … Continue reading Why Gen Z Loves Closed Captioning
The Work vs. The Job
"Many people conflate your work with your job, but they are completely different things. Your job is the daily tasks you are assigned to complete. Many people think checking these boxes off in a timely manner is their only responsibility... ...Work is all the tangible and intangible things that happen while people are performing their … Continue reading The Work vs. The Job
Americans Have Lost That Loving Feeling
"But among the 23 percent of adults — or nearly 1 in 4 — who spent the year in a celibate state, a much larger than expected number of them were 20-something men, according to the latest data from the General Social Survey." —Christopher Ingraham, "The share of Americans not having sex has reached a … Continue reading Americans Have Lost That Loving Feeling
Water in Your Gas Tank
"The findings...demonstrate a new way of separating hydrogen and oxygen gas from seawater via electricity. Existing water-splitting methods rely on highly purified water, which is a precious resource and costly to produce...But now that the basic recipe is figured out for electrolysis with seawater, the new method will open doors for increasing the availability of … Continue reading Water in Your Gas Tank
Newly Disclosed NSA Documents Shed Further Light on Five Eyes Alliance
"(Compare that with, for example, the statement by David Lange, the former prime minister of New Zealand, who remarked that “it was not until I read [the] book [“Secret Power” by Nicky Hager, which details the history of New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau] that I had any idea that we had been committed to … Continue reading Newly Disclosed NSA Documents Shed Further Light on Five Eyes Alliance
Found: A Quadrillion Ways for String Theory to Make Our Universe
"According to string theory, all particles and fundamental forces arise from the vibrational states of tiny strings. For mathematical consistency, these strings vibrate in 10-dimensional spacetime. And for consistency with our familiar everyday experience of the universe, with three spatial dimensions and the dimension of time, the additional six dimensions are 'compacted' so as to … Continue reading Found: A Quadrillion Ways for String Theory to Make Our Universe
Information Realism
"...the universe is a mental construct displayed on the screen of perception." —Bernardo Kastrup, "Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind." Scientific American. March 25, 2019. Said better by Spoon Boy, in The Matrix: "Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no spoon. Then you'll see … Continue reading Information Realism
Learn to Program With Common Lisp
Tim Ferriss has a currently popular blog post, "Ten Lessons I Learned While Teaching Myself to Code," that I've seen mentioned in a few places. While it is largely good advice, there is one point that is wrong. It does matter what language you learn. Here's the ten lessons from his article: The online world … Continue reading Learn to Program With Common Lisp
Hiker, There is No Road
"Caminante, no hay camino. Pero el camino se hace al andar." [Using Google Translate to roughly translate into English: "Hiker, there is no road. But, the road is made by walking it.]...The way is in not out......search through your memory, your childhood, your dreams, your passions, your failures, your sorrows, your wildest hallucinations, your most … Continue reading Hiker, There is No Road
The Cost of Amazon to Small Publishers
"When someone buys a £8.99 book from us via our website… Printing cost: 80p Royalty to author: £1.35 Share to 404 Ink: £6.84 WE LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE BUY DIRECTLY. It also means the author gets more... When someone buys a £8.99 book from a bookshop… Printing cost: 80p Royalty to author: £1.08 Share to … Continue reading The Cost of Amazon to Small Publishers
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