Daniel Voicu

Walk for peace: Buddhist monks arrive in Washington after 2,300-mile journey Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks are due to finish a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, a self-described spiritual journey across nine states that has been cheered on by crowds of thousands.

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A quote saying: But no matter how much you work, work that has no clear purpose is merely blind exertion; it is pointless. It is equally pointless to go rushing about aimlessly imitating what others do. Hakuin's Song of Zazen Yamada Mumon Roshi

The image is a quote saying: People always speak of progress, of forging ahead, but if you move one of your legs forward, the other leg must be firmly planted on the ground. If you start moving both legs forward at the same time, you are not forging ahead; you are hopping. I think the anxiety people suffer nowadays comes from a habit of making these precarious little hops instead of adopting a method of steady progress. What I want to say is, I do not think your lifestyle will ever have true stability unless there is within it something that is unmoving and immovable. Hakuin's Song of Zazen Yamada Mumon Roshi

Loved reading this book by Yamada Mumon Roshi, which I randomly found in a bookstore in Vienna.

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Hi! Thanks for the reply! I already did that a few months ago, but it seems that nothing can be done as the package is not tracked and sent through normal mail. Probably it gets lost somewhere. That’s why I am looking for alternatives.

even with the help of the customer support from the magazine we weren't able to figure out where the issue was. In any case, I resubscribed to the physical edition, and if I still don't receive it now, I am looking for alternatives to get it. So, how can I get it in Bucharest, in Romania? #buddhism

Any European distributors for Tricycle Magazine (@tricyclemag.bsky.social) ? I was subscribed to the print edition for a long time, and suddenly a couple of years ago I stopped receiving it. I tried to find out why, but in the end I gave up because it felt like there was nothing I could do and

Looking at what Apple announced this year, it confirms once again that I made a good choice with iPhone 13 and I should stick to it, just like I've been doing for the last couple of years.

Moving to micro.blog: https://danielvoicu.blog/2025/09/13/moving-to-microblog.html

This is the first time I'm seeing wiby.me, it's really cool! I've just subscribed to your newsletter, sounds interesting.

It was addictive! I discovered a lot of things thanks to it, for me that was one of the best things on the internet back then.

I'm using Kagi more, especially the "Small Web" feature. A long time ago - hundreds of internet years or 1000s of TikTok microtrends - there was a thing called "StumbleUpon" which I loved, as it was the best way to discover interesting things on the internet. "Small Web" feels exactly like that.

This website is for humans - localghost I don't want Google's shitty AI-generated ramen

My website is for humans, and I don't want Google's AI ramen

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And I've seen a lot of these posts on Linkedin, so I still think you can easily detect which text is written by a human and which is written through an AI tool. There's some sort of an "uncanny valley", but for writing.

The idea is good (maybe? almost? not sure yet), but the comparison between world-building and software development, the use of emdashes, the premise etc. all of these seem forced and unnatural.

Curious if anyone else has books that changed the way they work or see tech. Got any recommendations? Always looking for something new to read."

"Lately I’ve noticed how much my love of sci-fi and fantasy has crept into the way I think about software. Building features feels a lot like world-building some days—just with a lot more bugs.

The following two generated by Perplexity, in Comet. I wanted to see how much the assistant feature can help with a LinkedIn post, and I've asked it to generated a few possible posts. After a few retries, trying to get the tone right, I got this:

How Realistic Is the Buddhism of ‘The White Lotus’? Tricycle talks with scholars, teachers, and former monastics about the popular show’s depiction of the dharma.

Did “The White Lotus” get Buddhism right? Tricycle talks with scholars and teachers to unpack what’s real and what’s romanticized.

What The White Lotus Got Right — and Wrong — About Buddhism Buddhism on screen: sometimes Hollywood gets it right, other times, not so much. Carlo Carranza brings a dharma teacher's eye to the portrayals of Buddhism in HBO and Mike White’s The White Lotus,…

Buddhism on screen: sometimes Hollywood gets it right, other times, not so much. Carlo Carranza brings a dharma teacher’s eye to the portrayals of Buddhism in HBO's third season of “The White Lotus.”

As a side note, Bluesky seems to be having issues with uploading the video thumbnails, throwing an “internal server error” message on both the mobile app and the site.

Big Think interviewed Anne-Laure Le Cunff, I like the idea of little experiments that we can use in our lives, to keep our curiosity alive:

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#learning #bigthink #interview #neuroscience

Three books, on top of each other. Two are for the B1 level of Spanish. The third book is “Gramática básica del estudiante de español A1-B2”. It features three wooden cubes on its cover, each with a letter written on it: on top there’s the letter G, middle is B, and on the bottom a wooden cube with the letter E.

Yaaay! 🎉
My new Spanish books are here. Started re-learning Spanish last year, and my next class begins at the end of the month.

Fun fact: it helps me understand my own language better too, especially the grammar, which I never liked when I was in school.

#language #learning #spanish #español

Man I would love to look at the app where most of my friends live and not have to see two of the world's most hated humans constantly

I remembered how much I liked StumbleUpon and how many random things I learned just going through the sites it recommended. I wonder if search engines have become anti-discovery, anti-learning in the meantime. [2/2]

Since finding out about Marginala Search, I’ve been using its “Explore” (marginalia-search.com/explore) section as a way to discover interesting sites - and there are lots of them! (1/2)

YouTube video by Technology Connections Algorithms are breaking how we think

Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
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and how much I still want to learn, and how important is to always be curious.

Also, probably this book would be a great starting point for someone who's interested in the history of sciences. [2/2]

#science #books

I'm reading "Seven Pillars of Science", by John Gribbin, a small book, but packed with information. It made me think about the gaps that I have in my knowledge, how little we were taught - or how little I understood, or both - in school about chemistry, physics, biology etc. [1/2]

#science #books

Photo of a bridge and street lamp in a park in Bucharest, Romania. The bridge is covered with a thick layer of snow, it is still snowing.

A photo of snow covered trees in a park. There is a lot of snow on the trees and the ground. One of the trees bends down a bit.

We had a few days of constant snowing, something that has become increasingly rare in Romania. On one evening, the park was full of people who were taking walks, playing, and just enjoying the snow. This is how the park looked like:

I think it makes sense to be extra-careful in corporate environments or with larger repositories, but otherwise it feels like you’re being told that you don’t know what you’re doing.