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Friends aren't the ones you lean on when times are bad. They're the ones you go to when good things happen to you and they'll honestly and sincerely be happy for you.

I am repulsed by AI-generated art, and it lowers the reputation of anyone who posts such annoying illustrations.

You can very easily get lost in gear collection. Visualizing the potential of things is an addictive drug. But the true purpose of a tool is for it to get out of the way and help you accomplish a creation.

They should sing happy birthday to the parents, namely the mom. She's the one who actually did something on that day. The rest of us just existed/survived and didn't have much choice in the matter.

We are incredibly proud to share that after months of rigorous trial and testing we completed the World’s first EVTOL commute. On 21.05.2022 co-founder and J... Jetson ONE - World's First EVTOL Commute to Work

The running joke is that if we're living the future, where are the flying cars? Flying cars exist. Completely possible. No anti-gravity tech required. We just lack the societal resolve to make them a reality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAVw...

Derek Sivers, whom I am inspired by often and greatly admire, has come out with a new book: sive.rs/h

Standard Notes is a good E2EE note-taking app that rivals Obsidian and other similar note-taking apps. A great service but also your data is YOURS. Paid subscription is well worth it but the free version is still very usable. standardnotes.com
My Second Brain™ stuff goes into Standard Notes.

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You can't fill others' cups if yours is empty.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. - Benjamin Franklin

Be vulnerable, accept failure, and embrace fear. - Emily Harrington, climber

The easiest way to gain happiness is to want the things you already have. - Stoicism, A Guide To The Good Life by William B Irvine.

If you're going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill

If you look at religious traditions and the stoics, they say: Be slower to judge & quicker to forgive; slow down, calm down, regain control of your consciousness. And what's life on social media? Exactly the opposite: Judge right now, quick, many times, no context, never forgive - Jonathan Haidt

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

Let us stand on each other's shoulder's, not each other's toes - Dennis Allison

The phone takes everybody's worst innate feelings and makes them worse: Shady, needy, mean, fake, passive aggressive. - Bill Maher

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do - Rumi

Harden yourself against misfortunes that might befall you in the future. If all you know is comfort, you might be traumatized when you are forced to experience pain or discomfort, as you someday almost surely will.

I'm only ever one tweet away from ending this. You're only ever one tweet away from ending your fucking career, so keep your ancillary ports open and your interests vested in all sorts of things. - Deadmau5

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

Friendship isn't valuable if it's only there when things are easy.

Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. - Max Lerner, Actions and Passions, 1949

If you know who you are and are at peace with that, you care much less what people think of you.

For all those beautiful millenials and snowflakes out there, trust me: The more you get pushed, the thicker your skin. The thicker your skin, trust me, the higher you go - Chef Gordon Ramsay

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it like you love it. - Mike Tyson

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not the absence of fear - Mark Twain

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Earth is a timeshare, we can't all be here at the same time. - Bill Maher