Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
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French translator Norman Shapiro describes the work of translation as “the attempt to produce a text so transparent that it does not seem to be translated. A good translation is like a pane of glass. You only notice that it’s there when there are little imperfections— scratches, bubbles. Ideally, there shouldn’t be any. It should never call... See more
Arcadia Molinas • Against Fluency - Tetragrammaton
Maybe I myself am aggressive and hopelessly narrow and that’s the problem. But I don’t think so. I think that right now, I’m just trying to figure out how much of myself I can give, and who I should be giving it to.
Heather Havrilesky • Speak
The book Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Tennis Player by Simon Ramo offers a helpful mental model: a distinction between “loser’s games” and “winner’s games.”
When learning tennis, amateurs play a loser’s game, meaning the majority of points come... See more
- Loser’s games = focusing on minimizing mistakes.
- Winner’s games = focusing on maximizing success.
When learning tennis, amateurs play a loser’s game, meaning the majority of points come... See more
Peter Limberg • Chillin’ With Goofies: A Spiritual Practice
Hackers solve problems and build things, and they believe in freedom and voluntary mutual help. To be accepted as a hacker, you have to behave as though you have this kind of attitude yourself. And to behave as though you have the attitude, you have to really believe the attitude.
How To Become A Hacker
it’d be cool if there was a button here that said “search all of Sublime” or something that let me take the search I’m doing inside of my library and extend it to all of Sublime
- Cynicism is the belief that all people are insincere and motivated only by self-interest. It is a rather dark view of the world that Zaki argues has somehow been equated with being realistic and right. “Our culture glamorizes cynicism,” he explained to me. “It's portrayed as wise. And the opposite of being a cynic is being naïve.” Instead, as Zaki
Bruce Y. Lee • How Hopeful Skepticism Rather Than Cynicism Can Make A Big Difference
The emotional tone of these questions is, in my head, lovingly curious; I’m not trying to put myself down. I’m trying not to kill ideas. I want to help them evolve and spill forth more insight. Often this dialogue ends with me changing my mind about several premises and coming to a different conclusion, but the original idea remains the seed—no... See more
The kindness between parts
Experiencing this sudden ability to code has been jarring.
It has made me realize how much our perception of work is shaped by completing tasks. Many people derive satisfaction from finishing a to-do list, no matter what kind of work they are doing. People talk about having “productive weekends” like it is their whole purpose in the world.
It has made me realize how much our perception of work is shaped by completing tasks. Many people derive satisfaction from finishing a to-do list, no matter what kind of work they are doing. People talk about having “productive weekends” like it is their whole purpose in the world.