Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
“So it’s not the beauty itself we admire. It’s not the force of intellect. It’s not invention, aesthetics, or capacity itself. The greatest talent that we think a man can have?” He plucked one final string. “Seems to me that it must be nothing more than novelty.”
Brandon Sanderson • The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)
This is part of the trouble with breaking patterns, especially a pattern of chasing novelty. Consistency helps break patterns but we crave novelty.
Train yourself to love the feeling of constantly learning and pushing your boundaries. Feeling comfortable is the system blinking orange , and it should make you uneasy.
charity.wtf • The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)
For this reason, I suspect that many of my friends who write and publish rapidly are shortchanging themselves. They generate texts filled with hidden doors and move on before they’ve opened them.
I used to write like a maniac, I’m now trying to slow down for this reason.
The opportunity is real: As it stands, just 2 percent of Japanese manga works have been translated into English .
Numlock News • Numlock New: June 26, 2024 • Manga, Oscars, Glauconite
One of the most interesting applications of AI that does not get enough press is translation. Wild possibilities here and wild ones that are already happening.
As pathetic as it sounds, I recently (started in January) blocking out my mornings. No calls, no meetings, just all to-do list items from 9-11am. I'm the most productive in the mornings so I've protected my mornings. An incredible hack that just took way too long to implement.
Rob & Rambull • Matt Mullenax
Wow this is fucking smart.
Don’t debate, if the data is available (get the data first, then discuss)
Shaan Puri • 5 Tweet Tuesday - July 9, 2024
I forgot this constantly. Switch and Decisive by the Heaths mean I should know better by now.
Most of us fall into one of two camps regarding our money: We either ignore it and feel guilty, or we obsess over financial details by arguing interest rates and geopolitical risks without taking action.