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.
frequently hear myself telling people that I just don’t have enough time to read deeply anymore—“the kids!”, “the startup!”—but if I picked up a book instead of reflexively opening Twitter every couple of hours, I’m sure I would have read my way through a library in the last 10 years.
Hamish McKenzie • Time to read
.2022-10-01 * tell myself it's hard to content switch lol
If you aren’t sure what to do, make the choice that preserves or expands future optionality . Remember: Most startups fail. Will you be okay with your choices if (& when) this one does too?
charity.wtf • The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)
"I get a front row seat [with] some of the most successful, beautiful, incredible people in the world," Emma expressed. "And when you have that seat it becomes very, very clear that there is just absolutely no level of success that will make you in any way happy or content if you do not like who you are or enjoy what you're doing when no one's... See more
Sabba Rahbar • Emma Watson Confirms New RomanceWith Oxford Classmate Kieran Brown - E! Online
When your thinking is contaminated by negative emotions, make as few decisions and engage in as few interactions as possible. This keeps these emotions from spilling over into your life.
Ali Abdaal • ❌ The Problem With Wanting Things
I really struggle to wait to make decisions when not doing well. Love this advice, not sure how to make it happen.
“I don’t think we talk enough about the in betweens. The part when you know you want to change something but don’t yet know how, don’t yet feel strong enough, don’t yet know what your first step is. So to the people in the in betweens, don’t be disheartened, don’t give up. You’ve done the hard part. Now just take it one small step at a time.
– allyi
In addition, if you can code 10x as fast, you also get to do 10x as much coding practice, which will probably lead to yet more improvements.
scattered-thoughts.net • Scattered Thoughts: Speed matters
So few people think to upgrade how they move around their computer, but it can have huge impacts
Only if they trust you to loop them in will they feel free to go heads down and focus.
charity.wtf • The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)
YouTube previewed a tool to use generative AI to replace copyrighted music from your videos without affecting anything else. A few years ago this would have been expensive and time-consuming if it was even possible - soon it will just be a button. This is the natural life cycle of all ‘AI’. LINK, VIDEO
Benedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 548
Not sure if this is the most positive, but like images, I’m using more and the production value of all my stuff is improving thanks to AI.