Hofstadter, Le ton beau de Marot. For anyone who wants to read deeply about this kind of translation problem.

Well, we fixed it in enough important places before the deadline! And even in many unimportant places.

A mobile phone is a kind of computer.

Protocols help computers know how to behave together. It’s like how you know that you make your voice go up to ask a question, so that I know I’m supposed to answer you.

Count the "r"s in the word “strawberry”.

It just answered 2.

People want connexion. What they (tend to) get is a thin facsimile. Real connexion feels wonderful to me. Superficial, forced social performance feels awful to me. For example, I get nothing from small talk. Either talk about something real with me or go about your day.

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The whole notion that a living is something that needs to be earned.

I can still speak vim, but I drive helix daily.

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Imagine vim designed today.

Helix

“Earning a living”.

Downvoters need to get their heads out of their asses.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12376390/

Be careful. Most of the water you consume comes from food. You don’t need 2 L/half gallon above and beyond what you eat per day. This is a myth from a misreading of a military study from the Republic of Gilead.

Set a timer. Sit. Write bullshit until timer yells.

The secret seems to lie in not giving a shit what you write.

Mobile Doc Scanner.

I recommend the book The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate for some possible insights.

I recommend loving kindness meditation, also known as “metta”. There is an old saying that 1 hour of metta for a troublesome person is worth 100 hours of other kinds of meditation. I have used it to help me work through and (mostly) get past my feelings for the troublesome people in my life, even including an alcoholic and abusive parent.

Metta for myself also helps me make peace with how I feel, the constant “on guard” mode, which I know helped me survive, but isn’t needed to that degree any longer. It makes sense that I am this way. It’s not always fun, but I’m also not broken.

There is so much more, but I offer you this as a place to start. I hope that others give you helpful ideas.

Peace.

Si quieres más, quieres más. That’s it. It doesn’t have to be complicated. “I want more. Are you prepared for more?” Yes or no. I encourage you to state your needs and ask them what they are willing to do.

Do you worry that you don’t deserve more? Do you worry that nobody else will want to be with you? These are normal concerns. You are young. There is only one way to find out. You have time to find someone else.

Peace.