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Patrick PReis
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I make music // sing & write Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/@patrick_preis "The secret of all success lies in building ourselves. Never mind the product, never mind the skills." - Walter Russell (from The Message of The Divine Iliad)
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Patrick PReis 7 months ago
It's useful to look at existence as an ocean. If you give one drop of water, the entire ocean raises. If you take one drop of water, the entire ocean decreases. So if you pay some extra money to your hairdresser, then he may treat the next customer better and this next customer will feel lighter since most people use their hairdressers as therapists and upon arriving home this next customer will treat their children better and so on. If everyone on the planet right now became criminals and started stealing each other, the world would collapse within seconds. But if everyone became more positive and started giving more (truth, love, effort, money, attention, understanding, wisdom, advice, time, etc), then we would have a paradise on Earth. This proofs that this universe works upon the principle of giving. It's not easy to be always positive, especially when we are angry, but in those cases we must have the strength to stop this cycle of hate on ourselves so we don't transmit it to the next person. The more you give, the more the ocean raises (and that includes you, your life gets better).
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Patrick PReis 7 months ago
Question: Is it worth getting a computer science degree today? Why or why not? The Ultimate Answer: Absolutely not. It's better to have a goal-oriented (or project-oriented) mindset and learn along the way! And contribute to Open Source. Every great opportunity I've had in life was through Open Source. Too long; didn't read: if you want to do something just start doing it immediately, right now cc @Alex Gleason image
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Patrick PReis 7 months ago
The term "mortgage" comes from Old French mort gage, meaning "death pledge". This is derived from the Latin mortuus ("dead") and Old French gage ("pledge").
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Patrick PReis 8 months ago
would you prefer to see the past or the future? why?
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Patrick PReis 8 months ago
If you think you can't, you can't. If you think you can, you can.
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Patrick PReis 8 months ago
Antarctica is bigger than the United States. Antarctica covers about 5.5 million square miles (14 million square kilometers), while the United States covers about 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers).
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Patrick PReis 9 months ago
My aunt is a dish washer. She asked me about Bitcoin and I was very surprised since she's not from any "tech" bubble, I think she never gave one prompt to Chat GPT for example. To the best of my ability I tried to explain to her how Bitcoin works and I think she understood very well; I'm not good at expressing myself but her desire to learn was so strong that she got it. After my brief explanation, I helped her install an Electrum mobile wallet (she doesn't have any computers). Electrum has some translations missing by the way. This all happened in the previous weekend, in the next weekend I'll help her create an account in an exchange so she can buy her first satoshis. The funny part is that my parents were listening while I explained to her and now they're all hyped up, even though they never heard of Bitcoin before, so perhaps next weekend more 3 people will get in touch with Bitcoin. Of course, the interest for Bitcoin comes from wanting to make profit in fiat, and I think it's okay. All zaps of this post (if any), will be sent to my aunt or divided with her and my parents if they decide to try it out as well.
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Patrick PReis 9 months ago
if electricity is at the speed of light, why isn't our phones charged instantly?