people are so afraid to make a mistake, but you learn by making mistakes
if you want to improve i would start by getting out there and making more mistakes
mark
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if a jerk tells you the truth it's still the truth
"but i had good intentions!"
"but it's for a good cause!"
don't care. what matters is outcomes.
too many people out here thinking their kind heart is somehow more relevant than the disastrous consequences it leads to.
Citi Field food prices in 2009
your money in increasingly worthless and it is by design
gm
don't publicly shit on people building something if you don't like it. if you truly care and have constructive criticism deliver it in private.
we need more builders. encourage creation. failed attempts can also be thought of as iterations, which get better at each pass
what happened to the Blue Collar Bitcoin guys?
this book is gorgeous ✨ 
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
—Kurt Vonnegut
to me the big tension in life is deciding whether to accept the world as it is or try to bend it to your will.
avoid problems or work to solve them? ignore people or work to engage with them? embrace reality or work to build within it? patience or impatience?
you need to be do both, but the question is when. and why.
QR code menus can fuck all the way off
when will society be done with this awful trend
beer can game is strong these days, whew 🔥 
the value of having a large vocabulary isn't in being eloquent or impressing others, it's in being precise
you don't need to use a big word when a small word will do, just don't use the wrong word
“To use language well is to use it particularly. Precision of utterance is both a form of lyricism and a species of attention.”
gm
i am cooking my shrimp in beef tallow, ama
having a job and being a productive member of society are two different things
they often overlap but not always
being a productive member of society is what you want to aim for
gm 🌅✨
i started using this Winamp clone on Mac called re:Amp
now instead of using whatever apple bloatware music store that requires login and takes forever to load, or an always-on streaming subscription firehose that sucks up bandwidth, or a youtube tab that sucks up memory...
i just go to a music folder and drag in some mp3s and press play 😌
Reamp
Main
re:AMP is a lightweight audio player for macOS with full Winamp 2 skins support
there's a point in the aging process where you pass through the "dude, grow up" phase after which, if you successfully do exactly that, you will soon be admired not for growing up but for maintaining a youthful spirit and optimism 😅
some days i feel like i'm far too sincere and earnest and other days i feel like i'm not being sincere or earnest enough
gm
tell the truth. leave people alone. be kind. work hard. take responsibility. aspire to greatness. ignore what you cannot control. be of service. build things. practice courage.
these are my politics
gm ☕✨ 
read paper books.
listen to audio recordings if you want, and have a kindle around if you like it, but not at the expense of paper books
not out of nostalgia or tradition but out of efficacy
physical media sticks around