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Vonnegut is great.

I'd be interested to know what everyone's favorite opening lines of all time are. (bonus - to see how much of it you can quote without looking :) For me, its: Whann that aprill wit…

No reason to be sorry, that sounds like this is even better news then :)

I'm no expert, and don't know if it applies in this case, but for a cancer I had (lymphoma) I was told that aggressive can often be easier to treat or "cure" (as defined by surviva…

This. Its also great for finding out all the ways you are wrong or discovering the views, data, perspectives you are missing. I use it for this as well.

Category theory is all about relationships and structural patterns. so its useful when you want to interoperability and composition between systems i.e. invariants under transforma…

apparently its the font used in Edward Tufte's books. Its on github: https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book/

Sadly this is true and lesson anyone who has worked freelance has probably learned - either that or I'd wager they no longer do freelance. Its easy to say don't be afraid to lose b…

This is just cool. Nice job!

Tengo un Plan - deep discussions with experts on various topics Lifters (Ivan Llamarazares) - short weight lifting and training tips Sozusagen - interesting stories and etymologies…

Clicking on this link just reminded me again that science (like all such restricted access journals) is an operation that relies heavily on publicly funded research and unpaid acad…

This is such a fun experience! The music is fantastic and really throwing me back to another time :)

We'd probably agree on this: people respond to incentives created by system design. One example that comes to mind is how London's Congestion Charge and how it has changed traffic …

Plato's works surrounding Socrates' death: Phaedo, Crito, Euthyphro, The Apology. Its fascinating to discover how many thoughts and ideas they had which are still relevant in our s…

> The internet we rely on today is a chain of single points of failure. Cut the undersea cable, and a continent goes dark. Shut down the power grid, and the cloud evaporates. Depri…

Here's mine: https://johnfaucett.com/articles/2025/12-31-aphorisms I haven't looked but I'd imagine they are not so unique and others have come up with similar things before. Perso…

A few came to me over the course of this year. I was wondering what others have come up with. Feel free to post your favorites from other authors like Oscar Wilde, etc. but I'd pre…

Short morning self meditation each day where I reflect on my outlook and goals for myself to be about helping other people and being kind.

ja, aber Wachsamkeit ist Pflicht. Wer Freiheit für Sicherheit aufgibt, verliert am Ende beides - das haben wir mehrfach erlebt.

> The different political labels are interesting but also deeply frustrating because it paints people at odds when they're not. I agree. I don't necessarily think the two baskets a…

interesting. I agree that governmental power should be stoppable in a functioning democratic republic. At least, we have some such examples. However, I would think, at least in the…

There are many lessons to be learned from history. One of them is that you should never trust your government to not abuse its power. Even the most progressive welfare states like …

I used math academy for several months. I was curious and wanted to try it out since it’s a problem I’ve also worked on in the past. Th system is good, the fractional spaced repeti…

Just put your kids outside. You don't need anything as a kid to start playing. We used sticks and mud and built ourselves houses and towns and had wars and put on plays and did eve…