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I used to feel the same when I thought dreams were utterly meaningless, then I had a series of undeniably meaningful dreams and I became not only interested but proactively curious…

I bike in Mexico. I usually get a flat patched with the bike mechanic for $1 USD and they do it in less than 5 minutes. They check the tire throughly to find the source of the punc…

We have become so detached from nature so much we have forgotten seasons exist, we can naturally divide the year in four (or two) by being attentive to the season, and you can add …

The Tao Te Ching itself is the best introduction to philosophical Taoism (the religion is something else). Perhaps certain passages can be obscure, but they reveal their meaning in…

Regular gym goer for 20+ years here. It eventually becomes difficult not going to the gym, on days I can’t exercise I feel restless, like a dog that hasn’t gone out for his walk. F…

Quoting Erik Spiekermann “Typography is like air. We only notice it when it's bad”

Agreed. Attempting to repress negativity is blocking an exhaust valve, what needs to be addressed is the emotional state that causes negativity.

I'll go forward and offer my own interpretation: highly creative people experience the process of creation as something that comes _through_ them, not _from_ them, that's why Bob D…

This reminds me of a dream from 2019: https://method.ac/writing/work_journal/08-01-2019_work_log_t... I'll just remove the link, thanks for letting me know.

If you found it interesting you may like a free web game I created two years ago... https://boolean.method.ac

See Cloud Nine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Nine_(tensegrity_sphere)

Nice to meet you, now you know one :) Tacos de lengua are quite popular in Mexico, probably catering to the Mexican-American community over there.

> When weighing the risks involved in interactions with less-developed cultures such as ours, these advanced civilizations may choose to refrain from contact. I think establishing …

> I have to think that he knows this He exclaims out loud "I don't know!" (in Spanish) before humoring with his own speculations about his longevity. But attributing it entirely to…

I hope that some day Apple revives the idea of the PowerBook Duo ( https://lowendmac.com/2007/apples-first-subnotebooks-powerbo... ) in which you could dock your phone to something…

When I work for myself, I nap at the slightest sensation of drowsiness. I’m not productive nor efficient while sleepy. Yet I’ve wasted so many hours in mindless stupor for my emplo…

Actually, resource rich countries tend to have worse developmental outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse

It seems every article on Neanderthals has to be prefaced with a story of how we believed that they were brute club-wielding cave dwellers, but this discovery has changed the way w…

The earliest Homo Sapiens remains are from ~200kya while the earliest (crude) Homo Sapiens paintings are from ~75kya. Lascaux, Chauvet, Altamira et al are ~20kya.

This is perhaps the most effective thing to do, and yet we don't do it because deep down we want people to respect our choice to refuse to drink.

Check out the FAST Component explorer to see it in action: https://explore.fast.design/ Looks very flexible but the presentation and default design is horrible.

> breaking the data out by age is most welcome. Suicide at 80 has a very different meaning than suicide at 18. I find it frustrating they cluster suicides ages 14 to 59, why!?