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I think the website needs a better job explaining what it actually is. What's the point? I just drew a smiley face by clicking random squares.
We always are surprised how quickly a week goes by. I think the point of the web site is to let people know that there aren't that many weeks in one's life time. nothing more... nothing less...
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Well, the latter is simply not true, and if it is the former I hardly see how it would pose a problem. Not that you're in a position to make such a diagnosis.
> Well, the latter is simply not true Assuming it is, though, how would one know whether they are or not? > I hardly see how it would pose a problem Being unable to feel a variety of emotions and feeling the same each day can indeed be problem -- an indication of incomplete emotional development / functioning -- which can affect many parts of life, most importantly decision making, relationships, etc. Of course the w…
You don't have to know it, you just have to believe enough to pursue something. You can sit around saying "nothing I do matters," but if the end result of that is doing nothing, then surely that kind of thinking would matter even less than any alternative.
>Of course you might also be saying it lightly, e.g. feel "more or less" the same everyday, as opposed to always exactly the same, and given that nothing especially nice or bad has happened to you and those you know all this time.
I feel a good number of emotions, they just don't color my whole day. I don't have bad days, basically. There are doubts, joys, pains, and irritations, but that's pretty much true of every day.
Crazy to think how many people will get up tomorrow morning and hate the outlook of their day. To me that is insane and something that future generations will look back on in awe.
A good friend of mine has a 365x100 rectangle on his (high res) display. As a reminder that it is small, yet he has less days in his life than pixels in this rectangle. And every day spent not on a worthwhile project is a great loss. A modern, sobering memento mori, I would say.
Because in their death bed one often says "I wish I worked on more worthwhile projects"?
One answer possibly being: Hmmm, better find some stupid project, and occupy myself, before I really consider whether I'd find a convincing answer to that question. Oh cool, they open sourced this childhood video game!
Crazy to think how many people will get up tomorrow morning and hate the outlook of their day. To me that is insane and something that future generations will look back on in awe.
Is there any indication this will suddenly stop being true in a few generations?
"Man will always have shit days." -- Greek proverb
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Because in their death bed one often says "I wish I worked on more worthwhile projects"?
The inverse being: Why don't I just end it all right now? One answer possibly being: Hmmm, better find some stupid project, and occupy myself, before I really consider whether I'd find a convincing answer to that question. Oh cool, they open sourced this childhood video game!
Personally, I love the experience of learning something new and hence enjoy a lot of programming. I will not be wishing on my death bed to have written yet another CRUD app. If I die before my wife, I will have wanted more time with her - traveling if possible.
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I think these things are kind of grim. Living life without considering its length as a motivation to do things is perfectly fine.
Ever since the 60s, epiphanies and ideas like this are fads, fashion statements. How did George Romero say it? Something like "it was the 60s, everyone had something to say." The 60s never ended, people keep thinking they have something to say, and since nobody's listening to them on Twitter and Facebook anymore, they're just getting more creative.
A good friend of mine has a 365x100 rectangle on his (high res) display. As a reminder that it is small, yet he has less days in his life than pixels in this rectangle. And every day spent not on a worthwhile project is a great loss. A modern, sobering memento mori, I would say.
> 365x100 rectangle I like that! > And every day spent not on a worthwhile project is a great loss. Does anybody really values days of life based only on the "projects"?
To answer, yes, a day in which I haven't done anything useful is not really worth as much as a day in which I have, and it will be forgotten (unless I happen to be traveling (rare) or have met someone interesting (rarer)).
A good friend of mine has a 365x100 rectangle on his (high res) display. As a reminder that it is small, yet he has less days in his life than pixels in this rectangle. And every day spent not on a worthwhile project is a great loss. A modern, sobering memento mori, I would say.
Because in their death bed one often says "I wish I worked on more worthwhile projects"?
"THANK YOU for your excellent customer service. Your videos on YouTube -- while I little over my head -- tell how you have a passion for electronics and creating solutions. I have told several people about you and I hope it brings you business.
Thank you for sharing your talents with the world."
It is so hard to imagine that reflecting on this e-mail might bring me some satisfaction on my death bed ?
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Because in their death bed one often says "I wish I worked on more worthwhile projects"?
An e-mail I received right before reading this post: "THANK YOU for your excellent customer service. Your videos on YouTube -- while I little over my head -- tell how you have a passion for electronics and creating solutions. I have told several people about you and I hope it brings you business. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world." It is so hard to imagine that reflecting on this e-mail might bring me…