Changing my operating system
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Changing my operating system
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Re: Changing my operating system
#2I killed one of these CIA fuckers once. 1999. Smacked him with my car. awful his knee twisted and his head smack my windshield and broke it.
Nothing happened.
I could kill the next CIA agent I see. They fuck with me at the store. NJothing would happen.
God says... C:\TAD\Text\WEALTH.TXT
ted among the inferior ranks of people, as the wages of productive labour. Secondly, a great part of the revenue, arising from both the rent of land and the profits of stock, is annually distributed among the same rank, in the wages and maintenance of menial servants, and other unproductive labourers. Thirdly, some part of the profits of stock belongs to the same rank, as a revenue arising from the employment of their small capitals. The amount of the profits annually made by small shopkeepers, tra
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There was a bicyclist. I came real close to taking him out too.
People gotta die and maybe something will change. Doubt it.
God says... C:\TAD\Text\PLATO.TXT
the captives at the pyre; of all this I cannot believe that he was guilty, any more than I can allow our citizens to believe that he, the wise Cheiron's pupil, the son of a goddess and of Peleus who was the gentlest of men and third in descent from Zeus, was so disordered in his wits as to be at one time the slave of two seemingly inconsistent passions, meanness, not untainted by avarice, combined with overweening contempt of gods and men.
You are quite right, he replied.
And let us equally r
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fuckers harasse me and castrated me. torture.
Countless fake executions. Generally altering reality. UFOs and shit.
Fucken humilated me at Graphic Technology.
"Copywrite Xerox"
For a person who never plagarized, this was torture.
I hate vegas. Casinos and shit./. CIA moved my parents here.
Hate this city.
Phoenix has evil mental health, won't go back.
God says... C:\TAD\Text\WEALTH.TXT
al market, and a greater in producing those lit for the other markets, where those consumable goods for which there is a demand in Great Britain are to be had, it would have been more for the advantage of England. To procure both the gold which it wants for its own use, and the consumable goods, would, in this way, employ a much smaller capital than at present. There would be a spare capital, therefore, to be employed for other purposes, in exciting an additional quantity of industry, and in raising
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Kill some english. That'll work. Whole bunch.
Re: Changing my operating system
#3I like the analogy (and, of course, the content which has been read and bookmarked!). I'm co-launching a business into this sphere next month, though with a niche focus on young women - not sure how the OS analogy will work but so many other tips are universally applicable.
Re: Changing my operating system
#4Thinking the article was too long, I was searching for mentions of "OSX", "Linux", "Windows" and not finding what I was looking for.
Then I noticed he wasn't talking about computer operating systems.
Re: Changing my operating system
#5Slightly off topic, but one of my favorite episodes from that podcast actually aired right after Derek Siver's interview: http://foolishadventure.com/audio/write-compelling-copy-with...
It was definitely worth a listen and included a ton of practical tips on copywriting. The one that stuck with me the most was to "steal copy from your potential customers", for example, look up customers' Amazon reviews on your competitors to see how they're describing products.
Re: Changing my operating system
#6Thinking the article was too long, I was searching for mentions of "OSX", "Linux", "Windows" and not finding what I was looking for. Then I noticed he wasn't talking about computer operating systems.
Sorry about that.
Next week I'll post a succinct article about switching to OpenBSD, and I'll title it, "Long interview about life and travel."
:-)
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#7Thinking the article was too long, I was searching for mentions of "OSX", "Linux", "Windows" and not finding what I was looking for. Then I noticed he wasn't talking about computer operating systems.
Sorry about that. Next week I'll post a succinct article about switching to OpenBSD, and I'll title it, "Long interview about life and travel." :-)
Hahaha.
Well I mean too long for me at the moment. I'll certainly give it a good read later when I have time.
Re: Changing my operating system
#8'But that feeling kind of scares me, because it’s like that thing when people get to a certain age and say “This is who I am. This is how I like my eggs. This is where I live.”'
This how I've been trying to live my life for the past seven or eight years, by tackling the fear head on.
Sometimes I've been successful and other times, not so much.
Never settle and never get comfortable. Thanks for the inspiring interview.
Re: Changing my operating system
#9I like the analogy (and, of course, the content which has been read and bookmarked!). I'm co-launching a business into this sphere next month, though with a niche focus on young women - not sure how the OS analogy will work but so many other tips are universally applicable.
> focus on young women
So you're co-launching a sect and become a sex-guru? ;)
No srsly, I've found that many people (not only young women) could need some help to get more self-esteem, curiosity (many are, but they think they're not allowed to be), orientation, focus, can-do mentality, so your business could be helpful.
Indirectly I do something similar. I give seminars (as a side business) on business apparel and experienced that the technical stuff (e.g., colour choice or sleeve length) is just a part, attitude is equally (or even more) important. And people (both men and women) often need someone (me in this case) who tells them that they're not that bad, that there are (mostly unwritten or not commonly known) rules out there that can be understood. That a lot of confusion can be reduced often with simple methods (i.e., complex things made simple and applicable).
My background in social simulation certainly helps to understand social dynamics and make those rules and how-to procedures minimal and explicit. E.g., parts of my approach are directly transfered from the theory of situated agents, where one is embedded within a (social) context, occupies a (social) position, has goals, which lead to the required actions. Shorter:
f(context, position, goals) -> actions.
In the case of my seminars, the actions are mostly clothing-related (e.g., dress like co-workers or dress like seniors?). But it's easily extendable.
Sorry, you didn't ask for this, I wrote it anyway. :)
Re: Changing my operating system
#10>"Reading lots of books. Lots of non-fiction books. Particularly a lot about psychology, behavioural economics, studies of happiness"
Mind sharing your top picks from that crop, sivers?