Money makes people happier than psychotherapy. 52 things I learned in 2020. This year I edited another book, worked… | by Tom Whitwell | Fluxx Studio Notes | Dec, 2020 | Medium
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pepper & Carrot, ep. 1–6 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/19/pepper.html #freeculture #bookclub
Some people on the LW team are increasing their Brier scores pretty hard right now bc of the number of orders for the books
Being misunderstood is a great temporary moat. I could write a book on this, but suffice it to say, I didn’t have confidence in my own vision until I took the time to really look at others and realized that the main difference between me and the average idiot was that I had bothered to look at the ideas of other idiots at all. It was like their entire ontology had become an ant farm. It was the moment I realized, I am a super-idiot. I only half joke, because becoming a super-idiot liberated me from the perfectionism and the addiction to approval that caused a stultifying and primal narcissistic fear of criticism. If you are struggling with this, take it from someone on the other side of it: It’s ok, you’re an idiot. The Strength of Being Misunderstood | Hacker News
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Monkaa https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/12/monkaa.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pratham Books, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/05/pratham.html #freeculture #bookclub
The new LW books :face_with_heart_eyes:
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pratham Books, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/28/pratham.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Journey to Thelio https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/21/thelio.html #freeculture #bookclub
There is likely no media that has not been altered by coronavirus. This is a perfectly clear and convincing argument for living text. Horvath had no intention of this sentence being haunting to the reader because she could not have predicted that the reader would be in the middle of a years long pandemic. The authors intention counts for less than half of the book\s ultimate meaning.
back. made waffles and hashbrowns. It was, so far, infinitely more waffles than what have appeared in this book
I have never read this book before, but I love waffles, and acdw describes it as Finding Yourself As a Pre Teen, the literary term for which I’m pretty sure is wafflesroman
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Elvie https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/14/elvie.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nothing to Hide https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/07/hide.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — MTF Sigma-5 “Pumpkin Punchers” https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/31/pumpkin.html #freeculture #bookclub #halloween
no lollygagging today, gotta read the Go book
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Drakes https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/24/drakes.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/17/joneses4.html Politics in Art and Technology https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/18/stories.html #
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/10/joneses3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/03/joneses2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/26/joneses1.html #freeculture #bookclub
Probably career suicidal (never admit it in your application) but honestly the thing I’ve found helps is just not caring about work at all. It’s like the equivalent to acceptance in grief. Get the day done, look forward to the weekend, when you book time off make sure to book the following Monday. I’ll do the job as best I can for as long as I’m paid but if you think I’m here for any reason other than money to pay the bills you’re completely delusional. Survey: The average worker experiences career burnout – by the age of 32 | Hacker News
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Bookdash Books, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/19/bookdash2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Bookdash Books, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/12/bookdash.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Endgame∶ Singularity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/05/endgame.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Virtuoso Prologue https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/29/virtuoso.html #freeculture #bookclub
occasionally, translations are better than the originals, so why not take your favorite book and try and craft the perfect language for it
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pentagon https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/22/pentagon.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Prelude to Whitespace https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/15/white.html #freeculture #bookclub
so, I actually did throw out my Csound book last night. Tore out all the pages and recycled them.
I never thought I’d ever say this, but I am officially done with Csound. I’ve been using Csound since I was 16 years old, but now I feel like throwing my copy of the Csound book in the trash. Good riddance.
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Morevna, Episode 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/08/morevna3.html #freeculture #bookclub
When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. Ask HN: Which book helped you understand the world? | Hacker News
When people are born, they all start good, but even though they all start out about the same, you ought to see them after they have had time to become different from one another by picking up habits here and there!“. Translation Dr. Linebarger, aka Cordwainer Smith Ask HN: Which book helped you understand the world? | Hacker News
Geography is only physics slowed down and with a few trees stuck in it. Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay Geography is only physics slowed down and with a… - Quotes from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Books
Book Village | Donne, prête, vends tes livres autour de chez toi ⌘ https://bookvillage.app
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §37–49 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/01/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §25–36 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/25/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §13–24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/18/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §1–12 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/11/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
Looking for a comprehensive book on gardening and planting (best if #Lindy too) ⌘
Consciousness, bicamerality and book reviews ⌘
My book library: the autistic thing I’ve done this weekend… ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz/library.html
New video on new books ⌘
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Forgotten https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/04/forgotten.html #freeculture #bookclub
The past few months, you’ve often found your books to be missing letters, replaced by white space. Cleaning up one day, in one of your notebooks, you find a nest of words, eggshells, a poem about a bird, exiting by a window just as you turn around
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Won’t You Come In? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/27/comein.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Elephants Dream https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/20/dream.html #freeculture #bookclub #blender
Best setup yet: Books on iPad with voice control on; typing notes in a text editor on a separate device. Say “swipe left” to turn the page, with no command-tabbing needed.
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Stardrifter - Motherload https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/13/motherload.html #freeculture #bookclub