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...equally brilliant. The narrator takes the form of an ant who recalls tales about the Age of Wonder where the dinosaurs collaborated with the ants to create '''Spoiler Alert!''' This entire section is full of spoilers about the trilogy.

...to remind the reader once in a while that the universe doesn't give a fuck about humanity's grand projects. There will be consequences to actions and the pr ...ong time, considering the fact that our current documented history is only about that long. One oddity is that human life expectancy hasn't significantly in

...f gender though; that's covered in The Left Hand of Darkness. This book is about a radically different social organization. Written during the period of the I feel that there isn't much to talk about Urras. It's pretty much similar to Terra during the Cold War period. This n

* Care about algorithmic efficiency while programming

...attention crisis facing everybody in our time. He has a personal anecdote about a trip he makes with his godson from the UK to the US to go to Graceland (h ...ssed with you and your little ego—it loves you, it hates you, it’s talking about you right now. The ocean makes you feel like the world is greeting you with

...are duct tape jobs to be bullshit jobs, there should be a certain futility about them with a corresponding lack of value to society. Also, the author (or th

...ey to occupational happiness is to first figure out what you’re passionate about and then find a job that matches this passion. ...did, not what he said. Steve Jobs didn't really do what he was passionate about. He was an aimless drifter through college and a drop-out later. A lot of t

...for love. The taking money part is to have a proper professional attitude about it. |There’s no mystery to turning pro. It’s a decision brought about by an act of will.

<li>Attended a talk about [https://ostreedev.github.io/ostree/ OSTree]. Fedora OSTree aka rpm-ostree <li>FreedomBox talk about a deployment in Lododdi in Andhra Pradesh. I wasn't aware of this deploymen

...corporations who applied them in their marketing campaigns. Business isn't about just satisfying needs of the people, but every whim and want, even creating ...f informing the public about the offerings of a business. It is now mostly about creating want for an unnecessary thing. Incremental improvements (think App