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by atulatul 6y ago
>me a little sad more people are not aware of the ridiculously cool technical advancements going on lately "The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed." https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012&
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Research shows that most people would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit in a room alone with their thoughts for 10 to 20 minutes. https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/1011912022219509761 Research *
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by atulatul 6y ago
Walking helps me too. Long walks rather than short/brisk ones. I think this has to be about the 'diffused mode' of the brain- they talked about in the course 'Learning How To Learn'- as opposed to the focused mode.
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Hours of Meditation in 10 Days(highexistence.com)
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'Negative' thoughts are thoughts. Maybe consider it as cleansing that is taking place. https://highexistence.com/100-hours-meditation-10-days-vipas...
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IIRC Ludlum mentions something similar when he talks about Bourne blending into the crowd.
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Maybe it's a bit out of place here. But if are into Stephen Fry And Hugh Laurie act, I'd recommend watching spy agency parody in addition to BBC's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The Tony And Control sketches from A Bit Of Fry And
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by atulatul 6y ago
That was my point. Magically compelling even though not much happens there. I haven't seen Richard Burton's movie, but the book 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold' was engaging.
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I haven't. But will try to locate it. Thanks.
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Well, having watched both the film and BBC series, I would rate the BBC series better if for nothing else then for the length of time/ space it provides to a complex novel, characters to develop. Highly recommended.
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I read a few of his novels and watched a couple of series, movies based on those. For me, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy... with Alec Guinness was the best of these. But one thing I noticed and liked is how dull the novels are. Not much happens.
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by atulatul 6y ago
The best writings on the topic of Indian classical music, IMO: https://www.parrikar.org/vault/
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And time is a circle.
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He is(was) one of the few people I know of who excelled in the field they touched. He was not perfect. Nobody is. But there are very few people who can match their success in one area with their success in another area.
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That is one good reply. :)
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Here is a Stephen Fry Oxford union video where he talks about trying to write from memory a scene from The Great Gatsby: https://youtu.be/oSdLfPas8dw?t=546
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by atulatul 6y ago
How The Giant Tortoise Got Its Name... not turtle but you know Another BBC QI clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPggB4MfPnk
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I like this clip from a QI episode where they discuss if there is such a thing called as fish (as per Stephen Jay Gould) Particularly like David Mitchell and Sean Lock (or as a comment spells his last name Locke) https://www.yout
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Ask HN: Technology: how do you separate signal from noise?
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prefer Dutch "bicycle buses": https://twitter.com/BrentToderian/status/1302845178206593026
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Dutch “Bicycle Buses”(twitter.com)
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The primary benefit of automating small/ (mundane?) things is that it gets rid of a some of the cognitive load. For example, I wrote some shell scripts, gradle/TC plugins, when my company moved to kubernetes/openshift. We did
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by atulatul 6y ago
Disclaimer: This is primarily about language... not BEAM as such. Also, links are inline. I liked the book Programming Elixir 1.6 By (Pragmatic) Dave Thomas. Solved the exercises. Did not quite find use for macros. And I have not done any p
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by atulatul 6y ago
This is not related to main content of the post. But when I visit the page on a laptop, a sizeable portion is taken by the header- two or three layers in a div (lb-clearfix m-nav-double-row)- one of which is logo and create account ( blank
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by atulatul 6y ago
>increasing demand for happiness that we Americans hold dear "The problem is not that we want to be happy; it is that we want to be happier." Not my own observation. But I like it.
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Java Sealed Classes(infoq.com)
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Last few years, I have liked reviews by Berardinelli. If I remember correctly he has an engineering background (and I think has designed the site himself... not as polished as some others). Not great prose/writing style. But reviews ar
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by atulatul 6y ago
> all the ones that matter Could you explain? Dow we know of all the viruses/ bacteria/ trees/ insects that 'matter'?
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From The Diversity Of Life by Edward O. Wilson (These numbers are for recognized species.) This does not answer the "only 10% known" part. However, the part where the author says 13000 new species recognized every year should give
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by atulatul 6y ago
Currently reading The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson. Wanted to read his book about ants but it was not available/deliverable/ebook. So purchased this on kindle. Have read only about 30%. But some of the things are new. I

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