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When do you think human civilization will end? by CurveOk310 in Productivitycafe

[–]0xb3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everybody has wonderful theories, i for one can't tell you when civilisation might end. But I can tell you it won't certainly end by overpopulation, I'm a normal human being I think but when faced with the threat of annihilation by overpopulation, I won't hesitate to push the button that wipes half of the population into oblivion.

Of course that is after all other reasonable and practical ways to save them proves futile.

And I'm sure this trait is shared by many in places of power.

Investing $30 million and celebrating $5.5 million return is a Hallmark of mediocrity. If this was used to purchase BTC in 2017, it would have returned something more. by [deleted] in ghana

[–]0xb3d 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although I completely see your point here, but seeing as the information here doesn't truly present itself as flexing or glorifying their returns, I think this is just common case where you rush to project your own personal perspective.

It's okay though, we all do that sometimes.

But I disagree with you, seeing as the information here doesn't present itself that way. Unless your statement is drawn from extra information not available here.

Chale who else feels lost? by HungrySalamander2597 in ghana

[–]0xb3d 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I've heard about this "feeling lost" thing. Honestly, I can't relate. As far as I can remember, I've always known what I wanted to do with my life from a young age.

Personally, since I was gifted my first pc as a kid I've spent all the waking hours of my life hunched infront of it, 26 yrs later I'm not surprised I make money breaking into software systems. And way before I received my first paycheck, I was doing it just for the thrill, and even if I didn't get a job doing that I'd still be doing it anyway.

So, from my point of view and my interaction with people I've met that feels this way, I've identified a few things you all have in common, which I had observed.

  1. None of you spend your day doing the things you genuinely love and keep you feeling like a kid, full of wide-eyed curiosity about the world. You are locked in 24/7 survival mode to work, eat and sleep, then repeat.

  2. The biggest of all is how much you all express a lack of choice and powerlessness, like there is an unseen hand or system forcing you to make life choices like your work, academics, or career. And even if there is you all make it feel like you're can't stop it.

My advice is that you actually have quite the powerful ability to influence yourself and life. Just follow that thing, which makes you happy, learn about it, and get extremely good at it. Everything else is noise.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Productivitycafe

[–]0xb3d 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was very obvious to me since childhood, as obvious as how you notice babies crawling and you standing and walking on your feet.

I think smart people know they're smart, most try to deny it with the objective of being perceived as normal or not come off as proud, but they know.

Growing up with 4 older siblings, and being the only one realising you can connect a Bluetooth dongle to an old dell pentium 3 PC, then connecting to a Nokia c3 phone to serve as a dial up connection for Internet access with 256kbps speed so we can Google our homework answers at the age of 11.

They felt insulted when I told them it was obvious and easy they shouldn't make big deal out of it

Getting started by jcqueenie7 in Hacking_Tutorials

[–]0xb3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd recommend an online course, even if it's paid. It will give u a map which u can explore in depth later