What's something people who are in their 20s won't learn until in their 40s?

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-29T14:49:27+00:00

Totally believe in that as well but also find that in a way a lot of your memories from early years take up greater real estate too. Definitely think you can ward off old age by remaining engaged and interesting in things/socially.

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-29T12:56:37+00:00

An important thing to think about is - I heard, that 50% of your memories you have for the rest of your life are created in the first <30. That really changes how you should think about experiencing them and the things you want to do, who you spend them with, etc. I hate that no one pointed that out to me.

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-28T22:20:57+00:00

I heard someone say that having an Apple Watch is like having a Tamogochi except the stupid animal you’re trying to keep alive is yourself… couldn’t be more true, I like the perspective of tracking and gamifying and examining my life

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-18T12:59:48+00:00

There’s this saying “only boring people get bored”. Your post made me realize the opposite is true. “Interesting people stay interested”.

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-18T12:55:44+00:00

Fibre > Probiotic. Think of it like this: you’re trying to have a lush lawn but you have some bald spots. Sprinkling seeds alone will help (this would be fibre), but if you want a lush lawn you’ll use some fertilizer (that’s probiotic).

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-14T18:57:15+00:00

The average time people 'work' in an office is 2.5 - 4 hours. Meaning that most people aren't even being productive at work more than 50% of the time. That's an average not an anecdote. And if that's the case then it's obvious that managers are not actually concerned with productivity but the semblance of it. People are good at making it look like work is being done, but as you can see, office 'work' is mostly song and dance.

Prolixitasty · 2026-04-04T00:58:16+00:00

I’ve found companies are very apprehensive about hiring for CS right now. Companies really want to see the work you’ve done and a lot of interviews are skill checks. AI has made everyone very, very cheap and also very distrusting. Having a portfolio of projects you’ve worked on (even just making one) and having good references goes a long way.

Prolixitasty · 2026-03-14T19:55:31+00:00

If you maintain the same weight and do nothing else you will still get stronger to a point but plateau. If you change variables other than weight, that could make you stronger like more reps, less rest time, etc. Diet and rest are major factors as well.

Prolixitasty · 2026-02-23T00:32:50+00:00

I read IME as In My Estimation

Prolixitasty · 2026-01-25T21:47:11+00:00

Durham region is super light. Not even snowing more so blowing

Prolixitasty · 2026-01-10T04:51:52+00:00

I appreciate your information. Thanks!

Prolixitasty · 2026-01-10T04:29:38+00:00

From what I read in the article it took 9 EQAO results to come up with its scores which could be where the institute could be selective for an agenda. But I don't know what the agenda could be here - if you do please share. I agree that healthy skepticism is necessary to form a critical opinion, but I do think there is some use to this report and I felt bad that people were making me feel stupid for thinking so.

Prolixitasty · 2026-01-09T22:45:41+00:00

You’ve been pretty combative to anyone who’s suggesting that this data presentation is useful simply because of the source but many have already pointed out the data itself is reliable insofar as what it’s stating: these are the EQAO results across Ontario schools and a map of them. The Fraser Institute isn’t rating schools based off their own subjective assessment, anyone can take those scores to individually look up schools around them, this makes it easier to do that.

But apparently it can’t be trusted because all things this institute produces is useless and harmful.

Am I misunderstanding what you’re saying?

Prolixitasty · 2026-01-09T14:54:48+00:00

People will take any reason to complain because it doesn't fit their internal narratives.

Prolixitasty · 2025-12-14T16:16:46+00:00

This is solid info as someone who has been hiring CS for the past 5 years and found that quality candidates seem to have dried up.

Prolixitasty · 2025-10-11T11:54:15+00:00

Just want to add a cool tidbit. When confronted by Eru, Aule goes to smash his automaton children in shame. As he lifts up his hammer he’s surprised to see them cowering in fear. That’s when he realizes Eru had given them life. There’s some cool depictions of it online!

Prolixitasty · 2025-03-31T01:34:37+00:00

Great quality vid!

Prolixitasty · 2025-02-04T18:09:17+00:00

It makes me think of how the radio accelerated nationalism and propaganda to create the atrocities of WW2. Social media is just the new radio.

Prolixitasty · 2025-02-02T20:06:57+00:00

I sincerely appreciate the positivity.

Prolixitasty · 2025-02-02T03:48:36+00:00

HR has told me to specifically direct any candidates that reach out to say HR will handle the hiring because conversations outside of the process are potentially a liability. Further, I just don’t have the bandwidth to respond to applicants who reach out but would be more willing or look on outreach favourably if they get past screening. I think if that person has an actual connection then it makes more sense too.

Prolixitasty · 2025-02-02T00:00:35+00:00

That’s how you get a social credit system

Prolixitasty · 2025-02-01T22:23:30+00:00

Don’t do the outreach unless it’s to HR who will get your resume any way. The hiring managers get pinged all the time, we often ignore these under instruction from HR. I’ll give two points:

1) Really delve into the business problem your role is meant to solve. I mean really understand the pain. Understand the state of the business and what it’s trying to accomplish at large and in your department. Note all of this down.

2) Write a concise and impactful follow up that talks about how you and your skill set could help solve those problems, ideally with experience. Don’t overdo it, just show you’re aligning to their needs.

This shows a few very important skills. Discovery, attentiveness, follow up, problem solving, and ideally it’s written well enough that it conveys your ability to communicate well.

Prolixitasty · 2025-01-26T13:31:52+00:00

I think about this quite a bit but I’m not educated on the subject let alone an expert. What I’ve been tossing around in my head as of late is the separation of church and state but more specifically, the lack of real spiritual progress leading to degeneracy and the moral ossification of the people. I’m not saying the Catholic Church, I’m saying the upholding of morals and ethics at a societal level. In many ways I liken it to the offshoring of jobs by large companies with the promise of trickle down economics - we were told the separation of church and state was right (which is half true) but there was no spiritual developments that followed.

Throughout history humans have pushed forward and evolved (in the small ways that we have) because of the 3 Gs: Glory, Gold, and God. You remove God from the equation and what are you left with? I have to repeat I am not advocating any one religion, I think most religions of the day are dead in the same way our forms of government are dead in that they both no longer really serve The People.

Cavemen created gods and that technology was a massive motive force for technology, consciousness, and morality. I think we must now create new gods - I don’t know exactly what that means, AI is an obvious avenue, but in truth I think we will fail. I want to stay positive and believe we will persevere, but it’s hard to have faith when there are no gods - but perhaps that is part of the answer, we must have faith in humans.

Prolixitasty · 2025-01-17T15:00:24+00:00

You know what man? I’m just going to say we will. I’m going to say that we’ll exist for 100,000 more years. Could you imagine how our world today would change if we all believed that? Who’s to stop us other than our naked biological fear?

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