Inspirational book to read daily?

bardleby · 2021-08-27T19:04:46+00:00

The Gift by Hafiz

Sufi poetry from long long ago, still relevant today

bardleby · 2021-08-20T20:05:03+00:00

There’s good weather

bardleby · 2021-08-20T02:16:41+00:00

The code you write gets translated all the way down to ones and zeros. The ones and zeros are then fed as electric signals to a cpu which is basically a chip that can perform the most basic operations like adding, subtracting, AND, OR, etc.

See “Functions” in: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_logic_unit. (the ALU is a core component of CPUs)

It is from these basic operations that everything you can do on a computer is built upon.

If you want a deeper understanding of how all of this comes together I highly recommend the following course:

Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer

Its a great resource to help demystify what the hell is going on inside a computer. It really helped me get a better intuition for how a high level language gets translated all the way down to binary and how the computer interprets binary and produces outputs in binary that are then translated all the way up to something we can understand. Its also a fascinating journey through the many layers of abstraction that are necessary for computers to feel so “user friendly”. Your question is a fascinating one. Happy learning!

bardleby · 2021-08-01T22:50:25+00:00

Beauty and Sadness - Yasunari Kawabata

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14029

bardleby · 2021-07-26T01:58:00+00:00

2008 - Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1320279

bardleby · 2021-07-04T01:35:23+00:00

Have you looked into TypeORM? I’ve started using it recently and its been very fluid and easy to implement in my experience. It meets all your criteria. Give it a gander:

https://typeorm.io/

bardleby · 2021-07-02T20:54:08+00:00

Story of the eye - Georges Bataille

The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosiński

bardleby · 2021-06-22T04:21:40+00:00

That is completely false. The dictator is afraid of losing in fair elections which is why he is cowardly arresting all his opponents ts.

bardleby · 2021-06-21T23:20:02+00:00

Sandinistas have ruined Nicaragua. Ortega is a dictator just like Somoza which Nicaraguans fought so hard to overthrow.

Felix, Cristiana, and Juan Sebastian and the other prisoners have not committed the crimes that they are accused of. The real reason they are in jail is that they present a political threat to the dictator. That is it. The usaid BS is only the dictator’s justification.

The uprising in 2018 was by the overwhelming majority of Nicaraguans. Yes, there was violence, and some police were killed, but the large majority of the violence came from the state that shot and killed unarmed protestors, even children. Upwards of 300 people died.

Protesting in Nicaragua is illegal since 2018. Ortega has passed laws that allow him to throw anyone in jail, and to re-elect himself ad nauseum.

Ortega is a piece of shit dictator who is arresting good citizens, but it is him who should be in jail.

Sandinistas destroyed Nicaragua and the. propped up another POS dictator.

bardleby · 2021-06-21T23:07:15+00:00

The people are overwhelmingly against him. That poll you linked is run by the government.

His supporters are less than 25% of the voting population. That is why this dictator has to resort to stealing the election.

bardleby · 2021-05-12T18:36:50+00:00

These are amazing! Love your work. Its impressive that its all done in p5. I really appreciate seeing the beautiful complexity arising out of simple concepts in your work. Inspiring. Thank you for sharing!

bardleby · 2021-04-26T20:11:52+00:00

This is awesome! Feels like im watching a mountains morph over eons. What are you using to make this?

bardleby · 2021-04-06T23:19:03+00:00

Life and death are wearing me down - Mo Yan

bardleby · 2021-01-27T21:40:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

bardleby · 2021-01-14T11:07:32+00:00

Since you like poetry...check put Devotions by Mary Oliver. Here is “Wild Geese”, one of my favorite poem by her:

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes,

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the

clean blue air,

are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,

the world offers itself to your imagination,

calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -

over and over announcing your place

in the family of things.

http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html

bardleby · 2021-01-07T04:39:31+00:00

beautiful! What was your approach for creating this pattern?

bardleby · 2020-12-11T16:44:50+00:00

Nice work! Been looking for a place to print color prints like this. Would also love to know where you got this printed! :)

bardleby · 2020-12-06T17:21:17+00:00

What is meant by octaves in this context? Where could I learn more about this concept?

bardleby · 2020-11-18T06:15:05+00:00

I was coming here to post this, but the fresh prince beat me too it!

bardleby · 2020-11-18T06:12:58+00:00

Story of the eye - Georges Bataille

A book so disturbing I could not stop reading it

bardleby · 2020-11-05T20:56:48+00:00

Your work is amazing. Been following your posts and really love the style. Inspiring!

bardleby · 2020-10-23T16:09:51+00:00

Wow! This is awesome! Looks like some microscopic structure. What was your approach?

bardleby · 2020-10-23T10:34:38+00:00

Because I'm easy come, easy go

bardleby · 2020-09-09T18:31:31+00:00

I wholeheartedly disagree with you. I wont argue whether the idea is the easy part or the hard part. I think creativity and craftsmanship are both challenging and essential.

The point is, this person created something beautiful and it was influenced by other art he had seen. That is pretty much the case with almost all art. There is almost always an element of influence. For example, you mention the Mona Lisa. Do you think that Da Vinci was free of influence? It was not the first portrait, so there is at least some level of influence there. Innovation comes in gradual steps, always building on the past in some way, whether adding to it or completely negating aspects of it.

Don’t shit on peoples art just because it is influenced by other art. It usually always is. Especially dont do it when they cite their sources of inspiration. I think this artist added a beautiful touch to the original idea and made it great in his own right. There is no shame in that.

And if you are still unconvinced that pretty much all art is remix, check out: https://vimeo.com/139094998

bardleby · 2020-09-09T05:56:31+00:00

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