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My Peaceful Rebellion

My Peaceful Rebellion

You can bet that any peaceful rebellion that I am ever involved in is going to look a lot like this.

I’ll ease through breakfast, meander over lunch, and loaf thru the afternoon.

Optimally, I’ll have something to read.

And maybe I’ll get in a nap and a swim – maybe I’ll write something – and catch a movie that evening.

All I know for sure is that my mind will be at ease.

If needed, take a minute, a day, or a week, and detach:

The modern mind is plagued, we don’t know what’s worth doing & what’s not worth doing & because of this confusion, we have spun ourselves into an anxiety of constant action.

Appropriate detachment is not only spiritual healing but it’s also peaceful rebellion.

The modern mind is plagued, we don’t know what’s worth doing & what’s not worth doing & because of this confusion, we have spun ourselves into an anxiety of constant action.

Appropriate detachment is not only spiritual healing but it’s also a peaceful rebellion. pic.twitter.com/11xQ6H6iej

— Lord of Leisure (@FourFourths) December 5, 2021

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The Three Virtues Of A Programmer

The Three Virtues Of A Programmer

Three great virtues of a programmer are:

Made me laugh a little bit, honestly.

  1. Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful and document what you wrote so you don’t have to answer so many questions about it.
  2. Impatience: The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you write programs that don’t just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to.
  3. Hubris: The quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs that other people won’t want to say bad things about.

I particularly love the idea of more work now – for less work later.

But I enjoy a good morning flâner.

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