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When trying to meet new people, one of the best ways to succeed is a sustained effort and participating in tasks you are already drawn towards.
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If I were giving advice to a young guy, I’d say find the thing that you can see yourself really enjoying regardless of the outcome. Then do these three things: show up, work hard, and be kind. I think you will find yourself over time as part of a community that’s important to you.
Graham Isador, Men are Lonely, So Why is it so Hard For Them to Make Friends -
It follows from all this then, that spending at least some of your leisure time “wastefully”, focused solely on the pleasure of the experience, is the only way not to waste it – to truly be at leisure, rather than covertly engaged in future-focused self improvement. In order to fully inhabit the only life you get, you have to refrain from using every spare hour for personal growth. Take up a hobby, with no particular expectation of improving at it (and certainly not of turning it into a marketable “side hustle”). Go for an aimless walk. Stare out the window.
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Have to stop myself from climbing
On the table full of empties to yell
“Why, why can’t I draw right up to what I want to say?”
“Why can’t I ever stop where I want to stay?”I slide right through my days
I’m always throwing hack weightRight off, no never never ever ever
The Weakerthans, Tournament of Hearts
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
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Voltage Controlled Oscillator
Status: Built My voltage controlled oscillator is based on Mortiz Klein’s designs for a VCO combined with the saw wave to triangle wave converter that he uses as part of his wavefolder.
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Power Supply
Status: Built My power supply is based on the Erica Synths mki x es.EDU Power Supply. I created a 6 HP rack mount clone so I could bring the power switch and status LEDs forward to the front of the rack. Why…
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Building a Second Brain
Over the past year I’ve seen a good amount of hype around Diago Forte’s book Building a Second Brain and decided to add it to my reading list. I’m always skeptical when I see titles in the ‘Productivity’ category since…
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SQL for accounting and finance professionals
If you’re an accounting or finance professional wanting to learn SQL, I’ve got good news: most of the knowledge you have of Excel or Google Sheets can be translated into SQL. Whether you’re looking at a spreadsheet or a database…
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Secure your Raspberry Pi by enabling automatic software updates
One of the biggest steps you can take to ensure your security online is to keep the software on your devices up to date and install any software updates that come out. This advice doesn’t just apply to your computers…
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Calculating medians and quartiles across groups in SQL
One of the best ways to understand data is through the use of descriptive statistics, figuring out the minimum and maximum values, the median value, and the quartiles. When you’re working with smaller datasets this is easy, but with larger…