It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
– Edmund Hillary
Author: Nitesh Gautam
On living a life you’re proud of
For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.
– Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Thank you, Sunshine
On hedonism
seek out simple pleasures
Source: The meaning of hedonism is different now than in ancient Greece — Quartz
On debt and interest
the $9 billion debt is growing by more than $1 million a day, because of interest.
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A dying Irishman went for one last big score in Nigeria. The project failed, but a London tribunal says his company’s owed $9 billion and counting.
Source: Is One of the World’s Biggest Lawsuits Built on a Sham? – Bloomberg
On 2FA
Look, IT, I’m willing to endure slow and clumsy 2-factor authentication for my bank account or credit card, but not just so I can enter a damn time card. NO HACKER IS GOING TO CRACK MY PASSWORD TO FILL OUT MY TIME CARD!
Look, IT, I'm willing to endure slow and clumsy 2-factor authentication for my bank account or credit card, but not just so I can enter a damn time card. NO HACKER IS GOING TO CRACK MY PASSWORD TO FILL OUT MY TIME CARD!
— Meeting Boy (@MeetingBoy) September 18, 2019