Блоги: заметки с тегом DOPE

Toilet paper

Robert — Mon, 27 May 2024 18:03:28 +0500

Toilet paper is wasteful, abrasive, and doesn’t even clean well.

Bidets win!

Entropy: an evil force?

Robert — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:09:44 +0500

I will soon be hosting a discussion about entropy and its evil characteristics. The talking will go on both in Italian and French.

Saturday 11 May, 16:00 · Sanremo, via Roma 65, Iris Bistrot

The flow state

Robert — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:18:19 +0500

Robert:

The flow state is magical. Protect it.

Ward off distractions.

Asymmetric information

Robert — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:58:14 +0500

Robert:

Asymmetric information is one of mankind’s biggest issues. A party with significantly more information about a deal’s object is incentivised to rip off the other. Dentists, real-estate agents, and technicians do this quite often.

Occultism is simply an extreme level of informational asymmetry. Hide the truth about solar cycles, and claim “climate change” for your own profit!

Do your own research and share what you find.

Scary is scarry

Robert — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:40:54 +0500

Robert:

Scary is scarry: fear harms health. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.

Instead, set a personal placebo: this infection will only make me stronger, this hit to the head will only improve my eyesight, this delay will give me more time for a walk.

No-CSS Club

Robert — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:57:23 +0500

Robert:

Structural simplicity is not necessarily visual simplicity. Modular devices are structurally simple, but often physically bulky. MacBook power bricks are visually simple, but structurally too complex to be repaired.

Philosophically, structural simplicity is the one to prioritise. Form follows function.

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Designing a webstead around the avoidance of CSS leads to a reduction in bloat and an improvement in structure.

It also makes plain sense. Visitors are already setting their preferences, whether font size, color theme, or window width. I’m just extending this way of thinking to style sheets, which can be customised thru browsers.

I’m happy to have my webstead listed in the No-CSS Club. Some day, this blog too will wave goodbye to cascades.

No-JS Club

Robert — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:41:47 +0500

Robert:

My webstead has never had JS outside of some blog features.

I’m happy that it has now been listed in the No-JS Club!

Typeface minimalism

Robert — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 20:02:22 +0500

Robert:

Familiar typefaces can help read quicker.

That’s why I’m trying to reduce the amount of typefaces around me to just a few:

JetBrains Mono for code and the command line,
Atkinson Hyperlegible for my Latin-alphabet projects,
Garamond for books,
my handwriting,
San Francisco for nearly everything else.

Alas, many items around me use other typefaces.

Reading fiction (not)

Robert — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 23:30:51 +0500

Robert:

I find it hard to read works of fiction as of late. My mind keeps telling me to toss the patently untrue.

Reality is negotiable

Robert — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:17:37 +0500

Robert:

Reality is negotiable, and all rules are malleable.

Take advantage.

Hunger inhibits long-term thinking

Robert — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:05:49 +0500

Robert:

North Korean starvation is not a food-shortage issue, but rather a deliberate tactic to keep people docile and obedient. It’s hard to think long-term when it’s unclear when the next meal will be.

The globalists know this and are taking advantage...

Translations

Robert — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 01:47:30 +0500

Robert:

Translations are never perfect: they lack subtlety of hue, losing double meanings and speechly quirks.

That’s why I barely touch them: I like originals, not variations and opinions. My Russian blog is a thing of its own; one must know the tongue to fully appreciate it.

Late dinners

Robert — Sun, 14 May 2023 21:16:11 +0500

Robert:

Late dinners are dumb. I don’t need much energy when asleep.

The perfect walk

Robert — Tue, 09 May 2023 21:44:29 +0500

Robert:

The perfect walk is done nude on sand next to the sea, amidst a clear sky and fresh morning air.

So is the perfect workout.

Work

Robert — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:31:04 +0500

Robert:

I work no matter what, because that’s what we, men, are supposed to do. In fact, we need to work more — so future generations aren’t faced with work that is even more threatening. Work should ideally be a favorite pastime; working time directives and many child labor restrictions should be axed.

Work ethic is essential; there is no excuse for bad work.

A lot of good work sadly goes unsung: few think about the unseen effort that it takes to keep society running smoothly. To all the invisible workers: thank you for your service.

Freedom spurs good work and creativity. Minimum wage legislation should be cancelled: it steals opportunities from beginners.

I seek work for what I will learn more than for what I will earn. I work selectively, in a flow state.

All of this said, the time people have to spend working should tend to zero: there should be no need for human work at all. Saying “TGIF” is a symptom of wage slavery.

Permanent summer time

Robert — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:42:54 +0500

Robert:

European clocks will be dialled forward by one hour tonight. This clock-switching ritual is not just pointless, but also deadly: heart attacks rise by about 24% in the days after the spring forward. Let tonight be the last time that it ever happens (and not because we end up in a nuclear holocaust).

In any case, it is best to focus on natural rhythms — like heartbeats, sleepiness, the sun’s position, and outdoor brightness — instead of paying heed to the clock time. Alarm clocks destroy sleep quality by agitating the body into overriding its ideals; I’ve actually had a nightmare about having to wake up to one.

Zero screen-time

Robert — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:03:21 +0500

Robert:

Life is not lived thru a screen.

15-minute cities

Robert — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 22:37:43 +0500

Robert:

There is nothing inherently evil about 15-minute neighborhoods and cities. It only makes sense to reduce the time it takes to get from one place to another.

This is best achieved by making smart, positive changes that follow a long-term vision. These may include relocating customer-support offices to the city centre, building underground tunnels for garbage trucks & other service vehicles, and generally eliminating the need (not the right) to use a car.

Government-planning, meanwhile, kills people with its arrogance. We must not allow our cities to become district-apartheid mass-surveillance lockdown prisons that coerce us to follow overlords’ demands. Mandatory kill-switches & speed-limits must be abolished, and surveillance satellites removed from orbit.

People’s price caps

Robert — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:39:19 +0500

Robert:

Now that the EU has popularised price caps, I say that we the people should introduce our own.

Stop accepting price hikes as a matter of principle, even if you can afford paying the extra cost.

Seize the moment

Robert — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 15:59:54 +0500

Robert:

Make your dreams come true now, before something unimaginable stops you from doing so later.