Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

[MTF]

This guy keeps popping up in my recommendations and for some reason he reminds me of @Kak. I can picture you, Kyle, recording videos like these when you're older lol.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-ttGGB7b4


Jokes aside, I really appreciate this guy's style and skill when talking.

 

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[Antifragile]

This is really cool!

Digital Giza |

giza.fas.harvard.edu

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1591191116019376139

View: https://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1591191116019376139

 

[Kak]

This guy keeps popping up in my recommendations and for some reason he reminds me of @Kak. I can picture you, Kyle, recording videos like these when you're older lol.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-ttGGB7b4


Jokes aside, I really appreciate this guy's style and skill when talking.

Sounds good to me. I listened to that and liked his no bullshit, extremely honest style.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

10 Stunning Photos from the 2022 Milky Way Photographer of the Year

Truly beautiful photos taken all over the world.

petapixel.com

Some great night sky photos, all awe inspiring locations. One below is actually in Utah.

 

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[Rabby]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii1jcLg-eIQ&list=PL5q_lef6zVkaTY_cT1k7qFNF2TidHCe-1&index=3


This talk was extremely helpful.
If anyone else is young, ambitious, and confused like me, check this out.

That was a great talk... thank you for sharing

 

[MTF]

Some great night sky photos, all awe inspiring locations. One below is actually in Utah.

Thanks for reminding me that one of my dreams is to see a proper, starry sky.

I've tried a couple of times over the years in various locations popular for night sky photography or just remote (Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Fuerteventura, on a night ferry crossing between the Canary Islands and probably a few others I forgot) but was never lucky enough to see a starry sky like the one in the pictures (I'm aware that some of the colors may have been manipulated)

I find it so extremely sad that not even once in my lifetime was I able to see what our ancestors just a few generations ago could see every clear night (and probably took it for granted).

For anyone interested, light pollution is actually a big global problem with terrible health repercussions. 83% of world population is living under light-polluted skies.

Here's an excellent article about it:

Light pollution is getting worse, and Earth is paying the price

Electric lights have revolutionized our lives, but as illumination increases, the toll on wildlife and human health is becoming harder to ignore.

www.nationalgeographic.com

But if light bulbs have a dark side, it’s that they have stolen the night. The excess light we dump into our environments is endangering ecosystems by harming animals whose life cycles depend on dark. We’re endangering ourselves by altering the biochemical rhythms that normally ebb and flow with natural light levels. And in a primal sense, we’ve lost our connection to nighttime skies, the tapestries into which our ancestors wove their star-studded stories, timed the planting and harvesting of crops, and deduced the physical laws governing the cosmos.

“The disappearance of the night sky is tied up in our ever more fast-paced world,” says Amanda Gormley of the Tucson-based International Dark-Sky Association. “We lose something essential; we lose a part of ourselves when we lose access to the night sky. We lose that sense of stillness and awe that should be right over our heads every night.”

This is crazy:

 

[Mammoth]

Thanks for reminding me that one of my dreams is to see a proper, starry sky.

I've tried a couple of times over the years in various locations popular for night sky photography or just remote (Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Fuerteventura, on a night ferry crossing between the Canary Islands and probably a few others I forgot) but was never lucky enough to see a starry sky like the one in the pictures (I'm aware that some of the colors may have been manipulated)

I find it so extremely sad that not even once in my lifetime was I able to see what our ancestors just a few generations ago could see every clear night (and probably took it for granted).

For anyone interested, light pollution is actually a big global problem with terrible health repercussions. 83% of world population is living under light-polluted skies.

Here's an excellent article about it:

Light pollution is getting worse, and Earth is paying the price

Electric lights have revolutionized our lives, but as illumination increases, the toll on wildlife and human health is becoming harder to ignore.

www.nationalgeographic.com

This is crazy:

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The absolute best night sky I've seen was at a campground in view of Mt. Cook on New Zealand's south island. It's right inside a dark sky reserve area.

It was amazing. Definitely recommend. If you go a bit further south you can also see the Southern Lights, but they're not as impressive as the Northern ones. Just a bit of pink & white.

 

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[MTF]

The absolute best night sky I've seen was at a campground in view of Mt. Cook on New Zealand's south island. It's right inside a dark sky reserve area.

It was amazing. Definitely recommend. If you go a bit further south you can also see the Southern Lights, but they're not as impressive as the Northern ones. Just a bit of pink & white.

That's awesome to hear. I have a tentative plan to go to New Zealand in January so I'll definitely have that in mind. Can you tell me where's that campground?

 

[YanC]

I've tried a couple of times over the years in various locations popular for night sky photography or just remote (Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Fuerteventura, on a night ferry crossing between the Canary Islands and probably a few others I forgot) but was never lucky enough to see a starry sky like the one in the pictures (I'm aware that some of the colors may have been manipulated)

There's no way you could see the Milky Way so clearly with your own eyes anywhere in the world, only a camera can render it like this with long exposures.
Colors manipulation is actually an interesting question here, as most stellar objects can't be seen by human eyes. For example, the James Webb telescope captures infrared light, so are the colors it renders fake or manipulated ? I guess no one can tell as no one can naturally see infrared light.

Anyways, this is probably only interesting to photographers

 

[Andy Black]

I could watch this channel all day long...

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/uIl8HhxhqPM?feature=share

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/buRQh2q950I?feature=share

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/VcF83BYkK0A?feature=share

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

When people give advice, much of the time it is aimed more at themselves than whoever they're giving it to.

If you someone ever gives you advice, ask yourself - "is this advice more relevant for me, or for them?"

 

[Antifragile]

When people give advice, much of the time it is aimed more at themselves than whoever they're giving it to.

If you someone ever gives you advice, ask yourself - "is this advice more relevant for me, or for them?"

I admit that some of my threads were just as much (if not more) for me to clarify my own thoughts as they were to help readers.

Also, just saw this - well put:

 

[Mammoth]

That's awesome to hear. I have a tentative plan to go to New Zealand in January so I'll definitely have that in mind. Can you tell me where's that campground?

It was Glentanner Park. January should be nice weather there. I picked up a cheap car in Auckland and drove all the way down. If you’ve got the time there’s such amazing scenery.

 

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[Guest-5ty5s4]

I used to fly quite frequently and enjoyed it. I don’t know why but recently I’ve been terrified of flying. Like full on phobia. Last time I flew I could barely breathe the full two hours. Idk what happened but need to get over this. Anyone go through the same thing?

 

[MTF]

It was Glentanner Park. January should be nice weather there. I picked up a cheap car in Auckland and drove all the way down. If you’ve got the time there’s such amazing scenery.

That's awesome. My plan was to fly to Auckland and explore the North Island for a month first. I planned to then fly to the South Island but a road trip actually sounds way more awesome so that's what I'll probably do. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Andy Black]

I used to fly quite frequently and enjoyed it. I don’t know why but recently I’ve been terrified of flying. Like full on phobia. Last time I flew I could barely breathe the full two hours. Idk what happened but need to get over this. Anyone go through the same thing?

I put on a podcast and always fall asleep, before we even take off.

 

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[Antifragile]

I put on a podcast and always fall asleep, before we even take off.

That must be one boring podcast!

 

[Andy Black]

That must be one boring podcast!

It doesn't matter what it is. It's like a switch when on a plane. Headphones... zzz.

 

[Kak]

I used to fly quite frequently and enjoyed it. I don’t know why but recently I’ve been terrified of flying. Like full on phobia. Last time I flew I could barely breathe the full two hours. Idk what happened but need to get over this. Anyone go through the same thing?

Go take a discovery flight. Learn how it all works and take the controls. It’s really cool and you’ll never look at flying the same way again.

I’ve been on flights before where I felt like the pressurization sucked. That may have happened on your flight.

With the small trainers, you don’t go up that high so they don’t pressurize them.

There is no longer anything enjoyable about commercial air travel… But flying is still super cool.

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

I admit that some of my threads were just as much (if not more) for me to clarify my own thoughts as they were to help readers.

There's nothing wrong with that. Hormozi admits that most of his videos come from the same motivation, but people still love those videos.

There's only an issue if there is a mismatch between what's good for the advisor and what's good for the one being advised.

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

This guy keeps popping up in my recommendations and for some reason he reminds me of @Kak. I can picture you, Kyle, recording videos like these when you're older lol.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-ttGGB7b4


Jokes aside, I really appreciate this guy's style and skill when talking.

Reminds me of my uncle who passed away a couple years back. He was in a lot of TX historical reenactments, looked almost just like that, sounded just like that. Sure do miss him! This guy's advice is spot on.

 

[Anon05554]

When people give advice, much of the time it is aimed more at themselves than whoever they're giving it to.

"If nakedness tells you to dress up, first take a good look at what she is wearing" goes a popular Ugandan proverb.

When people give advice, much of the time it is aimed more at themselves than whoever they're giving it to.

If you someone ever gives you advice, ask yourself - "is this advice more relevant for me, or for them?"

When people give advice, much of the time it is aimed more at themselves than whoever they're giving it to.

If you someone ever gives you advice, ask yourself - "is this advice more relevant for me, or for them?"

 

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[Itizn]

Paul Graham (best known as one of the founders of Y Combinator) started his story with a love for computers. He was a hacker in the 70's, back when there weren't very many of them. He promptly studied computer science as well as A.I. but soon after realized he wasn't happy. He was a rebel. He hated offices and politics and so he decided to give it all up. Graham then moved to Italy to attend art school, to learn to paint, and to become an artist.

After art school he moved to NYC to continue his career as an artist, working from his loft, living a modest lifestyle and not making much money. Until one day in the mid 90's he heard an ad on the radio that speculated how the future of the internet would involve the buying and selling of goods. All of a sudden a lightbulb went off in his head when he determined he could build precisely what was being speculated over the radio.

He realized he had the proper foundational skills for such a venture through his background. Drawing from his years of working with computers and A.I. along with his most recent learnings of art, what is aesthetic, and how to design, Graham eventually built Viaweb, one of the first ever ecommerce stores, which eventually sold to Yahoo for 50 million USD. From then onward Graham pursued various other ventures further boosting his fortune and net worth.

The lesson to note here is Graham didn't quite know at that point in time what it is he was doing. He was lost, but he had tried different things and so by the time he was 30 years old he had amassed and fine-tuned a unique combination of skills. Something would come together at some point, something would trigger an event, like the ad on the radio. Grahams ground had soil which was so fertile with skills that it was inevitable for something amazing to grow from there. And that is a path that I think is rich to immitate.

- Robert Greene

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

@MTF - you still doing Discomfort Club?

Some incredible discomfort here...

12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them

Some of the greatest survival books you’ll ever read.

getpocket.com

How is endurance not on this list? I wanted to add it to the recommended non-mainstream book list, but it had too many reviews on Amazon.

TL;DR a crew of men get shipwrecked in Antarctica and their captain saves them through incredible leadership under incredibly difficult conditions.

Amazon.com

 

[Antifragile]

How is endurance not on this list? I wanted to add it to the recommended non-mainstream book list, but it had too many reviews on Amazon.

TL;DR a crew of men get shipwrecked in Antarctica and their captain saves them through incredible leadership under incredibly difficult conditions.

Amazon.com

It is #2 on the list... which list are you looking at?

12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them

Some of the greatest survival books you’ll ever read.

getpocket.com

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

It is #2 on the list... which list are you looking at?

12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them

Some of the greatest survival books you’ll ever read.

getpocket.com

ha, I just missed it then. post gym exhaustion

 

[Private Witt]

Thanks @Johnny boy due to some thread were he mentioned he takes middle age peoples money playing poker, gave me itch to go play. Poker was lame and played some blackjack. Not bad session up 12.5k. The real key is to stop now lol

 

[MTF]

It is #2 on the list... which list are you looking at?

12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them

Some of the greatest survival books you’ll ever read.

getpocket.com

ha, I just missed it then. post gym exhaustion

It's not the original book. The original book was published in 1959 by Alfred Lansing based on the diaries and interviews with the survivors who were still alive at the time. It's titled Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. When people are referring to Endurance, they're referring to this book.

The one featured in this article was published in 1998 by Caroline Alexander and is titled The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. I haven't read this one but it's not the original book.

Looks like the one who put it together hasn't read any of these books (typical) and made a mistake referring to the wrong one.

 

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[eramart]

Quick question for @Andy Black and other people who use Google Ads. Click fraud - is it a big problem, really? How good is Google at detecting and refunding fradulent clicks?

 

[Bohemi]

There's no way you could see the Milky Way so clearly with your own eyes anywhere in the world, only a camera can render it like this with long exposures.
Colors manipulation is actually an interesting question here, as most stellar objects can't be seen by human eyes. For example, the James Webb telescope captures infrared light, so are the colors it renders fake or manipulated ? I guess no one can tell as no one can naturally see infrared light.

Anyways, this is probably only interesting to photographers

Back in The days we went to the maldives for our honeymoon, and went on a three day cruise on a yacht. One night we were on a very small island (they are all Small, but this one had no light besides the fire we made and torches we brought) and from there you can see the Milky Way as a long shiny belt of stars wrapping around us. Truly mesmerizing