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Taking measures after an unfortunate event

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Andreas Klodt - Semicircle repeats

Gazeta Sporturilor – A fost o întâmplare nefericită în 2015. Trei persoane au căzut de la balconul unui apartament închiriat de tine. Doi au murit. Ce s-a întâmplat după?
D-l Lucian Bute – […] A fost un moment nefericit, noi n-am avut probleme, dar asigurările ne-au obligat să schimbăm balustradele la toate apartamentele dacă voiam să mai asigurăm casele. […]

Gazeta l-a vizitat pe Lucian Bute în Canada » Interviu rar cu fostul campion mondial: „Am fost foarte afectat psihic, după meciul cu Froch. Am intrat într-o mică depresie”.

I lived in London for one year. Multiple persons shared the same garbage bin (a special – for throwing things, not … ahem). At some point, the company taking the garbage left us a pre-written note along the lines of “We’re not taking your garbage, as it’s not properly sorted. Do this one more time next week, and you’ll pay a fine”.

It’s natural; mistakes happen. But if you enforce some way of preventing it from happening again, you can solve it in the long run.

Even if you do happen to fail one more time, if you get some sort of punishment, you’ll likely be more careful in the future.

On the other hand:

Eu sunt un mare adversar al puniției. De ce? Pentru că dacă eroarea este o eroare de bună credință, atunci treaba mea e să îl ajut pe om să nu o mai facă. Adică, mă bazez pe faptul că a făcut o eroare din bună intenție, de bună credință, și făcând ce trebuie, vreau să-l ajut să nu o mai facă. Asta este problema mea, pentru că ține de creșterea oamenilor și asta ar trebui să fie unul dintre subiectele pe lista mea. Dacă eroarea este făcută din prostie, neglijență, n-am ce să fac cu un astfel de om.

(Source and full message – Adrian Stanciu)

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A memo to do things

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Norm Wright - laptop detail

I always watch my GMail, so I tend to save tasks as drafts; they are very visible.

When I go away from home, I put on my desk (the physical one) some things that I’d like to continue when I get back.

I use the desktop (on my computer) as a temporary location both for sorting this and also to know and have a visual overview of what I’m working on.

Of course, I use Google Calendar, I have a system for tasks and organizing things.

But this simple trick – putting things where I will notice them – helps me be more organized.

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On eating healthy (also, for diets)

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Onasill ~ Bill - Be Safe & Happy - Kingston Ontario - Canada - Cooke's Fine Foods and Coffee - Since 1865

I like to follow a few nutritionists/people with studies on eating healthy.

Below are some thoughts on eating healthy / losing weight.

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How to succeed with ambitious pursuits?

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Adam Y Zhang - Flag and Sacrifice

I like this quote:

The trick for most ambitious pursuits, I’m afraid, is simply doing the obvious thing much, much more than most other people are willing to do—and not minding that it’s hard at times.

The Simple Rule for Achieving Ambitious Goals – Scott H Young.

It happens everywhere, even in SEO (Why Good Unique Content Needs to Die – Moz).

I wrote about this here:

De ce unica soluție pentru productivitate și eficiență este să fii maniac, să faci obsesiv un lucru, până devii bun? – Blog de Olivian Breda.

Being a maniac – Blog de Olivian Breda.

I don’t think the work-life balance exists. If you want to succeed a lot in any of it (life vs. work), you’ll need to make sacrifices.

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Register now for NASA Space Apps Challenge Romania!

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NASA Space Apps Challenge Romania

Hello there!

Are you a problem solver? A storyteller? An innovator? Or maybe you have some amazing ideas about how to solve real-world challenges on Earth and in space?

We know the perfect event where you can turn your ideas into reality. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧: NASA Space Apps Challenge Romania, the largest international hackathon.

Don’t be fooled by the name; everyone is welcome, even the ones who have never “hacked before.” 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. We’ll make sure we’ll match you with the best team players.

When? October 7-8

Where? Offline in Bucharest and Cluj and online in Timisoara, Iasi, and Oradea.

Our theme is Explore Open Science Together this year, and you can already check out the 31 brand-new challenges. You will find so many non-technical ones you will love immediately!

Click here to register »

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The lone ranger – the only solution in life

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The Lone Ranger (2013) - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210819/

I think it’s worthwhile to be the only person doing a certain thing.

Why keep voting, even if your vote doesn’t seem to count?

Why keep an Eco-friendly life (as much as you possibly can), when the planet seems to go down?

Why keep insisting on doing what you perceive is good despite the seemingly low impact?

Read and see The Hummingbird Parable: What We Can Do For Earth.

Also read: The starfish story – The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center.

The answer is this – because it’s worthwhile. Because it’s the right thing to do. Because you can set an example even if no one follows it.

On a practical level, a new iPhone appeared recently. Do you think that people who weep at Avatar (franchise) would think twice about buying the most powerful and newest iPhone?

“Yes, the planet is doomed, but I need the iPhone!”.

No you likely don’t, while the planet will likely suffer.

The iPhone might look like a silly example, but pretty much no one seems to comment, “Oh, by buying an iPhone, you doom the future of the planet!”.

All people seem to think is along the lines of “Oh, but I need it!”. Likely, you don’t.

I’m not saying you should live in a cave, but most people living today don’t need the most powerful phone.

And if you say that Apple does good things for the planet, I’m not to judge that, but it’s impossible to create a $1,000+ product and not have a big impact on the environment. No matter what.

Tell a person buying cryptocurrency that they’re harming the plant. “Who cares?”.

It’s disheartening.

There’s just one solution in life – keep insisting on the good things. Keep doing it. Save the starfish and matter for that precious little being’s life!

Be the lone ranger who keeps doing the good things.

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
― Mother Teresa

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