Over the last six months, I’ve been working on my first Sci-Fi novel. If you want to be an ARC reader, you can grab a free copy of it before it goes live on the 2nd of January, 2026.
I recently spoke about how people now sound like AI. After pondering the issue further, I came to a scary realization that I, too, am permeable and thus susceptible to this.
Due to AI companies gobbling up all the hardware they can get their hands on, the price of computers is going up. RAM, which is one of the most essential components in a computer, has more than doubled in price in the past few weeks.
Whether we’re talking about programming or writing, you need frustration tolerance: the ability to withstand the annoyance of figuring out a solution.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music - Nietzsche, probably.
Some people claim that you should never trust your instinct, and that pure rationality is the only way. Are they right?
If you don't matter, what does?
You don't have dyslexia, you’re just bad at reading. If this sentence makes you defensive, you have the most to gain from reading this.
They say that knowledge is power, and boy, are they right.
What matters is what is useful, not what is true.
All bets are off; you should move back in with your parents if you can.
They say that outcome independence is to accept loss; however, does it have to be this way? Power is important, as it gives you options.
Since ChatGPT blew up a few years ago, the phrase 'Learn to use AI, or be left behind' has been repeated adnauseum. I wonder how little experience someone must have with learning to seriously advance this idea.
The other day, I came up with a really nice config for Obsidian. I found incredibly useful plugins, tweaked the CSS just right, and set up the perfect hotkeys for my setup.
Centuries ago, music was commissioned by kings and queens to be performed at their court. As the music permeated the air, the monarch would become imbued with its divine essence.
What is the cost of owning something? You might say that X items cost you Y something. That's fair; however, is that the full story?
In Eastern Europe, the default type of humour is that of the dark variety. This may become evident, once you consider the deeply troubled history of said corner of Europe. Whenever something bad happened, people would always laugh. Not because it was necessarily funny, but because the alternative was unacceptable.
The ability to pay attention is a superpower; however, this was not always the case. I recall growing up in rural Romania in the 90s. Looking back, my upbringing was drastically different from that of kids growing up today.
Sometimes things do not go your way. No matter how much you want it, regardless of the work or effort you put in, it's still possible that you may not get what you want in the end.
Few things in life are as magical as the moment when inspiration grabs hold. Unbeknownst to you, for a split second, your mind becomes a conduit to the Ether, data instantly being downloaded into your brain.
It is a fair question. Why would you do that? For example, this blog, which you are currently looking at, was designed from scratch using HTML, CSS, and a sprinkling of vanilla JS—that's it!