Notices by Archimage (sergkoren@writing.exchange)

The only power, exerted over people, is the power to impose fear of power in order to get your compliance.

— ancient proverb I just made up

I learn the most from people who are different from me.

#life #success

@jeremydebose @andy96734 Done a reset and even a re-install. Just because it works for you doesn’t mean it works for everyone;) tnx anyway.

IOS 18.4 has serious touch detection problems especially in mail. Tapping is often undetected making mail unusable. Now it’s a problem in other apps. Seems iPhone only.

#ios18.4 #apple #iphone

Serious question: What was the last non-technical, non-programming, non-fiction book that you read?

#books #reading

Place happiness strategically throughout the day.

“Too many people confuse or conflate wealth with power and intelligence.”

#life #failure

Talent only gets you so far.

#life

Back home. NYE at an emergency room is a circus/nightmare. Lots of trauma so the wait after triage was 5-6 hours.

They found nothing wrong after running multiple tests multiple times. I’m supposed to follow up with my cardiologist. Today, I try to relax and catch up on a night without sleep.

Do people still dilly-dally or shilly-shally?

Never fall out of love with what you are writing.

#writing

There are dangerous things in the world. Not all new things are dangerous.

#life

Are you dead or alive? Do ypu know?

I just discovered TheStoryGraph, a goodreads alternative that appears more robust and not subsumed by Amazon.

https://thestorygraph.com

#books #reading #goodreads

Expensive lessons are only painful if you can’t afford the price.

#life

Change may be scary, but it’s the way forward.

#life #success

I need a cover artist. I don’t want AI art. I, preferably, don’t want digital art. I want art borne of sweat and talent. Michael Whelan has retired.

#book #cover #art

Medium-sick is the opposite of medium-well.

#food

One major benefit of the Olympics, that no one talks about, is that people get to travel outside their own country and see the world outside their preconceptions.

#travel #life #olympics

“We all have weaknesses. Yours is your stupidity. Mine is my inability to mold the world in my own image, mostly because of you.”

#writing #throwawayline