
The biggest mistake we make is thinking happiness is a result of what happens to us. But happiness is a skill, not a reward. If we don’t learn to enjoy where we are now, we won’t enjoy where we’re going either.
Pradeep Gowda
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@btbytes
for the love of the game. if not now, when? do impressive things. 📩 btbytes@gmail

The biggest mistake we make is thinking happiness is a result of what happens to us. But happiness is a skill, not a reward. If we don’t learn to enjoy where we are now, we won’t enjoy where we’re going either.



Wearing a Menards shirt to Menards like I'm attending a concert

everyone wants so badly to be able to say "this is what the next github should be" but no one believes what they're saying enough to go do it







@ShriramKMurthi I first leaned GUI programming on my own using books. And always thought it was pronounced as 'gee-u-i'. It was many years later that I talked to a person who called it gooey. Same for 'char'. 😂

At a DC @Walgreens today, the pharmacist wouldn’t call my regular Walgreens back in Puerto Rico to clear a system issue because “that’s an international phone call”. I politely assured him that’s it’s part of the US, and he literally said, “no, it’s not. It’s international.”


Ft. Wayne, Indiana is a wonderful city! Throughly impressed. Was there last weekend. Blown away. I had no idea.


godrej got rid of their old iconic logo

@avzaagzonunaada It seems like पूजा देना is a calque of Bengali? I’ve never heard a Hindi speaker say “पूजा देना”.

@TheSpeculator0 In Reykjavík right now. Here’s what GBP 70 looks like.

