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Skeptical optimist, probabilistic thinker, and occasional troublemaker.

  • If you could have a superpower, what would it be? I'll start: to be invisible.

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  • There's definitely an inherent paw clause to this power...unintended consequences galore!

    Probability has more than one side, bend it one way and its also being bent away from another.

  • If you could have a superpower, what would it be? I'll start: to be invisible.

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  • Bend probability to my will.

    Example: Jump out of a plane (see a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale on the way down), bend probability so that against all odds; I start to fly.

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    What's the male version of makeup that makes a man look attractive?

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  • Cologne, worn moderately.

    Smelling good is a huge part of being attractive. You can legit make heads turn by wearing a scent that doesn't reek, doesn't smell like everyone else, and compliments your own body oils and smells.

  • What is the best way small business' should use the Fediverse?

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  • The Fediverse demographic skews very heavily away from anything that smells even remotely like promotion or sales (and especially AI).

    Your best bet, and possibly the only meaningful way, to leverage the Fediverse as a business is to use it for thought leadership. Write, post, comment about specific meaningful things your business is centered around. Do not promote, do not use contextual links, do not direct people to your website for more info.

    This isn't a place for direct lead gen at scale. It's a place to accumulate like minded people, and work towards those people talking about you inside their own networks.

    It's the long game, recognition and association; not engagement and monetization.

  • Deep career vs Broad(ly applicable) career

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  • Just my own opinion, developed through my own lived experiences. I, consciously, chose to not specialize too deep into one field and instead developed a more broad set of skills. The recent research is starting to validate my decisions back then. As it turns out, college grads with multiple minors, rather than graduates with a traditional major trajectory, tend to be better suited to the work environments.

    Where knowledge of a range of disciplines helps inform a more holistic approach to creative problem solving. "Wicked problems" are often tackled and solved by systems thinking generalists because they draw on a wide range of experiences across multiple disciplines, departments, and sets of knowledge.

    Dive into T-Shaped Skill Sets

  • What movie did you see too young that still haunts you to this day?

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  • Saw Robocop when I was six. Murphy getting his arm blown to bits haunted me for years.... Until I saw Red Foreman years later, then I was ok

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    Is hummus anything like peanut butter?

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  • Tahini! Sesame paste goodness!

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  • Ok, blue-skying a bit here…

    There’s this YouTube channel I check out occasionally. The YouTuber built a “wireless desk” where everything from the lamp to the mouse, keyboard, and even a coffee warmer were wirelessly powered.

    Wireless Powered Desk

    The core of it was a large induction loop built into the desk’s perimeter, paired with some surprisingly compact receiver dongles. Some parts required deeper DIY, like opening up the mouse and inserting a small receiver, but overall it was cool

    Scaling that concept up for an entire house is a wild thought... but kind of exciting!

  • I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

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  • Invest now in carrier pigeons

  • If all your basic needs were met and you didn't have to work to get by, what would you do with your life?

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  • Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

    • Robert Browning

  • If all your basic needs were met and you didn't have to work to get by, what would you do with your life?

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  • You're describing retirement. And, boy have I spent a LOT of time thinking about what that looks like.

    A lot of people have lists of things they'd do, see, learn, or be. I had one too, but it kept fucking changing depending on where I was in life and what my interests were.

    Any list I had always felt restrictive. Here's where I ended up instead...

    I would put my energy and attention only on the things that I want to put them on at any given time.

    I guess some call that living in the moment, but I call it retirement.

  • Name one thing you don't believe in, but you wish was actually true.

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  • The 'common' part of 'common sense'

  • What are your controversial "life hack"s?

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  • Not just you! But it wasn't until I saw a quote from John Wayne that it registered for me...

    Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much"

  • What are some lesser known music genres that you'd recommend?

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  • You haven't truly lived until you've _____?

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  • ...had someone rifle balls at you, as hard as they can, off of a bat or racquet. Something about facing it down and letting your instinctual reactions take over is viscerally primal.

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  • Say what you mean, mean what you say.

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    What's one product or type of product that you never think is a waste of money?

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  • Toilet paper that doesn't exfoliate your pucker hole with a single wipe. I pay a little bit extra to not feel like I'm pooping in a construction site portable

  • What are some of your pet peeves when on voice or the phone?

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  • Hands down, when someone is eating while using a handheld phone. No matter how hard you try, mics are designed to pick up audio from near your mouth, you WILL sound like a face hugger from Alien

    https://youtu.be/YnVGB1VDc4c

  • I prefer trilium but need an offline first option for mobile notetaking...

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  • Absolutely! You can also sync your notes folder/vault by placing them in a connected folder if you've already got another cloud sync service

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    De La Soul - All Good (feat. Chaka Khan)

    songwhip.com /de-la-soul/all-good
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    Steve 'n' Seagulls - Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth (bluegrass cover)

    songwhip.com /stevenseagulls/symphony-of-destruction
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    Ghost - Jesus He Knows Me by Genesis (hard rock cover)

    songwhip.com /ghost/jesus-he-knows-me
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    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder (alt rock cover)

    songwhip.com /red-hot-chili-peppers/higherground
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    Faith No More - Easy by Commodores (rock cover)

    songwhip.com /faith-no-more/easy1992
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    Sofi Tukker - Batshit

    songwhip.com /sofi-tukker/batshit
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    Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk by Afrika Bambaataa (rock cover)

    songwhip.com /rage-against-the-machine/renegades-of-funk
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    Dylan LeBlanc - Play With Fire by The Rolling Stones (folk cover)

    songwhip.com /dylan-leblanc/play-with-fire
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    Common Market - Nina Sing

    songwhip.com /common-market/nina-sing
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    Donald Trump May 'Turn Off the Internet'. How even? A thought experiment.

    www.newsweek.com /donald-trump-could-turn-off-internet-miles-taylor-1852774
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    Nap Eyes - When I Come Around by Green Day (indie rock cover)

    songwhip.com /nap-eyes/when-i-come-around
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    The Heavy - How You Like Me Now

    songwhip.com /the-heavy/how-you-like-me-now
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    Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White - Grease by Frankie Valli (indie rock cover)

    songwhip.com /flo-morrissey/grease
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    Geva Alon - Modern Love by David Bowie (indie folk cover)

    songwhip.com /geva-alon/modern-love
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    The Corrs - Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. (acoustic cover)

    songwhip.com /the-corrs/everybody-hurts
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    Johnny Cash - Hurt by Nine Inch Nails (folk cover)

    songwhip.com /johnny-cash/hurt
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    Awolnation - Sail

    songwhip.com /awolnation/sail
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    Urban Species - Blanket

    songwhip.com /urban-species/blanket
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    Tom Jones - Sexbomb

    songwhip.com /tom-jones/sexbomb1999
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    Cake - I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor (alt rock cover)

    songwhip.com /cake/i-will-survive