"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." — Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace.

Yes, so much this. This seems to be the same type of hype as blockchain was a couple years ago when everyone said that will solve all our problems.

It took discipline for me to get into a workout routine, 4 days a week. Now if I don't do it I get stressed out.

But if I had not pushed through the first two months of exercising those 4 days a week with discipline, I would have high blood pressure, probably be pre-diabetic. Now I have a great BP, blood work is fantastic and I have more energy during the day than ever before.

I had to use discipline and motivation to change what made me happy. Things that are generally good for you are not easy to do. Id rather binge netflix, play video games all night and eat ice cream in my younger days because that me me happy. I was actually just killing myself quicker.

The logic of do what makes you feel good or happy is so flawed. Doing heroine or shooting morphine feels amazing, but that does not make it ok.

Ultimate we are like the rat who will walk across a shock pad time and time again to receive an instant organized versus turning toward the female rat in heat.

I am not saying do things that make you feel good. I am saying that you have to learn to love yourself, despite your flaws.

So with the realization that staying up all night and playing video games and eating garbage is bad for you, you decided to work out and take better care for yourself. I too had the same realization, because I realized It is the path to happiness.

Personally I believe we have more agency than lab rats.

Backblaze.

Art is not harder than coding. What is hard is for an artist to make a living because the market for artwork is very, very low.

My Dad was a morse intercept operator for the US Army, mid 60s, stationed in Northern Japan. He has stories of them naming all the Soviet morse operators by the way the tapped.

Cryptonomicon mentions this as well. Each operator having a particular "fist" that was unique to them.

It's still true now in ham radio, even for those using a bug (vibroplex keyer) or even an electronic keyer, will still leak some of their natural fist thru.

Many streaming services have ads in their lowest tier now. Paramount is the first I can think of.

All ATC should be brusque and quick, especially in high traffic environments.

The US Army's ATC units had the motto of "Safe, Orderly, & Expeditious."

He was born autistic.

Aspergers

Autistic spectrum disorder, but not full on autism.

Honestly, the tech stack for a blog does not matter. Or should I say, the only way it matters if it allows you to publish content easily, which is pretty much any CMS.