Corporations arenβt your friend. Avoid the publicly-traded ones seeking quartely profits the most. If it isnβt a massive burden, find an alternativeβavoiding some is better than none.
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I'd add "Don't defend any corp".
Not just talking to the Tesla bros either. I mean ANY corp. Including Steam.
You can show support. But if/when they do something shitty, don't be a bootlicker.
Same with working. I've worked at a few major tech companies. No matter how many rainforests they saved or houses they built. At some point, a bad decision will infuriate you, or a new directive will aim for profits and people lose their jobs.
They're not your friend.
If everywhere you go smells like shit, check your shoes.
So is this intended as kind of a metaphor or is this mainly aimed at people who have literally stepped in real shit?
Itβs both
It's a metaphor for people who smell whipped cream all the time, they should check on top of their head.
Both. It's like the saying "Governing a big country is like cooking small fish." (With the explanation that if you keep poking it, it'll disintegrate) also taught me how to cook fish as well as realpolitik.
The fish advice was most useful.
Pretty sure its a metaphor for being an asshole
This is a metaphor for life in general. If you find that all your interactions are negative, check yourself. Are you the problem in your relationships and interactions? How can you fix that? Clean your shoes.
If everyone around you is an asshole, youβre the asshole.
If you find yourself in a hole, first step is to stop digging.
Reminder me of this
"What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far - which, given your present circumstances, seems more likely - consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer." Douglas Adams
Sometimes good enough is good enough.
Be kind
Simple and to the point, everyone should know and follow this. One of the best pieces of advice from the Dalai Lama
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
You need to sleep.
It's okay to ask for help.
If you don't have time to do something right what makes you think you have time to do it twice?
Respect other people's time. When dealing with a busy person in a professional context;
- Emails should be as short as possible while still conveying the needed information, don't make a busy person excavate the relevant info from somewhere near the middle of the fifth paragraph.
- Whenever possible phrase a question in a way that can be answered in one word.
Brush your teeth and floss
Money is not the only medium of exchange.
Found the Ferengi.
Rule of acquisition #39: A favor is the most powerful type of debt.
Everything in moderation; including moderation.
Sometimes you gotta go all out!
(But do so in moderation)
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
Ride smooth not fast has won me some mountain bike races.
I first heard it in the context of carpentry, but I've since heard it in kitchens as well.
Drone racing applies particularly here!
βFastβ is the biggest number in a straight line. Life rarely offers straight lines.
Every line is straight in a subset of coordinate systems.
People are more helpful if you're nice to them.
Leave it better than you found it.
Goes for your home, your neighborhood, or something you've borrowed. It can be applied to the planet, the beach, the trail, the car, the job.
Hell, it even goes for people. Leave them a little happier, a little wiser, a little more prosperous than before.
Second rule, give people the benefit of the doubt and don't attribute an action as the person. Did they cut you off on the road? They're having a bad day and made a mistake. They're speeding? Maybe they are on the way to see a loved one without much longer to live. Don't call someone an asshole just because they made an asshole move. People are so much more than that one interaction with them.
Funny enough, these have analogs in programming!
Leave it better than you found it.
The Boyscouts rule! Clean up bad code if you can!
Second rule, give people the benefit of the doubt and don't attribute an action as the person.
Sometimes you gotta write janky code to meet a deadline. That is not a personal failure. And give folks a break who do it too.
Evaluate how much something matters based on 1 day, 1 month, 1 year.
I.E. How upset should you be over [Thing]? Will it matter in one day? One month? One year? That helps perspective a bunch. You can use any variation of time really, the point is perspective
Came here to say this. Always a good piece of solid advice IMO
Nothing lasts. It goes for good days, but also bad days.
If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is.
Never borrow money from a man whose first name is "The" and never gamble with a man whose first name is a city.
But I need $600k to pay Jersey City Steve and "The Raven" has a history of being fair with his loans.
Take your time, slow and steady is faster than quick and dirty
Tell that to literally every company that produces anything.
Treat others as you would like to be treated
EDIT: AS NOT ARE. Fucking autocorrect
Be excellent to eachother.
What if youβre a masochist? Wouldnβt it be better to treat others as they would like to be treated?
Develop a treatment scheme that works for them as it would for you. The first step in treating others the way youβd like to be treated, is finding out what they like.
Confidence isn't about being confident but acting confident. Act confident and life will be a lot easier.
Except if you want to do good science. Good scientists will identify false confidence and will aim to steer well clear of it
never tell the whole truth
This is dumb, and in many cases outright illegal.
If you are giving testamony in court you are required to tell the whole truth regarding the situation.
There are absolutely other times when you should tell the whole truth, so this statement is just dumb.
Even in court you have to use some judgment to determine what the whole truth is, under what context, and to the extend of your memory or a reasonable expectation of enforcement of the idea.
There's also limitation with self incrimination/5th.
But as a generality, omitting information on socials, whatever registration form, etc... In everyday life is a reasonable practice for preserving privacy.
Being dishonest with friends & family is messed up tho.
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