Notices by Logan Dice (logandice@mastodon.social), page 8

Emulate practice, not performance. When you see someone do something amazing(art, public speaking, whatever), instead of copying what they're doing right now, copy the path they followed to get to this level of skill.

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17806459
#hackernews #tech

Computers drive cars around but, the test to confirm you are not a computer is to successfully identify stop signs.
#comedy #jokes

If you're a one in a million person in China, there are still 1400 people like you.
#comedy #jokes

I asked a kid what her favorite color was. “I used to like yellow but got fed up with it”. She stares into the distance. Suddenly this five year old child in her flowery dress and matching ribbons is a battle-hardened veteran. “Too many things are yellow now”.
#writingprompts #writing

Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17764348
#hackernews #tech

- Wow, you have a great vocabulary.
- I was bitten by a thesaurus when I was a kid.

#dumb #jokes #comedy

You probably radically underestimate:

- How much you know that other people don't.

- How valuable it is for you to publish it.