A Glance At Future Of Programming: A Neat But Incomplete Introduction To Coding

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Node‑RED is a low‑code visual programming platform that lets users design event‑driven applications by connecting nodes on a canvas, thereby simplifying code composition and hiding the underlying JavaScript logic. It blends graphics and a text editor, requires modest RAM, and supports modularity so developers can focus on layout while reusing prebuilt blocks. Installation is straightforward with npm, and tutorials (YouTube, cookbooks) help users learn both Node‑RED itself and the broader Node.js ecosystem. Though still somewhat cumbersome to set up, its intuitive node architecture and JSON export make it a promising high‑level editor for beginners and seasoned developers alike.

#0696 published 1/25/2022 04:56 audio duration 545 words 4 links node-red visual-programming javascript nodejs npm event-driven low-code tutorial

ホイスト: Into The World Of Pop Surrealism

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I recently completed my debut Pop Surrealist piece, “Hoist U!”, a whimsical painting that blends Superman’s leotard with oddly placed underwear and a Harvard tie to explore themes of identity and education; I used Krita on a Pen Tablet for roughly 20 hours, employing techniques like the Q‑Tip brush preset for fabric folds, transparent gray strokes for glassy eyes, and gradual fur shading, while also experimenting with background color palettes inspired by anime, and reflecting on future projects such as celebrity caricatures and Blender sculptures—all of which I plan to showcase in my first art book.

#0695 published 1/24/2022 06:09 audio duration 727 words 6 links pop surrealism krita digital painting pen tablet q-tip brush background color palette hanko signature blender modeling celebrity caricature

Learn Everything And Be Mighty

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The post argues that true learning unfolds through trial and error, with each failure sharpening our understanding; it stresses the need for contextual, sequential study rather than rote facts, using programming as an example of how foundational skills can be applied to creative problems. The author points out humanity’s climate crisis as evidence of leaders’ lack of practical knowledge, and calls for self‑education that turns everyday discoveries into lasting wisdom.

#0694 published 1/23/2022 04:46 audio duration 447 words 1 link poetry learning self-education climate-change

Creating And Selling Companies

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Automate the production of simple, maintenance‑free digital assets—backgrounds, icons, textures, videos, audio—and bundle them into a low‑upkeep company that sells a vast library of ready‑made products to designers, developers, and creatives.

#0693 published 1/22/2022 16:02 audio duration 1,708 words 14 links product-creation static-products automation generative-design digital-assets graphic-design backgrounds textures photos videos audio blender krita lmms creative-market virtual-machine

Emergency Schools: Replacing Broken Schools With Effective Self Education And Real World Evaluation

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The post proposes an “emergency school” that blends self‑paced learning with real‑world income generation: students learn to design and sell digital media—such as website themes, 3D‑printed jewelry, or printed-on-demand items—using open‑source tools like GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender, LMMS, Audacity, and LibreOffice. By mastering these programs they create a portfolio of products that can be marketed through advertising and storefronts, thereby earning money to offset poverty while gaining practical experience. As their skills grow the curriculum shifts from product creation to platform design and company building, encouraging students to assemble add‑ons around existing self‑hosted software and manage their own side projects without heavy investment. Throughout, peer tutoring is emphasized so that each successful student can lift another, reinforcing knowledge sharing and confidence in financial independence.

#0692 published 1/21/2022 08:04 audio duration 916 words 13 links education self-paced learning e-learning digital products open-source software design 3d printing freelancing entrepreneurship

Superpowers

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The author reflects on everyday “superpowers” – from musical improvisation and rapid language learning to memorization, night vision, endurance training and creative pattern‑recognition – showing how ordinary minds can quickly acquire, adapt, and create.

#0691 published 1/20/2022 17:58 audio duration 1,813 words 17 links music songwriting memorization languagelearning hiking trailwalking fitness intervaltraining shuffle-dancing projection-art art patternrecognition

Exceptional Abilities: You Learn Most When You Do The Things You Like

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The post argues that the school system is largely ineffective at cultivating real talent; it treats learning as rote memorization rather than genuine skill development. The author claims that true “exceptional abilities” are only proven when companies look for evidence of those skills, not simply a diploma. He suggests that after high school and college one ends up with debt and jobs that pay the same but do not nurture talent. Interviews are described as largely formalities, and the process forces graduates into low-level positions to satisfy companies’ experience demands. The author urges learners to follow their curiosities—3‑D printing, programming, art, hiking, etc.—to develop a unique blend of “superpowers.” By treating learning as personal rather than standardized, he believes one can become an independent entrepreneur and truly showcase abilities, instead of being trapped in a cycle of education, debt, and meaningless employment.

#0690 published 1/19/2022 08:57 audio duration 972 words 3 links education school college entrepreneurship learning self-study personal-development

Pop Surrealism: The Fairy Godmother Of The Fancy, Silly, And Strange

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Pop Surrealism is presented as an accessible, joyful art form where anyone can become a “Pop Surrealist” by simply drawing a silly animal doodle and then adding realistic touches—coloring with attention to shadows and highlights, incorporating reference photos, and giving the eyes a realistic flair. The style blends low‑brow humor with genuine artistic practice: each finished sketch invites further expansion (e.g., adding whimsical elements like fish bowls or planets), encouraging continual creation rather than a single finished product. In this playful world of bright, smiling works, artists find both personal satisfaction and universal delight, turning everyday sketches into mythic collections that can be shared through stickers, mugs, and T‑shirts—an art experience that ends the day with a vibrant masterpiece ready to make someone smile.

#0689 published 1/18/2022 04:23 audio duration 435 words poetry pop surrealism low brow art doodle painting illustration

A Letter To All Human Beings

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The post argues that poverty and inadequate schooling are two of the world’s most stubborn problems, but it offers a concrete dual solution: an international “Poverty‑Ending Bank” that gives every person a reset‑at‑midnight $100 daily card (adjusted for inflation) to cover food and rent, and an international “Real School” built as a gamified learning platform where students choose rooms and subjects—ranging from Adventurer to Digital Painter—and guide each other’s progress with simple, open technology; together these measures aim to replace the broken systems of politics‑driven aid and standardized curricula with everyday, self‑sustaining financial security and lifelong, peer‑led education.

#0688 published 1/17/2022 12:55 audio duration 1,296 words banking schools education poberty mediawiki

Into The World Of Digital Painting

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The post is a lively guide for budding artists that stresses the importance of creating and organizing artwork—starting with simple sketches, signing and dating each piece, and maintaining an online portfolio (e.g., Dribbble) alongside a physical art book—to showcase progress. It introduces digital painting in Krita, highlighting essential tools such as layers, the Air Brush, Q‑Tip for blending, eyedropper color picking, and layer locking for efficient workflow, while also suggesting techniques like mirroring drawings and using full‑screen mode to focus on details. The writer encourages exploring the playful “Low Brow/Pop Surrealism” style, experimenting with whimsical subjects (like cats), and ultimately embracing a passionate, mad‑about‑art mindset that turns everyday scenes into creative, animated expressions.

#0687 published 1/16/2022 08:58 audio duration 981 words 4 links art drawing digital painting krita layers airbrush low brow pop surrealism portfolio dribbble q-tip color selection

A Beautiful Work Of Art

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From the moment you first discover your own self, the post invites you to pursue the things that set your heart ablaze—whether it be playful “elf‑like” antics, daring adventures on trails, or bold guerrilla art that might earn fame like Banksy’s murals. It stresses that as you age, you should keep reading, exploring, and collecting tales from journeys such as the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trails, while letting that experience seed wisdom in your middle years. In golden age you’re encouraged to revisit those books one by one, visit libraries across Europe, sail seas, taste simple joys like fried flounder on a stick, and then share that accumulated knowledge with younger generations so they too can walk their own trials without ending up stuck in cubicles. The whole message is a poetic blueprint for a life lived as art: cheerful creativity, beautiful wisdom, lasting greatness, and the continual flow of learning and sharing.

#0686 published 1/15/2022 05:18 audio duration 523 words 1 link poetry travel adventure art culture self-reflection inspiration wanderlust literature geography life-philosophy

Ǧentī̆l Dẹ̄des

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The post explains that “Ǧentī̆l Dẹ̄des” (from Middle English) means ennobling deeds or noble achievements, and that such deeds—whether they are simple acts like staying honest, not fighting, or more ambitious actions like persisting after failure—build a person’s class, wisdom, and beauty. It argues that in high school this translates into being truthful, avoiding lies, and protecting oneself; it also describes how repeated setbacks can be turned into growth, with the “Bridge of the Gods” metaphor signifying the ascent to laughter and greatness. By accumulating these deeds one becomes wise and unbreakable, and the author urges young people to pursue wisdom and class so that their own noble path will lead them to greatness.

#0685 published 1/14/2022 04:50 audio duration 518 words 7 links middle-english etymology self-improvement nobility class youtube

The Amazing Secrets Of Books

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In this reflective post, the author draws a poetic analogy between books and humans—both vessels that carry “spirit” (soul) and can be inherited through reading. He argues that books encapsulate authors’ lives and ideas, allowing us to step into their world and learn from their experiences; by rereading we deepen our wisdom and gradually reconstruct the author’s spirit. The piece also encourages writing as a natural extension of this process—by putting thoughts on paper one creates new spirits for future readers to inhabit—and stresses that such works can help later generations grasp complex problems like climate change or poverty, preventing them from repeating past mistakes. In short, reading and writing become acts of cultural inheritance, preserving and spreading human spirit across time.

#0684 published 1/13/2022 07:51 audio duration 834 words 2 links books writing reading literature

Spring And Exercise

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In this reflective post the author celebrates spring as an inspiring season for exercise, recounting their own gradual journey from hiking and camping at Nordhouse through biking on the i‑275 trail to jogging and dancing that build endurance. They describe early challenges—thunderstorms, broken bikes, cold—but celebrate perseverance, noting that a steady start is wiser than rushing into full speed, and encourage readers to set New‑Year resolutions in spring so they can keep exercising without giving up.

#0683 published 1/12/2022 03:30 audio duration 378 words poetry spring exercise hiking bicycling dancing jogging

Running On Ice, Just Isn't Very Nice

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Running on ice is tricky and not very pleasant; after trying it three times I realized it’s better to wait for the sun to melt the patches before heading out or instead take a leisurely walk in a snowy park or a trailhead. Dress warmly, bring soup, invite friends, and enjoy a small adventure at home or as a tourist. Remember that “hot December” exists elsewhere; if snow is too much you might vacation on the other hemisphere where warmth replaces cold. A little rhyme reminds us to keep safety first—“Ice is cursed, safety first.” In any forest or tropical setting, be safe, have fun, and share stories with plenty of photos.

#0682 published 1/11/2022 02:07 audio duration 229 words poem rhythm winter running ice adventure photography

Don't Ignore Problems With Education

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The post argues that school often acts more as a babysitter than a true learning environment; real education comes when students take responsibility for their own studies, moving beyond standardized curricula and cramming into building knowledge networks through books, lectures and online videos. It claims teachers may be unaware of the gaps in their teaching, so self‑education is essential to grasp concepts deeply and think like great thinkers. The author links this personal learning failure to larger societal problems—climate change, mass incarceration, etc.—and urges students to become teachers themselves to break the cycle.

#0681 published 1/10/2022 04:56 audio duration 524 words 7 links education self-learning knowledge network memory palace youtube videos teachers school system

You Are A Brilliant Genius

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The post is a motivational treatise urging the reader to recognize themselves as a “Brilliant Genius” by mastering language and computation, drawing on Einstein‑Hawking examples of perseverance, and using modern tools—computers, visual programming, Express.js servers—to simulate physics concepts (SETI, Drake Equation, Twin Paradox) and build pixelated starships or arks that orbit singularities. It stresses that true brilliance comes from self‑confidence, not external validation, and encourages the reader to learn through practical projects such as a tiny wiki or an HTTP server on localhost:8080, while exploring visual programming in Blender and Unix pipes. The writer repeatedly reminds that teaching can be self‑directed, that language is just a tool, and that the journey of learning is its own reward—so “you are a Brilliant Genius” and you should keep building and experimenting to prove it.

#0680 published 1/9/2022 08:00 audio duration 691 words 18 links express.js nodejs bash termux blender visual programming beat sequencer unix pipes localhost http server wiki

If You Can Hit It With Something, It Is A Drum

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In this post the author explains how they composed a track by using everyday items—plastic bottles, cans, a red mixing bowl, and metal chopsticks—as percussion instruments. They layer simple strikes into complex drum patterns while gradually adding reverb, bass boost, and equalizer effects in LMMS, referencing an LMMS tutorial video and providing links to the full and raw MP3 recordings.

#0679 published 1/8/2022 11:59 audio duration 477 words 3 links music lmms homemade-instruments drums audio-production

We Are All Inventors

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The post celebrates the author’s enthusiasm for creating new objects, sounds, and a text‑based game world, depicting invention as an ongoing, empowering creative journey.

#0678 published 1/7/2022 03:09 audio duration 380 words 2 links inventing creative-writing programming mud moo wiki text-adventure drumkit design technical

You Are Meant To Become A Philosopher

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Becoming a “Philosopher” means actively cultivating wisdom, authenticity, and creative clarity through continuous effort, overcoming obstacles, and listening deeply, so that one can perceive truth, connect across borders, and ultimately help repair the world.

#0677 published 1/6/2022 03:46 audio duration 391 words 1 link poetry philosophy self-improvement audiobook appalachian-trail youtube

Γνῶθι Σεαυτόν

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The post argues that our current schooling system is broken—“fake” institutions that fail to graduate students into real knowledge—and proposes a radical re‑imagining: free, open schools built by students themselves, independent of nation or government, whose curricula are designed like modular computer programs so they can be self‑running and scalable. By employing analogies, stories, infographics, simulations, labs and animations, these schools would teach underlying mechanics rather than rote memorization, enabling learners to gain knowledge, wisdom, and greatness that lifts them out of poverty and into independence; the author insists this collective effort will repair the root cause of ineffective education and ultimately bring world peace and stability.

#0676 published 1/5/2022 06:48 audio duration 695 words schools education students free education student loans learning

Education And Educational Computer Games

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The post argues that true understanding—captured by Einstein’s “if you can’t explain it simply” remark—is best achieved through self‑paced, interactive educational games rather than traditional lectures. It claims that many math classes are “fake education” because they’re taught incorrectly and rely on a single teacher; instead, a library of beautifully designed computer games could replace teachers, let students progress at their own speed, and allow them to explore topics (from fractals to orbital dynamics) without grades or time constraints. The author cites examples such as Kerbal Space Program and 3Blue1Brown videos, suggesting that programming challenges are helpful but lack visual polish, while game‑based learning could provide university‑level content accessible on a desktop computer for anyone worldwide.

#0675 published 1/4/2022 05:40 audio duration 601 words 4 links education games interactive-learning visualization fractal programming selfpaced onlinelearning mathematics

Three Technology Lessons

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The post unfolds three interlinked lessons: first, the Raspberry Pi as an accessible gateway into programming, Linux command‐line use, and hardware control via GPIO pins; second, 3D modeling—both organic and hard‑surface techniques using drawing tablets—that prepares designers for industrial creation; third, the 3D printer that turns those digital models into tangible objects. Together they illustrate how electronics, programming, modeling, and fabrication form a continuum from concept to reality, and show that mastering these skills not only fuels personal creation but also enables teaching and life‑changing insight.

#0674 published 1/3/2022 03:51 audio duration 352 words 5 links raspberry pi 3d printing 3d modeling linux programming electronics drawing tablet

Thingamabobs

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In the post, the author recounts how an imaginative “video book chapter” idea turns into a practical project: after waking up with a vague dream about a colorful chapter, they shift focus to fixing their bicycle’s wobbling fender by designing and 3‑D printing a custom screw in Blender. They measure the mount holes, create two bolt versions—one perfect fit, one slightly oversized—and document the process, noting how fun it is to craft precise parts from scratch. The writer then plans to produce a suite of small, useful bike accessories (a cheap headlamp holder and a noise‑making speaker) that will enhance their rides.

#0673 published 1/2/2022 03:50 audio duration 435 words bicycle blender 3d modeling 3d printing screws bike maintenance diy