shrouded in clouds
Alexander Lauterbach I really felt in love with my 100-400 lens on my latest trip to the Dolomites. Especially because of photos like this one here. Took is right after…
What Is Purposeful Leadership And Why It Matters
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what%2Dpurposeful%2Dleadership%2Dwhy%2Dmatters%2Dtony%2Dgambill/ ( ClearView Leadership ) There is a passage from Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll that says, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get…
Lucille Clifton’s ‘Generations: A Memoir’
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/01/lucille-cliftons-generations-a-memoir.html Clifford Thompson at Commonweal: A passage in Walt Whitman’s seminal 1855 work, Leaves of Grass, reads, “And do not call the tortoise unworthy because she is not / something…
Love Triangle Challenges Reign of Japan’s Monkey Queen
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/01/love-triangle-challenges-reign-of-japans-monkey-queen.html Annie Roth in The New York Times: Smashing the patriarchy in the human world has been easier said than done. But last year, a 9-year-old female Japanese macaque in…
ice and fire
Rafael Wagner Discovered in the natural reserve "Urdenbacher Kämpe", Düsseldorf. Germany.
Google lawsuits point to battle between publisher profits vs consumer privacy
https://news.youexec.com/briefs/google-lawsuits-point-to-battle-between-publisher-profits-vs-consumer-privacy?pt=-USER_BRACELET- Google faces new litigation in Europe and the US over its privacy and tracking practices. In the EU, online publishers filed a complaint about Google’s plans to phase out…
改習氣，去惡習
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%91-%E6%9D%8E-004b72126_%E6%94%B9%E7%BF%92%E6%B0%A3%E5%8E%BB%E6%83%A1%E7%BF%92-%E4%BD%9B%E5%AE%B6%E5%96%9C%E6%AD%A1%E8%AC%9B%E7%BF%92%E6%B0%A3%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E5%AD%97-%E7%BF%92%E6%B0%A3%E4%B9%9F%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E8%AA%AA%E7%BF%92%E6%80%A7%E7%95%B6%E7%84%B6%E6%89%80%E8%AA%AA%E9%83%BD%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E8%B2%A0%E9%9D%A2%E8%A8%80%E8%A1%8C%E8%88%89%E6%AD%A2-activity-6891146626375786496-b6lu 改習氣，去惡習 佛家喜歡講「習氣」兩個字。習氣也可以說習性，當然所說都是人的負面言行舉止，習氣究竟是什麼呢？「習」是習以為常的習慣，是無始劫以來乃至今日，凡起心動念到言行，沾染了人間不好的生活惡習 ;「氣」是指在言行舉止上不知不覺中所流露出來氣質，一種根深蒂固不易改掉的毛病。人的惡習性有如貯酒之容器，雖經表面洗淨，酒氣依然存在，酒氣依然薰人，可見得要改習氣是多麼困難的一件事。印光大師曾說修行要先從改掉「習氣」入手，但要經過一番刻苦磨練的洗心革命，才能改造習氣。習氣又有如茶盤茶壺上的積垢，不去天天洗馬上洗除，積垢日益嚴重，積重難返一旦惡習養成，日積月累，積非成是之後，自然是無藥可救了。只有從善知識中勇於回首看見自己，才能從善知識裡發現正知見，改習氣，去惡習自然日日有進步。習性雖難改，拚了命也要慢慢去改，就從今天的洗茶盤、茶壺、茶杯這件事開始罷！後學相信，人自己的錯誤越來越少，人自然就會越來越歡喜。 【卓太自選集】
Crashing Without A Net
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4481138-crashing-without-a-net Summary As the Fed buys bonds, they are printing money and driving up the price of bonds. As bond prices come down, stock prices will also come down. With…
Why Do You Need to Move From CRUD to Event Sourcing Architecture?
https://dzone.com/articles/why-do-you-need-to-move-from-crud-to-event-sourcin Having a firm understanding of the various architectural formats allow designers to build innovative, reactive, and resilient applications to scale. As such, following these industry-vetted standards can save time,…
Where are memories stored in the brain? New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells
https://theconversation.com/where-are-memories-stored-in-the-brain-new-research-suggests-they-may-be-in-the-connections-between-your-brain-cells-174578 All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store information by changing their physical qualities. Over 130 years ago, pioneering neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y…