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Target sleep: 9 hours. Actual sleep: 8 hours. Net credited to energy levels: 7 hours.
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Grandmaster of Blossoming in the Dust.
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Carbon-based lifeforms dream nested dreams; silicon-based lifeforms build nested virtual machines.
132
The “cooldown” mechanic is actually a safety feature for humanity.
131
Be grateful that passion cannot be cultivated. It significantly lowers the difficulty setting for self-discovery.
130
Everything is a test of logic.
129
A human being is simply a borderline.
128
Dissolve into the world.
127
The system of Fate ought to be decentralized.
Leaving aside the limited computing power of deities… would you want the job of micromanaging the trivial drama of billions of people?
126
Suppose by 2100, 80% of the Earth’s population is Group B and Group G.
Will commercials and movies then deliberately include a token Group Y or W for diversity?
125
When probability and statistics pierce the soul.
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Courage might not be a core competency, but it certainly has better aesthetics than cowardice.
123
Inner hierarchies, outer hierarchies.
If it’s a triangle, seize the apex.
If it’s a circle, find the center.
122
Listening to Scott Joplin’s Ragtime, I realized video games gave us our jazz enlightenment years ago.
Not that we cared back then—we just wanted to clear the level.
121
I often feel that chili peppers are just concealer for ingredients and culinary skills.
120
- What do you think?
- I don’t ‘think’.
119
Beautiful phrasing:
I’m rooting for you.
To what extent do you…
Sensibility meets rationality.
118
In the list of regrettable things happening in Hong Kong in recent years, “The Bank of China Tower getting blocked from view” has to be top three.
117
Information flows resemble currents—some swift, some turbulent.
But unlike lakes or seas, they are easily caught by spiders.
116
Spinning class, gourmet food in your left hand, a lover in your right…
Dopamine, Endorphins, Oxytocin—the whole chemical gang is hard at work.
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No need to envy a 1080p life with your 480p reality ———
Sometimes, smooth playback is its own luxury.
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Sleeping on your stomach when hungry: the mattress acts as an amplifier for the emptiness.
113
Is the opposite of “Refined Egoism” just “Rough Egoism”?
112
Visceral and feral.
111
Auto-renewal is terrifying.
110
- “Still going for despair today?”。
- “Yes—but with a little more hope.”
- “Alright. Want ice with that?”
109
The internet is missing a niche for “Mall Parking Garage Reviews.” A mall with a terrible parking experience isn’t worth the trip.
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Where do we fit in this world? —— Jobs
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A weariness of aesthetics, of values, of stories, of laughter—
one spark across axons and dendrites, and everything falls flat.
You might be blameless,
but monotony is the gravest fault of all.
106
An underrated feature of recent MacBook Pros:
They are top-tier audiophile players.
105
Style is just the architecture of trade-offs.
104
Adults find a reason, then cry. Children cry, then look for a reason.
103
Who knew 8-yuan zinc gluconate tablets packed such a punch?
102
David Tao’s “Small Town Girl” (Xiao Zhen Gu Niang) really played the heck out of music theory.
101
A three-year-old physically cannot cross their legs.
100
Reading chat logs from four or five years ago is like reading breaking news.
It reminds you that “You” in the eyes of others is just a very, very blurry image.
99
Reddit Place really should be a quinquennial event. Only then can we see the generational shifts in aesthetics, and the things about humanity that haven’t changed in ten thousand years.
98
High fuel consumption isn’t necessarily a flaw. It depends on your frequency of use.
97
“Happiness comes from the overcoming of difficulties.” Just memorize this one simple line.
96
Graceful Ghost Rag. We need more music with this kind of airy, dancing spirit.
95
Even privacy-conscious people hate clearing their cookies.
It’s a genuine dilemma.
94
Florence was once ‘Firenze’, translated beautifully into Chinese as ‘Fei Leng Cui’ (Jade Cold Emerald)—elegance on par with ‘Ling Zhi’ (Lexus).
But times change. ‘Fo Luo Lun Sa’ and ‘Lei Ke Sa Si’ are products of linguistic flattening.
Why make a word work so hard?
93
ADHD, Anxiety and Depression saved many many asses.
92
Collecting money order by order, ten bucks at a time… it really captures the vibe of scavenging for plastic bottles.
91
“I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.”
— Moby Dick
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David Fincher: “I think people are perverts. I’ve maintained that. That’s the foundation of my career.”
David Fincher - People Are Perverts - YouTube
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Yuko Araki
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Headlight washers are a baffling feature. Does anyone in the city ever let their car get that dirty?
87
My take on the “Knowledge Economy”: True teaching takes one line; false teaching takes a torrent of words.
86
I don’t know if you have those electric bug zappers downstairs. Every so often—ZAP—and the smell of burnt protein wafts through the air.
Poor little mosquito, erased from existence.
85
Just discovered LocalSend.
It’s 10,000 times better than AirDrop.
Why can’t Apple just make AirDrop work better?
84
Management Consulting websites are designed to induce vertigo.
They should learn from Berkshire Hathaway.
83
We are in 2025, not 2035.
So, there’s still a little time.
82
Light stretching.
81
In the end, I still ate that late-night snack.
80
Some electronics act fragile, but you use them and use them, and suddenly they’re 10 years old. Resilient little things.
79
Why did the ancients always set dates for “ten years later,” “sixteen years later”?
The Jianghu was so chaotic, yet their optimism was boundless.
Everyone assumes they’ll survive the next decade, just as everyone assumes they’re above average in looks.
78
Turns out “One look at Yang Guo ruins a life” is a misconception. It was Yang Guo constantly pining for his Auntie (Gugu) while actively flirting with everyone else along the way.
77
Secret - Chang Chen-yue
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Air quality.
Air quality.
Air quality.
Bought another air purifier.
Subsidized by the government.
Cheap.
75
At this point, I can’t tell if I’m choosing to bend
or just getting slowly pounded by life.
74
You don’t have to be this way.
Does thinking that make it a little lighter?
73
Waiting for new curiosity and new hugs.
72
The house shuts out the noise of the world.
And the flickering green light reflected from the distant road
is the rain’s indicator.
71
Saw a street sweeper with a giant flashing “M” on the back.
Thought McDonald’s had deployed a tactical unit.
70
The Mac version of QQ…
You can do so little.
Can’t even move friends between groups.
But somehow, you can still change your avatar.
69
Life can slide off track, but it won’t fall apart—
not unless you really want it to.
(Image credit: Nano Banana Pro)