Derek Sivers

From one piece Bangalore India hospital flow 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

• Our readingkorrents.com

  A disorderly flow where everything opportunistically takes the effective path and exploits gaps is natural, like water flowing around obstacles.

  Their words

  It’s not orderly. But neither is water flowing in a stream. It flows around obstacles. Everything is opportunistic, selfishly taking the effective path, exploiting available gaps. It’s natural.

  Bangalore India hospital flowsive.rs

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  The rule of volume contradicts the common instinct that a more expensive surgery is better than a cheaper one.

  Their words

  We’re used to using price as an indicator of quality, so our instinct says that the $20,000 surgery in Switzerland is better than the $2000 surgery in India, but the rule of volume disagrees.

  Bangalore India hospital flowsive.rs

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  LG DualUp Monitor

  Their words

  LG DualUp vertical monitor ♥

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  Keychron Q3

  Their words

  Keychron Q3 keyboard with Kailh Midnight Pro silent switches ♥

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  Onyx Boox Go 6

  Their words

  Onyx Boox Go 6 ebook reader

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+ 20 more

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  StudioBricks One Plus

  Their words

  Studiobricks One Plus sound-proof recording booth

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  AT5040

  Their words

  AT5040 microphone

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  Focal Bathys

  Their words

  Focal Bathys headphones

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  Kensington Expert Mouse

  Their words

  Kensington Expert Mouse since 1995

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  Pixel 10

  Their words

  Pixel 10 phone running GrapheneOS

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  GrapheneOS

  Their words

  Pixel 10 phone running GrapheneOS

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  Surly Preamble

  Their words

  Surly Preamble bicycle, modded electric

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  Void Linux

  Their words

  Void Linux on my desktop

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  Ratpoison

  Their words

  Ratpoison wm ♥ st terminal

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  Nginx

  Their words

  Nginx web server

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  OpenSMTPD

  Their words

  OpenSMTPD email server

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  Radicale

  Their words

  Radicale to privately self-host my contacts and calendar, synced to my phone

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  Firefox

  Their words

  Firefox browser with uBlock Origin and Link Hints

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  mpv

  Their words

  Everything but Firefox in the terminal, so command-line tools like mutt for email, ffmpeg and mpv for audio/video, mupdf for ebooks, and ssh everywhere.

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  Skritter

  Their words

  Skritter and Wenlin for learning Chinese.

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  Vultr

  Their words

  Vultr basic $10/month public server

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  Bunny CDN

  Their words

  Bunny CDN for m.sive.rs media files

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  Netim

  Their words

  Netim domain registrar

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  Kagi

  Their words

  Kagi for ad-free spam-free search

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  OpenRouter

  Their words

  OpenRouter via llm in the terminal

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  Fight Club

  Their words

  Fight Club: I liked it the first time years ago, but watching a second time when you already know the end reveal? Elevates it from good to great. So many brilliant details in the screenplay.

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From one piece Netizen 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

• Our readingkorrents.com

  Not monetizing what you put online now reads as strange behaviour that has to be explained.

  Their words

  Slowly the culture around me changed, so now it seems I need to explain my strange behavior — why I don't monetize everything like everyone else.

  Netizensive.rs

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  Contributing to the internet without monetizing it is still the right way to be online, even after the surrounding culture stopped doing it.

  Their words

  Like picking up trash where you walk, even if the rest of the world is full of litter. You keep doing what you can to make things better.

  Netizensive.rs

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  Publishing only on your own site, and making people come to it, is the considerate way to share your work.

  On changing their mind

  I was acting like the record producer in New Jersey, making everyone come to my website. It was inconsiderate.

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  Your own site stays the master source even once the work is syndicated everywhere else.

  Their words

  My own site is the master source of everything I make. But now it's also shared everywhere, so we can meet in your city instead of my little town.

  I was inconsiderate but now I'm everywheresive.rs

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  Long stretches of being disconnected -- no internet, no phone, no people -- are what make creative work possible.

  creativityhappiness

  Their words, before

  All the best, happiest, and most creatively productive times in my life have something in common: being disconnected.

  Their words now

  Media silence creates a vacuum, which your own thoughts expand to fill.

From one piece Offline 23 hours a day 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

• Our readingkorrents.com

  Long stretches of being disconnected -- no internet, no phone, no people -- are what make creative work possible.

  creativity

  Their words

  Media silence creates a vacuum, which your own thoughts expand to fill.

  Offline 23 hours a daysive.rs

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  A hard limit on how long you are online is what makes the time online focused.

  Their words

  Every day or two, I bring my laptop into town to get online for an hour. The time limit keeps me super-focused.

  Offline 23 hours a daysive.rs

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  Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker.

  Their words

  My brain feels stronger because I work through the problem instead of prompting it away.

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  You’re Not Listening

  Their words

  Being a great listener when people speak. Deep insights about understanding, connection, helping people express themselves, overcoming assumptions, the ethics of gossip, and more. Specific techniques for the support response, encouraging elaboration, and keeping it balanced. You can’t be ethical without being a good listener. When people say, “I can’t talk right now,” what they really mean is “…

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