Month: September 2022

Finished reading! Like all the previous books, out loud (I hope this will further strengthen my sense of the language – the experiment continues). In total, reading aloud took 15 hours.

The book is fabulous. A must-read for all startup enthusiasts. Written by the “father of the iPod and Nest,” it serves as a very specific and honest guide on how to “do what’s worth doing.” Plenty of valuable advice on building everything from yourself and your career to products, teams, and businesses.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59696349-build

Eternal Margulis

If we only assess direct material damage from terrorist attacks and set aside everything else, the cost of 9/11 in New York was $25 billion, and the next largest was in London in 1993, costing just over a billion dollars. Thus, it seems that the explosion at the “streams” might now rank somewhere in the middle, taking second place in this somber global ranking. This is just to gauge the scale.

#notfunny in Russian performance

Yuki: “the owners definitely have nothing to do. Well okay, usually it lasts a minute or two, and then they back off and let you sleep”

Very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_wuPlYiM7g

@[100001248794401:2048:Ирина Шихман] — well done!

Read about the Crimean War. In a school textbook for 9th grade. Quotes from the 9th grade textbook edited by Arsentiev, 2016:

– “Nicholas I believed that he could quickly defeat the enemy, and that the Western countries would not intervene”

– “His calculations were mistaken. Austria did not wish for Russia to strengthen its positions in the Balkans. England encouraged Turkey to go to war, to weaken Russia’s positions in the East at any cost”

– “Russia found itself forced to wage war not only against Turkey but against all major powers of Europe”

– [A year after the war began,] “in 1854, England and France sided with Turkey against Russia.” Russia was issued an ultimatum to withdraw troops from the Danubian principalities. Not receiving a response, England and France declared war on Russia in March 1854. Nicholas I sought help from Austria and Prussia, but received no support. England and Prussia joined England and France.”

– “Russia found itself in complete isolation”

– “In September 1854 — the Siege of Sevastopol. It lasted 11 months.”

– “In 1855, Russian soldiers were forced to abandon their positions. The enemy occupied Kerch, Anapa, Kinburn.

(At this time, Nicholas I died. He caught a cold. And died.)

– “Russia could not alone overcome the powerful coalition: the technical equipment and armament of its army had many flaws.”

– “Participants signed the Paris Peace in March 1856: all regions and cities lost during the war were returned to Russia and Turkey.”

– “Russia and Turkey were deprived of the right to have a military fleet in the Black Sea.”

– “The most painful point of the Paris Peace for Russia was the prohibition to have a military fleet and fortifications on the Black Sea.”

– “The Crimean War not only demonstrated the severe backwardness of the Russian army compared to European armies, but also evidenced that changes were necessary in all aspects of Russian life.”

Every morning of mine (which is already midday in Eurasia)

This is the third deer family we encountered in a 20-minute walk with the dog near the house. The video clearly shows why it’s not a good idea to drive fast past our house. What wasn’t captured on video is a deer from this group, who fell behind the others and decided to bolt across at full speed a minute later. I didn’t manage to film that. Another car was coming along, going faster. It had to brake hard, with a screech of tires and someone screaming inside. The deer was literally jumping over the headlights just half a meter away from the hood. In fact, they all think the same — they believe they need to jump over the light of the headlights and that they will surely make it across in time. Occasionally, they don’t make it, and their at least sixty-kilogram bodies smash into the windshield. This time, the driver got off just with a scare, but we once again saw why the 25 mph speed limit here is no joke.

See those black boxes on the ceiling? Those are cameras. Today, I visited the “cashier-less” Amazon Wholefoods store. Here’s how it works – you just place your hand on the terminal upon entering – just show your hand, that’s enough – and the system starts tracking you with cameras. You take what you need from the shelves and leave. That’s it. The money is deducted from the card linked to your Amazon account, and the receipt is there too. They say it easily handles attempts to confuse the system – like taking two items, handing one to a friend, who then puts it back on the shelf. In short, wonders. The store is located in Washington, in Glover Park.