I Don’t Want to Be Liked. I Want to Be Useful.
Approval is cheap. Real impact is rare.
You don’t need more applause. You need friction, depth, application. I write to change you. Not comfort you.
#usefulness #truth #impact #voice #communication
→ https://bereznev.gumroad.com/l/insider
P.S. Made by a madman — Kirill Bereznev
https://bereznev.gumroad.com/l/insider
De Bruijn notation, and why it's useful
https://blueberrywren.dev/blog/debruijn-explanation/
#HackerNews #De #Bruijn #notation #usefulness #programming #math #notation
G.K. Chesterton & the Useless Things https://buff.ly/XtW8deE #work #utility #culture #worldview #usefulness
A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
To live beyond my greater self; to see
My faculties decaying, as the tree
Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
Let me hear rather the imperious call,
Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
Unhappy witness of its own decay.
May no man ever look on me and say,
“She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility
I would prefer to lose the power of movement than that of usefulness. I would prefer death to inactivity. . . . I never tire of being useful.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
That is why I decline to recognize the mere multimillionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country, and especially as not an asset to my own country. If he has earned or uses his wealth in a way that makes him of real benefit, of real use — and such is often the case — why, then he does become an asset of worth. But it is the way in which it has been earned or used, and not the mere fact of wealth, that entitles him to the credit.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Speech (1910-04-23), “Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],” Sorbonne, Paris
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/7…
#quote #quotes #quotation #asset #benefit #charity #earning #investment #money #rich #riches #society #spending #usefulness #utility #wealth
A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.
Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1993-07-03)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4101/
#quote #quotes #quotation #pastime #patience #skill #training #usefulness #utility #reallife
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 3rd, 2025
#arrowheads #Kruger #femur #glycosides #Psychoactive #transcending #palliative #Death #H5N1 #H5N9 #wild #reassortment #creativity #empathetic #risk-taking #usefulness #diverse #mussels #sensors #water-quality #bioindicator
I would prefer to lose the power of movement than that of usefulness. I would prefer death to inactivity. . . . I never tire of being useful.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
Beauty vs… utility?
https://lukedorny.com/updates/beauty
#blog #beauty #usefulness #generations #video #documentary #rss
A quotation from Thoreau, Henry David:
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Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/72667/
#quote #quotes #quotation #action #deeds #engagement #fulfilment #meaningoflife #selfactualization #usefulness #utility #wisdom
A quotation from Herbert, George:
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The mill cannot grind with the water that’s past.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/herbert-george/69778/
#quote #quotes #quotation #history #liveinthepresent #past #present #reputation #usefulness
In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html
#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones
Tech brands like Logitech, Nothing, and Microsoft are adding AI-related features to their gadgets, but are these features truly necessary? The rush to integrate AI raises questions about the actual benefits for users.
#TechBrands #Gadgets #Gimmicks #TechDebate #ConsumerTech #Necessity #Usefulness #AIinProducts #TechAdditions #Marketing #AIFeatures #ProductImprovement #TechInnovation #AIHype #ConsumerElectronics #AIandTech #TechIndustry #TechTrends #TechDiscussion #TechDebates #TechProducts
A quotation from Tennyson:
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How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!
As tho’ to breathe were life. Life piled on life
Were all too little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoa…
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/tennyson-alfred-lord/67316/
#quote #quotes #quotation #aging #life #oldage #usefulness #wanderlust
Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi
You know what would be a killer app?
A catalog of all the places I’ve left stuff in my house, with voice-activated answers to “Where the hell did I leave that???”
Someone get on that, will you?
A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:
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Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/64182/
A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:
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Nothing reveals more clearly men’s attitude to learning and literature, and what use they think these are to the State, than the low price they put on them, and their opinion of those who have chosen to practice them.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/62723/
#quote #quotes #quotation #education #learning #pay #literature #prestige #reputation #science #status #usefulness #utility
