Wisdom I Pondered This Week
- “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” — Nelson Mandela
- “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou
- “Because a huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded.” — David Foster Wallace
- Humans are notoriously bad at understanding exponential growth. When facing exponential growth curves (like what’s happening with AI progress), you have to act when it feels way too early.
- “Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.” — Theodore Roosevelt
Things I Learned This Week
- 阿拉斯加: (1) 補蟹船 (2) 帝王蟹 (Alaskan King Crab) = 鱈場蟹，在日本被稱為「蟹中之王」
- 完成簽帳金融卡刷卡後，原本帳戶內的錢不會立刻被扣款，而是被銀行「圈存」起來
- Damascus Steel: 大馬士革刀最大的特點是刀身佈滿各種花紋，這種花紋是在鑄造的過程中形成的
- Bean Bags are a type of furniture that is filled with small, bean-shaped pieces of foam or other materials, typically used for seating, lounging or sleeping.
- 前菜 (單數 - Antipasto; 複數 - Antipasti): 在正規義大利菜中是餐前佐酒小食 (Aperitivo) 與第一道主菜 (Primo) 之間的一道菜色
