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I'm not busy, I'm just an as*hole

I wake up at 9 a.m. and spend about half an hour rolling around in bed. I spend at least another hour in the same position, checking Twitter, Instagram, Telegram channels and groups, and several other social networks. Then I get up and, without doing the slightest bit of exercise, I forcefully splas... Read all

15 April 2018


Honest Ads: Social Networks

Draft: I got the idea for this post from Honest Trailers, which makes humorous trailers for popular movies. Instagram We try our best to make you feel like a celebrity, even though you know you’re not. Every process, from posting photos, app color schemes, notifications, and everything else, is ... Read all

12 April 2018


What I learned at Military Service

The real world is very different from a corner of a café where a few like-minded people gather. Bahman cigarettes are still being produced. One cigarette can cost up to 5,000 Tomans. A lighter flame costs 500 Tomans. You can sell one cigarette for up to 10,000 Tomans. A lighter flame for 2,... Read all

05 April 2018


10 Reasons to Move On

By "moving on," I mean not pursuing something, not caring, letting go, staying silent, and ultimately truly moving on. Here are 10 reasons why you should do it: Your beliefs do not align with the other person’s beliefs. Someone’s words or behavior make you angry. There’s nothing you can do... Read all

04 April 2018


Tips for Climbing "Kamal" Peak

At 3,750 meters, one and a half liters of water weigh one and a half million tons. Multiply the weight of the things you will carry by 10 and see if you can handle it. Due to very soft soil on the ascent, forget about climbing without trekking poles. At that altitude, regular lighters don’t w... Read all

04 April 2018


Why and How I Blog

Thought cannot be completely indifferent. Thought cannot simply be separated from suffering, hope, or similar motivators. - Theodor Adorno Blogging for me has always come with ups and downs. The biggest obstacle has been social networks, each of which, in its own way, absorbed whatever thoug... Read all

02 April 2018


April's Travellog

Thanks to the military, the last time I traveled goes back to October 2015 for a friend's wedding in Tehran, which wasn’t much of a trip. After that, I was always in the normal daily routine, and then with military service and two years of confinement, I had no movement beyond the distance between T... Read all

02 April 2018


Recording Audio on Linux CLI

For recording audio (and possibly creating a podcast) on Linux, there are many tools available, but the most famous is Audacity, which you’ve probably heard of and maybe even used on Windows or Mac. However, if you need a quick way to record high-quality audio, a built-in Linux tool can help: are... Read all

01 April 2018


Restarting My Blog

My attempts to maintain a blog and centralize everything in it had previously failed many times due to social networks and the fragmentation they caused. My last attempt coincided with quitting all social networks and simultaneously giving up smoking. I don’t know if the loneliness from that or some... Read all

31 March 2018


Online conversation etiquette

Online conversation, also known as chat, is not the same as a regular conversation. Unrealistic expectations that arise are also not reasonable. You can't just write "Hello" and expect the other person to be surprised later with a request or specific topic. At the start of a conversation, clearly st... Read all

31 March 2018


Chance

In my opinion, contrary to what some elites say about luck not existing, luck absolutely does exist. And contrary to popular belief, "luck" is not an actor, but a recipient. That is, luck, in its literal English sense, is equivalent to a set of probabilities and variables. Naturally, controlling mor... Read all

31 March 2018


Awaiting Nietzsche’s Revelation

From blog to channel, from channel to friends’ circle, from friends’ circle to a notebook, and after the notebook got lost, it reached the point where a one-person channel became a confidant. Thus spoke Nietzsche, who spoke of Zarathustra: life, humanity, and the human Earth are still unfinished ... Read all

31 March 2018

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