‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened
It looks like medieval torture, from the metal rods inserted into sawn bones to the months of agonising recovery. But to some, travelling to Turkey to gain a few inches is a (very high) price worth paying
Green flags
(Sehr kurz und deshalb erlaube ich mir mal ein Vollzitat.)
We were taught to look out for red flags. Little signs that something is wrong, that we should be careful or even turn around.
Don’t let that distract you from being on the lookout for green flags.
We might need encouragement to leap forward. If you look for the green flags, you’re more likely to find them.
(via https://wirres.net/bookmarks/green-flags)
“This Is Not The Computer For You”
Schöner Text, bei dem es nicht um irgendwelche neuen Computer geht, die gerade rausgekommen sind. Die sind nur der Anlass. Es geht um junge Menschen und darum, wie sie sich eine neue Welt erarbeiten – mit dem, was sie gerade zur Hand haben.
This computer is not for the people writing those reviews — people who already have the MacBook Pro, who have the professional context, who are optimizing at the margin. This computer is for the kid who doesn’t have a margin to optimize. Who can’t wait for the right tool to materialize. Who is going to take what’s available and push it until it breaks and learn something permanent from the breaking.
[…]
That is not a bug in how he’s using the computer. That is the entire mechanism by which a kid becomes a developer. Or a designer. Or a filmmaker. Or whatever it is that comes after spending thousands of hours alone in a room with a machine that was never quite right for what you were asking of it.
I was that kid.
(via https://eay.cc/2026/this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/)
Shigeaki Mori
„Ich war im Atompilz. Ich erinnere mich deutlich daran, wie stockdunkel es war. Langsam verzog sich die Dunkelheit und ich konnte erkennen, wie es um mich herum aussah. Das war der Moment, in dem der ganze Horror des Kriegs über mich hereinbrach.“
(via https://wirres.net/bookmarks/shigeaki-mori)
