Documentation is like sex.
When it’s good, it’s very good.
When it’s bad, it’s better than nothing.
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Documentation is like sex!
The Ten Paramis
I learned about the paramis when I partook my first Vipassana meditation retreat. A parami is a good mental quality that one must practice and perfect in order to attain liberation.
The 10 paramis are as follows:
- Generosity, giving (dana): giving for the sake of giving.
- Morality (sila): lead a moral life and follow the 5 precepts
- Renunciation (nekkhamma): drop attachment to your personal belongs and lead a generous life. Give and volunteer whenever you can.
- Wisdom (panna): participate in wholesome learning. The ultimate knowledge and wisdom comes from within. Hence, practicing the insight meditation helps achieving true wisdom.
- Energy/Effort (viriya): conserve your energy and do wholesome activities. Work hard and earn your livelihood. Help others.
- Patience/Tolerance (khanti): replace anger and frustration with patience, forgiveness and compassion.
- Truthfulness (sacca): every action should come from a place of truthfulness. Prejudice blinds you from the truth.
- Determination (adhitthana): success does not come easily. Stay determined and remember that success begets success.
- Loving-kindness (metta): or self-less love. Practice loving without expecting anything in return.
- Equanimity (upekkha): nothing in life is permanent. Learn to recognize the impermanence and stay equanimous
May all beings be happy!
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The meaning of the Chariot and charioteers in the Bhagavad Gita
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna imparts to Arjun various important spiritual lessons.
If you have not read the Gita, then it is a good an insightful read.
In this blog post, I want to explain to you the symbolism behind the chariot picture in which we see Arjun, Krishna and the 5 horses driving the chariot.
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The Maori Wisdom – Youth Talks – Age Teaches
Little dogs make most noise.
No one needs help to get into trouble.
The God of evil and the God of fear are good friends.
An idle young man – an unhappy old man.
Never be late to a battle to win it.
A piegon won’t fly into a wide open mouth.
Wishing never filled a game bag.
An obedient wife commands her warrior.
Beauty won’t fill te puku (stomach).
Today’s meal is better than tomorrow’s feast.
The brighther the clearing the darker the shadows.
Chase two Moas – catch none.
Time to dream when you are dead.
The widest mouth has the widest grave.
One rotten fish, one fresh fish – two rotten fish.
A warrior without courage has a blunt taiaha (spear).
Great griefs are silent.
A fine food house doesn’t fill itself.
No twigs on the fire – no flame.
A bad thing usually costs a lot.
A wise man knows both pain and joy.
The little wedge reduces the mighty Kauri.
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7 Rules of Life
- Make peace with your past so it does not disturb your future.
- What others think of you is none of your business.
- The only person in charge of your happiness is you.
- Don’t compare your life to others, comparison is the thief of joy.
- Time heals almost everything. Give it time.
- Stop thinking too much: it is okay not to know all the answers.
- Smile. You don’t own all the problems in the world.
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Story: Do you have an email account?
Once upon a time, a man was looking for a job. He reads about an office boy position in Microsoft Corporation. He applies and soon enough he lands an interview.
The interviewer starts asking the man some questions and then notices that the man forgot to fill in his email address.
- The interviewer: “Oh, it seems you forgot to type in your email address”
- The man: “No I did not forget. Actually, I don’t have an email account”
- The interviewer: “You don’t have an email? Well sorry, you cannot work for Microsoft in that case”
Removing the stone of folly
I forgot the artist’s name but I know he or she is famous. This painting drew my attention because it reminds me of the old days when people used to characterize what we now deem as psychological illnesses as demonic possessions.
In the same way, this picture shows how that crow-man is trying to remove the stone of folly (the title of this painting).
How do you like this painting? Share your thoughts!
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Batchography: Polyglot Batch files and C++ – Self compiling C++ script
This article is part of the Batchography articles series and today, I am going to show you how to write a valid Batch file that is also a valid C/C++ file. The Batch file part of the source can do anything, however in this article, its sole purpose will be to compile itself and run the compile C++ program.
Let’s get started with the Polyglot source code:
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Optical Illusions – Gallery #1
In my previous posts, I shared with you how to view stereograms, and then shared a rich stereogram photo gallery for your enjoyment. Are you ready for something else now? Say optical illusions? Continue reading “Optical Illusions – Gallery #1”
Saint Elias
This is Saint Elias (or Elijah). He is celebrated in my home country, Lebanon, on the 20th of July.
According to Wikipedia:
Elijah (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ, Eliyahu, meaning “My God is Yahu/Jah”) or Elias (/ɪˈlaɪ.əs/; Greek: Ηλίας Elías; Syriac: ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ Elyāe; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, Ilyās or Ilyā) was a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple (해동 용궁사) – South Korea
Anderson Debernardi the founder of: Usko-Ayar Amazonian School of Painting
During my trip to Iquitos, Peru, I discovered the Usko-Ayar Amazonian School of Painting which was founded by Anderson Debernardi.
I was having a dinner at Karma Cafe, Iquitos when noticed all the beautiful paintings on the wall. The following are some of the pictures I took with my phone. By the way, the cafe is awesome and I highly recommend it.
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License for Prostitution…back in the day
Phone zombies
Short jokes about the genders and sexuality :)
Q: What three things are common between the sun and woman’s underwear?
A: Both are hot, both look better while going down and both disappear at night.
Q: Why do men ask for a woman’s hand in marriage?
A: Because they are tired of using their own.
Q: What’s common between men and video?
A: Both go backward…forward. ..backward. ..forward. ..backward. …forward. …… stop and eject
Q: What is the closest thing similar to a woman’s period?
A: Your salary, it comes once a month lasts about 5-7 days and if it doesn’t come means you are fucked up.
Q: What goes in dry, comes out wet, and gives warm satisfaction
A: A teabag.
Qualities to be a perfect wife:
Beautiful
Responsible
Energetic
Adorable
Sweet
Truthful
Self-Organized.
In short, she must have good:
B.R.E.A.S.T. S
Q: What is the similarity between men and rats?
A: Both keep searching for new HOLES.
Q: What’s the difference between biology and sociology?
A: When the baby looks like his dad, then it is biology.When the baby looks like the neighbor, then it is Sociology.
Doctor: You look so weak & exhausted. Are you having 3 meals a day as I have advised?
Lady: Doctor, I thought you had said 3 males a day.
Girl friend & boy friend go for a movie. In the dark, a mosquito enters the girl’s skirt. Guess where it would have bitten?
The boy’s hand.
Tarzan and the animals went to the river to take a bath, Tarzan removed his clothes. All the animals laughed.
Tarzan asked ‘Why ‘?
The animals told him……… ..’Your tail is in the front’
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Programming with Emojis
I ran into the EmojiCode website. Emojicode is an open-source, full-blown programming language consisting of emojis.
I personally did not like that language, but it is worthwhile mentioning:
No idea what that code does…I don’t care 😉
Meanwhile, if you are a C++ programmer, enjoy the following, legitimate, piece of code that redefine keywords into emojis and then the fun starts:
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He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one
This is a funny photoshopped picture I received through chain mail. It refers to Luke 22:36. However, it also reminds of me of the Matthew 10:34:
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
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