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“DevOps isn’t about automation, just as astronomy isn’t about telescopes.”
“The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a single motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is.”
― Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
― Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
“a social epidemic, Mavens are data banks. They provide the message. Connectors are social glue: they spread it. But there is also a select group of people—Salesmen—with the skills to persuade us when we are unconvinced of what we are hearing, and they are as critical to the tipping of word-of-mouth epidemics as the other two groups. Who”
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“Most salespeople think that selling is “closing.” It isn’t. Selling is opening.”
― The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
― The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
― Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
“A police officer pulls over Werner Heisenberg for speeding. “Do you know how fast you were going?” asks the cop. “No,” Heisenberg replies, “but I know exactly where I am!” I think we can all agree that physics jokes are the funniest jokes there are. They are less good at accurately conveying physics. This particular chestnut rests on familiarity with the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle, often explained as saying that we cannot simultaneously know both the position and the velocity of any object. But the reality is deeper than that.”
― Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
― Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
Austin Fantasy and Science Fiction (Book) Club
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A group for members of the AFSFBC Meetup group. https://www.meetup.com/austin-fantasy-and-science-fiction-book-club/
Duri’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Duri’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
81 books
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75 friends
430 books
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4 books
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116 friends
280 books
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469 books
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328 friends
204 books
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39 friends
174 books
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24 friends
138 books
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100 friends
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