amazing article
I cannot remember all the details. But I remember one peace conference with the French where the Vietminh were not invited. On Sept. 14, when ho signed this basically hollow document, he was heard to murmur, “I am signing my own death warrant.” But to a colleague he concluded, “there is noting else to do but fight.” Ho returned to Vietnam, but then fighting broke out in Haiphong, Mus said, that Ho had been betrayed, adding, “I use the word betrayed with full knowledge of what it means.” After that, Ho never placed faith in negotiations.
At one point, Ho went to Paris for talks again, but the French put him aboard a very slow ship while behind He’s back, they tried to install a French puppet government in his absence.
http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2017/09/ho-chi-minth-by-richard-sale.html
#politics #article #life #history #story
this one is so important that i will quote it again
My idillic childhood came to a crashing end at age 16. In summer camp that year I realized I was a geek and didn’t have any friends; and more importantly: for the first time I actually cared about this. This horrible realization kicked off fifteen years of low self esteem and poor dating choices.
I beat myself up for being too short (which I had no control over), too intelligent (which is a stupid thing to be upset about), and uninterested in “guy things” like football, cars, and beer. (Did I mention I grew up in the south?)
http://joshondesign.com/2015/08/17/turning40
#childhood #life
I saw this play, Nanor talks about, and it’s one of the best Armenian plays to me.
— the one was the dream, the girl was a kind of a dreamer, or a dream, she wants to go out, and to change something, one of the guys was the idea, kind of an intellectual person,who had these really big ideas, but he wasn’t doing anything, he was sitting there and reading books, and we have the hero on a camera, kind of the virtual life, who was all the time acting and pretending to be a hero, and failing all the time…
… Here in Armenia all the heros are getting lost in the virtual life…
… at the end it was a triangle love story…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I932lXqtF5s
#nanor #play #theatre #dream #idea #dreamer #hero #virtual #life
My idillic childhood came to a crashing end at age 16. In summer camp that year I realized I was a geek and didn’t have any friends; and more importantly: for the first time I actually cared about this. This horrible realization kicked off fifteen years of low self esteem and poor dating choices.
I beat myself up for being too short (which I had no control over), too intelligent (which is a stupid thing to be upset about), and uninterested in “guy things” like football, cars, and beer. (Did I mention I grew up in the south?)
http://joshondesign.com/2015/08/17/turning40
#childhood #life
elephants live longer in zoos because they go to dentists. or dentists go to them, to be precise.
#elephant #life #zoo #dentist
I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.
#saul_leiter #life #privilege #art #quote #photographer #photography
I like this quote:
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving…
#einstein #quote #life
i remember there was discussion on the internet, if you are at the beach, and you see that your dog sinks, and some other man sinks, whom would you save?
Apart from that I believe this is not ethical question, I would say - if you have a choice, go for your dog. Because this way you don’t betray her. She expects you to save her. She expects that because she trusts you. When you ask her to stay while you enter some building, or shop, she knows you’ll return. She knows you’ll help because you took out thorns from her paws before.
Btw I cannot imagine a dog to sink. Afaik they swim very well. So this situation cannot really happen, I hope. (:
#ethics #dog #human #life #betrayal
You only have one life and so many minutes in your day — in your life — to accomplish things and to focus on things that matter
#chess #life #quote
Burgomaster. All right. What’s the mood around town? Warden. Quiet. But they are still writing. Burgomaster. Writing what? Warden. Letter “L” on the walls. That means Lancelot. Burgomaster. Nonsense! “L” means - “Love the president”. Warden. I see. So, we don’t detain those who are writing? Burgomaster. Are you kidding? Of course we do. What else do they write? Warden. Embarrassing to say. The president is scum. His son is a crook. The president… (giggles) Can’t really repeat the expression, sir. But mostly they write the “L”. Burgomaster. Morons. What do they want with that Lancelot anyway? Any news about him, while we’re on the subject? Warden. Not a word. Burgomaster. Did you interrogate the birds? Warden. Uh-huh. Burgomaster. All of them? Warden. Uh-huh. See this mark? That’s eagle’s present. Got me right in the ear. Burgomaster. And what are they saying? Warden. They say they didn’t see Lancelot. Only the parrot agrees. You’re like: “Have you seen him?” And he’s like: “Seen him”. You’re like: “You saw Lancelot?” And he’s like: “Saw Lancelot.” Well, you know what kind of bird the parrot is. Burgomaster. What about the snakes? Warden. Those would have slithered in themselves if they smelled anything. They’re on our side. And relatives to the deceased to boot. But they don’t. Burgomaster. The fish? Warden. Not a peep. Burgomaster. Maybe they know something? Warden. Nope. We had our scientists look into their eyes, and they confirm - those guys know nothing. In short Lancelot, also known as St. George, also known as Perseus, named differently in each country, has yet to be located. Burgomaster. Screw him, then.
Dragon by Evgeny Shvarts.
#dragon #anti-utopia #book #literature #quote #talk #surveillance #tale #life
Once upon a time a boy have noticed that one of the games can turn off the power LED on his Amiga. There were two LEDs on Amiga, he could manage the other, but not this one. He didn’t even know it’s possible.
Boy could not live calmly until he found out the way to manage the LED. Then he lived happily ever after. (:
#amiga #story #tale #commodore #led #hack #life
when we read a book, or watch a movie, we live other, different lives.
may be that is the reason, we love doing that - it gives the possibility to live an extra life, not only ours.
#people #life #fiction
I have this book, about “my fundamental rights in European Union”. Dignity is the first right apparently. I feel something about that.
I believe Russia should issue a book like this about Eurasian Union. It should start with “You have no rights.”.
#eu #europe #european_union #russia #eurasian_union #book #rights #right #dignity #life #photo
i like this site about Jew lives in Europe. they have for instance, such stories.
they work, they smile, they study on this pictures.
#Jews #Europe #photos #history #life #stories #photo
There’s “hell” in hello,
“Good” in goodbye,
“Lie” in believe,
“Over” in lover,
“End” in friend,
& a “if” in life.
#hello #goodbye #believe #lover #friend #life
Donald Knuth interview https://github.com/kragen/knuth-interview-2006
#knuth #interview #story #life #programming #science #art
Well, Tom and Dick, American citizens knew how to code but have not been able to find a job. Tom failed the drug test. Dick didn’t know how to write the algorithm for identifying douchebags while working for a dating site. He was let go. Raj was hired in his place, who copied snippets of 4 different algos from stackoverflow and somehow made them work by putting in 24 hours of straight work. Dick wanted work life balance. Raj thought work was life. Steve, Raj’s boss still didn’t like him because of his poor communications. He fored Raj and hired Harry, who had great communication skills and wrote ninja-level code. However, Harry was an expensive resource but the company needed him, so they let Steve go and hired Raj back in, because they had too many Project Managers not doing anything and they needed more coders. Raj was happy to have a job, great money, Green card in processing and two cute kids. What Raj didn’t have and what he wanted was the drop dead gorgeous blonde that lived next door. But the blonde wasn’t into Raj so Raj was sad. Blonde loved Steve and once made out with Harry, but Steve and Harry were sad because they didn’t have the money that Raj was making. Mark, owner of facebust had money and girls but he got married way to early and his company had recently acquires Wazzup for 18 billion so he was sad for not being able to monetize it. The founder of Wazzup up was sad as he thought he should have put a bigger sale price on the Table.
The point is, no one is happy. Life isn’t fair. Grow a pair. Work withw what you have. Be the best in what you do. And you will have a job. No matter what the H1B cap is. 10 years ago, most of these valley jobs in social media and such didn’t even exist at this scale. And if you’re really particular about made in usa policy, take your clothes off as I bet your wrinkly ass, your clothes are from Bangladesh and that laptop you work on was made in china. Globalization suckers. We all are a victim of it. and Beneficiaries. Live with it.
#life #happiness #globalization #visas #america #wazzup #blonde #job #work #green-card #programming #h1b #silicon-valley #bangladesh #beneficiaries #marriage #stackoverflow #algorithms
caixa de sapato : shoebox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dYnKUyoyg8
Video produced with exclusive images and from the live “shoebox” at flickr.com/ciadefoto. An intimacy essay of a collective daily life.
#shoebox #photography #art #life #ciadefoto #foto #photo #intimacy #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ #մտերմութիւն #արվեստ #արւեստ
Researchers have discovered a cause of aging in mammals that may be reversible.
http://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetics/new-reversible-cause-aging-12-19-13
#aging #science #health #life #genetics #research
our servers, boards - are like aquariums. they host an environment, where we inhabit wordpresses, diasporas, jabbers, internet bots, postfixes.
#raspberrypi #aquarium #environment #ecosystem #life
Teen Girl Shoots Beautiful and Creative Portraits of Her Pet Dogs
Ever since I set my hands on a camera, I knew I had unlocked a new dimension. One where you can expand your imagination and run for endless miles. Photography makes you look at things differently. You notice rain drops and the way the sun kisses the Earth. You breath in every moment of your life. You love to live and live to love. There is no time to waste because there is an urgency to capture each loving gesture, smile, and laugh in both humans and animals. Then every photograph becomes timeless and you smile, knowing that you hold a few split seconds in your hands. I live in a box called a camera with the lens as my window and everyday I sit on my couch watching the world outside through a different perspective. No worries, my dogs are right beside me looking at it the same way.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicachuppy/ http://petapixel.com/2012/09/08/teen-girl-shoots-beautiful-and-creative-portraits-of-her-pet-dogs/
#dog #dogs #photography #photo #photos #life #beauty #շուն #շներ #կեանք #գեղեցիկ #ստեղծարար #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ
#Մեջբերում #հոգեբան ի ու 16-ամյա աղջկա #զրույց ից՝ #թերպիա յի ժամանակ։
#Therapist: – Have you ever read the #bible?
Girl: – Isn’t that like illegal for you to ask me that?
Therapist: – Not really. It’s really just a subject like any other. You can choose to #talk about it or not. Anyway, in the new #testament #God is always portrayed as being #good and #wickedness and #evil is a #human thing, a human problem.Actually, it’s one of the things that’s helped christianity to spread very quickly. Can you… Can you think why?
Girl: – Because #people like to feel shitty about themselves?
Therapist: - That’s it. Exactly. We prefer to# live in a world where God is #good and man is #bad rather than a world where God is bad. So an evil #authority, an unfair# government, neglectful #parents– That’s a pretty scary #concept. Makes your whole #life seem kind of scary and meaningless. It is one of the reasons why children will blame themselves before their parents.
#therapy #psychology #religion #bible #obey #in-treatment
http://chvhatvogh.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/կրոնի-ու-մեր-մասին/
this feature is missing because you didnt implement it http://www.armtimes.com/29516 #ուստահրանտ #free-software #life #երկիրըերկիրչի #եեչ #ազատություն #ազատ-ծա