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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I’m approaching 40 this year. Around 20, I missed an important uni deadline, and meant the degree I had planned would cost me an extra year I couldn’t afford (like literally couldn’t afford the tuition). Managed to finish, but with a degree no one would recommend. Was absolutely panicked.

    Ultimately, ended up very successful in a job in a country on the other side of the world. Met the woman who is now my wife of 13 years, had some amazing adventures, moved to a few more different countries, changed industries again about 10 years ago, and worked my way up to upper management again before leaving that field too.

    TL;DR No, stress has brought me nothing but misery, I have no regrets except that I didn’t enjoy the ride as much as I could have.

    Learn new stuff as you work, or as hobbies (my entire second career started as a hobby). Don’t be afraid to “fake it till you make it” and keep an eye out for jobs you didn’t even consider as a possibility. I personally avoid corporate gigs, smaller independent companies are more likely to notice you and use you for the skills you bring. Life can fly by, enjoy the ride.


  • I see it an more an inability to analyze, evaluate, and edit. A lot of “creativity” in the world of musical composition is putting together existing elements and seeing what happens. Any composer from pop to the very avant-garde, is influenced and sometimes even borrow from their predecessors (it’s why copyright law is so complex in music).

    It’s the ability to make judgements, does this sound good/interesting, does this have value, would anyone want to listen to this, and adjust accordingly that will lead to something original and great. Humans are so good at this, we might be making edits before the notes hit the page (Brainstorming). This AI clearly wasn’t. And deciding on value, seems wildly complex for modern day computers. Humans can agree on it (if you like Rock, but hate country for example).

    So in the end, they are “creative” but in a monkey-typewritter situation, but who is going to sort through the billions of songs like this to find the one masterpiece?


















  • Ditto on the GPP, it’s a life saver for long trips. My go to mobile games:
    -Stardew Valley, If it didn’t catch your attention, fair enough, its a litle slow at first, but maybe worth a try since time is a currency you have load of.
    -Death Road to Canada, starts stupid hard, so 20h goes quick
    -Magic Survival, retro style gameplay, but and addictive gameplay loop
    -Mindustry, RTS and open source so free to play no ads or in-app $$
    -Every game by Kairosoft, stupid FTP type games, but no ads or in-app purchases with Play Pass. I recommend deleting from your phone when you don’t wanna waste time.
    -80 Days, story based choose your own adventure based on “Around the world…” Playing while traveling enhances the experience.
    -Blooms TD 5/6. Tower defence and a good GP loop.
    -Do not feed the monkey. Great game for anytime, but good for 3-4 hours
    -Oxenfree, now free with Netflix, great game for anytime, but another 3-4 hours well spent.

    I travel a lot, so some of these are way more “addictive” than “great”, but they keep me sane.