Harald
@HaraldNordgren
Father of two | Programmer for 20+ years | Writes about tech, movies, books and politics.
Werner Herzog is a better documentarian than he was ever a great filmmaker, but at making documentaries he’s the greatest of all time.
As much as I love David Lynch, Twin Peaks S2 is one of the worst things I have had to sit through. It recovers at the end, I guess the issue was that Lynch was not actually involved for most of it. By why on earth would we want more of that?
It's good to require high moral standards from leaders in their personal lives because sociopaths are best at getting those jobs, and personal virtue is the only signalling mechanism we have to counteract that.
My first summer job was as a cleaner. The shift started at 6:00 am, but on the first day my supervisor asked me to come in at 5:30 🧼 Then she asked me to smoke a Yellow Blend with her and drink tea for 30 minutes.
Don’t buy a huge backlog of books if you don’t have a habit of reading. Buy only one or two books at a time to avoid getting overwhelmed 📕
Sci-fi writes play an crucial role in technological development. They inspire engineers to built the future as imagined in the books. Examples: - Jules Vernes inspiring space and deep-sea travel, renewable energy - Cryptonomicon inspiring Bitcoin - Asimov inspiring AI
I feel like it’s important to remember that you wouldn’t consider being even 10% as mean to people irl as you are on twitter
It’s crucial to watch Aguirre from a torrent with misaligned subtitles that get progressively worse 🎥
I stopped drinking coffee for a month. After the first brutal week of withdrawal, I noticed I was permanently more tired in the mornings and less energetic overall. I got less done at work. Would not recommend.
My wife had our baby and I took a taxi to pick up stroller. Told driver the news, no reaction. 1 min later, commented on weather, no reaction. Then I see Luis Suarez transfered to Atl Madrid and blurt it out. All of a sudden he lights up, tells me everything about Fenerbahçe 🤣