Clojurians Log v2

TIL i'm way out of my depth in here 🙂

@robert-stuttaford: welcome to share something from your depth 😉

btw I'm currently having a caffeine withdrawal, so not very spiritual...

why the caffeine reduction? sending you strength 🙂

@robert-stuttaford: I do this to myself every so often it seems.

@robert-stuttaford: I just want to be able to function normally without coffee. This guy inspired me to try it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kXq8na6Q9w

caffeine holiday? me too

how much do you usually drink?

@robert-stuttaford: 2 cups + 3 cups of black tea

yeah. that's quite a lot for a day

you're definitely well into adenosine resistance

I'm now down to 1 cup + 3 cups of green tea

last time I tried to quit completely, but there's always this social aspect to it

so now I'm trying to limit to 1 cup, so I don't have to say goodbye to coffee definitely

best, i think, is if you can make it a random cup, rather than a ritualised one

@robert-stuttaford: I'm very much a habit person

so that your body gets used to coping with out it

@robert-stuttaford: yes, I want to be able to go without some days

so let's say it's optional

the benefit of cutting down is that the one cup I do have feels so amazing 😛

yes, i know what you mean

i'm on one GOOD cup of coffee a day, and then normal tea 1-2 times randomly after that

and that first cup is very much a ritual

@robert-stuttaford: btw I'll have some free time in the coming two months and I was planning to read up on that 'fixed' vs 'growth' mindset you talked about on Twitter

http://mindsetonline.com/ 🙂

it's really quite simple, but fundamental. in http://www.insidequest.com/episode/tom-bilyeu/, Tom explains really nicely why this is so

@robert-stuttaford: I love simple but fundamental stuff

me too

that's why I'm into zen meditation now also. it's very basic, yet profound

it's fascinating how your world changes when you take a small mental step back from the senses and realise that there's so much happening in your head, beneath notice

and you start to notice it, and see just how much it drives you

and then, with practice, you get to start deciding, or, at least, start to reprogram that stuff

@robert-stuttaford: it's hard but worth it

mega hard. but totally worth it. and, all that practice is directly applicable to everything else in your life!

yes, fundamental

I'm pretty sure I wrote that very badly and unclearly. 🙂

@tjg: I like Battlestar Galactica… it follows a very vedic point of view where the world is destroyed and rebuilt in cycles

the opening theme song is the gayatri mantra

which most indians (and western hippies) know by heart

the matrix was another deeply influenced by indian philosophy as was cloud atlas

lana was a philosophy major

anyways… I would like to think that the world is moving towards this star trek utopia but everyone I talk to loves mad max

… so I don’t know really

maybe it’s going to be a gasp two tier society with the haves and have nots

kinda like the whole vision created by metropolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)

all I can say is that as clojurists… we’ll be fine 😃

because the world is heading towards a future where human attention is becoming the most valuable commodity on the planet

and so as programmers, we are in a very privileged position to be part of that future

as its creators

@robert-stuttaford: have you tried apple juice with lemon?

if you like a hot drink… lemon, honey and ginger is also nice.

some people are put off by the sugar so you can put less of the apple/honey

If I feel like I’m in a meeting and I’m pinching myself to stay awake because of boredom, this works better than coffee

i haven't, but i will, thank you 🙂