A quote about mistakes

~ Veselin ~ 7 Comments

Found this gem on X today:

The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly. Only when you do something is it almost impossible to do it without mistakes. Therefore people who are contributing nothing to society, except their constant criticisms, can feel both intellectually and morally superior.

— Thomas Sowell

Is it right, though? Can we make mistakes when we drive? Or when we land airplanes? Most areas of life have mistake tolerance, and the mistake tolerance gives an opportunity for risk taking. However, some life situations do not allow that. But in any case, the oversimplification of otherwise very complex problems feels pleasant to the eye. If you’re active, try to change things, you’ll make mistakes, will learn from them, and most of the times it will be okay.

Disconnected my Facebook

~ Veselin ~ 11 Comments

Facebook keeps flagging my posts as spam. I’m not sure how that happened. Is it an AI assuming that my achievement post about a walk under 10 min/km is spam? Maybe one of my followers on Facebook flags me? It doesn’t support any way to be challenged other than using court. The court process is not a path I want to pursue. That would take over a decade for my country, and I might be the first one in the whole country trying it.

What in a fitness achievement post with no links, on a site with no ads or affiliate links is spam, remains unclear. Facebook does Facebook things.

Here’s my response:

This is one of the reasons why the open web and WordPress are so important, and the walled gardens are evil. Facebook offers no way to challenge a decision like that. A blogger whose income depends on this connection could experience a detrimental impact. I lose access to promoting my posts to the 3-4 friends and family who check it on Facebook. Not pleasant but not terrible.

EDIT: I actually found a link that allows challenging the decision and clicked it.

Under 10 min/km

~ Veselin ~ 2 Comments

I was tired this weekend and couldn’t do a hike. I did a walk instead, and hit a new and unexpected milestone. First kilometer under 10 minutes since I started tracking.

I was in a hurry to end the walk so I can watch the Starship 5 flight. Ended up at home on time to see the booster catch live.

Here’s a proof of my achievement. I’ve tried doing that before and failed, even downhill. It just randomly happened today.