Time is the most precious thing in our lives. Maybe we can buy it, but at what cost? Every day we sleep, we work, we eat and so on, the remaining time is the only time that we have. If we have a lot of money and a full daily routine, we aren’t rich. If we are poor, but we have a lot of time, we are rich. So, the more time we control, the richer we are. ...
In the 1920s, Paris was changing, the city was modern, busy and full of tourist. In the center of Paris stood the Eiffel Tower, tall, famous and loved by people around the world. But at that time, not everyone loved it. The Eiffel Tower was expensive to maintain, it needed repairs and newspapers sometimes talked about the cost. Some people even believed the tower might one day be taken down. One man paid close attention to these stories, his name was Victor Lustig. He was a professional con artist, a man who made money by lying to people. Lustig was intelligent, charming and very confident. He spoke several languages and knew how to sound important. Most of all, he knew how to read people. In 1925, Lusting had an idea, he created fake government documents and pretended to be a French official. Then he invited a few rich businessmen to a secret meeting in a luxury hotel in Paris. These men worked in the metal industry, they trusted official letters and important titles. At the meeting, Lustig spoke calmly, he told them the French government had made a difficult decision. According to him, the Eiffel Tower was too expensive to repair. The government wanted to sell it for scrap metal, quietly and secretly, to avoid public anger. The businessmen were shocked, but they listened carefully. Lustig wore an elegant suit and spoke with authority, everything felt official, no one questioned him. Among the group was one man who seemed nervous, his name was Andre Poisson. He wanted to succeed, but he was afraid of missing this opportunity, Lustig noticed this immediately. Later, Lustig spoke to Andre Poisson privately, he told him he needed a bride to complete the deal. This made the story feel even more real. Poisson believed powerful officials often accepted brides, Poisson agreed. He paid Lustig a large amount of money both for the Eiffel Tower and the bride. Soon after, Lustig took the money and left Paris. By the time Andre Poisson realized the truth, it was to late. The Eiffel Tower had never been for sale, but Poisson was too embarrassed to tell the police. He stayed silent, and Lustig escape without punishment. Amazingly, the story does not end there. Months later, Lustig returned to Paris and tried to sell the Eiffel Tower again using the same plan. This time, however, someone contacted the police and Lustig fled the country just in time. Victor Lustig went on to commit other crimes and was later arrested for counterfeiting money. He died in prison years later. Today, millions of people visit the Eiffel Tower every year, they take photo, admire the view and trust that such a thing could never happen again. But for one quit moment in history, the Eiffel Tower was sold by a man with confidence, fake papers and a very convincing story.
This past year was intense for many reasons, it kept me active on many fronts and give me a lot of knowledge. I completed many tutorials on Excel, Bash, Programming, HTML, Git, CSS and DSA. I improved my daily routine through everyday experience. Now I know what to include each day to feel complete and enthusiastic. Another important step was the change in my job role, from L1 support to project manager. ...
I created a Discord server called Karmajedy. Discord is a platform where people who love video games can meet and talk together. I invited some of my family members to join the server. I spent my free time setting up the server. I made different channels - some for voice chat and some for text messages. I wanted to make it perfect for our racing community. My main goal was to organize rFactor2 racing seasons. These seasons last more than a year and include many races. We plan a new race every week, so there’s always something exciting to look forward to. ...
2025 is one of the most important years of my life because I redid my daily routine. I devised a program of tutorials to increase my skills and speculated on the time necessary as well. The first attempt at creating a lifestyle routine that improved my diet cleared dinner. The first serious proposal was to determine whether to use some software tools. I check the best programs that can carry out all my thoughts to create a synergy between every discipline. ...
To live as free people requires courage, but it takes heart to sustain courageous choices.
While you are running, and you are alone with yourself, you can speak to your mind and reach your soul in a temple of meditation.
Here I post some raw python code that implements an acoustic system booking for people passing through the street. from gpiozero import Button,LED,Buzzer from time import sleep red = LED(25) yellow = LED(8) green = LED(7) button = Button(2) buzzer = Buzzer(15) booking = False def activate_booking(): global booking booking = True button.when_pressed = activate_booking while True: green.on() sleep(5) yellow.on() sleep(1) yellow.off() green.off() if not booking: red.on() sleep(10) red.off() else: red.on() for i in range(5): buzzer.on() sleep(1) buzzer.off() sleep(1) red.off() booking = False
We were obsessed with finding a grand city hidden within a mountain, but such a place would necessitate locating a massive mountain far from the sea. Our exploration commenced in a northerly direction, as it represented the sole remaining frontier to uncover. During this lengthy journey, we discovered three distinct villages and a perilous tower containing a cage of blue birds. We vanquished all the tower’s guardians and retrieved some tools from its chests. ...
It’s time to explore the cave to collect a lot of needed materials. We start the exploration one in front of the other: me in front with a pickaxe to pick blocks of bedrock, and my mate behind me with an enchanted pickaxe to collect with more luck. Until we arrived at the entrance of the cavern, a very big place with many monsters and precious materials. I applied many torches to mark the street and keep the monsters at a distance. ...