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If Buddha was content doing nothing, then "Why is Buddha so famous?"
- If Buddha thought that living a life in which you don't need to do anything, make any improvements, or strive for any purpose was most rewarding or the best way to live, then why is he so famous and how did he produce many teachings which are so well-known?
- Could it be because he followed his passions, sometimes strived to make things better with his ideas, found ways to potentially be of service for others, spent time doing and working on things he enjoyed, and even gained recognition from others for his work?
- If Buddha was truly happy and content with just existing, meditating, and sitting in nature all of the time, then I wonder if we would not know him at all, let alone recognize him as such a famous and great writer, teacher, and philosopher.
- I wonder if he may have really enjoyed his purpose or role as a teacher and philosopher, and spent a good deal of time learning and teaching how to live a better life, which resulted in him creating and writing many teachings on enlightenment and other ideas.
- I admit my ignorance that I am not a master scholar of Buddha's teachings. Of course I understand he taught many different ideas including the Middle Way of finding a balance, and I know that he didn't actually teach everyone to just "sit in nature all day".
- This was simply inspired by my ignorant image of him sitting in nature all day being content, and wondering if he might not be so famous if he did not follow his own passions and get some enjoyment from or even attachment to the purposes, roles, practices, or habits he did in his life.
February 18th, 2026
An abundancy of yin there may now currently be, and vivacity of yang we might not truthfully see.
Thank you for your hard work, enjoyable entertainment, childlike joy, fun jokes, and the great trade deadline show everyone! You are all incredible people in your own way who should be very proud of yourselves for all you are doing to make basketball fun and happier for everyone.
Hey Raptors Report.
Thanks a lot for replying to me and others, and sharing your thoughts and evaluation on Quickley and everything else, it's so enjoyable to listen to such an intelligent and well researched person like you talk about Raptors and basketball! Again, I admit I didn't even watch this particular video so I'm not debating specific things you said in it, and for instance upgrading to prime Curry straight up from Quickley might be worth it.
While I'm nitpicking words a bit, one thing I have learned to try and do is to not assume what others are thinking or that everyone sees things the same as I do or the current consensus does. As an example, there may be people that might not even recognize Quickley as struggling much this year, and might evaluate the situation differently. Because of adding Ingram he is the 4th option on the team and is playing unselfish, he's shooting a career high 52% 2PT, a respectable 36% 3PT the same as LaMelo Ball, an excellent and career high 3.7/1 AST/TO, a career high 1.3 STL, he plays much harder on defense and makes less money than many PG who one might consider upgrades, and he has a solid 17 PPG, which is lower because of him being the 4th option and not taking way more shots or steal the ball away from RJ more like VanVleet would have done.
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You know that Michael Jackson song Man In The Mirror where he matures and realizes he shouldn't be a selfish jerk? I feel kind of like that, but more like I'm part of the problem of the world being so repressed, trying to be perfect, and not letting loose and having fun anymore.
I wonder if the world might be better and happier if people had much more physical affection and sexual experiences in a safe and caring way without going long without any, possibly with women choosing this and lowering their expectations without pressures like money or marriage.
Here's my idea to help turn Gradey into his own version of Slim Shady, with him coming back strong in a different gear after starting off wrong in a difficult year.
- I like how Darko Rajakovic seems to talk quite a bit about and appears to work very diligently to always develop all facets of all player's games constantly, and I'm sure that strategy and focus has payed huge dividends in many players reaching their long-term potential.
- I wonder if a bit more balance towards simplification of a player's role might be good at certain times or years. Mainly, I wonder if having Gradey Dick simplify his game to focus on shooting for the next 1.5 seasons might make sense now, with less dribbling, scoring, passing.
What does it cost and what must be lost?
To buy gifts just for show?
To buy flowers from a store?
To buy clothes they just stow?
To buy jewels for ever more?
What does it cost and what must be lost?
To be walking in a park?
To be talking on a bench?
To be swimming in a lake?
To be kissing on a couch?
January 7th, 2026
How times have changed. A joyous, funny, and rich black man having the time of his life chilling and laughing at an angry, hard working, and unfairly treated white man. *Yes I know Steve Kerr is also rich and not really unfairly treated, but check out this Snoop Dogg master call*
Snoop Dogg Commentating Steve Kerr's Ejection - X.com
Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, hmmm. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is. Luke, we are what they grow beyond. - Yoda
The Greatest Teacher, Failure Is - YouTube
For anyone who hasn't realized it, like people enjoying the overly complicated tri-fold phone, you could make a regular foldable phone with a wider aspect ratio on the inside screen like an iPad mini or eReader by making the phone wider and shorter on the outside screen.
Outside Screen
Inside Screen
Have A Positive Attitude
The lives of two sisters and mothers with very different attitudes shows the incredible power of humans and the mind to drastically influence and affect their life and the lives of those around them, negatively for the worse or positively for the better.
A Negative Attitude
- One sister lives in an idyllic and spacious two story home with fences and a nice backyard
- She has one healthy son and a kind hard-working husband who provides everything for her
- She has no job and does not have to work because her husband makes all of the money
- She is very negative, pessimistic, depressed, hateful, fearful, hurtful, frowny, and angry
- She is afraid of almost everything including all living beings, and even nature and plants
- This sister thinks negatively despite an easy life, appreciates nothing, and hates life
The Negative Result
- One sister constantly criticizes and complains to salespeople, doctors, and anyone she sees
- She constantly yells at her husband and doesn't appreciate him or give him any affection
- She constantly berates her overweight son, doesn't love him or accept him or his passions
- She is resentful towards her deceased mother and feels her childhood was very difficult
- She doesn't thank her son at all or want to touch the flowers he got her for Mother's Day
- This sister thinks negatively, acts poorly towards others, so she feels depressed and upset
A Positive Attitude
- One sister lives in a small, run-down, upper floor apartment which she adorns with plants
- She has two healthy daughters and she no longer has a husband or anyone who helps her
- She works hard as a hairdresser and makes all the money to support her and her daughters
- She is very positive, optimistic, content, grateful, hopeful, helpful, smiley, and happy
- She is peaceful with everything and everyone, including upset customers, and loves nature
- This sister thinks positively despite a hard life, appreciates what she has, and enjoys life
The Positive Result
- One sister listens to her friends, her customers, and enjoys providing a service to everyone
- She loves her daughters, who enjoy being around her and are talkative and playful with her
- She supports her daughters, who exercise and help her any way they can around the house
- She is respectful towards her deceased mother and feels that her childhood was enjoyable
- She appreciates the small things like a glass of wine with her plants after a tough work day
- This sister thinks positively, acts kindly towards others, so she feels content and happy
Hard Truths - Rotten Tomatoes
December 4th, 2025
- 2026 Jan - 12.9" MacBook Air M5
- 2026 Jan - 14.2" MacBook Pro M5 Pro (+16.2")
- 2026 Mar - 3X" Display + Mac Studio M5 Pro
- 2026 Jun - 13.3" MacBook A19 Pro
- 2026 Jun - 13.6" M3/M2/M1 Discontinued
- 2026 Oct - 3X" iMac M6 (2027 Mar?)
Theory - Reading and writing are fundamentally different and more important than listening and talking. We are unable to comprehend, use, dissect, debate, act on, or retain knowledge from listening and talking anywhere close to when we read and write ideas down.
Here are my predictions for the 2025-2026 NBA standings, ranked by western and eastern conferences. I think the western conference in particular may be as hard to predict as ever this year.
Western Conference
- 1 - Oklahoma City Thunder
- 2 - Denver Nuggets
- 3 - Los Angeles Clippers
- 4 - Memphis Grizzlies
- 5 - Dallas Mavericks
- 6 - Minnesota Timberwolves
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- 7 - Houston Rockets
- 8 - Phoenix Suns
- 9 - San Antonio Spurs
- 10 - Golden State Warriors
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- 11 - New Orleans Pelicans
- 12 - Los Angeles Lakers
- 13 - Sacramento Kings
- 14 - Portland Trail Blazers
- 15 - Utah Jazz
Eastern Conference
- 1 - Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2 - New York Knicks
- 3 - Milwaukee Bucks
- 4 - Toronto Raptors
- 5 - Philadelphia 76ers
- 6 - Boston Celtics
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- 7 - Indiana Pacers
- 8 - Miami Heat
- 9 - Orlando Magic
- 10 - Charlotte Hornets
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- 11 - Atlanta Hawks
- 12 - Detroit Pistons
- 13 - Chicago Bulls
- 14 - Washington Wizards
- 15 - Brooklyn Nets
- Barrett - Bench - 30 MPG 2025 vs 32 MPG 2024
- Gradey - Start - 24 MPG 2025 vs 30 MPG 2024
- Barrett scores as 6th man, Gradey shoots
- Barrett in for Gradey, SF when Ingram out
- Agbaji/Murray/Walter can start some too
- Walter bench PG when Barrett bench
Raptors Lineup And Depth Chart 2025
I appreciate the gusto if this is purely experimental, but I think the design, function, and placement of this separate bottom toolbar in the Music app may be the single worst UI change in macOS 26.
Suggested Changes
- Move and merge the full toolbar back to the top
- Stay in same place when queue or lyrics selected
- Make volume popup from toolbar and have mute
- Collapse volume popup when clicked second time
- Don't blur song title and info when mouse over
- Move star icon to the toolbar and always show
- Make all icons including playback the same size
- Move shuffle to right of playback, left of repeat
I still dislike transparent elements, color changing elements, floating elements, and moving elements in UIs. Imagine if light switch on wall was see-through so hard to see, changed colors so hard to recognize, was covering part of TV, and was in a different spot all the time.
Because of the importance of shooting in NBA today, I see a potential alternative vision to success for Raptors in the short-term, with Ingram All-Star at 26 PPG, Quickley All-Star at 23 PPG, Dick at 16 PPG, Barnes All-Defense at 16 PPG and 9+ APG, passing to great shooters.
Steve Ballmer focusing on the company he invested in and Kawhi received money from being fraudulent seems like a big misstep. When a billionaire invests big money in a company I'm not thinking "poor guy was scammed", I'm thinking he was part of fraud and so it appears much worse.
