What is the Red Pill? | Married Man Sex Life The Blue Pill is the lie. The Blue Pill is the avalanche of marriage and dating advice that’s out there. There’s been books, movies, magazines, TV shows, seminars and sermons telling you how relationships should be. There’s what your parents brought you up to believe, what your friends told you and what she said she wanted to be happy. There’s been over fifty years of professional help from doctors, psychologists, counselors, teachers, ministers and more……and the divorce rate has never been higher. You’ve been fed the Blue Pill from birth and you’ve never had a proper chance to win at love because you’ve been told the lie about how the game is played. The Red Pill is the truth. I do have one word of warning about all this… you can’t unlearn the truth. Once you take the Red Pill you’ll know exactly what women really want from men. So take the Red Pill and you’ll have the truth, you’ll have a plan and you’ll have hope. Getting Started You can learn about some of the fundamentals here:
30 free programming eBooks - citizen428.blog() Since this post got quite popular I decided to incorporate some of the excellent suggestions posted in the comments, so this list now has more than 50 books in it. BTW: I’m not very strict on the definition of “ebook”, some of them are really just HTML versions of books. [UPDATED: 2012-01-18] Learning a new programming language always is fun and there are many great books legally available for free online. Lisp/Scheme:Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic ComputationHow to Design ProgramsInterpreting Lisp (PDF, suggested by Gary Knott)Let Over LambdaOn LispPractical Common LispProgramming in Emacs LispProgramming Languages. Ruby:The Bastards Book of Ruby (suggested by Dan Nguyen)Clever Algorithms (suggested by Tales Arvelos)Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in RubyLearn Ruby the Hard WayLearn to ProgramMacRuby: The Definitive GuideMr. Erlang:Concurrent Programming in ErlangLearn You Some Erlang for Great Good
The Geek Stuff Quantum entanglement shows that reality can't be local. Either that, or faster-than-light communications is a go. : science Labs PC Hell: Computer Hints and Tips to bring you back from the edge Why Nice Guys and Gals Finish Last in Love Welcome back to The Attraction Doctor I received a lot of good feedback on my last article discussing How I Learned to Have a Satisfying Relationship . The messages of taking personal responsibility to become a valuable mate, learning to make others trade fairly, and finding internal validation, all seemed to make a connection with readers. Some of the questions came from a group of people I call Nice Guys and Gals . Nice guys and gals are completely confused by these outcomes. Well, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. But, I eventually found the answers! The first step to seeing this clearly is to temporarily put aside any frustration and bitterness. Well, there is a reason. 1) Nice People Do Not Make Their Partners Invest When we do nice things for others, we invest in them and the relationship. However, the reverse is not true. Given that, whoever is doing the favors will fall in love. Nice folks are on the losing end of this deal. For more see: 3) Nice People Are Too Available
Become a Programmer, Motherfucker If you don't know how to code, then you can learn even if you think you can't. Thousands of people have learned programming from these fine books: Learn Python The Hard Way Learn Ruby The Hard Way Learn Code The Hard Way I'm also working on a whole series of programming education books at learncodethehardway.org. Learn C The Hard Way Learn SQL The Hard Way Learn Regex The Hard Way Graphics Programming Language Agnostic NerdDinner Walkthrough Assembly Language Bash Clojure Clojure Programming ColdFusion CFML In 100 Minutes Delphi / Pascal Django Djangobook.com Erlang Learn You Some Erlang For Great Good Flex Getting started with Adobe Flex (PDF) Forth Git Grails Getting Start with Grails Haskell Java JavaScript JavaScript (Node.js specific) Latex The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX (perfect for beginners) Linux Advanced Linux Programming Lisp Lua Programming In Lua (for v5 but still largely relevant)Lua Programming Gems (not entirely free, but has a lot of free chapters and accompanying code) Maven Mercurial Nemerle Nemerle
Low-Cost Tools That Every Techie Needs It’s been ten years since I took my first IT job, and in that time I’ve collected a bunch of tools that have proved invaluable to me in resolving issues with computers, hard disk drives, printers and other corporate hardware. While I work purely freelance these days, I still maintain a collection of devices and gadgets that can be used to assist with quickly resolving problems that might arise. By bringing you this list of must-have hardware, I hope to be able to demonstrate that not only is the role of the successful desktop support technician 50% knowledge, 30% personality and 20% efficiency, but that these tools are affordable. You shouldn’t need more than $30 to build your tech support toolbox, enabling you to resolve the majority of issues on the spot. The Basics What do you keep in your toolbox? USB stick, 4GB or higher capacity.USB SD card adaptor (can be bought very cheaply).Ethernet Cable Crimping Tool.Torx screwdrivers. Hard Disk Recovery Laptop Motherboard Testing