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  • The world outside my doorstep is a really complex net of chaos

    You are right. Another word to describe it: it is lacking structures. That’s where man comes into the picture: You. You can create structure.

    Having that wonderful and powerful ADHD brain too, I found that I need to find and create structures within myself first. Then I can go on and give structures to the world outside.

    One important step is to describe structures in explicit words. Often write them down or draw them on real paper, in order not to forget on the next day, or after an eventful weekend (for me it’s always the weekend - Monday morning I am so empty and I need to start with reading all that I have done at the end of last week).

    Another good approach is to describe and define goals and strategies. A goal is where I want to get. A strategy is the order of steps needed to get to the goal.

    Somebody explained it to me like climbing the mountains. You can’t just wander around there and hope to find a way sooner or later because you would get lost inevitably, and your force is limited and your day runs out etc. So you have to look at a specific point and say “There it is where I want to go!”. Then you look and think and decide and say “This is the way, and these are the steps to get there!”. And you cannot start before you know the way. But when you know it, you can go and start your climbing.








  • First, about eternity:

    Your physical body ceases to exist. Eternity remains. That means, math and physics have no meaning for you anymore.

    Time will end for you. That’s the part that’s the most difficult to imagine. It is easier to think about how the first 3 dimensions have no meaning anymore, but then time will be gone as well, but you are still there.

    Now heaven and hell:

    Heaven is when you are forever on good terms with the God who has made you, and his whole bunch there. You will have all that you need for an excellent life there.

    Hell is when you aren’t - then you remain alone with your grumpy self, or maybe with the devil who makes his life good at your expense.




  • Yes, you can easily do it.

    You want to look at 2 things: 1. Noise 2. Ratio of performance / power usage.

    1. Noise

    When your PC runs 24/7 then it might be annoying to hear it’s noise sometimes. Real server cases are usually even much louder than former PC’s because they are built for super strong air flow inside.

    Think carefully what you need. In my situation it is just one light wooden door away from my bed, so I wanted it impossible to hear. I optimized it so, and it ended up being so quiet that I cannot hear any fans, but I hear the clicking of the harddisks all the time. Well, I got used to that, mostly. For my next home server I want to build my own case that absolutely blocks this noise.

    1. Ratio of performance / power usage

    People are frequently asking what if I turn this old Pentium etc. into a server?

    Well, these old CPU’s have very low performance compared to new ones, but it might just be sufficient. But then you recognize that the old veterans burn 100 Watts for the same performance where a modern (low performance) CPU burns only 5 Watts, and now it will do that 24/7. Think about your yearly costs. Many times it turns out that buying a new one saves your money very easily.