The Power of Now - Chapter 4

1. anesthetic Many people use alcohol, sex, food, work, television, or even shopping as anesthetics in an unconscious attempt to remove the basic unease. 2. moderation When this happens, an activity that might be very enjoyable if used in moderation becomes imbued with a compulsive or addictive quality, and all that is ever achieved through it is extremely short-lived symptom relief. 3. repression It's okay to feel resentful; it's okay to be angry, irritated, moody, or whatever - otherwise, we get into repression, inner conflict, or denial. 4. subservient When you have seen the limitations of your outer purpose, you give up your unrealistic expectation that it should make you happy, and you make it subservient to your inner purpose.

English Culture

1. Float like a cadillac Sting like a beemer Lightning McQueen Parody from Muhammad Ali's famous quote: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee 2. grim reaper with scythe

Case of the Jeebies

Under the dim sky Are the presence of trees, birds, and cities The rooftops and kids Drugs and homeless people living on subway streets This is what I see of the world This is what I see of the world People, a lot of persons In jackets, hats, walking, driving But always in their eyes they hide behind A clutter of thoughts so important Like only in total ignorance one can do Maybe upon their bed of death When finally they'll shake their heads And look around for the last and first time Welcome to Life, my friend, but welcome to death I'm just sorry you couldn't see How beautiful your simple room is on a Saturday morning That tree that was always there Standing, waitiing for your attention What joy it can be just moving around and going to bed The perfect stillness of night when even the sun has closed its eyes And countless more things that you had missed If only you had paid attention If only you were simpler and didn't mind nothing happening If only those thoughts were really so important If only I had written a better poem or two If only the people around you weren't also consumed Then everything would have been different But for now, nothing still is, so won't you fly free bird into eternity On behalf of you I promise to pass on the message for a new world by Paul Peng, 11/14/2025

C# ssl debug

The .NET Framework 4.8 does not have a direct built-in equivalent to Java's -Djavax.net.debug=ssl:handshake for enabling SSL/TLS handshake debugging from the command line or via a simple configuration switch. However, you can achieve similar diagnostic output using the following approaches: 1. Enable System.Net Tracing (Recommended for .NET Framework) You can configure System.Net tracing via your application's app.config or web.config file to log detailed information about network activity, including SSL/TLS handshakes. Example app.config: xml 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ ⌄ This logs System.Net and System.Net.Sockets activity to a file (network.log). While it doesn’t dump raw TLS handshake bytes like Java, it does show certificate validation, cipher suites negotiation (indirectly), and connection errors. For more TLS-specific diagnostics, combine this with Windows-level tools (see below). ⚠️ Note: Tracing impacts performance—use only for debugging. 2. Use Windows Schannel Logging (OS-Level SSL Debugging) .NET Framework uses the Windows Schannel (Secure Channel) security package for TLS. You can enable Schannel event logging via the Windows Event Log: Open Event Viewer → Applications and Services Logs → Microsoft → Windows → Schannel. Right-click Operational → Enable Log. Reproduce your SSL issue; handshake errors and details will appear here.

Download youtube to mp3 in bulk

1. Download the runnable yt-dlp yt-dlp 2. Pass the music list and run the command to download all: yt-dlp --ignore-errors --format bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 160K --output "%(title)s.%(ext)s" --yes-playlist "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKTlJ5ZJ4UL5PQexL4eUTJ0fGzEFDR7wU"

The Power of Now - chapter 3

1. morrow Take no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself 2. plow Nobody who puts his hands to the plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God 3. reverence A knowing that does not destory the sacredness and mystery of life but contains a deep love and reverence for all that is. 4. unwittingly Be alert as you practice this so that you do not unwittingly transform clock time into psychological time. 5. Vibrancy Your life then loses its vibrancy, its freshness, its sense of wonder. 6. obsession The mind then creates an obsession with the future as an escape from the unsatisfactory present. 7. deadening You are leaving behind the deadening world of mental abstraction, of time. 8. incisive Should a situation arise that you need to deal with now, your action will be clear and incisive if it arises out of present-moment awareness. 9. imbued When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care and love - even the most simple action. 10. consecrated It is described as the path of "consecrated action.". 11. grim Being free of psychological time, you no longer pursue your goals with grim dtermination, driven by fear, anger, discontent, or the need to become someone. Everything is honored, but nothing matters. Forms are born and die, yet you are aware of the Eternal underneath the forms. You know that nothing real can be threatened. When this is your state of being, how can you not succeed? You have succeeded already.

The Power of Now - chapter 2

1. obnoxious Some pain-bodies are obnoxious but relatively harmless, for example like a child who won't stop whining. 2. perpetrator Once the pain-body has taken you over, you want more pain. You become a victim or perpetrator. 3. vehemently You are not conscious of this, of course, and will vehemently claim that you do not want pain. 4. momentum Although you are no longer energizing it through your identification, it has a certain momentum, just like a spinning wheel that will keep turning for a while even when it is no longer being propelled. 5. strive So they strive after possessions, money, success, power, recognition, or special relationship, basically so that they can feel better about themselves, feel more complete. Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" - and find that there is no death.