🦆 Brancaleone's blog

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Pointers to cool stuff:

Reflection

Time

• 4000 weeks
• The Tail End
• Your Life in Weeks
• make peace with your unlived life
• Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen - Baz Luhrmann
• When This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

Confidence

• Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think

Meaning of life

• The Meaning of Life Is Absurd
• Meaning of Life by Derek Sivers
• Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
• Daydreaming is my favorite pastime
• Sum

Work

• How to do what you love
• The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job

Family

• Your Family: Past, Present, and Future

Relationships

• 10 Types of Odd Friendships You’re Probably Part Of
• Good conversations have lots of doorknobs
• How to Pick Your Life Partner – Part 1
• How to Pick Your Life Partner – Part 2
• Intentionally Making Close Friends
• Looking for Alice
• The Great Perils of Social Interaction

Hanging out

• Why You Secretly Hate Cool Bars

Languages

Learning German

• ZDF
• ARD Mediathek
• Dinge Erklärt – Kurzgesagt
• PONS
• Deutsche Welle
• Nicos Weg
• Spotify Playlist

Friulian Language

• YouPalTubo
• Felici ma Furlans
• Associazione Aulus (Lord of the Rings in Friulian!)
• Doro Gjat & Carnicats

Poetry

• Trionfo di Bacco e Arianna
• All'ombra dei cipressi
• Pianto antico
• Alla sera
• Solitudini
• Meriggiare pallido e assorto
• Non recidere, forbice, quel volto
• Libars...di scugnî lâ

Filmmaking

Studying

• Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

Film residencies

• Kino Guarimba
• Cinemadamare

Travel

Inspiration

• The Happy Hermit - Andreas Moser's Blog
• Travel Is No Cure for the Mind

Opportunities

• AEGEE
• Campi Legambiente
• In the same boat NGO
• Salto Youth Trainings
• Workaway

Friuli

• Map - Food and drinks

Berlin

• Map - Interesting places
• Map - Food and drinks

Zürich

• Map - Interesting places
• Map - Food and drinks
• Map - Services
• Hiking suggestions
• SOSETH Kino - Movie every Wednesday
• ASVZ - Uni sports

History

Roman History

• Romische Befehle
• Transportation Simulator
• Forum

Repubblica Libera della Carnia

• Carnia Libera 1944
• Donne in Carnia

Money

Philosophy

• The Nothingness of Money
• The Psychology of Money

Investing

• The Simple Path to Wealth
• Just Keep Buying
• Interactive Brokers

Computer science

Career

• Pragmatic Engineer Blog
• 10 rules for negotiating a job offer
• CS PhD student: to be or not to be?
• Lettera #nofilter a un #18enne: #università e #lavoro a #nudo
• Guida Anti-Inculata per laureandi in Informatica e Ingegneria Informatica
• How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You)
• Tech Interview Handbook
• Finding a tech job in 2024

Database research

• TU Berlin DIMA
• TUM Database Systems Chair
• TUMuchData
• EPFL DIAS Lab
• ETH Systems Group
• CWI Database Architecture Group
• CMU Database Group (also check out the courses!)
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications Book
• Database Internals Book
• Eaton Phil's Blog
• Where to apply for a PhD in databases, in the US and Europe