--- title: Week 27, 2024 issue: 27 year: 2024 weekNumber: 27 prev: "[[2024_Week_26]]" next: "[[2024_Week_28]]" created: 2024-07-07T12:00:00 modified: 2025-08-29T08:30:45 --- # Wisdom I Pondered This Week * [A rich man is anyone who earns more than his wife's sister's husband.](https://x.com/ChrisWillx/status/1749465892998516838) * “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” — Marcus Aurelius * [You won't always get what you strive for, but you will definitely get what you settle for. You won't magically outperform your standards.](https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/november-16-2023) * [Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree on how.](https://x.com/JoshBoeke/status/1765747030456983654) * [Focus on game access first, game selection next.](https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/9-ideas-from-a-weekend-with-legends) # Things I Learned This Week * Supima Cotton is a superior/premium type of cotton and is twice as strong as regular cotton. * Haskell is a purely functional programming language which emphasizes ‘pure’ functions: (1) do not depend on anything other than input parameters (2) cannot have an assignment operator or do input/output → no side effects * URI (Uniform Resource Indicator) \> Uniform Resource Locator (URL) \& Uniform Resource Name (URN) * 鍋底粥 * 乾烙海鮮