The best
Ecotourism Travel Guides:
Reddit reviews
From 3.5 billion Reddit comments
The best of Ecotourism Travel Guides by number of unique Reddit comments:
Top Reddit reviews mentioning Ecotourism Travel Guides:
Yep, kids on the way; had to sell his home and move in on the couch of another silicone valley investor to finish the first rocket launch that landed his first contracts. Said he was days away from being negative. This is an amazing read <EDIT harmless joke out> https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X
There’s a book about this, it seemed really interesting because the tiger stalked him for days I’m pretty sure.
Edit: found it https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Vengeance-Survival-Vintage-Departures/dp/0307389049
False. Read up on Elon. He may not be bending the metal to build the rockets, or assembling the batteries that go into Teslas (what CEO does?), but he knows a great deal about the engineering behind all their products.
If you haven't already, I highly recommend you read this.
Jobs, OTOH, had no background in computer science or engineering and never claimed to. His thing was design, which he (obviously) did really well.
This will be good. If you have interest in this topic and famous Brits, you should read Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams (Author of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy).
He travels the world and experiences some of the most endangered animals and writes about them and the experience in the way that ONLY he can. (it was written in the late 80s, so some species he writes about are in fact now extinct)
Tigers are vengeful as well as thoughtful when it comes retribution and payback... Check this book out. It's a great read. I remember reading a part where a tiger brings a tribute to a character in the book because it figured out that person helped him out earlier.
Markov wasn't the only person this tiger ate. There's an excellent book about this incident, called The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. It's a fascinating read, and is full of information about the plight of tigers and other wildlife in the Russian Far East as well as human struggle for survival. Highly recommended.
>He was in the right place at the right time
Incorrect, read the book on him written by Ashlee Vance and you will understand that it was not just so.
My overall view is that he's an increadible, but deeply flawed, person.
He's simultaneously transforming the transportation, space exploration, and energy sectors all at once. He's already accomplished multiple things in aeronautics and transportation areas that nobody else had done before. I honestly think he's possibly the most important person alive, and we're really lucky to have him.
But... he's probably a narcissist, and at least appears to be an asshole.
Like many people who are increadible workers, he demands incredible amounts from the people around him. Often enough that he hurts them. If you read his biography it's replete with stories of Elon hurting people close to him because he doesn't seem to understand how they see the world. His ex-wife, Justine, wrote a really sad article about their divorce back in 2010. This doesn't excuse anything, but his biography strongly suggests he was abused as a child by his father.
He seems to share a lot of traits, both positive and negative, with some of the most successful people in history. It's possible to be that driven that something inside of you needs to be broken, or that you demand so much of yourself that you despise mediocrity in others.
It's outlined in his biography (which is a good read on the details of all these events).
The job was really dangerous and required working in a boiler room and insane temperatures and squeezing between small spaces.
The Russian version, involving a Siberian tiger and the government-funded team assigned to track it down, is the subject of my single favorite documentary book ever: The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant.
Believe it or not tigers are known for revenge kills and keeping grudges. This book details a very specific case of that. Amur tiger wounded by a poacher and he stalked him for days and even went to his house and destroyed everything in it and then waited for the the guy to come back and killed him too.
The Only Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: God doesn't think he's Larry Elisson
Now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Difference-Between-God-Larry-Ellison/dp/0060008768
If someone wrote 'The Game' on business, Larry would be the Oracle behind it.
The top 5 bowel movements of my life have been outdoors. Seriously, a spade, some paper, and some of the most beautiful scenery on the planet. Somebody even wrote a book about it...https://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-3rd-Environmentally/dp/1580083633
But to just go willy nilly in your neighbors yard?
I haven't read the book behind it, but the following quote been around for a while:
What's the difference between God and Larry Ellison? God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison
Time you should do some reading, my know it all friend. You can start here: https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Vengeance-Survival-Vintage-Departures/dp/0307389049 The Tiger is a true story of how a pissed off tiger stalked and killed modern armed hunters:
Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt down the tiger before it strikes again. They know the creature is cunning, injured, and starving, making it even more dangerous.
Read that book and come back here once you get a real idea just how scary a big cat can be. I hunt, and it even creeped me out.
Quarantine restlessness is definitely a big reason how I stumbled on the PCT, too. It's encouraging to see that you didn't phase right out of it and wen ton backpacking trips, too. As I mentioned, that is where I'd like to get. However, I definitely do not relate to you about having outdoor experience. Do you have any resources (such as books, guides, etc. -- I've recently stumbled on How to Shit in the Woods which looks promising)?
And yes, this thru hike is such a commitment, I'm sure careers are holding a lot of people back. I hope you enjoy your future hikes, though! Thanks for your anecdote.
Here's the book. Really well written, highly suggest it.
His own biography
“While Musk had exceled as a self-taught coder, his skills weren’t nearly as polished as those of the new hires. They took one look at Zip2’s code and began rewriting the vast majority of the software. Musk bristled at some of their changes, but the computer scientists needed just a fraction of the lines of code that Musk used to get their jobs done. They had a knack for dividing software projects into chunks that could be altered and refined whereas Musk fell into the classic self-taught coder trap of writing what developers call hairballs—big, monolithic hunks of code that could go berserk for mysterious reasons.”
From his own biography.
“”While Musk had exceled as a self-taught coder, his skills weren’t nearly as polished as those of the new hires. They took one look at Zip2’s code and began rewriting the vast majority of the software. Musk bristled at some of their changes, but the computer scientists needed just a fraction of the lines of code that Musk used to get their jobs done. They had a knack for dividing software projects into chunks that could be altered and refined whereas Musk fell into the classic self-taught coder trap of writing what developers call hairballs—big, monolithic hunks of code that could go berserk for mysterious reasons.””
LOL. Wasn't thinking that but that analogy works here too!
It was in reference to Elon Musk being known notoriously to be a bad programmer. "Spaghetti code" in dev-speak means unstructured and difficult-to-maintain code.
From his biography:
>
While Musk had exceled as a self-taught coder, his skills weren’t nearly as polished as those of the new hires. They took one look at Zip2’s code and began rewriting the vast majority of the software. Musk bristled at some of their changes, but the computer scientists needed just a fraction of the lines of code that Musk used to get their jobs done. They had a knack for dividing software projects into chunks that could be altered and refined whereas Musk fell into the classic self-taught coder trap of writing what developers call hairballs—big, monolithic hunks of code that could go berserk for mysterious reasons.
​
Think of reading a text book or novel that has no paragraphs, chapters, subject titles, spacing, references, or punctuation. It'd be a giant block of solid text that's near impossible to read or find the typos in.
His father who owns a share of an emerald mine in Sough Africa, gave he and his brother $25k for their first company, Zip2, which they sold.
He left apartheid South Africa for Canada because he didn't want to participate in the mandatory service.
His biography has a good set of details on his early days.
Elon isn’t known to be good at efficient programming. From his own biography.
>While Musk had exceled as a self-taught coder, his skills weren’t nearly as polished as those of the new hires. They took one look at Zip2’s code and began rewriting the vast majority of the software. Musk bristled at some of their changes, but the computer scientists needed just a fraction of the lines of code that Musk used to get their jobs done. They had a knack for dividing software projects into chunks that could be altered and refined whereas Musk fell into the classic self-taught coder trap of writing what developers call hairballs—big, monolithic hunks of code that could go berserk for mysterious reasons.
Highly recommend this bio: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=abf8a3e1-9d07-4541-bbf4-63c8425e19bd
It was written before alot of the recent craziness surrounding him and without his coordination so it's not just jerking him off. Goes really in depth into the inner workings and functionality of how he ran these companies simultaneously, how he leveraged them against each other, the level of competence needed to understand the technical and business sides of every technology. Goes into detail of the early stages of Tesla - yes he didn't start it from scratch, but it was BASICALLY from scratch - anything that you take from almost no valuation to multi billion is impressive...you don't have to be the original founder of something, it's just smart to start with some sort of bones rather than absolutely nothing... Also shows you how involved he is in the operations and the technical aspects of SpaceX - especially in the beginning as well. He's a physicist/programmer by trade who turned into a business mogul by necessity.
He's gone off the deep end a bit recently - but he's on another level than 99.999% of the population - so it's just funny when I hear normal folks try to talk about something they couldn't even begin to comprehend (myself included).
>As I’ve written in my book, Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans to build it.
https://jalopnik.com/did-musk-propose-hyperloop-to-stop-california-high-spee-1849402460
Book they are discussing: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X
I LOVE Douglas Adam's take on this bird, in the wonderful book Last Chance to See.
Un buen lugar para empezar sería su artículo en wikipedia. Para conocer los detalles a fondo hay un libro que cuenta su historia.
Yo más que nada conozco su historia y rol en SpaceX porque sigo el subreddit, ahí a lo largo de los meses y años vas viendo cómo Elon ha sido un factor clave en la toma de decisiones, tanto a gran escala como de detalles de ingeniería.
Sobre Tesla pasa algo similar, Elon ha tomado varias decisiones clave, y a lo largo de los años el progreso es increíble. Tesla está apuntando a una clase de self driving más avanzada y generalizable que otras empresas, y sin embargo está obteniendo resultados impresionantes, mucha gente los minimiza, supongo que porque no entienden lo difícil que es.
El patrón suele ser este: Elon propone una meta de 100 cuando el status qúo está en 10. Pasado el tiempo y con algunos retrasos, la compañía alcanza el 50. Lo sorprendente es que todo el mundo pensaba que más de 30 era imposible.
If you really want an in-depth answer, read Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance.
Yea as with most people its not just one thing its the whole package that leads to the eccentric strangeness.
If you want a fair an accurate view of Elon Musk I would recommend reading the biography by Ashlee Vance. It paints a pretty good picture of the man and what its like to work and live with him.
I was definitely a fan boy and had built up Elon as this amazing guy in my head before reading the book. After reading the book I realized he’s kind of a dick. I definitely don't think i would enjoy hanging out with him in real life. I realized thats alright though. I can like the stuff Elon is doing like trying to get to Mars and SpaceX while simultaneously knowing he's an asshole that kind of lives in his own world.
The Ashlee Vance biography if you are interested.
https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X
Alternative position: the Tripod! Squat, then lean back to put a hand on the ground behind you. This position uses different muscles, plus can make it easier to aim for people who are nervous about that sort of thing.
It sounds like your butt might also be shy about pooping in the woods in general, which is extremely common! You may want to get a Squatty Potty for your home toilet to get your body more used to the position.
Here is an extremely helpful book that every hiker should own
There's a great biography of Elon Musk called ... looking for a link, here it is ... lon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Highly recommended. He's a fascinating guy, and the biographer pulls no punches.
Elon Musk is a chronic free market entrepreneur. He's the exact polar opposite of a communist.
If he praises China, I'm guessing it's because they make it easier for him to do business. Steve Jobs used to say the same very positive things about how easy it was to hire engineers and build factories in China.
I don't know much about Alex Jones except he's been an entertaining eccentric wild man whose ideas are All. Over. The. Place.
Trump is a complex topic that has been sculpted into such a volatile and explosive material that it's impossible to discuss in a public forum. Suffice it to say that most people's impressions of Trump and his accomplishments was defined by an overwhelmingly enemy press.