Araz Gholami

For recording audio (and possibly creating a podcast) on linux, there are many tools available, but the most famous is audacity, which you’ve probably heard of and maybe even used on windows or mac. however, if you need a quick way to record high-quality audio, a built-in linux tool can help: are... Read All

My attempts to maintain a blog and centralize everything in it had previously failed many times due to social networks and the fragmentation they caused. my last attempt coincided with quitting all social networks and simultaneously giving up smoking. i don’t know if the loneliness from that or some... Read All

Online conversation, also known as chat, is not the same as a regular conversation. unrealistic expectations that arise are also not reasonable. you can't just write "hello" and expect the other person to be surprised later with a request or specific topic. at the start of a conversation, clearly st... Read All

In my opinion, contrary to what some elites say about luck not existing, luck absolutely does exist. and contrary to popular belief, "luck" is not an actor, but a recipient. that is, luck, in its literal english sense, is equivalent to a set of probabilities and variables. naturally, controlling mor... Read All

From blog to channel, from channel to friends’ circle, from friends’ circle to a notebook, and after the notebook got lost, it reached the point where a one-person channel became a confidant. thus spoke nietzsche, who spoke of zarathustra: life, humanity, and the human earth are still unfinished ... Read All

At the table, wikipedia shot back a glance and laughed, saying, "i know everything." google smirked and said, "without me, no one even knows you." web shook his head and said, "big guys, without me, you’re nothing." dark web lifted his hand from under his chin and said, "you're right." internet,... Read All

Spring and nowruz are approaching, and the municipality, like every year, is planting flowers and bushes all over the city. mix the scent of these flowers with the sunny weather. mix it with the occasional gentle rain. it becomes an ideal combination for closing your eyes and thinking. not thinking,... Read All

“ivan spent the night with a polish prostitute, lighting one cigarette with another.dmitri asked: you who loved matryoshka, why?ivan said: i imagined it.” the winter i had just gone through had numbed every cell in me. the devastating blow i received on my birthday kept me trapped for three month... Read All

“i tell him: since you’re worthless, leave, go. why are you bothering us? he says: no. i won’t go! my words make no sense to him. just like that calligrapher who wrote three types of script: one only he could read... one both he and others could read... and one neither he nor others could read. that... Read All

Today is march 30, 2018 (10 farvardin 1397), and it’s been exactly 5 months—150 days—since that afternoon when i smoked my last cigarette in front of the barracks and walked away. looking back today, even using the term “smoking” makes me uneasy, let alone the act itself. this time, i made the firme... Read All

It’s been 4 months and 20 days since i finished my military service, and i’ve tried as hard as i did 10 years ago to reach some short-term goals during this time. but life school, once again, gave me a lesson instead of a grade: to permanently remove toxic people from my life and not expect them to ... Read All

Matthew turner said during a speech at the university of texas in 2003: try never to be the smartest person in the room. if you are, i suggest inviting smarter people into your group or finding another room. this practice is known as networking in professional circles, team building in organiza... Read All