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The first one is based on a Bruce Lee quote :) > Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup; it becomes the cup. You put it

by user_ 4y ago

The first one is based on a Bruce Lee quote :) > Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup; it becomes the cup. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. Now water can flow, or it can crash! Be water, my friend.

swyx 4y ago
really gotta wonder if he really said it or its misattributed to him.
- ndr 4y ago
  https://youtu.be/cJMwBwFj5nQ https://youtu.be/cJMwBwFj5nQ
- deleted 4y ago
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- vincnetas 4y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMwBwFj5nQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMwBwFj5nQ At least he said that. Not sure if he was first to say that though.
  - prox 4y ago
    There are some zen quotes and teachings that compare our minds to the contents of a cup vs the vessel (body). In Daoism you have the yin/yang aspects. Afaik The quote seems to be his.
    - roey2009 4y ago
      That quote is indeed his. I listened to Shannon Lee's (his daughter) podcast, and she told the story of when he understood it. Apparently when his martial arts teacher told him he was too forceful, to be more like water, and then banned him from practicing until he understood. Short story, he went on a boat ride, got angry, started punching the river, then he got that aha moment. Bruce Lee was actually a really wise dude. I also highly recommend the podcast. https://brucelee.com/podcast/ https://brucelee.com/podcast/
_the_inflator 4y ago
I fixed it a litte: "You put water into a cpp; it becomes the cpp." ;)
nyanpasu64 4y ago
Sadly C and C++ have aliasing rules, so casting a pointer to another type is often UB instead of having the underlying memory take the form of the new type.
- HPsquared 4y ago
  Hence it can flow, or it can crash!
  - yakubin 4y ago
    Or it can just give someone root.
rgoulter 4y ago
Ahhh, I should have recognised it; it's used in this Melodysheep remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxGtvpp49M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxGtvpp49M
phaedrix 4y ago
...And Bruce Lee is paraphrasing from the Tao Te Ching; chapter 8 on water. https://www.taoistic.com/taoteching-laotzu/taoteching-08.htm https://www.taoistic.com/taoteching-laotzu/taoteching-08.htm There's also a really good and short Ted Talk on it: https://www.ted.com/talks/raymond_tang_be_humble_and_other_lessons_from_the_philosophy_of_water?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/raymond_tang_be_humble_and_other_l...

by user_ 4y ago

swyx 4y ago

really gotta wonder if he really said it or its misattributed to him.

ndr 4y ago
https://youtu.be/cJMwBwFj5nQ https://youtu.be/cJMwBwFj5nQ
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vincnetas 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMwBwFj5nQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMwBwFj5nQ At least he said that. Not sure if he was first to say that though.
- prox 4y ago
  There are some zen quotes and teachings that compare our minds to the contents of a cup vs the vessel (body). In Daoism you have the yin/yang aspects. Afaik The quote seems to be his.
  - roey2009 4y ago
    That quote is indeed his. I listened to Shannon Lee's (his daughter) podcast, and she told the story of when he understood it. Apparently when his martial arts teacher told him he was too forceful, to be more like water, and then banned him from practicing until he understood. Short story, he went on a boat ride, got angry, started punching the river, then he got that aha moment. Bruce Lee was actually a really wise dude. I also highly recommend the podcast. https://brucelee.com/podcast/ https://brucelee.com/podcast/

_the_inflator 4y ago

I fixed it a litte: "You put water into a cpp; it becomes the cpp." ;)

nyanpasu64 4y ago

Sadly C and C++ have aliasing rules, so casting a pointer to another type is often UB instead of having the underlying memory take the form of the new type.

HPsquared 4y ago
Hence it can flow, or it can crash!
- yakubin 4y ago
  Or it can just give someone root.

rgoulter 4y ago

Ahhh, I should have recognised it; it's used in this Melodysheep remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxGtvpp49M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxGtvpp49M

phaedrix 4y ago

...And Bruce Lee is paraphrasing from the Tao Te Ching; chapter 8 on water. https://www.taoistic.com/taoteching-laotzu/taoteching-08.htm https://www.taoistic.com/taoteching-laotzu/taoteching-08.htm There's also a really good and short Ted Talk on it: https://www.ted.com/talks/raymond_tang_be_humble_and_other_lessons_from_the_philosophy_of_water?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/raymond_tang_be_humble_and_other_l...