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I invented the web. I'll teach you to use it. We start with a plain HTML file, no frameworks, no build tools. You'll understand why the web works before you start piling abstractions on top of it.

The book I co-wrote with Brian Kernighan. 272 pages. Every C programmer alive has read it. Clear, concise, no padding. The entire language specification fits in your back pocket. Borrow it, read it, write hello world, return it.

I'll teach you linear perspective, isometric projection, and how to draw machines that could actually be built. Bring a ruler, compass, and pencils. We draw by hand. No CAD. If you can't draw it, you don't understand it.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

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Learn to decompose problems into repeatable steps. We start with simple sequences, add loops, add conditionals, and build up to something that could compute Bernoulli numbers -- the algorithm I wrote in 1843. Paper and pencil only. No computers. The machine is not the point. The pattern is the point.

Learn the fundamentals of code-breaking. Caesar ciphers, substitution ciphers, frequency analysis, and the principles behind Enigma. No math degree required -- just patience and the willingness to think backwards.

I'll teach you what my father taught me: start with a melody that a child can hum. Then build. Harmony, counterpoint, orchestration. A symphony is just a melody that grew up. No prior theory needed -- if you can sing, you can compose.

Learn to perform Shakespeare without being terrified of the language. We start with the insults (those are the fun part), work through the monologues, and end with a scene. No experience needed. Just a voice and a willingness to look foolish -- that's how all great actors start.

Learn buon fresco: painting directly onto wet plaster so the pigment becomes part of the wall. You have about 8 hours before it dries. No corrections. No undo button. The technique is 3,000 years old and it's still the most permanent form of painting that exists.

Small group discussion on logic, ethics, and how to think clearly when everyone around you is losing their minds. No dogma. No doctrine. Just questions and the courage to follow them wherever they lead. I died for this. The least you can do is show up.

Private or small group geometry lessons. We start from five axioms and build everything. No calculators. No shortcuts. Compass, straightedge, and your mind. I've been doing this for 2,300 years and the method hasn't changed because it doesn't need to.

Learn to compose and perform epic poetry from memory. No writing allowed. I'll teach you formulaic composition -- the technique of building poems from reusable phrases so you can improvise for hours. Bring wine. It helps.

DJI Mini 4 Pro, under 249g (no registration needed in most EU zones). 4K/60fps, 48MP photos, 34-min flight, obstacle avoidance. 2 batteries, charger, controller, and spare propellers. Perfect for travel.

Pietro Ferretti

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