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Re:Ask HN: Hacker Finances? / How much do you save each month? by wickedchicken on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:35AM (#3268906)
"Without a jot of ambition left

I let my nature flow where it will.

There are ten days of rice in my bag

And, by the hearth, a bundle of firewood.

Who prattles of illusion or nirvana?

Forgetting the equal dusts of name and fortune,

Listening to the night rain on the roof of my hut,

I sit at ease, both legs stretched out."

    Ryokan (1757-1831)
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Re:Ask HN: Hacker Finances? / How much do you save each month? by throwaway21222 on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:48AM (#3268947)
On the eleventh day he was probably wishing he had thought about getting some more rice or conserving what he had. Maybe I am missing the point of this poem.
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