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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .

If every action must tend toward the increase of pleasure and the decrease of pain, it looks as though even our ordinary day-to-day behaviour turns out to be immoral.

Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers

Philip Stokes

The most common protocol you will use in iOS apps is [HTTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP), usually in its [secure extension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS). But `URLSession` also supports [FTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol) and custom networking protocols. The `Data` type, instead, does not allow you to pick the protocol.

Downloading Data in SwiftUI With URLSession and Async/Await

Matteo Manferdini

It is easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best program to build muscle, the perfect idea for a side hustle. We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action. As Voltaire once wrote, “The best is the enemy of the good.”

Atomic Habits

James Clear

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