How to install golang (go) >1.21 in Ubuntu with Flatpack
Install golang in a somewhat recent version in Ubuntu is quite annoying. Here a on-line command which will do the trick for you. (Replace 1.21 with whatever version of go you want to install)

sudo apt remove --autoremove golang-go; sudo apt install snapd; sudo snap install --classic --channel=1.21/stable go

What it does:

apt
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Reality became a set for the virtual world
It is a sunny day here in Lisbon, I am walking by the central station and hear a street musician. Actually, it is a special kind of musician: The guy is a rapper.

He brought his speaker, a microphone and is performing in front of a small crowd. It is a melodic mix between spoken words and singing, he quite hits my taste. 

I stop and join the audience, to l
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Don’t plan your life in Excel
Do you have plans how your life should look like. Laid out all nicely step-by-step in a huge-ass Excel spreadsheet? This is not how life works, or how it should work.

Remember back, a year, ten years or all the way back to your childhood. How do your memories look like? Are they in a clear this-happened-after-that timeline? Do the decisions, you did take to take you where you are
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You are the leader, act like it
If there is one thing everyone hates, it is a leader who claims to be still "one of the pack". Is that you? If yes, you have to stop doing this. Now. I mean it. You need to accept this one important truth: Your times as part of the pack are over.

And don't get me wrong, I don't mean: Be a mean Steve Job/Elon Musk kinda girl now putting other people down. No. You can, and should!, b
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