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The metrics are terrible. The format itself is monolithic and static, and very un-digital. It’s as though, instead of the web, which is after all an o
“I had a period after I left a restaurant I was working at,” Redzepi said, “where everyone treated me as if I was a stranger to them. *Leave. Stay awa
Lately, when I’m stuck on a piece, I will print everything I’ve written and re-read it with a pair of scissors in hand. As I go, I will cut out the pi
But while there are thousands of “premium” options when it comes to consuming alcohol, all Nicotine pouches/gum options that exist currently feel low
Perhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in t
Czech president and writer Vaclav Havel: “Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that
Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you fo
“Sometimes,” Dalinar said, “the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
Of course, the reality is more complex, and it’s better to think in terms of automation and autocomplete than vertical software and replacing designer
YouTube previewed a tool to use generative AI to replace copyrighted music from your videos without affecting anything else. A few years ago this woul
You could see AI making an exact replica of The Room and it having none of the value, because it wasn't made by someone. Because there was no human-le
We are so obsessed with seeing if AI can do the things we do, but the real potential is things humans are in capable of. What can’t you do that is no
A large percentage of people’s problems in work, love and life are due to some combination of vagueness and passivity. You don’t know what you want to
Long before he made movies, after he dropped out of community college, Cameron spent about ten years working low-wage manual labor jobs. He was a truc
The need for belonging twists into a form of fearful pre-rejection with the person experiencing an anxious aversion to the presence of others.
There’s also a great anecdote from Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman, where he talks about how physics used to delight him when he used to play
I think the EC expects these companies to capitulate. To bend their entire global strategy to the whims of EC bureaucrats, and just accept being handc
The EC, to my eyes, is saying that it’s illegal for a successful platform to adapt and evolve. Or at the very least they’re saying they might deem it
You can read it as an EU mandate for E2EE - except other parts of the EU are trying to ban E2EE. You can read it as the EU standing up against governm
Yes, Apple created the iPhone and the App Store and, under current U.S. antitrust doctrine, almost certainly has the right to impose whatever taxes it
by shifting the split to 40, 50, and 10 percent, we could (thanks to grain feed saved by reducing inefficient beef production) produce easily 30 perce
Heating and air conditioning account for half of residential consumption, which is why the single best thing we could do for the energy budget is to k
Air conditioning is a good example of a fixable problem. One of the biggest issues with AC is that most countries don’t set minimum standards for ener
Both in the United States and in the European Union, buildings account for about 40 percent of total primary energy consumption
Nx is built on a technology-agnostic core that maintains modular units of code and understands the dependency graph between them.
From a software maintenance perspective there is little consensus on how to organize ML projects. It feels like websites before Rails came out: a bunc
In addition, if you can code 10x as fast, you also get to do 10x as much coding practice, which will probably lead to yet more improvements.
There is research showing that when we introduce what are known as “emergency reserves,” basically “get out of jail free” cards, into the process of g
“You want to frame your goals in terms of “do” behaviors versus “don’t” behaviors. It’s easier to measure progress when engaging in proactive decision
Knolling is a really specific system that involves laying all your stuff out at specific angles, but I take the broader idea as: don’t make cleaning a
I don’t think of Airbnb or Amazon as search apps. They help me get things or book homes. You might want to your search app to be a destination for som
Query Operators Mean Something’s Broken More advanced users use modifiers like site: filetype: intitle: because adding “reddit” isn’t strict enough, a
“Reviews UPDATED JANUARY 2020” are exploiting the fact that customers suffix queries with the year. What those people are trying to command is freshne
New data from Ampere Analysis found that 42 percent of U.S. streaming subscribers actively subscribe, cancel, and resubscribe to streaming services ba
If you think about a car or a PC – they’re not trying to get you to use the car or the PC as much as possible. The purchase is the purpose. But the pr
The web hasn’t had its artisanal moment. Right now, giant, ad-based networks created by six men that everyone begrudgingly uses with diminishing emoti
People are starving. To run in the dark across grassy fields holding sizzling sparklers up to the stars, dive into the deep cold blue sea, curl up on
When it comes to the quality of our thoughts and judgments, the amount of information a communication medium supplies is less important than the way t
A simple approach that has you split a notebook page into four parts: 1/ title, 2/ notes, 3/ keywords/questions, and 4/ summary. And no, it’s not beca
When your thinking is contaminated by negative emotions, make as few decisions and engage in as few interactions as possible. This keeps these emotion
Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process. You can help this process by going for a long walk, or taking a
“So it’s not the beauty itself we admire. It’s not the force of intellect. It’s not invention, aesthetics, or capacity itself. The greatest talent tha
“The secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Dan Millman
(One of my favorite pieces of parenting advice: You have to give yourself what you needed when you were a kid, and give your kids what they need now.)
"If you could just change one thing in your child’s life, it would be to give them autonomy. Humans spent 200,000 years as hunter-gatherers. That’s wh
Having a good person express how wonderful you are hundreds of times changes everything.