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4monthsaway··on 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, 34km depth
From what I understand (I used to live in the main city for that), even the vibration from local trains are a factor
4monthsaway··on 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, 34km depth
That was a big one here this morning 50 minutes ago. Earthquake alert and later a rare tsunami alert. Very shaky.
4monthsaway··on Why are online recipes so long-winded?
Read it until the end
4monthsaway··on Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
Yes
4monthsaway··on I Spent Hundreds of Hours Working in VR
It's such an exciting new wave of technology, I just wish it wasn't being spearheaded by Facebook. On the other hand, I can't wait to see how they further corrupt humanity with yet another tool in their pocket
4monthsaway··on The $800B PPP: Where Did the Money Go and Why Did It Go There?
"with about three-quarters of PPP funds accruing to the top quintile of households" sheesh
4monthsaway··on Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
doot
4monthsaway··on My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file (2020)
I'd like to try a better version of using the default notes app on iphone. I keep attempting over the years to keep at it but end up never reviewing the notes. I have half the battle down...I use it for a crazy amount of ideas but yea, definitely need to adopt a more consistent routine. Interesting to see what others do like this article
4monthsaway··on The mother of all crashes is coming and it won’t be fun
Ah, cheers
4monthsaway··on The mother of all crashes is coming and it won’t be fun
If I remember Warren Buffet's teachings correctly, that would certainly qualify
4monthsaway··on The mother of all crashes is coming and it won’t be fun
Thanks for the interesting points, one quick question I don't quite get, you state interest rates are high now but then reference them being 0.25%?
4monthsaway··on Internet addiction and the habit of book reading
I was a voracious reader as a child all the way until I got to university where I had to consume incredibly dense tomes of the most boring subjects known to man. It took me a while to get into the habit of being able to consume 10-15 of those a year. I did it. But it forever killed my thirst to read anything afterward that wasn't consumable within 30 minutes. The great irony of this...I write for a living now.
4monthsaway··on Ask HN: Is GPT-3 ruining the internet or is it just me?
Interesting points, I hadn't thought of the discord-type thing before. I guess my premise is closer to the last point you made, recently found out there's massive networks of 'news' websites all using GPT-3 to produce, well, basically whoever their funders want them to produce. The one in particular had something like 1300 websites within 1 network all owned by 1 small company, with 1 real article to every 100 generated ones. And they were all the exact same positions on highly political stuff. Made me sigh. Thanks for your feedback
4monthsaway··on Ask HN: Is GPT-3 ruining the internet or is it just me?
I'm just getting a more general evolving sense that the writing/information quality of top results for random topics on Google are diminishing. Probably just in my own little echo-chamber I suppose, thought it might be interesting to hear outside perspectives
4monthsaway··on Ask HN: Do you still use Clubhouse app?
I was excited to try it relatively early on in its popularness spike. I spent I think 3 evenings walking around listening to multiple channels or whatever they're called. Nearly every one seemed to be a snakeoil sales pitch and I just got sickened by it. Deleted it after a week and never looked back.
4monthsaway··on Did a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Deceive Hundreds of Musicians?
Using his Times' email addy after not working there anymore was probably the earliest red flag.
4monthsaway··on U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware
It seems to me their entire repeated justification is to pass the buck to foreign governments that buy their product. It's like the 4th time I've seen this company pop up in my newsfeed in the last 6 months, every time a similar story. I wonder when enough is enough for whoever holds authority over them
4monthsaway··on Never Use Black (2012)
So what would be better than #000 for text on a webpage? Got me curious now
4monthsaway··on Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)
Aha that was different than I expected
4monthsaway··on U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy
I'm sure Zuckerberg is hard at work thinking of how to start his own government soon enough
4monthsaway··on Impossible Foods brings total funding to $2B with new $500M raise
I've never actually tried this, anyone like it? Any specific product particularly good/bad?
4monthsaway··on The two ways of thinking in product
I just got PTSD from this thinking back to my last job. Really thinking about doing another deep dive on this subject to see what's new. Anyone have a good place to start?
4monthsaway··on Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard
That's worth at least a penny for your thoughts
4monthsaway··on Boards are dangerous to founder/CEOs
I like this article, nice to see this type of advice without all the usual fluff
4monthsaway··on Don't soften feedback
I like that million ways to do it wrong line. Never thought of it like that.
4monthsaway··on Don't soften feedback
I used to send these monthly massive 'update' emails to all the execs at my tech job. While it's not feedback, at some point I switched to including a TLDR version at the top for the busiest people and a long-form explanation for anyone interested.

I was pleasantly surprised when the CEO gave a huge 'THANK YOU FOR THE TLDR version' in a reply all. The 'bottomline' comment kind of reminded me of that haha.

4monthsaway··on Writing is networking for introverts
Interesting idea, but yea, your last point would probably be the outcome, sadly.
4monthsaway··on Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law
I imagine some crabby responses to this
4monthsaway··on How to Ask for Feedback (2020)
Interesting tips, I wonder how that can be applied to strangers for artists
4monthsaway··on Quora is removing anonymised Answers from its platform
Do you have any resources where I can learn more on this? It sounds interesting
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