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Shugarl

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    Comment #46147295

    I think the one problem about this train of thoughts is that it makes people overly willing to accept any kind of solution, as fast as possible, because what could be more importan…

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    Comment #42837761

    I also have ADHD : 1) Anki is a life saver for interviews: in the short term, it helps me memorize and review stuff about the company in advance. In the long term, it helps me memo…

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    Comment #42584259

    Reading though your link, something felt... Wrong ? That's not even remotely close to be a study, that's an opinion piece that threw everything at the wall, relied mostly on self-r…

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    Comment #42294241

    Steam and Spotify proves that people are completely down to pay for creative content. I also regularly buy ebooks.

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    Comment #42294126

    > Pirate streaming sites aren’t exactly known for their quality, consistency, reliability, and ease of use. The great ones, that gets a lot of word of mouth recommandations, are de…

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    Comment #39891225

    > web dev jobs going the way of the horse-drawn wagon Could you elaborate please ?

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    Comment #39891218

    What are your thoughts on this method so far ?

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    Comment #39543859

    > First, "slow-thinking" is really just a different way of expressing your thinking and you should begin by leaning into it rather than leaning away. Take time, allow yourself to p…

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    Comment #38863150

    What I do in those cases of to arbitrarily pick an order to do those things. (Likeliness to become urgent in the future, difficulty, unpleasantness, etc...) If I can't, I just pick…

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    Comment #38706508

    I've tried learning strategies rather than tactics, but it's significantly harder both to learn and to use. I've learned a lot about imbalances for example, but all of this knowled…

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    Comment #38706360

    But things are a little trickier if they start targeting your employer

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    Comment #38624329

    That's debatable. The hardest thing about learning a new concept/idea is to get started. GPT lowers the barrier of entry, and you can use the knowledge you got to tackle other lear…

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    Comment #38598526

    > but would you, the learner, be able to do re-enact the narrative better or even on the same level than the original author who posessed the knowledge on the topic? Maybe. The aut…

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    Comment #37819745

    I personally tend to think better when I'm away from the computer. Coding on the IDE helps me to experiment and quickly put something together that works. But thinking while writin…

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    Comment #37729241

    Who's the bunny character?

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    Comment #37604487

    Isn't that a false dichotomy? I think there's more possibilities than either walking out of the theater in the middle of your son's first movie and tell to the press how he's still…

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    Comment #37533898

    I've only skimmed it, but doesn't the article you linked indicate that it is only true for severe/ life-threatening cases of COVID-19?

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    Comment #37100738

    GP didn't suggest to reject reality out of concern for others. He said we should make sure to be 100% certain of what the facts are before asserting what reality is to the public, …

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    Comment #36909700

    > Make people less fat by moving where the produce is in the store It doesn't? Not even a little bit ? Genuine question. One of the example of data exploitation I was given in univ…

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    Comment #36834840

    I'm replying a bit late, but : I just use a "Spin the wheel" kind of app.

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    Comment #36746786

    > Willpower needed to make decisions is a limited resource. The solution I found for that is to just let the tool I'm using make the choice for me. Then if I don't want to do what'…

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    Comment #36746590

    I used habitica for years, and it's better than your average todo list apps, but it's like adding a whole layer of things to take into consideration on top of the things that needs…

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    Comment #36746461

    Where do you find the time to read past entries ? Writing them is so much time consuming

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    Comment #36746412

    I actually just "ignore" phone notifications. At any given moment, there's a dozen of them on my phone, and if a new one pop-up, I just let it stay there with the rest.