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FWIW, if you enable /sandbox then it stops asking for permission for these kinds of commands.

I saw an app a while ago that uses the camera to just track the top of your head, and alerts you if it lowers too much. It's a simple solution that works great for slouching. It ma…

I think you missed the point. That section is asserting that people wrongly assume em dashes to be a distinguishing trait of LLM output, while in fact they are good tools for human…

This is a good point, and I think it also applies when chasing after product/market fit. "Channel" is a concrete redefinition of the vague term "market" that describes an actual gr…

For what it's worth, I was familiar with this technique before seeing this or other non-Japanese articles. It doesn't have much relevance for daily life now which can explain why v…

It's a 1/2 chance at the point where you're considering the switch. If you start the game with the intention of switching, you have a 2/3 chance of being successful because the win…

I think that "simple" rather than "minimal" is an important distinction that is sometimes overlooked. Sometimes adding something new will let you reduce a lot of friction. For exam…

Yes there is a benefit to radical thinking and nonconformity, but "do it without hurting others" is a reasonable line to draw. Stallman was viewed as a toxic individual who caused …

Not a historian, but working together as a group and not letting the people around you down are values that are emphasized from childhood. Leaving work before the people around you…

This felt off to me too. I really dislike articles that cherry-pick anonymous SNS posts to prove a point.

First, my TI-83 graphing calculator. I learned that I could write simple programs to take user input and do things like calculate the Pythagorean theorem. I eventually started writ…

How to Be Polite, by Paul Ford: https://medium.com/message/how-to-be-polite-9bf1e69e888c

Very nice. I especially like that it's contained within such a tight space but still gives you enough time to react and plan ahead. 15701 points on second try is pretty good right?…