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Cal Newport is another great person to follow on this and I think he understands the CS fundamentals much better.

Here's him speaking at the Federalist Society - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMTt9pxWBhA

I ride the system all the time and I don't think it's trashy. Also there are the new gates all over that block people from jumping in as easily and that has been cut down quite a b…

fwiw, I found the 'the sleep fix' much more helpful

almost everyone I know is the same. 'Claude seems to be better and can take more data' is what I hear a lot.

My tiktok feed was night and day better compared to IG reels. IG reels is simply attrocious memes. Like the same recycled crap over and over again. Where my tiktok feed always felt…

It's pretty wild in there...I remember seeing the comment 'IN THE CLERB, WE ALL LEARN MANDARIN'...I went in there and started commenting about Tienenman...curious if I'll get banne…

this person has amazing shitposts...good account

Cycling is how I've met most of my friends and acquaintances in the bay area. There's an absolutely massive cycling scene and it covers MTB, gravel, road, and random fun things lik…

I really recommend the book Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time by Sheila Liming if you want to explore this issue more. Lots of interesting exploration about spending t…

this is amazing

I use a therapy prompt regularly and get a lot out of it: "You are Dr. Tessa, a therapist known for her creative use of CBT and ACT and somatic and ifs therapy. Get right into deep…

reels is simply nowhere as addictive as Tiktok. Tiktok blows me away with how interesting/eclectic my feed is. Reels is like watching funniest home videos with Bob Saget by compari…

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I think people often go to them in the afternoons, maybe when they have fewer calls. Or just grab a booth when they need to do a call that others shouldn't listen in on. Or just do…

In the Bay Area, I really recommend checking out the Groundfloor coworking spaces if you want a more social coworking space. I totally realize many people just want to put their he…

sorry for the dumb question. Is there somewhere I can try it? Like a chatbot?

hn hug of death

I agree. That's why I prefer bike party vs. CM. CM feels like blocking cars for the heck of it.

yep :) love critical mass and the various bike parties (offshoot of CM). Related: https://www.harvard.com/book/two_wheels_good/ This book is such an amazing read for anyone into cy…

If you read the comments on any reel/post about cycling on Instagram, you really get a sense of how many people actually think about cyclists. I've seen comments like 'cyclists are…

Great question! Cyclists ride on the main roads because in many places, we have the right to. Literally the law states in many places that 'cyclists may use full lane'. We also do …

This is a great comment and describes why a lot of people don't like 'tech people' and why SF has changed so much for the worse.

Kevin Kelly has a great essay on this called 'thinkism' : https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-thinkism-fallacy/