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Google as a search engine got much worse, especially in the last year or so. The index also got noticeably smaller. My 20+ years of Google Search experience are now failing me comp…

I only speak for myself, but when it comes to social anxiety, I didn't enjoy a lot of things because of the anxiety, not because the activity itself wasn't enjoyable. Anxiety is wh…

That was not my experience with karaoke. I suck at singing. I don't like karaoke much. I still go there sober and have a blast. This is not a place where you take yourself seriousl…

This is something I work really hard to maintain on my websites. I often refer to government websites as sources for my guides, and these URLs break at an alarming pace. It's as if…

Sometimes "no" is a full answer. Compromise is not owed if the demands seem unreasonable. If you ask a question and can't accept no for an answer, you were not really asking.

That's how boundaries work. When you set them, you define your actions when they are crossed, and you accept the consequences of those actions. It doesn't magically give you the up…

I think it would need a deeply human touch. It would require a human to connect related threads together, guide people to existing information, and shoo toxic users away. You need …

Kindness as the default. If it wouldn't fly in a face-to-face conversation, it does not fly on the network. One thing that keeps HN pleasant is dang's enforcement of good conduct.

It's rather frustrating to have to convince a machine to do its job. I never had to argue with computers before. Now this is a thing I don't own, sold as a subscription, and it won…

Experimental History is one of those few blogs that are a guaranteed read for me. I'll make time in the morning to read whatever he publishes. Thank you for sharing!

I got into it again. Get nice pens, a nice notebook. Carry it everywhere. Make time to sit down and draw. The muscle memory is probably still there so the skills return quickly. It…

I do it with a “notes” section that is effectively tweets. I share quotes and short posts there, and the occasional list of interesting posts I have enjoyed in the last weeks. I re…

Same here. It's odd because it feels so real and so painful in the moment, and a day later, the person texts back and everything is fine. Self-awareness helps a lot with managing i…

Just be aware that vulnerability is not rewarded every time. People will be uninterested, busy, a poor match etc. It can be hard on you sometimes when you are trying your best.

An event newsletter in my area creates a telegram group for each event they mention, so that people can meet and go together

It’s hard to make it a priority on top of everything else, but I agree.

My regular thing is Monday coworking at a specific cafe. It’s a great way to start the week. Sometimes there is six or seven of us. Sometimes just two. Sometimes we get dinner or d…

A lot of problems are like that. They don't require anything fancy, just regulation, a budget or regular maintenance.

996 hours a year? Sure. I wasn't put on Earth to create shareholder value. Work is the means to an end. The less of it I have to do, the better.

This was part of my system prompt for a while, but the LLM would just make forced, unhelpful CS analogies.

Billabong Valley is the name of the song

Bear Blog maybe?

You can also use it to write and see the corrected version of your sentences. This got me to practice a lot more.

I use it like a pokedex. Yesterday I was using it to know if I see swifts or swallows in the evening, and learned a bit more about them. For low-stakes questions that blogs cover w…

This mirrors my own journey, although I have never submitted my citizenship application. I also came here for an internship and stayed. 11 years and counting. Congrats on becoming …