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What kinds of setups would make this possible? For those who can't do it, what is their least bad option?

I've been waiting for Google Meet to do this for years. After one too many "Ask to join" fiascos, I finally cracked and made this. If you know someone on the Google Meet team.... p…

I have same issue with my 2021 16" M1. I bought an iPad Pro recently, so I can leave the 16" plugged in at the office.

Nice. Please add Icelandic some time soon. I'd probably be willing to pay for that.

I'm working on this because I think Bostrom's work is extremely important, and deserves a wider audience. I first read Bostrom's work in 2010, during my undergraduate degree. It ha…

Yes, it collects your email when you install. This lets me send a couple onboarding messages and determine what plan you are on. There's more info in the (human readable) privacy p…

If you're using Gmail, you could get a setup like this by installing "Checker Plus for Gmail". Enable notifications, then in the "Accounts / Labels" tab set the "Polling interval" …

> Fixing the hive-mind is going to be a billion dollar industry Cal Newport was one of the inspirations for https://inboxwhenready.org . At this point, people have paid me over $10…

I recently started using Time Out (Mac) to force myself to take breaks. It's good. https://dejal.com/timeout/ For a more minimal and non-forcing break timer, Tadam is nice. https:/…

Wikipedia has a good list of nuclear close calls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls

In 2015, the European Commission published a report which included the following [1]: > We believe that societies must protect, cherish and nurture humans’ attentional capabilities…

> If this is true Then it also presents a unique opportunity. I.e. There should be a very real and observable productivity boost from being able to ignore B J Fogg, who gets brief …

If you enjoyed the article and want a more detailed discussion, James Williams gave a talk on this topic at the RSA in May [1], and did an interview with David Runciman in July [2]…

> Correct a problem? A problem for who? Neither the consumer nor the provider appear to be in any kind of trouble. In a recent lecture at the RSA [1], James Williams (former Google…

From the transcript of the TED talk [1] mentioned in the OP: > So how do we fix this? We need to make three radical changes to technology and to our society. > The first is we need…

Here's what I did for my Chrome extension [1]: 1. Searched the Chrome Web Store, Twitter and Google for users who had said lukewarm or negative things about another extension which…

> I can't take this situation anymore and this is a cry from the heart. > I am so frustrated right now, I don't understand why everything takes so long, this process is unbearable.…

> all I'll say is you'll be very surprised how many bots actually execute JS Interesting. Do you have any numbers you can share?

> for many websites you'll get more accurate traffic data with GoAccess parsing your logs and showing you page views and basic demographic data Yes but remember that bot traffic ma…

We're seeing 30-50% of visitors blocking Google Analytics client side tracking at 80000hours.org. Target audience is university educated 18-30 year olds, ~100K unique visitors / mo…