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indeed it would be prohibitively expensive

I basically replaced all forms of entertainment with reading. I find there is also less of a barrier to start since the audio part makes it feel slightly more passive. I still watc…

What you’re describing sounds more like studying / reading textbooks and is totally valid, but not the type of reading I’m talking about, which is mostly for curiosity and entertai…

Yes, it feels very similar. Except speeding up a movie seems absolutely insane to me, whereas with a book it just feels like matching my mental ingestion rate.

Indeed it keeps me on pace and paying attention. Finding the right speed takes some experimentation. Too slow and my mind will wander, too fast and I can't absorb the material / do…

I use Libby and I have a few library cards and an audible subscription. There are also other less ethical ways that I use, though to compensate I buy the books I really like in phy…

I'm the same way for fiction, but there's a certain class of non-fiction audiobooks (memoirs, (auto)biography, essays, etc) that works very well for me even when doing light chores…

Yeah I noticed when I'm reading in a place with a lot of other stuff going on I usually need to go more slowly due to ambient distractions. As for screening I've never consciously …

Oh for sure. I listen with wireless buds with a huge button (Jabra Elite 4, sadly no longer made) so pausing/unpausing takes almost zero effort. For particularly dense passages I'l…

Depends highly on the subject matter

I read 189 books last year, mostly due an accidental discovery. I have a lot of trouble reading in noisy places, since I get distracted easily. My habit would be to put on some ver…

Check out dbdiagram.io though I don’t know if it handles views either, I never tried.

Yeah my current approach is to generate a plan with Gemini Pro, with plenty of back and forths, and then have it write the plan to a markdown file. Afterwards I get either it or an…

When I was studying music technology and using state of the art software synthesizers and sequencers, I got more and more into playing my acoustic guitar. There's a deep and direct…

For me that is the appeal. I don’t listen regularly but do occasionally enjoy his interviews depending on the guest. But yeah, if you don’t like long rambling discussions it’s safe…

While that possibly makes it harder to acquire a gun in the city, an individual purchaser or black market dealer could simply drive a couple of hours to get their hands on one, no?…

Debatable. Seeds are very high in omega6 fatty acids which should be balanced with omega3. They also can go rancid more easily which is not healthy to eat. I noticed this article a…

Ha! Indeed! In fact in informal Quebecois French, it's also used as a verb, with the same meaning as in English. As in "J'ai Frenché ma blonde" --> "I Frenched my girlfriend"

Me too! Btw, in the spirit of the title of this thread, in English you would say "as a French person". In the past, "Frenchman" was used but it's understandably out of favour these…

I was gonna say, this is exactly what I recently used data studio to do. Using GA as a data source I was able to create custom charts more easily in data studio. I feel like the ch…

Not to be too snarky, but the location itself does a lot of the work ;) To contribute something more positive, I've been following this photographer who does great POV videos of th…

Funny, I've found that enough time can heal the "overexposure" and I can listen again. Sometimes it takes years, as in 5 to 10. Speaking of the Beatles, I have pretty much all of t…

Hah fair enough. Whole bunch is usually is 2 pots of 4 grams, 3 infusions each. But some people (like my wife) can guzzle filter coffee (much more total caffeine than my single sho…

I recently started infusing my own oils to then use sublingually for similar reasons and it's been a revelation! You can know pretty much exactly how much THC you're getting and ad…

I was cringing during his discussion with Rogan because of this. It’s a common pitfall for a certain type of nerd to think that expertise in one area allows them to make claims in …