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Thanks to Push10K now I am on my 160th day of streak and 13,135 pushups (or my own version of equivalents) so far. It is the best thing I did after feeling like Glutton after dinne…

Your morning latte costs $4.50. The author traced every penny through 17 years of coffee industry data, from your local café to farms in Honduras. The result? Your barista captured…

Wanted to buy. Not on Macos 26.

I use MacWhisper and it works well enough for me to stop looking for options.(MBA M2 24GB Ram - Large V3 English) I wouldn't feel comfortable if someone were looking over my should…

I have one and agree with the technical issues mentioned in this thread. This is my first experience with a writing tablet, although I have occasionally dabbled with an iPad with a…

https://github.com/codespin-ai/codespin-vscode-extension

I was a 16-year-old kid in still-developing India, 1986. One had to wait seven years to get a landline connection. My friends and I went through the Morse Code speed test and evalu…

This entry from Wikipedia was impactful: "Lan's embezzlement of $12.5 billion equals about three percent of Vietnam's total GDP for 2022." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6…

I suggest two books by Hesse - Siddhartha / Narcissus and Goldmund.

I can tell you that the world I operate in will want something like what you are proposing (fixed rate + OnPrem) and the pricing is going to have a ceiling because building this in…

In the long term, ~$0.005 per page (as opposed to document, which I assume hatchedlake meant) say on a mortgage document (~300 pages per) it adds up. The other alternative, which i…

Useful service and a large problem space. Congrats and all the best. As someone who is a target customer, my 2 cents: a. If this is a strategic value for my pipeline (and it is), w…

Another fan of Shottr. The tool is a pleasure to use.

Experiences are expensive. Things are cheap(er). A medium-quality dinner for two in an expensive city costs 100$. A beautiful kitchen knife costs about that much, but lasts 20 year…

You might be interested in Tainter's work on Collapse of Complex Societies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tainter https://bit.ly/448HJVI

Hey digitcat - Don't see your contact info. Send me an email pls?

SilverBirch - You may be correct, and I agree with your point about IWG is a genuine business. However, it also is worth pointing out that their stock has been the lowest it has be…

Grew up in India; now in NYC. The strong preferences around which of the varietals is the best, is a common squabble amongst south Asians. I try to keep the allegiance fluid, becau…

Annoyed by Restaurant Playlists Ryuichi Sakamoto assembled the soundtrack for Kajitsu,(a Japanese restaurant) in Murray Hill (NYC), and what it says about the sounds we hear (or sh…

This school that espouses that art is what viewer feels, not the artist conceives - this was the mainstay of Marcel Duchamp and his ilk. "The creative act is not performed by the a…

Some note-worthy points from Crain's coverage (1). - Compared to 2019, the average New York office worker is spending $4,661 less on meals, shopping and entertainment near their wo…

I hear you. A few articles a year, such as this one, makes the 70ish dollars I cough up every year, worth it.

@jacktribe - All the best. I looked at the website, and I understand it is WIP. Is this a mistake that needs fixing? "Americano - Espresso with hot water. $4.50 (Medium) $4.50 (Lar…

I am 50. I was telling my wife last week, the thing I miss the most about being young(er) is the ability to sit in a corner and be lost in the pages of a book - really entrenched. …