> or am I checking too frequently?
Your unit tests are running too slowly, otherwise you wouldn't be checking so frequently.
Oh, wait. That's me.
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#102> It seems all these sites are updating very slowly; or am I checking too frequently? Congratulations, friend. You have arrived at a kind of limbo that in all likelihood you will end up at again in the future. I congratulate you, because you have arrived at the point where you have "synced" -- that is to say, you have processed material from your desired channels from the post to the present moment such that this fee…
I can't help but reading this marvellous comment with the voice of Octavio Coleman from dispatches from elsewhere AMC series...
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#103I always rep Wikipedia's "random page" function [1]. Random page is especially useful if you are cooped up at home and can't access normal sources of randomness like close conversation with other people, the rustle of leaves in trees, sunlight filtering through passing clouds, etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
I loved the idea of Wikipedia's random page but I realized I needed something like this for the topics that I was interested in (instead of everything in the world because it ended up being too random for my interest). I ended up creating a Twitter bot that tweets random articles from a custom list of topics I was interested in at regular intervals
Twitter bot: http://twitter.com/randomwikibotch/ Source code if anyone is interested at creating their own: https://github.com/chirag64/Random-Wiki-Page-Twitter-Bot
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#104I've been trawling subreddits to get a ground-level view of common narratives that we hold on to but have never thought to collect data on. For instance, there's a common and oft-repeated notion that food delivery apps are screwing over drivers, not just restaurants. So I've been reading the Couriersofreddit sub to get the story from the horses' mouths: https://www.reddit.com/r/couriersofreddit/ It turns you can make…
Really cool idea! Any more gems you can share? Maybe this is a good way to get ideas for a saas too?
Not sure about SaaS ideas, but maybe hang out at water holes on topics you're interested in? There's usually a subreddit for even very esoteric interests. There's one called r/onebag where people discuss how to pack efficiently for travel -- I was interested in this pre-shutdown when I did a lot of business travel. Now, not so much.
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#105I've been browsing the likes of people on Twitter. It works like this: find one person you think is interesting or does interesting work, and go to the 'likes' section of their profile. Scroll through their likes until you find something else that's interesting. Click through to that person's profile, and repeat. You can find some really cool stuff doing this, especially if you happen upon someone with similar taste.…
This general concept of going back to the source of the information can be applied to many other social networks to find higher-quality/interesting content. I started browsing hackernews because I realized a lot of the content posted on reddit on /r/programming and tech-related subreddits was often posted here first.
It all starts by taking the time to examine the content you consume & why you enjoy consuming it.
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#106Took a break and have been thinking and researching idealized/better/pure ways of doing things. E.g. exploring alternative: - number systems. Base 12 would be nice. - systems of measurement. Adjusting the SI base unit to be even powers of Plank Units seems ideal. - calendar systems. 12 month years, 5 week months, 6 day weeks (with an extra 5 or 6 day week at the end of the year) seems nice. - time system. A new time…
> - systems of measurement. Adjusting the SI base unit to be even powers of Plank Units seems ideal. Do we know Planck Units accurately enough to work with such units in the many-orders-of-magnitude-different world of people-sized things?
I think so. As of 2019, 4 of the 7 SI base units were redefined by setting exact numerical values for several of the units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_redefinition_of_the_SI_ba...), so scientists must be confident we can reasonably recreate the base units from measuring various fundamental phenomena.
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#107Took a break and have been thinking and researching idealized/better/pure ways of doing things. E.g. exploring alternative: - number systems. Base 12 would be nice. - systems of measurement. Adjusting the SI base unit to be even powers of Plank Units seems ideal. - calendar systems. 12 month years, 5 week months, 6 day weeks (with an extra 5 or 6 day week at the end of the year) seems nice. - time system. A new time…
seximal ftw
I haven't looked into it much, but it looks at least better than base 10.
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#108I've been trawling subreddits to get a ground-level view of common narratives that we hold on to but have never thought to collect data on. For instance, there's a common and oft-repeated notion that food delivery apps are screwing over drivers, not just restaurants. So I've been reading the Couriersofreddit sub to get the story from the horses' mouths: https://www.reddit.com/r/couriersofreddit/ It turns you can make…
I'd love to hear about a few more of these "watering holes", if you're so inclined.
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#109Books. Right now it's Middlemarch.
ditto. Books. Right now it's: Who Killed Homer, and Sophocles plays.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's the paradox that has been in popular debate since "Uber can't make profit" narrative got started 5 years ago. It's absolutely bonkers, and even smart people join in on this fallacy. A consumer complaining about Uber not paying their drivers well is usually the same one that's choosing their ride based on what's cheapest.
My problem with Uber is not the absolute amount that drivers get paid, but the percentage of my money that ends up in their pocket. While I think Uber provides a valuable service, it does not provide a service that is 25% or more of the ride. Uber also locks a lot of potential income in the form of bonuses (do X rides in 1 week), to force a lot of drivers to work ungodly hours in order to meet those targets.
25% is just their standard, it can change alot. And it does not account for those bonuses you mention.
I'm not sure why you you're saying bonuses are a bad thing? People get paid extra to fulfill metrics?