91–100 of 122 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting! What is Notion?
Looks like it's this: https://www.notion.so/ It wasn't clear to me how the data was exported, but it seems the author built his own library: https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/88aee8f43620471aa9dbcad2...
It appears that you can also export the majority of your data as shown here: https://www.notion.so/Export-to-PDF-or-markdown-ebb66c27de32...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can understand the "ick" factor - putting this much of oneself online, without any contextual filter, embodies a level of intimacy unusual with strangers. I don't think it's weird to find it discomfiting seeing notes about machine learning side by side with relationship advice. It feels like a bit much from one guy. But I think it's very unfair to say it paints a very bleak picture of his life. I jumped straight to…
"Maintain eye contact." Well, you naturally want to look a woman in the eyes if you are genuinely attracted to her, it's hard to resist. If you need a manual on maintaining eye contact, you probably just want to have sex with somebody, if not with this woman, than with another one. The creepy part is that this section in wiki teaches you to simulate feelings you don't actually have in order to get laid and this direc…
The bleak part is that if you need to simulate attraction to a woman you are missing something very good in your life."
Did you read the same part as I?
" the most important thing in any kind of relationship is honesty. In regards to seduction it is being honest with your intentions."
And the part about eye contact is not about simulating feelings, it is about what to focus for (those who are insecure), if you want to to get in deeper contact.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can understand the "ick" factor - putting this much of oneself online, without any contextual filter, embodies a level of intimacy unusual with strangers. I don't think it's weird to find it discomfiting seeing notes about machine learning side by side with relationship advice. It feels like a bit much from one guy. But I think it's very unfair to say it paints a very bleak picture of his life. I jumped straight to…
"Maintain eye contact." Well, you naturally want to look a woman in the eyes if you are genuinely attracted to her, it's hard to resist. If you need a manual on maintaining eye contact, you probably just want to have sex with somebody, if not with this woman, than with another one. The creepy part is that this section in wiki teaches you to simulate feelings you don't actually have in order to get laid and this direc…
Or your path through life didn't teach you prevailing mating rituals. That "it comes natural" narrative is bullshit. Sure, will be the case most of the time. But, you know, human experiences are on a wide spectrum, with many of them fucked up in some way or another. And thus a lot of people can greatly benefit from finding help to improve themselves and thus their mental health. I'd generally consider this a good thing. Especially on such an important topics as finding a significant other.
It's great you apparently naturally learned communication protocols regarding flirting / body language / etc. And yes, PUA stuff can quickly become toxic and not be to the benefit of all involved. But that doesn't seem to be the case here. And you implying everyone who isn't a natural or wants to get better must be "simulating feelings" is just... disappointing.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting! What is Notion?
Looks like it's this: https://www.notion.so/ It wasn't clear to me how the data was exported, but it seems the author built his own library: https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/88aee8f43620471aa9dbcad2...
Using a system of personal knowledge management (PKM) has been a huge boon for me. Just the act of jotting down all my ideas whenever I have them (Google Keep), then dedicating time to structuring/curating them into an organized format (Microsoft OneNote), and then being able to quickly access them in the future has helped my retention and creativity immensely. I just see patterns I never would have recorded or remem…
Aren't you worried that google or Microsoft will deprecate your personal library? Google isn't exactly good at keeping non-gmail programs in good shape and my original MS One note files simply do not open anymore. Do you at least keep a plain text file somewhere? It just seems like such a delicate choice of software to use for something like your personal knowledge. Certainly a wiki of some kind would be better?
This reminds me of the project ran by scholar Avery Morrow, "Everything Shii Knows."[0] He was an early Wikipedia administrator and one of the founders of 4chan. It was really interesting. Great work OP, personal wikis are very cool! I wish there were more of them :( [0] http://shii.bibanon.org/shii.org/knows/Everything_Shii_Knows...
Unlike the pre-2000 Usenet era, Internet culture today (e.g. those on 4chan) is no longer systematic documented, and for better or worse, it has a significant influence to the "cyberspace" as a whole. But when people started to realize the existence of something, it's already too late to understand it, original records have been all lost... And people started shouting, "what the hell is going on?"
Written documentation like Shii's wiki is the rare treasure of a time capsule, a snapshot of the time. At Shii's wiki, 2006 never ends.
I'm particularly interested in the history of online culture of obscure political movements (including those crazy conspicary theorists and nationalists). It'n not that I'm morally approving their actions, but to me, they seem to be a new type of social organization in the information age. From Shii's wiki, written by a intelligent person who's observing and thinking about these topics, you can see many indications in 2006 about the status of things and how it's connected to the present day.
For example...
* How the Web was Lost
http://shii.bibanon.org/shii.org/knows/How_the_Web_was_Lost....
This 2006 article describes the upcoming demise of Internet utopianism. The massive commercialization was transforming the Internet to just another TV, telephone, or a shopping mall. It also mentioned how giving everyone access to information can have the side-effect of disintegrating information authority and good writing, and causes the polarization of extremes in politics.
> Will we ever have another Thomas Paine standing in the street, telling us common sense that changes our lives? Those are rhetorical questions. The answer is no. There will be no more shots heard round the world, no more revelations shocking the whole nation at once. The Web is a difficult freight train to turn around, and it will likely destroy those lines of communication.
These topics/issues are NOT identified and explored by the Internet personalities/analysis/mass media until recently.
For example, this article Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19038327) was only posted on HN, two months ago. And What the Hell Is Going On? Effects of Information Abundance. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19413852) was only posted on HN, 7 days ago.
Another example about politics.
* Project for the New American Century (http://shii.bibanon.org/shii.org/knows/Project_for_the_New_A...), Ron Paul (http://shii.bibanon.org/shii.org/knows/Ron_Paul.html), and NAFTA (http://shii.bibanon.org/shii.org/knows/NAFTA.html).
Before Donald Trump gets popular in 2016 on the Internet, this trend can be traced back to (1) free trade and globalization, (2) September 11th, (3) hatred of neoconservatism online, which caused (4) many to support Pon Paul, (5) whose supporters were later disillusioned. Then the (6) Great Recession and (7) Obama occurred. It was a very complicated chain of events, which were all partially documented in Shii's wiki.
The bottom-line is, I think Shii must have gained some deep insights about everything by reading through the endless shitposts on 4chan. I wonder if Donald Trump never ran for the president, it may take another 10 years for the common people to realize these issues.
If you are involved in some online community, please consider to create your personal knowledge base. 20 years later, it may become the only historical records of something.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can understand the "ick" factor - putting this much of oneself online, without any contextual filter, embodies a level of intimacy unusual with strangers. I don't think it's weird to find it discomfiting seeing notes about machine learning side by side with relationship advice. It feels like a bit much from one guy. But I think it's very unfair to say it paints a very bleak picture of his life. I jumped straight to…
"Maintain eye contact." Well, you naturally want to look a woman in the eyes if you are genuinely attracted to her, it's hard to resist. If you need a manual on maintaining eye contact, you probably just want to have sex with somebody, if not with this woman, than with another one. The creepy part is that this section in wiki teaches you to simulate feelings you don't actually have in order to get laid and this direc…
How are you certain this is universally true? Seems like a pretty clear case of the typical minds fallacy. For people that don't 'naturally' maintain eye contact with women they are attracted to, 'simulating' that behavior does not imply that any feelings are being simulated.
This reminds me of the project ran by scholar Avery Morrow, "Everything Shii Knows."[0] He was an early Wikipedia administrator and one of the founders of 4chan. It was really interesting. Great work OP, personal wikis are very cool! I wish there were more of them :( [0] http://shii.bibanon.org/shii.org/knows/Everything_Shii_Knows...
It reminds me of Shii's wiki, too. Shii's wiki is not only a personal knowledge base, but also a piece of important documentation of Internet cultural history. Unlike the pre-2000 Usenet era, Internet culture today (e.g. those on 4chan) is no longer systematic documented, and for better or worse, it has a significant influence to the "cyberspace" as a whole. But when people started to realize the existence of somethi…
How does on go on to finding the next shii , telling us what will happen next with such accuracy and insight ?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Maintain eye contact." Well, you naturally want to look a woman in the eyes if you are genuinely attracted to her, it's hard to resist. If you need a manual on maintaining eye contact, you probably just want to have sex with somebody, if not with this woman, than with another one. The creepy part is that this section in wiki teaches you to simulate feelings you don't actually have in order to get laid and this direc…
> If you need a manual on maintaining eye contact, you probably just want to have sex with somebody, if not with this woman, than with another one. Or your path through life didn't teach you prevailing mating rituals. That "it comes natural" narrative is bullshit. Sure, will be the case most of the time. But, you know, human experiences are on a wide spectrum, with many of them fucked up in some way or another. And t…
I'd bet that is not how you really feel.