What's with the Date-Picker widget on the first screen? Is it supposed to do something or anything at all? I'm using Brave on Android.
It’s to determine your approximate age and remaining lifespan in weeks.
Four thousand weeks
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#12What's with the Date-Picker widget on the first screen? Is it supposed to do something or anything at all? I'm using Brave on Android.
You're supposed to pick when you were born, which allows you to "scroll on".
But also on Android -- am I missing something or am I supposed to scroll backwards month by month to 1989?
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#13I'm in the middle of the book, it's very inspirational. This websites great, thanks!
Someone mentioned this book recently on HN and I discovered I had already listened to section one of the audio version which I didn’t remember, so I listened to it again. This page seems to be a nice summary including the more practical advice later that I haven’t gotten to either time I started listening to it.
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#14Unusable bc of scrolljacking. Latest Edge on latest iOS.
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#15I'm in the middle of the book, it's very inspirational. This websites great, thanks!
Does the book have any good insights?
From reviews, I kind of perceived it's only about limiting work in progress and adopting a more slow and human approach to things.
I feel these insights were already brought by many industrial production methodologies, e.g. Toyota, in a more rational and less newage-y package. Am I missing something?
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#16What's with the Date-Picker widget on the first screen? Is it supposed to do something or anything at all? I'm using Brave on Android.
You're supposed to pick when you were born, which allows you to "scroll on". But also on Android -- am I missing something or am I supposed to scroll backwards month by month to 1989?
At least on android chrome I could click on year number (top of the selection table) to pick the year.
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#17I’m impressed by the beauty of this site and sophistication of the UI. However I _hate_ this type of messaging that does nothing for you except make your mental health worse. I don’t want to think about how many weeks of life I have left! Inducing existential dread is NOT what any of us need to start living our lives more fully (which I assume is the intent of this site). You wanna zone out on YouTube? Go for it. Tha…
Who said anything about existential dread? Perhaps the fact that dread is your reaction speaks more to your relationship with mortality than to the site’s approach.
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#18I’m impressed by the beauty of this site and sophistication of the UI. However I _hate_ this type of messaging that does nothing for you except make your mental health worse. I don’t want to think about how many weeks of life I have left! Inducing existential dread is NOT what any of us need to start living our lives more fully (which I assume is the intent of this site). You wanna zone out on YouTube? Go for it. Tha…
Tbh I don’t think you understood the goal of this post. The idea, to me, is to remind the reader of how precious life is, and to be mindful of how you’re spending it. Whether you think about it or try to ignore it, time is ticking by at the same speed. I’m only 25 but I’ve wasted way too much time on Reddit, YouTube, and even HN, in my opinion. > As with all things, moderation. Sure, but in my anecdotal experience th…
I’m 45. Wife. Kid. The works. Painfully aware of how precious life is. 20 years ago when I was your age (which btw feels like only a few years ago…) this type of content resonated a lot more with me. I assume it was because the concept of aging was still pretty abstract. Now I’m in the shit so to speak.
My point is that I’ve seen a million of these. Hell I’ve read 4K weeks! You’ll get no argument from me that spending your time wisely is important but try to keep in mind that making the most of Every Second Of The Day is a sure way to make yourself miserable. I should know. I’ve done it. So, the intent of this page might be to inspire, but for a lot of folks it will trigger unnecessary existential panic.
I guess just try to remember the very wise advice from LOTR: “not all who wander are lost.”
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#19What's with the Date-Picker widget on the first screen? Is it supposed to do something or anything at all? I'm using Brave on Android.
You're supposed to pick when you were born, which allows you to "scroll on". But also on Android -- am I missing something or am I supposed to scroll backwards month by month to 1989?
On Android/Firefox, same issue. I just closed the site.
There is 0% chance I would go month-by-month to anything before 2010. And I would still have 20 more years.
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#20What's with the Date-Picker widget on the first screen? Is it supposed to do something or anything at all? I'm using Brave on Android.
It just uses . Maybe that’s broken on your browser?