This assumes that the article, the artifact, is most valuable. But often it is the process of writing the article that has the most value. Prism can be a nice tool for increasing output. But the second order consequence could be that the skill of deep thinking and writing will atrophy.
Yes. My rifle feels like an "extension" of my body. Also, when I drive my car I will focus on how the car feels like an extension and the scale of objects feels different. Like if I am walking down a long street it feels big, in a car it feels small.
A cell phone vibrating in your pocket: in the first days, after some days of use, many people would feel it vibrating as a muscle sensation, not as external thing vibrating.
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. A person can feel lonely surrounded by others. Like being the only non-drinker in a family Christmas celebration.
Loneliness is when there is a gap between desire for companionship/connection and reality.
I've done both extended periods of home office and a period of co-working in an open plan space. I didn't feel lonely in the home office. I guess because I did it by choice and had the agency to opt into joining a co-working.
I think that loneliness could be a symptom of lack of connection. And this need for connection can in some cases be fulfilled online or even through reading books. Participating in forums like hackernews or effect-ts satisfies some of the handful facets of connection that I need. It gives me a feeling of not being totally alone with some of my ideas.
From personal experience, I know that interacting with people on social media barely helps with loneliness, especially with an increase in bots.
What I know would help me is to have genuine relationships, friendships where we both care about each other, even if it's something as small as having coffee with them every day, learning about the other person, asking how their day was, and having these things be reciprocated voluntarily.
Even something so small would mean the world to someone like me, as long as it's coming from someone who I respect, who has something I admire about them. This part is important for a friendship. It can't just be any random person, it has to be someone with qualities I admire. I'm still trying to work out what that means and why it is.
Similar like grass fed beef and dairy is a sign of quality and "naturality". I look forward to the day when insect fed chicken becomes a sign of quality. Because insects are part of a natural diet for chickens.
> Because insects are part of a natural diet for chickens.
It's actually a welfare issue for chickens. They have feathers, and they molt. Just like hair, feathers need methionine. Methionine is very hard to get solely from plant sources. If they don't get enough methionine they eat each other's feathers, not just the discarded feathers (which left on their own they do normally).
If the insects are fed naturally, it would probably be more cost effective to feed the chickens whatever you are feeding the insects. The only reason to introduce the insects would be if you were using something the chicken cannot eat, like wood.
I was around 16 years in the early 90s and i bought a digital watch (different brand) with a lot of functions. I remember when I came home from the shop. My aunt was visiting. I explained that the watch could keep lap-times for two separate cars. Without her saying anything, I realized that this was totally useless and I regretted the purchase.
I feel like most gadgets I've purchased in my life were totally useless. Don't really regret buying them though. Even though I'm pretty sure they're all in landfills now.
This talk is about the soft side of software — the intuitive, often overlooked skills that help us build products people truly love. It’s about developing your taste, learning to recognize quality, and understanding why those things matter when writing code.
It’s also about un-learning certain habits we pick up as engineers — the urge to optimize, validate, and measure — to make space for empathy, vision, and a bit of magic.
I’ll share some of my experiences trying to build great products, and offer practical ways to train your eye for quality: how to spot the difference between good and great, and how to create things that don’t just work correctly, but feel right.
Impressive. As a bootstrapping founder I live frugally. But I buy and read a loot of books on Kindle. Books give so much value compared to the cost/price. And the convenience of e-books/kindle makes the other option not worth the hassle.
I have better things to spend my brain power on remembering. Fortunately, my browser will autocomplete the URLs for sites I frequently use, but a lot of sites I want to visit for the first time.
Throw in the fact that known bad actors will purchase common typos of domains like this and potentially setup websites to fish for credentials or push malware and it's something best avoided.
"There is no value added without sweating"