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E-ink is so Retropunk
I’ve long been struggling to describe why e-ink is so much fun for me, but Ithink I’ve finally realized what it is: e-ink is just so so so retropunk.
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Life, Learning & Writing
The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 81 posts.
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Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
Introduction After struggling a lot with my mental health (anxiety, depressive condition) for several years, I was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, commonly known as ADHD, at the age of 44. This diagnosis shocked me a lot: I wasn’t a wild child, in fact, I was even a good pupil. With the help…
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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?
Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons
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Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)
Insurance for your mind.
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The hidden cost of air quality monitoring
The hidden costs of air quality monitoring, including subscriptions, locked data, proprietary modules, and the long-term price of closed ecosystems.
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How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?
Or <em>"How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?"</em>
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Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it
Attention—the time and freedom to focus—is your team’s most valuable resource.
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Teaching with AI
We’re releasing a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom—including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the efficacy of AI detectors, and bias.
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We Automated Bullshit
ChatGPT is a bullshit generator. To understand AI, we should think harder about bullshit
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He made linear algebra fun
Mathematics Professor Gilbert “Gil” Strang taught his last class to thousands after teaching calculus, analysis, and linear algebra for more than 60 years at MIT and online. He reflects on his life at the Institute and as an instructor with MIT OpenCourseWare.
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How to cook ground meat perfectly without vision
Cook ground meat perfectly using these steps to make sure it is not over or under done. Directions are accessible for vision impaired cooks.
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What I Learned Reading 1k Investor Reports
I read 1,000 investor reports last year.
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Buy well, buy once
Carl Jeffrey @fellowcreative (fellow™) is a Designer and Doer sharing ideas and thinking on creativity, community, sustainability, strategy, technology…
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Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way
A new study led by Stanford Medicine researchers is the first to reveal how magnetic stimulation treats severe depression: by correcting the abnormal flow of brain signals.
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How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
Learn to improve the brightness and clarity of images in your mind's eye. Image Streaming is an easy technique to learn. Is it a cure for aphantasia?
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How to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, MIT style (2021)
Archived MIT Admissions blog post 'how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style,' published May 20, 2021. Preserved for historical context; not maintained as current admissions policy.
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Scientists discover links between Alzheimer's disease and gut microbiota
New research has identified links between gut bacteria, inflammation and brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Turning an old car into a powerful generator
See how an old car is turned into a powerful generator, a DIY project that reuses a vehicle to produce electricity.
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I’m an ER doctor. Here’s how I’m already using ChatGPT to help treat patients
There are many futuristic possibilities for how AI might transform healthcare. But it can help doctors do a better job in small, safe ways…
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Annual EFF Awards: Alexandra Elbakyan, Library Freedom Project, and Signal
SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan, Library Freedom Project, and Signal Foundation will receive the 2023 EFF Awards for their vital work in helping to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all...
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“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat MS and other autoimmune diseases
A new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown in the lab setting that
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Before you try to do something, make sure you can do nothing
If you can't do nothing, then don't expect to be able to do something.
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Smart drugs reduce quality of effort, and slow decision-making
New study finds that so-called ‘smart drugs’ reduce the quality of effort, and increase time taken to complete a decision-making task in cognitively healthy people.
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The art and science of spending money
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once nearly died of a heart attack.
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Are any words the same in all languages?
Languages can be so different from each other—but there are a few words nearly all languages have in common! Can you guess which ones?
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