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I highly recommend simply enjoying the walk.
by jjulius 3mo ago
I highly recommend simply enjoying the walk.
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- croes 3mo agoIsn’t that a life advice?
- visarga 3mo agoThat's anti life-advice
- croes 3mo agoIt’s an anti life-advice life-advice
- IncreasePosts 3mo agoI viewed jjulius' post as a cry for help, therefore I don't consider it unsolicited.
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- SequoiaHope 3mo agoSeems a bit knee jerk. I go on walks and bike rides all the time. A couple of times I’ve used voice mode and it’s been interesting. I could have listened to music or a podcast, listen to YouTube or just unplug. But every walk is different. If you’re uncomfortable with this new world, and I’m sure I am even as I participate, you could tell us more about that?
- sauwan 3mo agoI think you're missing the counterfactual. I now have two choices: 1) sit behind my desk and work, or 2) walk and talk something out. Before this model, the voice models were pretty dumb and annoying to work with. We'll see if this changes that.
- etdznots 3mo ago3) walk and think
- GrinningFool 3mo agoYou could walk and talk it out without anyone on the other end too. Works for me, at least. People just assume I'm on the phone.
- derefr 3mo agoGiven the personality type common on HN, I imagine that the GP, even if unplugged from all technology on their walk, wouldn't be in a mindful state of enjoying their surroundings, but rather would be "lost in the clouds", stewing on the same ideas/thoughts/problems; but with those thoughts going more in circles, due to a lack of ability to verify anything.
- aliasxneo 3mo agoLiterally me. Everyone is different, and that's fine. But I don't have the privilege of living in an area where I can talk to people about the things I am thinking through. It's very rural. Having a _utility_ that can act as a sounding board while I spew out my thoughts on a walk is a really meaningful improvement to my current situation.
- mock-possum 3mo ago… but it sounds like they did enjoy the walk, doesn’t it?
- altmanaltman 3mo agoI take my dog for walks everyday and I think she 100% of the times enjoys it but me maybe only 20-30%
- danw1979 3mo agoI often enjoy walking and doing something else at the same time. Usually thinking through a problem…
- brcmthrowaway 3mo agoOne thing has remained constant over the last little period of time. AI boosters have zero taste.
- make3 3mo ago[flagged]
- brcmthrowaway 3mo ago> we know pretty well at this point that this is world warping technology (either for good or bad), not a small matter of taste. And what are you doing about it?
- make3 3mo agoI professionally use it to design pharmaceutical drugs, essentially I do my best to harness the good sides of it
- windexh8er 3mo agoNot saying you aren't good at your job but this statement gives me pause. Given what I see on the daily as output from models I hope there's still a lot of human interrupt behind the wheel with respect to the design of drugs.
- make3 3mo agoEvery drug indeed has a huge burden of proof before it is distributed to humans, including the 3 levels of FDA clinical drug trials that cost billions of dollars, as well as all the internal testing we do beforehand.
- windexh8er 3mo agoHow are models improving your process? And how do you grapple with model inconsistencies?
- Tadpole9181 3mo agoI highly recommend not patronizing adults for doing what they want or feel is appropriate when they're walking their dog.
- wat10000 3mo agoSometimes I want to learn something while I walk. Sometimes I want to listen to stories. Sometimes I want to just be present. All are good. I highly recommend letting people enjoy whatever they enjoy.
- supern0va 3mo agoEvery time something along these lines is posted, comments like this show up. The thing I don't get is...no one would say this about listening to a podcast or audiobook on a walk. I'm not sure why people choose to demonize this specific use of time during walks.
- jjulius 3mo ago> ...no one would say this about listening to a podcast or audiobook on a walk. I highly recommend simply enjoying the walk. :)
- usef- 3mo agoThis may not be you, but the people who have said that to me irl walk significantly less than I do. And saying these things to people who don't yet exercise can make them far less likely to start as it's a far bigger step to do so. Podcasts and recorded lectures are what got me exercising in the first place, because I was excited to hear the next part. I now only have headprones on some of my walks, but the gateway drug of entertainment was a very useful stepping stone. And still often better than sitting at a desk.
- dannyw 3mo agoPeople can enjoy different things, people can be neurodiverse, different strokes for different things, etc.
- unknownfuture 3mo ago
- another-dave 3mo agoIt reminds me of that old parable where the acolyte asks the priest "Father, can I smoke while I pray?" and gets told "No, you should be focusing on praying. That wouldn't be respectful". But then he says "Can I pray while I smoke?" and gets told "of course, you can pray at any time". If it's 'walking time', I probably don't want to consume that with work. But if it's 'working time', it could be great to have a nice walk during it.