DecayingOrganic

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Should I Use a Carousel?(shouldiuseacarousel.com)
247 points by DecayingOrganic 4y ago|95 comments
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
Anyone who's interested in this way of learning, I'd recommend you to check out retrieval-based learning (1): "Retrieval is the key process for understanding learning and for promoting learning, yet retrieval is not often gra
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Spotify was down(spotify.com)
215 points by DecayingOrganic 5y ago|148 comments
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
You’re absolutely right, I do need to spend more time with users and really listen to them. It’s just my ego doesn’t want to be hurt so it feels safer just looking at the event log lol
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
Marketing, sales people, and such are all great but if you don't have product-market fit yet, you're beating up a dead horse here by focusing on growth. One of the first things I do when starting a new SaaS is setting up an event
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
I'd also recommend https://www.evernote.design/categories/illustrations which besides illustrations it also has categories such as free icons, design systems, sounds, and so on.
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Shirt Without Stripes(github.com)
20 points by DecayingOrganic 5y ago|8 comments
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
According to their website, for the year 2020, only 1.2% of entries won the Red Dot Award. So perhaps, it's not that easy as paying the registration fee and winning one.
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
There is some solace to be found in the fact that our world does not perfectly adhere to the ideals of a real meritocracy. While living in such a world may contribute to unfairness, it also enables you to be in a better position in life tha
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
When you have children, why should evolution be seen as under pressure to make you happy? If the ultimate goal is to ensure that you will care for them for the time necessary for the offspring's wellbeing, there are various ways to do
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
Just a little correction: percentage values are computed based on the element's _containing block_, not parent. Most of the time, an element's containing block is its parent, but not always. For more on this: https://de
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by DecayingOrganic 5y ago
To the best of my knowledge, Sci-hub has stopped accepting new articles from the beginning of 2021 due to court orders.
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No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air (2020)(scientificamerican.com)
1 points by DecayingOrganic 5y ago|0 comments
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
They employed 452 adults for a one-month data-entry job, which the authors say it's "a relatively cognitively-demanding task intended to be sensitive to sleep deprivation." As a side note, the study also says that short after
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How Doctors Die (2013)(saturdayeveningpost.com)
589 points by DecayingOrganic 6y ago|319 comments
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Why Relaxed Alertness Provides the Optimum Emotional Climate for Learning(tomprof.stanford.edu)
1 points by DecayingOrganic 6y ago|0 comments
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
I'll raise my head above the parapet and admit that I don't get it. How about just scheduling things? If you want to spend more time on things that matter, just pick a date and time, and get going. That said, perhaps the alluring
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First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge (2018)(fs.blog)
2 points by DecayingOrganic 6y ago|0 comments
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
You literally explained Fogg Behavior Model with your example. Yet, you stated in your original comment that you do not "generally" agree with these models. Have you even read about FBM before disagreeing with it?
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
It's but an apparent fact that we do not have full control over our actions. Just think of the popular game Sims, how you can control your sim to do whatever you want it to do. Now compare that to your own experiences of attempting to
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
You can read the paper itself [0]. It was originally introduced as a behavior model for persuasive design, later on has become quite popular in self-help field. To summarize, it states: "The FBM asserts that for a person to perform a t
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
I take advantage of that complexity though. For example, I practice intentional vocabulary acquisition by adding cards in my own custom note type called 'Vocab.' I installed AnkiConnect add-on which allows me to communicate with A
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
Just to let you know, clicking on "Features" or "Pricing" doesn't work if you are not on the home page. It can't find the anchors which are located on the home page.
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
Here's what one of the pros who played against AlphaStar had to say about it: "MaNa: I would say that clearly the best aspect of its game is the unit control. In all of the games when we had a similar unit count, AlphaStar came vi
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
I've realized that the biggest obstacle in my life isn't about knowing what to do but mustering the will to do it. Nearly everyone knows a thing or two that they can do to improve their life or to maximize the chance of reaching t
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
I'm wondering: is there _any_ empirical data that shows that good old note-taking with a pen and paper is less effective when compared to Zettelkasten note-taking? (Disregarding advantages of digital note-taking such as easy to search,
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
While I agree with the article, it is important to distinguish the macro from the micro point of view. From the micro point of view, a talented individual has a greater a priori probability to reach a high level of success than a moderately
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
I've also created an "Anki Vocabulary Program", all you have to do is basically open the terminal and type "add targetWord definitionOrImageUrl" and it does the following: 1. Creates an anki card with basic word -&g
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
I've tried to "ankify" some books to increase my retention of the facts and concepts, in the hopes that I'd be able to talk about a book with friends and family in much more detail. However, soon my misconception about h
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by DecayingOrganic 6y ago
If you’d like to troubleshoot why you are unable to perform certain actions/behaviors based on a framework, I highly recommend reading about Fogg Behavior Model [0]. It’s a simple yet powerful framework that you can use to gain a bette

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