DoingSomeThings

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by DoingSomeThings 3y ago
Steve Reich is a fantastic example. Four Organs is unlistenable to me, but I find Music for 18 Musicians and Electric Counterpoint beautiful. Part of it comes from performance exposure. I enjoy music I've studied and devoted time to un
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by DoingSomeThings 3y ago
In previous experience with browser extension solutions, I unfortunately found it way too easy to "remove from chrome" when I wanted to get around the block. Ultimately you can't program around self control and determination
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by DoingSomeThings 3y ago
Alt Text: After years of trying various methods, I broke this habit by pitting my impatience against my laziness. I decoupled the action and the neurological reward by setting up a simple 30-second delay I had to wait through, in which I c
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by DoingSomeThings 3y ago
Paul Graham wrote a series of essays that are considered classics for startup thinking http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html This discussion from earlier this year gives some interesting context: https://news.y
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by DoingSomeThings 3y ago
Way cool. Just added this to my Christmas wishlist. As a non-techy nerd it’s a perfect niche with built in usage and no need to hack. Thank you for posting.
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by DoingSomeThings 3y ago
I use a notecard method. 365 notecards, 1 for each day of the year. Every night I write the year and 1-2 lines about what I did that day. When the next year rolls around, I add another line below The space constraint encourages brevity and
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Further. Religion requires something to assent and belong to. That will always be a choice to some degree. As someone who is formerly deeply Christian and left for intellectual/theological reasons. I miss the communal binding of organi
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
AoM as a publication places high value on doing things. Its general ethos says societal incentives reward abstraction while most people find more satisfaction in actually getting their hands dirty and producing something.
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
I like this question as a broad approach to life and careers. They really are different skills sets. Trying to apply the paradigm to knowledge work is tricky. I'm an operator by title and trade. Best I can tell, someone can ride the op
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Does the M1 14inch support 2 monitors? I was under the impression every M-based laptop only supports a single external monitor.
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
I've found that Kindle gives me the same effect as physical books. For narrative-driven fiction specifically & light non-fiction. Physical still wins out for reference material and things I need to flip around. It keeps me away fro
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Re "Epic Fantasy" I'm a recent fan and discovered I enjoy the worlds. I find them engrossing. imo Sanderson could cut down 10-20% (Rhythm of War in particular suffered from length). But, I did appreciate his own defense of le
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
1. Very cool tool. Awesome work! 2. How would one go about practicing irl to be able to play in the style of the piano covers? This is the style of piano I would love to be able to perform. I can read lead sheets and know music theory, but
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
A few years back (peak-Covid) I was working for a company helping with temp staffing. It was shocking to me to see the operational expectations for low-wage labor. Clients would pay absolute minimum wage or maybe a dollar/hr more for a
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Someone below linked this company as an example of resiliency tools used in airfare. Interestingly, there's a testimonial from United on one of the front page videos. Maybe not 1:1 for what you're describing, but it solution&#x2F
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Incredible to see that 14 months ago there was an almost duplicate outage. Clearly the operations teams are running too lean and don't have enough slack to handle predictable weather/sickness events. Seems like something you'
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Agree alarm clocks are cheap, but there's a very good reason to have one. Single use devices remove another area of phone dependence. Switching from waking up to phone alarm to dedicated clock alarm has been a huge help for me. It allo
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
This tweet references YugaLabs. An entirely different company/ecosystem than BlockFi. BlockFi does indeed appear to have gone totally dark with all customer assets frozen.
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
I stopped halfway through book 4. Was content with the first sub-trilogy and found it lost a lot of the appeal as I got deep in. They started to feel like totally different books the further in I got.
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Ecclesiastes is my favorite book of the bible. Timeless in the questions it poses. Even post-Christianity, I still revisit it. Is everything actually meaningless?Even if so, it's still worth living life today.
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Agree on the Three Body Problem. The Sci-Fi elements were interesting enough to finish the book. But the prose and characters are mediocre at best.
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Fiction - I started reading the Cosmere universe by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn Trilogy, Stormlight Archives, and Warbreaker. Pick 1 - Start with Warbreaker or Mistborn. I'm new to fantasy fiction and his writing totally hooked me. I t
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
I've been thinking about this a lot with the current congressional action. I need a new roof ~now. But I have a lingering fear that huge product improvement will happen in the next 18 months due to added government money. I don't
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
Glad to hear that! Best of luck! If that ever happens and you remember this message, DM me. I'll throw some cash your way :)
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
A small note - This podcast with Amanda Litman of "Run For Something" was inspiring for me. I know you aspired to make big change. But I wonder if running for a local political office would help scratch that itch? Those roles have
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
This is an interesting description of ADHD. I've long wondered if I met the diagnosis. I have an incredibly difficult time knocking out small tasks, but very prone to hyperfocused rabbit holes. They're just generally rabbit holes
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by DoingSomeThings 4y ago
This resonates. It feels like a cliche, but I genuinely feel like I've peaked in life. I excelled in HS. Top of class. Award winning marching band. Full ride to a decent state school. Helped run some student organizations, did great in
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by DoingSomeThings 5y ago
Thank you for this link. I had never heard of the ancient mechanical clock mechanisms. "The arc of progress" really is a fiction. Human knowledge needs to be passed down and nurtured. Same with culture.
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by DoingSomeThings 5y ago
This is similar to the concept of miswanting. Sometimes, the things we think we want aren't always what's good for us. Staying at home is easy and seems attractive, but is actually making us more isolated. Reducing effort sound at
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by DoingSomeThings 5y ago
Not parent, but yes. This describes my life to a T. High successful when I actually do work, but constantly frustrated at the small % of my time actually operating at the high-level output.

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