Solstinox

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by Solstinox 6y ago
Contrary to the original comment above yours, squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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How do you plan against a future you can’t predict? OODA Loops(methodicallyprocessingsystems.com)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Good sources, keeping in mind that past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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The Posner Bill of Rights (1792)(youtu.be)
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Retrieval practice outperforms retrieval practice AND concept mapping together(psycnet.apa.org)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
No. One sees the depression as something to be fixed, the other sees the underlying problem causing the depression as something to be fixed.
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Interesting! Thanks for the perspective!
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Not surprised. Every time I've been in a Michelin-starred restaurant I've been surrounded by a handful of other patrons, and I've been waited on by a staff of seven people. I don't think these things make money on a good
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by Solstinox 6y ago
You’re right, we’re even more adaptive than trees.
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by Solstinox 6y ago
You need a proper dose of the right kind of stressor for the person. I don’t know what’s proper and right for each person, but it’s worth avoiding the simple assumption that “stress/anxiety = bad thing, therefore less stress/anxie
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by Solstinox 6y ago
In the 1980s they built a biodome out in the middle of the desert and planted trees inside of it. The trees would grow faster than anticipated and then come crashing down. Turns out without the stressor of wind, trees look happier, at first
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Bigger objects of the same weight feel lighter(methodicallyprocessing.com)
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How to Read a Log Scale(blog.datawrapper.de)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Please don your skeptic hats before reading this article. I'm mainly fascinated that companies with such extraordinary claims can survive or even get enough backing to exist.
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Nano-diamond battery that "lasts for 28k years" closer to commercialization(mining.com)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
I think I'll spend that money on fancy notebooks and fountain pens/nice pencils. 0 latency, smell really good too.
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Doesn't explain why the UX is bad. There are great user experiences from 40+ years ago that hold up.
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by Solstinox 6y ago
The people who design/build consumer software often eat their own cooking. Feedback cycles are rapid and short. The people who design/build enterprise software rarely eat their own cooking. Feedback cycles are infrequent and long
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by Solstinox 6y ago
It's uncertain whether Tesla has won. Less uncertain is that a lot of the existing manufacturers have already lost.
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The Infinite Earring(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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Your edge doesn't need to be true(methodicallyprocessing.com)
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A surprise $2.5B in your bank account(bloomberg.com)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
People are filling the religious vacuum with scarier stuff.
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Brand is intimately connected to real-world performance. If they don’t fix their plane, the new -8 brand will eventually follow the MAX brand.
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With Remote Work the Winners Take Most(methodicallyprocessing.com)
1 points by Solstinox 6y ago|1 comments
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The Mystery of the Sea Peoples(ancient.eu)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Epic's intent is clear. No need to ask why. Apple's handling of the situation is baffling. "Let's martyr the smaller company!"
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by Solstinox 6y ago
What the f*ck is going on at Apple?
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The Best Way to Undermine Yourself(methodicallyprocessing.com)
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by Solstinox 6y ago
Outside of building synths, the most useful notion in this book that I recall is that a piano gives a smoother quality to string instruments. Nice orchestration trick.

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