jeanchen

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by jeanchen 2y ago
I loved Palm games! Those were the best mobile games, nothing modern compares to them at all.
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by jeanchen 3y ago
As the old saying goes, "news is what happens to the editor."
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by jeanchen 3y ago
Ahh my first web pages were so full of errors! I'd say that was about '95-'97.
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by jeanchen 4y ago
Agreed. One of the first times I encountered Twitch IRL was in the laundry room of my apartment building, where a neighbor who I knew had a young child was watching a streamer play a game while he did the laundry. Good for him, I thought. I
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by jeanchen 4y ago
I agree, and would like to add that therapy isn't necessarily a constant thing. Short- and medium-term therapy focuses on a specific issue or life event, and when one feels like they've gotten a handle on it, they don't need
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by jeanchen 4y ago
Flashback to the time that I bumped into my friend coming out of the research library in the afternoon. He was ABD at the time. He made an attempt to say hi but was incoherent. I played it off like a regular conversation, because I knew he&
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by jeanchen 4y ago
> For somebody surfing the web in 1997, a book might feel a bit… 20th century. Hard disagree on this... But to the point, back then web pages were simple enough for it to be trivial to learn by viewing the source, especially if you alrea
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by jeanchen 4y ago
It's been on my mind now that Discord servers are close to the BBSes of old. They are also closed communities and members get to know each other instead of shooting messages into the void. They don't quite have the charm and cultu
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by jeanchen 4y ago
So, Faraday cage around the refrigerator? I'll keep this one in mind...
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by jeanchen 5y ago
I take extensive notes at meetings because I'm terrible at absorbing information from speeches and discussion. I can maintain attention for about 15 minutes, then I zone out. So in order not to start fidgeting and looking out the windo
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by jeanchen 5y ago
This is my favorite way of blowing off adrenaline after an earthquake. It's also fun to watch the reports roll in and see how different areas were affected.
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by jeanchen 5y ago
I highly recommend Tabs Outliner, a Chrome extension
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by jeanchen 7y ago
Yup this works, I use Frixion pens and have done this. On the other hand, if you take your notebook out in freezing temps your erased writing might reappear!
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by jeanchen 8y ago
This effectively happens once every year near American universities. Lots of furnishings in good condition, left in haste by students.
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by jeanchen 9y ago
Yup, many times I have needed to blast misbehaving text with "Clear Formatting" or delete it entirely and recreate it.