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45,947karma·5,134submissions·April 22, 2015
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I haven't personally used LingQ, but it seems to be the best way to pick up new languages. It provides a feed of news in other languages with a neat vocab tracker! I haven't learned a langua…
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In 2022 I dramatically reduced my time in THE SMARTPHONE ABYSS by choosing a single spot in my home and always leaving my phone there to charge.
I don't bring my phone into other rooms -- it stay…
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> For fun: Using ChatGPT to propose a learning path & resources, and planning to use Obsidian + MkDocs to document what I learn Where can I follow your journey?
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How do you plan on earning more money? New job? Freelancing? Starting a business?
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My best friend and I quit drinking in 2022, and it has been life-changing for both of us! E-mail me at hello@taylor.town if you're looking for tips or support :)
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I recommend choosing yearly themes instead of resolutions! Themes are a little more flexible :) For example, next year will continue to be my Year of Trailblazing! In 2022, I tackled fatherhood and so…
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Half of me wants to say "there are lots of signs, depending on what kind of intelligence you're looking for", and half of me wants to say "intelligence isn't well-defined, so …
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I love building things, so I'll continue to build things. I'll probably use AI to do "grunt work". Writing code feels like "grunt work" when I really want my idea to exis…
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Front-end: VanillaJS[1] or Elm Server: Deno or Rust Database: Postgres Hosting: Cloudflare Pages and fly.io --- Front-end is usually the complex part, so I focus on that first. Elm creates fast and cl…
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Yeah, I've recently made huge strides in overcoming alcoholism, and I think I'm just interested in other large positive perspective shifts I can make in my life. But it might be better to st…
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Genuine question: NPD is probably rare, but narcissism-lite is endemic to humanity. What are the indicators that tell me I should start inducing a collapse in myself? How do I make it obvious that my …
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Personal websites are useful tools for organizing and re-organizing your mind. For me, a few simple practices have been life-changing: 1. Keeping a public list of soon/current/recent projec…
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Here is the essay I wrote when I decided to stop drinking “forever”: https://taylor.town/essays/1000-weekends …
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I'm a database expert willing to put some time into this. Please email me at surprisetalk@gmail.com if you (or anybody you know) would be interested in collaborating.
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Good art demands time, but good art also demands practice and experimentation. I'd put challenges like this in the "practice and experimentation" category. • 24-hour (or shorter) challe…
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In my experience, pen-and-paper helps me resist the urge to “just get started already”. I don’t know why, but when I’m in the design-phase with a keyboard in my hands, I think I get too excited about …
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How cool! Would you mind sharing your experience with 4G connectivity? Where do you get service? Is it good enough for video conferencing?
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Las Vegas, Nevada! - super cheap cost-of-living - no state income taxes - cheapest flights in the US - no natural disasters - close to Los Angeles (where all my friends/family live) - no grafitti…
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When that happens to me, it's a sign that I'm listening at a rate that's either too slow or too fast. I highly recommend speeding/slowing your audiobooks to the perfect point where…
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I like to think of each programming language as a separate musical instrument. If Java is a tuba, then maybe Python is a trumpet. They're two very different instruments, but they share a lot of t…
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I completely agree that the pursuit of Truth is a fool's errand. And I'm a fool. Storytelling and reality aren't mutually exclusive. Consider great minds like Clifford Stoll, Alan Kay, …
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I obviously have no idea what can/can't be done at home yet :) But UCLA is right down the street; I'll see what they have to offer. Thanks for the tip!