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31337··on Ask HN: What lesser known apps do you use to leverage your performance at work?
You have a great blog channel. Appreciated the apps
31337··on Ask HN: What lesser known apps do you use to leverage your performance at work?
Just downloaded Itsycal. Thanks for this gem. We need finicky automation in mobile OS. it is brilliant to automate which URL to open which app/browser. Thanks for this suggestion. I use magnet instead of rectangle. you might give it a try
31337··on Ask HN: What lesser known apps do you use to leverage your performance at work?
just downloaded. this is simple but perfect.
31337··on Ask HN: What lesser known apps do you use to leverage your performance at work?
Interesting. FYI, Wechat has inbuilt feature that transcribes voice messages but only in Chinese. I was expecting it to come to Whatsapp, but seems they are slow on this. Thanks for this suggestion.
31337··on Show HN: ELI5 Powered by GPT-3
> Y Combinator is a company that helps people with new ideas start their own businesses. They do this by giving people money to pay for supplies and start their business. They also provide advice and guidance on how to be successful in the business world. Y Combinator helps businesses by providing support and advice to help them become successful. They help businesses with getting customers, finding partners, and creating a successful business plan.

Well, simple and clean. very well done.

31337··on Ask HN: To solve a problem, would you spend time or money?
So by this logic, the less money available the more time you're probably willing (or need) to spend solving problems ?
31337··on The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission
Germicidal irradiation via UV light on HVAC is just not possible. Due to the amount of energy it requires to be effective is ridiculously high.

https://www.climask.com.tr is interesting. Like a face mask on AC unit. Nano-silver is effective against bacterias and viruses. And having a filter with nano-silver coated surface is just a simple yet an effective approach. Cost-wise changing a good quality air filter every 2-3 months is much cheaper than having a UVGI installed and paying higher electricity bill every month.

31337··on Ask HN: How do you concentrate when the task is demotivating?
Thanks for your answer, and sorry if I sounded like a psycho lol
31337··on Ask HN: How do you concentrate when the task is demotivating?
Gonna try it, and update the outcome
31337··on Ask HN: How do you concentrate when the task is demotivating?
As I stated in the other comment,

Why ? Because it is simple and time consuming. How do I make it attractive ? Only if I can finish them without consuming time. How do I save time ? Automating, orienting to the result, batch manage them to feel like a challenge. What is the problem then ? When automating doesn’t work, when results don’t appear, when managing bulk tasks(multitasking) ends up being mentally tiresome instead of challenging, I get frustrated because they are way too simple tasks and I can’t deliver. To simplify it; Imagine when you can’t remember the name of a person but remember every other details of his characteristics, it gets only more frustrating

31337··on Ask HN: How do you concentrate when the task is demotivating?
Perfectly written. Thanks.

To give a little insight of what is demotivating me, it is not the tasks that are big, instead it is the tasks that are just small and not mentally challenging. Simple but frequent and time consuming. It bothers me in a sense that whenever I work on these I just feel like a car where the gearbox is on a Neutral Mode. Not going further even though the engine is running.

31337··on Ask HN: How do you concentrate when the task is demotivating?
I like your approach on pointing complaining/exaggerating as an extra mental energy. I have lived my life believing that time is not money. Time is more expensive than money. I can’t motivate myself when the rate of time/money exchange isn’t good. Some of my friends think that I have a narcissistic tendency. But I really just value time more than money. That is what bothering me to be exact.
31337··on Ask HN: How do you concentrate when the task is demotivating?
But that is causing a distraction and dreaming of a better environment/better work is only demotivating more in this situation, given that you are working on a task which you are lacking motivation.
31337··on Ask HN: In this lockdown period, should the world now evaluate compensations?
It is like asking should we stop wasting world resources and set the priorities accordingly ? Yes we should. And then what ?
31337··on Cognitive biases and principles that affect UX
Scholarpedia works differently than Wikipedia for searches. You need to figure the categories for each since they are mostly academic writings. For individual cognitive biases, You can have a look at Behavioral Operations by Stephanie Eckerd and Elliot Bendoly

" In particular, cognitive psychology addresses (among other things) an individual's decision-making biases and use of heuristics as an attempt to overcome bounded rationality. "

31337··on Cognitive biases and principles that affect UX
ScholarPedia has lots of materials regarding these topics. Suggest you pay a visit