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One time, a TSA official told me "never take off your watch in an airport unless you want to lose it" -- which is how I learned that you can wear your watch through the metal detector just fine, which I've now done dozens of times.

Until a few weeks ago when a another TSA official berated me for thinking I could walk through a metal detector wearing a watch...

Have you tried viewing Instagram or TikTok logged out? They all do this

Amazing! I will check it out. Thanks Eric.

A lot of big organizations have absorbed a Lean Startup POV -- don't debate, just ship an MVP and measure. But in practice, we're usually measuring a proxy metric, it's a short-term test, the audience may be unrepresentative and because of all this, the result doesn't generalize.

What do you think an experiment needs before it can actually be called learning? And what kinds of product questions should not be done as experiments at all?

I love to use spreadsheets for prototyping too! 1) moving around a spreadsheet is very fast and lightweight 2) it forces you to think about layout first, before getting into imagery, colors and design

I am a party magician in my spare time -- I walk around parties and show short bits of eye-catching magic to guests.

I have noticed that some young people (~18-30 yo) lose attention within as little as 5 seconds. I could have someone choose a card and in that amount of time, they have spaced out -- no phone, just staring blankly. I have two rubber bands examined and by the time they are handed back, someone is on their phone.

The most annoying part is that -- because I construct my routines for minimal attention spans -- within 2 more seconds, something magic happens and everyone who's paying attention reacts. And the 1-2 young people who zoned out start panicking about the FOMO, "what happened?" "do it again!" Sorry folks!

This reminds me of when people are watching YouTubeTV and they see an ad for something they were talking about and are like, "Woah, it must be listening to us!"

When actually, modern ML can make really good guesses about ad relevancy using your location, data partners and recent searches from your home's IP address. When you explain this to people, they will still be convinced that the computer is listening to you and reasoning its way to deliver ads for you.

Much as I have read research and heard stories of the knock-on health improvement effects of GLP-1s... Expect a lot of that economic value to be captured by pharmaceutical companies charging for them. And insurance companies charging higher premiums, because they're paying for everyone to be on them.

Basic data retention policies have interfered with the collection of this data for years.

Recording and saving all your emails and keystrokes is far more of a liability to a big tech company than a benefit.

How is this different from the calculators in MFP and other calorie apps? I have to use those anyway if trying to cut or bulk

This feature doesn’t help. The problem is that the phone is still using energy during the night, draining the battery by, for example 8-10%. Over several nights, this adds up to 1 cycle.

The fact that the OS waits to top up the battery just hides how much energy it used on background activity and notifications during the night.

When the phone is on, it’s powered by the battery.

Two unconventional things I do to improve my iPhone's battery health (which follow this article's findings): 1) Don't use a case - Otherwise, you are literally wrapping your phone in a rubber insulator 24/7, increasing its overall temperature. 2) Don't charge at night - Turn off your phone at night. Instead, charge it during the day when you're at your desk. This reduces the number of cycles over years (because your phone is continually draining/recharging all night even when you aren't using it)

Agreed, recent tech layoffs are a symptom of a bigger problem in corporate America: a “restructuring industrial complex” where blending up teams appears accretive when it’s literally counterproductive.

First priority of a business is to transform human work into something a customer needs. How does perpetual strategic and human churn accomplish this? The uncertainties of churn actually makes it super hard for employees to do a job. How about just DOING WORK to grow a business? Be decisive, focus teams on a goal and keep doing what customers want.

Seconding this. There is also a huge SMB and commercial business that supports many agencies and production companies. This could replace a lot of that work.

If you like this, definitely check out Pocket Mod

https://pocketmod.com/

There are most definitely performances that you will enjoy less if you learn how it works. You're trading off "knowing" for being suspended in awe or mystery.

For those interested in this sort of thing, I strongly recommend https://new.750words.com

This is peak HN

   dirtbaggery - the action or practice of taking liberties with the truth of a matter and using it as a weapon "dirtbaggery is not the end of the world"

...seems pretty accurate.

Link to my website is in my profile for anyone who wants to reach out

Have not experienced this

Same taste/smell story! Had Covid March of 2020, lost taste/smell and now most mustards, Dijons and greens (cabbage, iceberg) taste "acrid". This is the first time I've read someone else having this specific taste change. DM me because I'd like to collaborate to find what the common ingredient might be.

This is what SEO has become. Free audience comes from Google as long as you make "free," targeted content. The authors are trying to extract every ounce of value they can from making that free content. I'm hesitant to suggest Google interfere even more with publishers' autonomy but they're the only ones who can incentivize them en masse to change how they collect information after the clickthrough.

Their first design was trend-setting in eyewear. This one looks like it's behind the curve.

Here’s why Wirecutter can make an entire business out of credibly reviewing products

I will try this out!

Currently the gold standard for this kind of FI simulation is OnTrajectory. There’s a learning curve but it’s so much more comprehensive than any spreadsheet you could build. I consult it every time I make a big decision.

Get in touch with your email and I can provide a referral link.

Totally agree. I had to bail on it years ago because of how nervous I would get every time I built a new campaign. Every button-press you're walking on egg shells.

So many "trend" type presentations like this one take for granted that streaming will eat TV. Sure, cord-cutting is a trend. But Covid-19 isn't necessarily accelerating it. A huge contingent of the population, especially internationally and among US boomers will keep their cable bundle. Smart marketers will figure out how to leverage TV as digital advertising gets more competitive and streamers go on without ads.

Mischief has saved my mental health. Think of some creative things that WFH uniquely enables and do them. Here are examples of things I've done:

1. Planned a 1-hour prank on a coworker over Zoom

2. Left work early to play golf all afternoon

3. Had a beer at noon once or twice

4. Worked on a side projects for about 2-hours during "lunch" one day

5. Worked from a lake house I rented for 3 weeks

6. Worked from the beach one day

7. Finished all my assignments in a 4-day work week and spent the entire day Friday reading books

8. Ate extremely lavish takeout for breakfast or lunch

When you look back on this time, you'll be glad you did these things you would never otherwise do in an office.