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In 2008, CBC put out a 45-minute documentary, The Disappearing Male, about this topic. If you do a simple Google search, you can find it easily online.

Previous HN discussion (with a comment from pg): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375127

Great post

Is there a general ratio for how much audio you record per session vs how long your average podcast episode is? Do you cut, say, 25% or something like that? They seem to run 40-50 minutes, from checking your site.

Would going the Patreon route (since your podcast is ad-free now) be viable?

- Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHZKyawb77ixDdsGog4iWA

- Rebel Wisdom https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ6Gptuq-sLflbJ4YY3Umw

- Fresh Out - Life After The Penitentiary https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTsGL6oeAKi4lHIMfWwkcyA

- Living Big In A Tiny House https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNTMWgGuXtGPLv9UeJZwBw

- JunsKitchen https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxAgfYexGLlu1WHGIMUDqw

- TrueFood TV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaof-3dr6b7dFIxNP_1Wlw

Yep. I had to leave everything I had just gone through the store to pick out. I prefer Albert Heijn for their selection but shopped at Lidl cause they'd take my cards.

> It's sort of like a modern anthropological exhibit in more ways than any other single city structure.

I seem to mainly recall the negative experiences.

In Rome, on vacation, I remember a grocery store where there were only two cashier lanes open, and long lines, and the two cashiers were facing each other, just havin' a five-minute chat about something unrelated to their work. This might have been an unusual event, since I've never lived in Italy.

In Portugal, where I lived several years, you're just out of luck. The cashiers are as slow as molasses. Also, one particular major chain seemed to have this weird occurrence of always looking ransacked and constantly being restocked during every one of their opening hours. And the "we're opening a new lane" thing wasn't "next person in current line is first in the new line". It would be a free-for-all, especially for newcomers.

In Netherlands, a major chain in Amsterdam would only take cash or a Dutch credit card. Visa/Mastercard from elsewhere were not accepted forms of payment.

I recommend forvo.com (like another commenter mentioned), as GT doesn't work that great for certain languages (ex. Catalan is just a robotic voice).

Could you share some good sources of info regarding the development plans/strategy? It's fine if they happen to be in Spanish/Catalan.

I still follow the "Wadsworth Constant" from several years ago, which says one can skip the first 30% of content to get to the heart of the thing being discussed. Otherwise, I just skim through, looking for anything relevant to the title.

It's no longer in that link. I found it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbgtGQIygZQ

Nice!

But when I click Edit to change the background color, then hit Save, the pop-up window says "blob:" in the URL and that Safari Can't Open The Page (that's with the pop-ups allowed option). If I go back to the initial results page, it still shows the checkered background.

I'd say there is a false notion that having been somewhere means you know it. I've been to France but I don't know it. During that week-long trip, I spent all my time in Paris but I don't know it. Even the places I've been to in Paris (like the Louvre or the ET), I don't actually know well.

And if you hold down on the reader icon, it gives you the choice to always go straight to reader mode when on [insert site].

One can see the Airbnb data for Toronto in the link below:

https://www.airdna.co/vacation-rental-data/app/ca/ontario/to...

Google itself tried to validate the idea but ended up shutting it down in 2015. Google Helpouts used Google Hangouts to connect people with experts. If someone could make it a two-way street, and use credits instead of cash, it could become a time bank, which is what I'd really like to see proliferate.

The new way to "google" something might become the next gig market.

"The next gig economy will be on-demand knowledge" (2019)

https://qz.com/work/1527544/the-next-gig-economy-will-be-on-...

Is an outcome not the other side of the decision-making coin? I understand that the outcome should not carry all the weight, but it surely often carries a lot of the weight of a particular decision. That is, how does one get good at making decisions? By seeing positive results flow from them.

The idea of "Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts" reminds me of this TED Talk:

"If you ever struggle to make decisions, here's a talk for you. Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths shows how we can apply the logic of computers to untangle tricky human problems, sharing three practical strategies for making better decisions -- on everything from finding a home to choosing which restaurant to go to tonight."

https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_griffiths_3_ways_to_make_bette...

I used to write several short articles per day, over several years. I did it for free and highly enjoyed it, but I was eventually paid to do the same (on the same topic), so I can second the commentor above. Once it was paid, I lost interest over time and saw it as a burden more than a pleasure.

It's hard to make money for creative endeavors, for several reasons, and there are generally two ways to make money from them: put everything into it and hope for the best, or have a "real job" and do the creative thing on the side. Regardless, and personally-speaking, I prefer doing creative things for free because that's the best way to keep my interest-level high.

I could imagine safety features, as part of the car's OS, such as: "if grandma wants to go somewhere, take her for a 10 minute ride around town and return home".

On the other hand, nostalgists might keep them occupied.

"The nostalgist is an interior designer specializing in recreating memories for retired people. Rather than settling for a typical ‘retirement village’ experience where everyone’s apartment looks the same, the wealthy elderly of 2030 will have the luxury of living in a space inspired by their favourite decade. Nostalgists recreate the setting of their preferred time and place for seniors wishing to relive their past, from a small-town 1970s living room to a 1980s university dorm room."

When traveling in Dominican Republic, I asked an Uber driver on a 10 minute trip about my planned 30 minute trip to the airport on the following day, and he told me no drivers like to accept those due to the unpaid drive back. The next day, I made sure to tip my driver and mention this fact and he really appreciated it.

Not sure if Uber pricing never includes the trip back, or if it's country-specific.

Top reply:

>What do you think of Facebook-owned products? IG started out like a mobile Flickr in the early days, a place for personal creativity and documentation, but now has become an ad-filled place to peacock, gather likes, and promote. I wonder about the psychological impact on people.

His response:

>Plenty of studies have confirmed that Instagram is having a terrible effect on the psychology of many people. Also, Instagram gave us The Influencer. That's gotta be up there in the top 10 of worst gifts to the world.

TIL that apparently IG used to be a mobile Flickr. But even if that line of thought advanced, would it not have still turned into "an ad-filled place to peacock, gather likes, and promote" personal creativity and documentation?

Re: China

"Millions of single Chinese men desperately seeking a wife" [France 24 English, 26 min, 2017]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboNzluN6Nc

I caught both this report and the one in my parent comment around the same time. The Chinese solution looks to be divided between sex dolls and importing women (though leaning more towards the latter) while the Japanese solution is about sex dolls and rent-a-families (possibly leaning towards the former).

Also interesting:

"Substitutes: Japanese men woo silicone sex dolls to overcome loneliness" [RT, 26 min, 2018]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgbTrusgsqA

It's possible this could be the 'Ask HN' version of an 'accidental text on purpose' [1], via Curb Your Enthusiasm.

1 - Sending a text to someone on accident that was 'meant' for a different person, but that contains information you want the person receiving the text to see.

Last month, a Redditor explained why the SE form factor likely won't be returning.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/a68a1v/we_get_it_you...

The timing can also play into it (not sure if by 'plan' you mean down to the hour as well). https://i.imgur.com/1IyKjSg.jpg

As I get older, my tolerance has lowered. I used to be able to handle a Starbucks 'tall' cup, but now I can only drink two espressos at most, if spaced out by two hours or so. If I go over my limit, it's 7-9 hours of lying still in a dark room with a migraine-like headache.

For more on cortisol and caffeine: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2014/01/05/why-th...

Chronopharmocology and caffeine: http://neurosciencedc.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-best-time-for...

Just doing HN searches:

https://newsletter.city

http://upstart.me/search/index.php

http://www.newsletterstash.com (dead, see below)

http://web.archive.org/web/20150821050833/http://www.newslet...

> The Italy of postcards and travel videos is a far cry from the Italy most Italians live

I recommend the 2011 documentary Italy: Love It or Leave It. It's about two guys who drive through Italy in an old Fiat 500 to decide if they should stay or move away. In the process they talk about modern Italy.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnnv3XS4Nj0

Doesn't https://about.me (et al) fit on this list too?

While in the US, people would often tell me that my style of dress and my accent was hard to place, which I always found a bit odd since I was born/raised in the US (to a long line of Americans). And now after 10 yrs abroad, following that period, I can only guess I've got better at hiding it, merely through osmosis.

In my time abroad, I've become good enough at Brazilian Portuguese (my 2nd language, learned as an adult) that people in Portugal, where I've been living, often think I'm from Brazil. I always mention quite early on that I'm from the US but, nonetheless, I'm still intrigued with the idea of disguising oneself.

Linguistically, I'm highly doubtful that one can reach C2 status (that is, consistently sounding like a native) in a second language learned as an adult. Of the Brazilians I met in the States, I paid attention to how old they were when they arrived stateside, and judged their cultural/linguistic knowledge with people who were born in Brazil and never left. Anecdotally, I found the age of assimilation (of their home culture/language) was around 16. That is to say, if they arrived in the US at age 14, for example, they'd turn out to be more American than Brazilian by their early 20s. But I wonder how that can be entirely true if I myself don't seem to fit in that box, regarding my American qualities.