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sturza··on Ali, what’s up
I get the same “Accept everyone”.
sturza··on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux
I have the 1st gen and the Pros. The 1st gen lasted 2 years on the mark until they started switching off without warning. I used them for music/audiobooks/calls. Now, i cannot really count on them for anything so i use them when i get (rare) gsm calls. I got a pair of 40€ airbuds from amazon wirh great battery life and sound(although i use them just for calls - i am in calls 10h per day and use just one at a time) but i cannot pair them to more than 1 machine. For other cases i use the pros.
sturza··on Reddit Is Down
Tried from 2 different IPs in Germany, down from both
sturza··on The true purpose of propaganda
I would argue that anything that can be on the magnitude of "vast" should be considered as powerful. Power is not in the message per se, but in its distribution.
sturza··on What Is Management?
I think the post was misunderstood. It says "Generally, management is responsible of the actions executed and the overall goal attainment. The responsibility comes from the mandate to direct contributors’ efforts and allocated resources."

and

"Risk management solutions should come bottom up – from the working group, or, if the manager is not prepared with a sound bottom-up solution, expectations holders(stakeholders) impose certain measures on the working group."

sturza··on Vladimir Putin is pushing Russia into past: Maybe a generation, maybe a century
But, what is his gain? I cannot figure it out.
sturza··on My seatbelt rule for judgment
I drew a similar conclusion about people's observations, in general: the faster the conclusion the less knowledge about the topic - which is similar to Kahneman's system 1(intuition).
sturza··on Reading on smartphone affects sigh generation, brain activity, and comprehension
I sold my iPad Pro for this exact reason and bought a 10" Pocketbook instead. I can confirm your ereader experience.
sturza··on Show HN: Simple Zero-Knowledge Proof Treasure Hunt Game
x:4 y:5789
sturza··on Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID
You can set it up without an Apple ID.
sturza··on How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught
I think the main point was not about a mechanical process to write as little as possible. At least i did not understand it that way. I got that the "final" sentence or piece of text is hard to come by, and "good" writers iterate a lot, that's why their output comes so slow - one paragraph per month, for example. Another signal why i think this was the correct interpretation - throughout the article, they present slow thinking and not stopping to an impulsive idea, and considering it the input to the bigger text (that authors write).
sturza··on Germany will legalize marijuana and promote drug harm reduction
Marijuana is the dried leaves and flowers of the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant. I cannot imagine how the term is racist. But the fact thay it makes you think of 420, that’s just you.
sturza··on Winamp
Works normal on iOS
sturza··on Ask HN: What‘s the best all-in-one coding/gaming/travel Notebook?
I recently got Lenovo Yoga with Ryzen 4800u(8c/16t), 16GB 4266Mhz, 1TB PCIe, FHD for under 1000$. It can run Dota 2 at 120fps in low settings and ultra at 58-62fps. Can run Warzone at 720p around 35fps. I can only assume CSGO works >60fps. It has onboard video, battery is truly amazing(10-15h) and it charges via usbc. Display is not so great, windows 11 ready, backlit keyboard and weighs around 1kg. It boots extremely fast too(~5s). I'd say it's an extreme machine. (you can also get the yoga pro with ryzen 5800h)
sturza··on World’s first USB-C iPhone sells on eBay for $86,001
Generalising is also expensive.
sturza··on Vaccination protects against Covid-19 more strongly than prior infection, study
Did the people involved with this particular study admit to previous lies?
sturza··on Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
What information would be worth preserving for 500 years that will not be discoverable in 500 years? Any personal information, i can assume, will be like from a stranger to your grandchildren. Honest question.
sturza··on Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died
I can confirm this. On the back of "Good work" - book with Gardner, Csikszentmihalyi and Damon they mention the Chick-sent-me-high pronunciation.
sturza··on Ask HN: Are there paid commenters on HN?
"They"
sturza··on Ask HN: Traits of a Desirable Business?
Check this out: https://www.tinycapital.com/

They have a section "We like to buy businesses that have" where you can find what they desire in a business.

sturza··on Ask HN: Traits of a Desirable Business?
Unfortunately i don't think anyone can predict an exit from nothing.
sturza··on Ask HN: Traits of a Desirable Business?
It all depends on the individual-opportunity nexus. To summarize this, identify or create an opportunity that you can see it more clearly than others. Once you're certain that it's exploitable by you, this means you're the right entrepreneur to do it. The next step is to convince others(investors, team etc) that this is an actual opportunity - hardest part.

I would also say drop the words you're using for now: business, metrics etc. You need an opportunity that you can exploit. You can create it or find it. Not all people see the same opportunities, and not all opportunities are exploitable by any entrepreneur.

sturza··on Ask HN: How do you memorize things you read?
This is a good question. Facts still fall under the context. Think about 1989 as a date - you know a lot of facts around that date. Think now of 1986(Chernobyl) - you also know a some facts about this date. 1504 - not so much(i assume). 2006?

The point is that you can also retain facts if you can connect them to something else. The more link you have the easier it is to retain.

For terminology - this is tricky. Whenever i run into some new terms that i cannot explain into something else, but need to learn the term, i try to use it in written text as much as i can. But whenever i try to refer to it, i refer to it from the explanation - hoping it(brain) will bring me the term. If i use it a lot, it will get cemented.

sturza··on Ask HN: How do you memorize things you read?
I have a "trick". My native language is not english. 99.9% of what i read is in english. Comprehension for me is also slow when just reading(at least once).

Memory, as i found out, works if you connect new knowledge to existing knowledge. Usually, when i read and understand something to the point of the "aha" moment is not sufficient. Just understanding something in that moment is not enough for storing in long term memory.

Here is the trick part: when i read and want to comprehend and memorise, i do the following:

  1. Read a paragraph/piece in english
  2. Get to the aha moment by re-reading until it makes a narrative in your head
  3. Once i have the narrative, i translate it to my native language and write it down(pen and paper > keyboard)
It's not fast, but there are many processes involved here that get to long term memory:

  1. first reading - getting the context of the material
  2. getting to the aha moment - means it's connected to something, and the new knowledge somehow filled the gap
  3. when i get to the narrative part, i can make a story and tell it to myself, in my own head "this is because of that etc"
  4. #3 is not sufficient, so i take a step further and process it by translating it - further cementing the "connecting to old knowledge" process
  5. #4 is also not sufficient, as the translation is not always clear when trying to explain it to someone else. here is where the longhand writing comes into play - writing is expressing your thoughts clearly. when this is done, i already went through a lot of phases of processing, that i can say i fully understand something without any rote memorisation: i can just use whatever old knowledge i have to recreate new knowledge and to assemble it based on the listener's (perceived) capabilities of understanding.
I know this works, because i have all the processes written by hand, in a notebook. Everything i explained here is a narrative that i constructed on the spot to explain my process. Keep in mind that this whole process of comprehension, memory, new knowledge and handwriting was new to me ±1 year ago.

Not sure this helps you directly but indirectly it should be able to guide you into figuring out what works best in your context.

  #edit: i still don't know how to format text in a comment

  #edit 2: figured it out
sturza··on Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time
is it just me or the "radio-mania" poster resembles the iPod ads?
sturza··on San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns as public test nears
“quattro” is that term. there is still no “quattro engine”
sturza··on San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns as public test nears
there is no “quattro engine”
sturza··on China declares cryptocurrency deals ‘illegal’
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-...
sturza··on Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem
diesel cargo boats?
sturza··on Ask HN: Why is the touchpad on MacBooks still ahead of other manufacturers?
i have the opposite experience. installed windows 10 on mbp 15 2014 and came back days later because of the trackpad being unusable(high expectations maybe)
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