Category: 6. 🎮🧠🖥🏀
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10 Years of Meditating
I started meditating in 2012, when Headspace was launched. What are the useful things that I’ve gotten out of doing something for 10 years? Throughout this time, I tried all kinds of apps, such as Insight Timer, Calm, Ten Percent Happier, Waking Up, Oak. I went to a 10 day silent retreat, virtual retreats, even in-app retreats. I experienced Vipassana, Metta,…
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From NFT to DALL-E 2
Last year I was obsessed with NFT. Then crypto crashed, NFTs returned to what they were – jpgs, and we all moved on. Then this year. openai made machine learning AI drawing models available to the public, and I am once again obsessed. I don’t want to be left behind. I know there are millions…
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macOS Big Sur User No Admin Error and Fix
It took me a week to resolve this error. It was painful. I hope this post would help reduce the pain for someone out in the universe. Issue: After updating to Big Sur, in “System Preference” -> “Users & Groups,” no user was an “Admin.” There were only “Standard” users. The Fix: Remove a file…
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Learning the Violin Again
I am glad I have picked up the violin again. The experience is very different this time around. First, I am paying more attention in general. For example, I am paying attention to the tightness of the bow. It is shocking how I never paid attention to this. I never ever considered how the significance…
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1 Minute Review: Aftershokz Opencomm
The Aftershokz Opencomm (US$$159.95) is a bone conduction wireless headphones with a boom mic. Its earpieces rest outside of your ear canals and vibrates to make you hear the sound. I bought it because in-ear headphones were uncomfortable. I used it to listen to spoken audio and to conduct coaching calls. It worked great in…
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Year 2021 In Random Moments
This is the final piece to wrap up 2021- a selection of moments that defined the year: The Bandwagon of 2021 The Change of 2021 The Shittiest Shit I Said I Wouldn’t Do But Did Anyway in 2021 The Most Sudden End of 2021 The Most Shamelessly Proud Moment in 2021 The Best Investment in…
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Year 2021 in Books
Some Stats: 26 books 18 Audiobooks 6 Kindle books 2 physical books 27% of them written/co-written by female authors 3 Fictions (the last fiction I read was probably Harry Potter …… ) 2x: The speed I listened to audiobooks Now, onto the books: 👾 Understanding Comics By Scott McCloud 💆🏻♂️💆🏻♂️💆🏻♂️💆🏻♂️💆🏻♂️ I love the book. It’s…
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Video Games and Their Unavoidable Harm
China has been cracking down on video game companies, in the name of “defeating the poisons of video games.” Perhaps Xi and co are actually approaching this mess correctly, because according to the numbers, gaming companies and platforms have no choice but to exploit the most addicted gamers in order to survive. Let’s look at…
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A Freak Show #Tokyo2020
I admit. This is a freak show. I am talking about the Paralympics. I want to hide it but this is how I really feel- This is a freak show. I would be pretentious if I claim to be very comfortable and supportive of the Paralympics games. I would be lying if I say I…