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stnmtn commented on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone forums.macrumors.com/thre... · Posted by u/dabinat

kavinaidoo · 3 months ago

Two years ago I set up an android tablet for my grandmother to make and receive WhatsApp calls. Was a fun challenge to have the setup compensate for her never having used a touch screen before.

One interaction that missed the cut was using the tablet's accelerometer to answer calls so she wouldn't have to interact with the screen at all. Simply tilting the tablet forward and back on it's stand would have answered the call. You just can't beat the customizability of Android (with Tasker) for things like this.

https://kavi.sblmnl.co.za/grandmother-communicator/https://kavi.sblmnl.co.za/grandmother-communicator-part-2/

stnmtn · 3 months ago

I believe this is doable through iOS shortcuts or accessibility - a gesture can be programmed to simulate a tap on a part of the screen.

stnmtn commented on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone forums.macrumors.com/thre... · Posted by u/dabinat

inetknght · 3 months ago

> Zsh works the same.

zsh is nice, but I don't like it. I use bash.

As for what powers am I missing? Absolutely missing keys, and not every input field is tabbable.

If it was just the key sequences that were different, I would cope with that.

stnmtn · 3 months ago

So the biggest thing is the laptop keyboard layout isn't great, and not every input field is tabbable? And that prevents powers users from even trying to migrate?

stnmtn commented on How the AI Bubble Will Pop derekthompson.org/p/this-... · Posted by u/hdvr

Gerardo1 · 3 months ago

What makes it seem like progress isn't flat?

stnmtn · 3 months ago

Largely speaking across technological trends of the past 200 years, progress is nowhere near flat. 4 generations ago, the idea of talking with a person on the other side of the country was science fiction.

stnmtn commented on Compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting maalvika.substack.com/p/c... · Posted by u/kjhughes

keiferski · 5 months ago

Yep this is the “Ur-Journal” if there ever was one. It’s been on my reading list for too long.

stnmtn · 5 months ago

I find it very fun to follow along daily using the site, We're only at year 2 of his diary on this trip around so it's a great time to join. People comment on every entry and there's a nice little community

stnmtn commented on Compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting maalvika.substack.com/p/c... · Posted by u/kjhughes

keiferski · 5 months ago

One of the most rewarding genres for me is the diary / journal, which I think is essentially the exact opposite of the “give me the Wikipedia summary of facts” approach. The typical journal is filled with a ton of information about what the author ate, whom he met, what various activities he did that day, etc. - and for this reason I find it infinitely more historically insightful than a nonfiction summary of facts book.

Writing a journal used to be more of a common thing that educated people did, but nowadays I guess social media is too big of a distraction…not the mention the question of whether anyone would read a journal as opposed to the simplified sloganeered book public figures typically put out today.

For some specific recommendations: I am about halfway through Harry Kessler’s 1890-1915 journals, and I just started George H. W. Bush’s journal on his time in China. Both are pretty insightful so far.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_von_Kessler

2. https://www.amazon.com/China-Diary-George-Bush-President/dp/...

stnmtn · 5 months ago

I would recommend Samuel Pepys' diary as well, a figure involved in England's Navy in the 1600s. He wrote a diary entry every day with a lot of candor, and there's a site I've been following that posts his diary entry for that day - so every day you can follow along with his life over the span of his ~10 year diary. I find it endlessly fascinating, even when his diary summary is basically "I woke up, worked, then had dinner with my cousins". The way he writes and the details he chooses to include I've found to be very fun

Follow along with us at https://www.pepysdiary.com/

stnmtn commented on British naval dominance during the age of sail lesswrong.com/posts/YE4Xs... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

simonbarker87 · 7 months ago

The rest is history podcast have a three parter on the battle of Trafalgar, they cover a lot of the lead up and essentially it sounds like the Royal Navy professionalised in a way that the the French and Spanish didn’t. Portsmouth was very industrialised to constantly develop and churn out naval assets and improvements. Coupled with the kings use of new financial methods and that 25% of the country’s GDP was spent on the navy you had basically an unbeatable force by the time Trafalgar happened.

stnmtn · 7 months ago

It was well-known during that period that French shipwrights could built better ships - the problem was that the Royal Navy had better seamanship and would win most naval actions, and commandeer the better-built french ships and integrate them into the Royal Navy. So the british had the advantage of their own ships, and many of the better-built french ships.

stnmtn commented on Avoiding skill atrophy in the age of AI addyo.substack.com/p/avoi... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames

ladeez · 8 months ago

Temporarily. Then your brain normalizes to the novelty and you’re just a junkie looking for a novel fix again.

Not really sure where you all think the study of language driven thought gonna get you since you still gonna be waking up tomorrow on Earth being a normal human with the same external demands of society regardless what of the bird song. Physics is pretty normalized and routine. Sounds like some sad addiction driven disassociation.

stnmtn · 8 months ago

I'm not sure I understand your point, are you trying to tell this person to not broaden their horizons when it comes to reading? To not read older novels?

stnmtn commented on “Most promising signs yet” of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System skyatnightmagazine.com/ne... · Posted by u/fuidani

lordnacho · 8 months ago

We don't even need to look at other species.

Humans have been just as smart as you and me, maybe even smarter according to cranial measurements, without inventing anything that significantly changed their way of life.

There could be loads of planets with prehistoric humans, having a fine time hunting with bows and picking fruit.

stnmtn · 8 months ago

We really are pretty lucky that the industrial revolution happened. Thank god for England running out of trees to heat homes with, and abundant surface coal on that island.

stnmtn commented on It's all fun and games until somebody loses their retirement savings businesslawprofessors.com... · Posted by u/mooreds

ryandrake · 8 months ago

The people who cannot suddenly lose 20% should not be so heavily into equities. If you're getting close to retirement, your portfolio should be heavily things like bonds and treasuries.

stnmtn · 8 months ago

So that reason is exactly why the person you're replying to said what they said. The OOP said: "If you don't know what you're doing stick to index funds, buy and hold." which is clearly not great advice unless you're under the age of 30