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Readit Newsundopamine commented on Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place · Posted by u/jlmcgraw
I've started 'The One Thing' by Gary Keller and it's serving as a helpful reminder to keep my focus undiluted.
undopamine commented on Ask HN: Most effective way to reduce excessive digital media consumption? · Posted by u/SeanAnderson
You have to trick your mind into believing it's not a drastic change, otherwise the fomo will step in and you'll eventually get doubled down relapse episodes.
1. I uninstalled the mobile apps and turned on 'desktop site' view on my phone browser. That way I never really "quit", but the experience of scrolling comes with so much friction that I don't feel like opening it unless absolutely necessary. The added battery life is a bonus.
2. I reduced my feed with extreme prejudice. My fomo wasn't letting me unfollow pages, so I moved them to alt account/custom feeds/bookmarks. Muted the remaining ones except the handful friends I wanted to see updates from.
Finally, don't be hard on yourself. You're going against meticulously engineered data streams that have been perfected over the years with the assistance of top behavioral scientists.
undopamine commented on Why tf aren't there voice RPGs yet when LLMs are dirt cheap now? · Posted by u/jhongodto
Given the current public opinion on AI adoption, especially around art, it's too early.
I'm personally not a fan but for different reasons. AI-voiced (story-critical) characters would diminish the concept of copmletion-ism, as LLMs can talk to no end. Similar to how procedural generation can discourage exploration (but I'm just one data point and No Man's Sky sales numbers indicate otherwise).
Minor NPC personality is s a gap I'd be happy to see LLMs close. After crossing 70 hours on Cyberpunk 2077, I'm catching NPCs repeating themselves.
undopamine commented on My inbox is a mess from signing up for everything. How do you handle it? · Posted by u/cnohall
I do three categories in my gmail:
- Primary: mail from knowns, important starred mail
- Updates: OTP/accounts related, good newsletters that post less frequently
- Promotions: everything else
undopamine commented on Stripe alternative for India for payment processing · Posted by u/rishabhdev2700
Have you heard of Dodo payments?
They are pretty good alternative for stripe in India - https://dodopayments.com/
I always see Merchant of Record payment processors get recommended in every thread like this on twitter, while it's bad for beginners.
MoR processors, since their per-state thresholds have been crossed, charge sales tax starting from your very first sale, which you'd otherwise not have to pay, since YOUR sales volume are far from reaching anywhere near thresholds.
undopamine commented on Ask HN: If you had 100 hours to learn something new, what would you learn? · Posted by u/erkanerol
AI, LLM basics. A hundred hours won't even scratch the surface of recent advanced, but I’d like to understand how LLMs work and the main approaches (diffusion, RLHF), their pros and cons.
Theory of relativity. I’ve never quite been able to wrap my head around it. Given some free time, I would really want to understand how two simple postulates can lead to such far-reaching conclusions.
I found the last chapter of Griffiths Electrodynamics a good beginner resource for special relativity.
Playing Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
undopamine commented on Ask HN: Solo devs, where do you find others to talk about your projects with? · Posted by u/mmanfrin
'Build in public' communities on twitter have good volume of discussions like these.
undopamine commented on Ask HN: Effective ways to block short-form content? · Posted by u/locusofself
Did you try the UnTrap extension for Youtube? It can block shorts, infinite feed, related videos, even comments if you wanna go extreme.