• Friend AI – So you don’t have to interact with people

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    When I watched this today all I can think about is how far people will go to not interact with other people or how hard they’ll work to not go see a therapist. I’m watching Big Bang Theory right now and this is exactly what I could see Sheldon loving, no human emotions to worry

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  • Writing reading and life optimisation – 3 Threads

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    This newsletter is supported by members who get access to my book notes. Keep the content coming by becoming a member. Writing to Learn This book has been on my list for a while, but it’s now in the next pile after watching this review of Writing to Learn. I use writing daily to understand

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  • Fedora 40 on Framework 13″ Laptop

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    I’m usually quite a bit behind on updating to the latest operating system because most of the bugs get worked out if I wait a few months. Thus I’m happy to say that I upgraded to Fedora 40 this week on my Framework laptop and have had no real issues. The only thing that was

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  • YouTube sucks, Slow Internet is fine, I like notebooks – 3 Threads July 13 2024

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    Some thoughts while on vacation. This whole site is brought to you by members. Join to get some extra newsletter content but more importantly access to my courses and book notes. YouTube is mostly a time suck In an effort to deal with my unfortunate issue with Google 2FA I installed YouTube on my phone

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  • I Just Blocked AI

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    I’ve been meaning to get around to this for a while but based on Robb Knight’s many blog posts on how bad AI companies are treating the web I finally added a block to all AI bots to my site at the server level. What galls me most about this is that AI companies keep

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  • Duped by Google 2FA

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    If you’ve got a Google account you’ll be familiar with their custom 2 factor security model. When you sign into your device you are asked to verify the sign in on another device. Yes the support rolling code 2FA as well, but they make it hard to get to behind a few other clicks which

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  • Life Under Billionaires Systems and Blogging – 3 Threads

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    This only comes out because of members. Members get my book notes and some levels get access to my courses. I’d appreciate your support. You Have to Check Your Systems A task management system only works if you check it, which is absolutely a problem I suffer from in both digital and physical forms of

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  • The Physical Appeals and Satellite Pollution – 3 Threads

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    This is brought to you by members. Become one to keep the newsletter coming and get access to my book notes. The Appeal of Physical Based on last weeks email I got a few questions that shared similar themes. People switching between paper/digital tools and books and never quite finding the ideal they hope to

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  • The Renaissance of the Physical – 3 Threads

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    This is supported by members who get my courses and all my book notes. Do you own the things you love? Digital purchasing isn’t ownership and it’s getting hard to get physical copies of anything. Paris Marx has a long story about how much work he had to do to get Dune Part 1 on

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  • Matt has the right gif for my thoughts on iPadOS

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    Entirely stealing from Matt Birchler. I love my iPad but I feel like Charlie Brown and Apple is Lucy. I trust she won’t pull the football away again like she always does, but she’s going to. I always hope Apple will push my favourite form factor device just a bit more so I can use

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