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by karlb 2y ago
I experienced that and the following product solved it: AWINNER Headband Cover Compatible for Apple AirPods Max ( https://amzn.eu/d/diJ2eXY )
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by karlb 4y ago
I migrated to Reader from Instapaper, which was crashing all the time, so I had little to lose. Before that, my company used Diigo, which felt clunky and unloved. Reader is incredibly polished. I absolutely love it, and I’m delighted when t
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by karlb 8y ago
And Hemi, not Hemmi.
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by karlb 9y ago
I suspect the phenomenon is explained by the Predictive Processing model (which is explained well here: http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-unc... )
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Why some people can hear this silent GIF(bbc.co.uk)
58 points by karlb 9y ago|17 comments
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by karlb 9y ago
Board Game Geek's gift guide is great for newcomers. The 2017 one is just out: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Board_Game_Gift_Guid... I found it particularly useful to start with games that are good
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How to make your writing easier to read (to increase your sales)(conversion-rate-experts.com)
2 points by karlb 9y ago|0 comments
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by karlb 9y ago
At the very least, I wish HIBP could distinguish between whether the data contains an email-plus-password or the email address only.
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by karlb 10y ago
Does this apply to Macs? I know that many Mac users don't use anti-virus. Are they right not to?
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by karlb 10y ago
I agree. I struggled through Zinsser and didn't highlight much. My colleagues and I have read over 50 books about writing and our 11 favorites are here: http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/writing/ In answer to
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by karlb 10y ago
What are the best things you've read about personal identity?
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by karlb 10y ago
So am I right in understanding that… (i) When my new MacBook Pro arrives, I need to learn which is the Thunderbolt port. (ii) I can simplify matters by always buying the top-spec leads. If so, how do I know which to buy?
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by karlb 10y ago
Many musicians much better than me are surprised at how I can play a song just by hearing it on the radio. My breakthrough came from understanding music was realizing that the real “meaning” of a note lies in its position relative to the to
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by karlb 10y ago
>always, always, always, split test EVERYTHING Side projects tend to not have the traffic for this. If in doubt, use a calculator to calculate how long it would take to statistically detect a given uplift. Instead, user-test everything.
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by karlb 10y ago
And just because two words sound similar doesn't mean they have similar roots. The word for “dog” in the Australian Aboriginal language Mbabaram happens to be “dog,” not because they have the same root but by coincidence. https:/
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by karlb 10y ago
The scientific research into happiness is summarised in the book “The How of Happiness.” And the whole book is precised in the following eight-minute rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyryRRYty4Y (I find the visuals dist
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by karlb 11y ago
I write for a living (conversion copywriting). My favorite resources are all at the bottom of this article my colleagues and I wrote: http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/writing/ I absolutely love the first half o
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by karlb 11y ago
What are its advantages over placeit.net?
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by karlb 11y ago
In his book, “Playing to the Gallery,” the artist Grayson Perry attempts to answer this question. I'll summarize his definition because I found it interesting and challenging: He begins by stating that it's now widely accepted tha
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by karlb 11y ago
Two more quotes about this subject: Jeff Atwood: “the best code is no code at all. Every new line of code you willingly bring into the world is code that has to be debugged, code that has to be read and understood, code that has to be suppo
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by karlb 11y ago
I've spent literally hours exploring Frax for iOS. The images are incredible: http://fract.al/
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11 resources for improving your writing(conversion-rate-experts.com)
2 points by karlb 11y ago|0 comments
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by karlb 11y ago
>correlation does not imply causation Perhaps we should say, “Correlation correlates with causation.” (Because causation is a subset of correlation.)
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by karlb 11y ago
Ah, I assumed that the job listings were paid.
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by karlb 11y ago
You can easily spot paid placements; they don't have the “upvote” triangle next to them.
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by karlb 11y ago
This is a great complement to a book I loved: “The Essays of Warren Buffett,” a compilation of Warren Buffett's shareholder letters, organized by subject matter. http://www.amazon.com/Essays-Warren-Buffett-Lessons-Corpo
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Why do people sing?: Music in human evolution(meltingasphalt.com)
2 points by karlb 11y ago|0 comments
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by karlb 11y ago
Even if music can be “auditory cheesecake,” I don't believe that that's an adequate explanation for it. The book “Why Do People Sing: Music in Human Evolution” proposes a theory that's both outrageous but also has (I believe)
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by karlb 11y ago
…and on a Mac, to delete to the start of the line, type CMD + backspace. I started using this shortcut, and the parent one, about two weeks ago. They are just now becoming muscle memory, and I find them very useful.
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by karlb 12y ago
Jerry Seinfeld says[1]: “Your blessing in life is when you find the torture you’re comfortable with.” Jerry describes writing comedy as “The torture I love.” [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2GW2JS_A4g&t=32m20s

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