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Pomoday
Web-based task management software you can use with just a keyboard.
From Tiny Tools Directory
Don’t Ask AI Unless You Know the Answer Before You Ask
Image created by AI by Angela A. Stanton PhD. Most people fall into the AI trap of asking a question, and if the answer looks “OK” and, especially if it lines up with the person’s beliefs, one tends to accept … Continue reading →
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on loneliness
Loneliness is strange. I can be surrounded by everyone I love and adore, yet still feel alone. My soul yearns for a connection I have not found. I thought I had it when I was younger. I thought the person closest to me would be the one I could open my heart to completely. But they tell me they do…
From Kagi Small Web
Hooked: how slot machines are designed to be addictive
Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. In this feature, first published in 2017, we break them down so you can see exactly how slot machines are programmed to work, and how they affect people
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How To Remember Anything Forever-ish
an interactive comic on spaced repetition
From Explorable Explanations
Cybernetic Attention: All Watched over by Machines We Learned to Watch
Before the attention economy consumed our lives, “pursuit tests” devised by the US military coupled man to machine with the aim of assessing focus under pressure. D. Graham Burnett explores these devices for evaluating aviators, finding a pre-history of the laboratory research that has relentlessly…
From The Public Domain Review
Neuron Persona Library
Every MLP neuron of open language models, pushed alone up and down, then asked “Who are you?”. Search the replies or open any neuron.
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“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)
An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.
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The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds
an interactive guide to human networks
From Explorable Explanations
Achive – 12y/O built commitment app, 95% of failed stakes to hospice
Stake real money on your goals. Complete them, get refunded. Miss a day, funds go to charity. A commitment device for personal goals.
From Show HN
30 Minutes with a Stranger
Watch hundreds of strangers talk for 30 minutes, and track how their moods change.
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Epistemic Injustice: When Knowledge Is Unfairly Dismissed
An invitation to speak does not guarantee that our knowledge will receive fair consideration. Epistemic injustice examines how prejudice and unequal power shape whose testimony counts, whose experiences become understandable, and whether a contribution can influence what others investigate or…
From Kagi Small Web
Yordi
My name is Yordi. I do what gives me energy. I challenge myself. I help myself and others grow, with respect for everyone and always independent.
From personalsit.es
A phone lock I can't undo on impulse because I never learn the code
We lock your phone with Apple's Assistive Access and hold the passcode — no cheating, no override, until your fast ends.
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Autistic As Fxxk
Raise your middle finger to neuronormativity! 🖕🖕🏿🖕🏾🖕🏽🖕🏼🖕🏻 For Autistic punks, rebels, and misfits forging their own path in a neurotypical world. Read the manifesto
From personalsit.es
Candost's Blog
Hunting timeless insights into humans and software and helping others on the way.
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Mindstorms
"mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas", an influential 1980 book by seymour papert
From Awesome Explorables
Media For Thinking The Unthinkable
an hour-long talk on tools that re-define how we think
From Explorable Explanations
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