Recommendation: Douglas Murray on Telling the Truth
Douglas Murray's take on telling the truth is well worth watching.
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Articles by Daniel
«To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list.»
That's actually one advantage of cancel culture and retraction of papers due to public pressure — you find interesting material to read.
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What is observation, what is interpretation?
What of the things we see and read is observation, what is interpretation, and is any attempt made to distinguish between the two?
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Looking at something different on your screen
An idea for a time-out, when still sitting at the desk.
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Crawling your own website
I used R to write a crawler and downloaded the text and the images. Leads to nice analyses, e.g., a nice word cloud of the tags and categories.
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Recommendation: No Safe Spaces
Interesting documentary about the state of free speech in the USA.
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A quieter iPad Home Screen
Unfortunately, iOS does not allow you to customize your device as you'd like. Fortunately, the Shortcuts app can be used to create custom icons for any application. Which in turn allows you to make the home screen less ... visually noisy.
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External SSD for Quick Backups
Backups, Backups, Backups. Early & Often. External. Good advice, but they can take some time. A reason to get an SSD for (some) backups.
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A little bit of Normality during Covid — and a stark contrast
A short, off-topic, comment comparing sports prior to the pandemic vs now.
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A Notability-based Digital Bullet Journal on a Tablet — Best of Both Worlds?
If you like to use a bullet journal, but do not like the disadvantages of paper — why not use a tablet and keep a digital handwritten journal. Essentially the best of both worlds. (An idea in progress.)
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