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Buddhism, Out-of-Africa, Talking Dogs | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #96

Research implies that - no, pets don't have complex understanding of word combinations, beyond the usual commands. But, in terms of recognizing words individually - some of the gifted ones show abilities on par with 18-month-old humans.

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People often surf the internet, or even chat with friends - to simply rediscover concepts. Noticing a word, "trust", for example, and thinking "ha, that's that word that explains most of the friction in our team". Then your mind starts coming up with all the associations related to the concept of trust and how it applies to your situation. "Time well spent" you think to yourself, often downplaying the tax that you have to pay.

This application is an attempt to gather some of those keywords without all the extra noise. To help a user to register information from his experience, to find connections and to get new perspectives on ordinary things.

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I was thinking why not make it a standalone full-screen app, desktop or web, but there's definitely something special when it's on your homescreen. You become attached to it, instantly. Like if this wallpaper has always been there. Maybe it's the process of installation, and some work required on your part to do, and then that little anticipation while it's getting installed. Haven't played desktop games for a long time but had the same feeling of excitement to finally see how it works. And it didn't disappoint!

I've been mostly chilling in the clouds since the installation. Look Ma! I can fly!

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What am I missing?

First, an ability to highlight a subset of the generated words. You get a bunch of random words, then highlight which ones you want to concentrate on.

Simply trying to select the words in your head doesn't have the same effect. Brain is too lazy for this. But when they are differentiated and combined visually - you start getting the combined associations.

Second, a shortlist of words. These will get prioritized during a word batch generation and act as a glue. I've noticed that some words are more effective in terms of thought provokation than others.

Take "yesterday" for example - pairing it with random words allows you to jumpstart a retrospective: "yesterday coffee", "yesterday tree", "yesterday interactions". And then you can get more specific - "yesterday interactions cynical" etc. Gives you angles which are hard to come up with on your own.

A better description would probably be - "random word combinations for introspection".

search words resonate

learn experience underutilized

thoughts aware rich

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Didn't get much love from the internet but it was featured on a popular site, along with other similar TVs: https://www.makeuseof.com/fun-streaming-sites-for-a-tv-like-...

Regarding the iframe, the YT controls. Someone has noted that it takes the TV experience away. I agree, but hiding the YT embedded UI is against TOS. Plus the UI already has sound control, subtitles, link to the video - features that others suggested here.

A drawback of this method is that if a user pronounces all the words wrong it won't move forward and a user might think the program simply lags. But basing the current word position on a transcription input length is too chaotic from my experience.

Or did you ask about the general idea of the site? If so - it's for automatic pronunciation check. There are many apps that do this with predefined words and phrases. With this site a user can check and practice any text. I think it's a good fit for detecting mistakes in pronunciation while preparing to make a public speech or to record an audio/video to put it on the internet. It's aimed primarily at non-native speakers, but a native speaker can find it useful for polishing their enunciation as well.

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