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New comment by zigman1 in "Dopamine Fracking"

zigman1 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:20:48 +0000

What if you are not from the northern US?

New comment by zigman1 in "Dopamine Fracking"

zigman1 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:19:49 +0000

I agree with you, also about the strawberry analogy. I was quite surprised to read that author is 22 years old. So many young smart people around!

New comment by zigman1 in "Dopamine Fracking"

zigman1 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:18:45 +0000

As per info on the site, author is not German and does not live in Germany (Russian living in Poland). Apparently, his name however is "German".

New comment by zigman1 in "Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)"

zigman1 — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:50:24 +0000

Best habit, by far. I'd also recommend taking a walk free of any devices. I leave my phone at home and walk through the park few mins away form my home.

New comment by zigman1 in "The Duolingo taxi test–could being rude to the driver cost you your dream job?"

zigman1 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:30:10 +0000

I agree, very low-effort article

New comment by zigman1 in "Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)"

zigman1 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:53:36 +0000

Unfortunately, I don't know how else to ask something I am genuinely curious about.

New comment by zigman1 in "How to get better at guitar"

zigman1 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:45:56 +0000

> I'd just start with learning all the notes on the fretboard, [...] and scale shapes

This is not as simple as it sounds. It seems, from my experience of learning a guitar and observing others, that there is something inherently illogical how tonality changes between strings. There are two main ways to do it, either you remember by memory, or you simply hear what happens. Both are hard for average beginner, because it just doesn't make sense.

After I have been practicing a guitar for quite some time I started learning a piano for some reason, and seeing the keys in front of me it all made sense instantly

New comment by zigman1 in "Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)"

zigman1 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:26:00 +0000

How is the battery?

New comment by zigman1 in "Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)"

zigman1 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:25:23 +0000

> among people who like me can charge at home

OP said this, you clearly don't fall into this category. And if servicing an electric car costs more than servicing an old Landrover I will not eat for a week

New comment by zigman1 in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

zigman1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:28:50 +0000

Well... I am sure someone made good money out of that.

In Slovenia, a post-Yugoslavian country, the school library coordinated a textbook borrowing scheme, where they would own all the material and lend it to students each year. Parents would pay a small "subscription", so each year or two one subject would get new books.

New comment by zigman1 in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

zigman1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:18:36 +0000

The problem with the back-of-the-book is that once you answer the same exercise few times, you remember what the result is and you work on memory not on skill. At least this is something i struggled with.

Digitalization should be able to provide you with drastically larger number of exercises to practice, and if possible should also provide you with the exercise that is at the right level for you

New comment by zigman1 in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

zigman1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:07:06 +0000

What? Are you serious?? :o Sorry, this is the saddest sentence I have read in a long time.

New comment by zigman1 in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

zigman1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:03:44 +0000

That's because our idea of "Digitalisation of Schools" is putting a textbook into pdf form, let student use a computer to open it and call it digitalisation.

I am somehow involved in this field and am yet to see an actual paradigm shift anywhere in Europe. Going back to books just mean that we will continue using old methods, because those same old methods moved onto screen didn't bring improvements we though they would as we labeled them digitalisation

New comment by zigman1 in "The Brand Age"

zigman1 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:10:52 +0000

Not only that! You know the typical image of a witch? With a pointy hat and a giant round-shaped pot?

Those were illegal beer brewers in Belgium! Women would put their pointy hat on their door as a sign that there might be, if you ask nicely, some beer for you to buy there.

New comment by zigman1 in "The Brand Age"

zigman1 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:08:24 +0000

There is a subreddit called r/r/SelfAwarewolves, where people unknowingly and accidentally basically answer their own questions or suspicions without realizing.

And this is how I feel about recent few pg's essays. There is this new market, political and social reality, that pg decribes well but for some reason just doesn't want to call what it is.

New comment by zigman1 in "Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer"

zigman1 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:38:53 +0000

You can guess what I have been doing for the past 2 days :) Coincidentally, the last episode was about a song from my favorite album, so it was meant to be ;)

New comment by zigman1 in "Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer"

zigman1 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:07:39 +0000

I think what you are trying to say is that Hendrix captured a specific sound and won over a generation of listeners, while Knoplfer displayed a mastery of the instrument, rarely seen in the mainstream. However, don't underestimate him, they sold out Wembley 16 nights in a row in '85, I am sure that spring some bands. It's now a bit forgotten, but for a period of few years, Dire Straits were the biggest band in the world. Knopfler is usually associated with saying "your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarist" :)

New comment by zigman1 in "Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer"

zigman1 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:25:36 +0000

Omg man, thanks for ruining my life! I wish I would have this when I was obsessed with it as a teenager in 2010s, and no one else liked similar music.

New comment by zigman1 in "Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer"

zigman1 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:21:07 +0000

> I only saw Hendrix play live one time

I love how nonchalantly you threw this one in. I am proper jealous, how was it?

On your first remark, I agree. This is why I love Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. The studio recordings are amazing, and then you listen to their live stuff and it's even better.

New comment by zigman1 in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

zigman1 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:39:22 +0000

Eu actually plans to introduce something similar through its EUDIW initiative. It will be a digital wallet focusing on privacy preservance and user control over attributes that are shared.

It will take some time tho before it is successfully implemented.