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Give yourself a treat, next time you fuck. Turn your consciousness away from coming and let your gaze wander.

NEW blog, in which I admit to a very embarrassing sexual fault, and explore the difference between coming and letting go.

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"I don't think non-ADHD people realize how absolutely special and important it is when they don't make fun of their ADHD friend/partner/family member when that person feels comfortable enough to unmask and fidget, stim, talk in our natural speech pattern, etc. Seriously. Masking is EXHAUSTING and if we trust you enough to be our real selves around you, being kind to us will make us treasure you forever."

3 Top Tips For Writing A Likeable Character In Your Script Or Novel

So, You Want To Write A Likeable Character A genuinely likeable character can be hard to achieve in your novel or screenplay. In the 2020s, most characters in books, TV shows and movies tend to be antiheroes. This is because


My measurements are literally in the middle of small/medium, to the point where I feel stuck with slightly too small/big items, depending on which one I pick.

T-shirt sizes as an example:

Meanwhile I'm at:

Best option I've found so far, is to use pins to tighten clothing where needed, but that doesn't always work :neocatmelt2:

I don't want to spend a fortune on clothes for custom fits either, so ... do I have to learn sewing now :neocatconfused:

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"the best career advice I ever got was that every time you do well in your career you're going to get to choose between power and autonomy and you should always choose autonomy" - David Peirce - The Vergecast

I wonder what she meant

Hey Apple nerds (with complete respect):

Is there a way to configure macOS so that clicking an app icon with multiple windows only brings forward the last window with which I've interacted rather than all windows

If I'm in a Teams meeting and I have both the main window and meeting window shoved off to the right 1/3 of my ultrawide display, it always brings the main window over the meeting window. There's other annoyances this would solve as well.

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"is it a problem to give my only "

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When a friendship is deteriorating, there are often signs.

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Benefits of Decline Chest Flys

The decline angle emphasizes the lower portion of the chest, which can be underdeveloped in standard flat or incline chest routines.

Flys allow a deep stretch at the bottom of the movement, which activates muscle fibers more fully compared to pressing exercises.

Be careful not to use too many all at once

Another thing I brought along to the show was these little zines I made with information on and - they're hand-written and crudely illustrated, so not the most accessible, but I wanted people to be able to take away something useful.

Not available digitally, but I'm glad people picked them up on the day!

Startup hiring is hard...

Founders / leaders often spend hours grilling a candidate trying to reduce risk, when they'd be better served providing as much context as possible and asking "what kind of engine or structure would you build with this"

Part of this is because people don't understand the limits of pattern matching it's almost always earlier and smaller than you think.

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Dumbbell Alternating Chest Press

Key form tips for the Dumbbell Alternating Chest Press, which targets the chest (pectorals), triceps, and anterior deltoids while also challenging core stability.

Linking Supernote and Obsidian

This weeks tools to better leadership

Novel communications advances collective missions (untethered, trails, underground). Open platforms maintained, allow many small and mighty moves, building a persistence greater than any one individual.

is about having both a map and a compass, and knowing how to use them to traverse the domain you are working in.

With a compass you will keep direction.
With a map you will know the route to your destination.

tells of creating a health benchmark, example conversations, rubric, of AI alone outperforming AI+doctor in 2025 with decreasing costs Introducing HealthBench: An evaluation for AI systems and human health

When providing estimates, express them in minutes rather than hours. There's a significant difference between perceiving a task as taking 8 hours, which might seem reasonable, and recognizing it as 480 minutes. This method also helps breaking complex task into smaller tasks such as: setting up a project (15m) initializing the repository (10m), or informing the team about the repository (another 10m). Not only do you get more precise estimates, but it also results in a more detailed plan.

People often ask why inconsistency is an issue, and it took me a while to pin point it.
I think it's to do with trust. The more inconsistencies with a belief system, the more untrustworthy someone becomes. It applies to many things too.


There will always be unknowns gaps in visibility, unknown unknowns in your threat model, or behaviors that cant be fully predicted.

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Ibrahim Ali Khan reveals Priyanka Chopra's advice after watching his film Nadaniyan.


Anyone familiar with / could you please me here

Accoding to Yubico docs on Passkey, the client/client device uses to communicate with platform authenticators. This sounds a bit strange to me, aren't there internal APIs on the platform that are called here Isn't CTAP2 exclusive to authenticators

I read a lot of amateur as I am always reading, and you can find some really unique within them that you may not find in published works, which can often be derived.

One constant I see is the desire to explain every last detail, and make it makes sense.

You don't have to do that, and while a realistic story can be interesting, suspension of disbelief is powerful, and most people don't want a lore dump.

They want an interesting narrative.

I have never to my knowledge heard an song, other than the fragment he sings in the film Yesterday. I feel like I ought to fill this cultural gap.

Can anyone recommend what the "best" Ed Sheeran song is for someone who likes sophisticated singer-songwriter music (e.g. I prefer over and I prefer over, well, pretty much anyone.)

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I will always share the best advice I was given growing up second to "Learn how to relax."

Be a regular someplace outside your home/work. Maybe a bar, a group, an activity with peers. Be a regular somewhere.

Make friends and have community. It goes beyond you. Help build and contribute to something larger.

15 Quirky, Weird And Sometimes Gross Habits Of Famous Writers

Quirky, Weird, Sometimes Gross Habits Ive been called weird all my life. Its not surprising this weirdness has found its way into not only in to my work, B2Ws online following and even my writing process. The evidence Well, every single time I start planning


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5 timeless books with the best ever parentingadvice

5 timeless books with the best ever parenting advice

Some for if you walk a lot for any reason -

You should actually have less padding unless you have a reason that is detrimental to your feet.

If you wear very minimal shoes, your feet will just adapt and strengthen over time, and you will no longer need hardly any at all.

I walk about 20 miles a day, and I use shoes that just serve as a thin barrier to stop me from injuring my feet, and that is about it.

Also you'll be able to wear almost anything comfortably.

Top 20 quick drawing tips to make you a better artist via Gathered

If youre a beginner, theres lots to learn about perspective, shading and composition including what all of those terms mean! It can feel daunting, but you probably instinctively use some of these techniques already without knowing what theyre called.

Were here to demystify some of the jargon that youve come across and explain some simple drawing hacks that will improve your work.

In this guide, well reveal some quick drawing tips and theories that will shake up your approach to your work and inspire your next creative project.

Master the Opponent's Argument - Warren Buffett

Some about online that will make you look WAY smarter, and be a whole lot less annoying -

Instead of demanding someone's sources, find a source that proves your own point.

This does four things-

1. It educates you on the topic better, so you have fresh info to them.

2. It makes you less ignorant in case you were wrong.

3. It makes it harder for them to defend something incorrect.

4. It doesn't annoy the shit out of someone who knew what they were talking about.





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