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f_allwein
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Social scientist, Professor for Digital Transformation with IU International University of Applied Sciences.

  1. Which calendar is that? I haven’t found one with a decent year view similar to the one here.
  2. I understand Twitter posts are still shared here, even though I would often (usually?) have to log in?
  3. Then check out the Pomodoro technique if you haven’t done so! I’m always amazed how much I can get done in 25 minutes of focus.
  4. As a German, I would guess on the one hand, there's not enough digital skills in the broad population. Also, entrepreneurs historically tended to flock to classical engineering roles (= making internal-combustion cars).
  5. agree! other notable examples include MP3 and the GSM standard. Oh, and the World Wide Web...
  6. You could also take the Queen Mary2 from Southampton to New York. 8 nights, from 920 GBP: https://www.seat61.com/queen-mary-2-transatlantic.htm
  7. Hack I learned recently: take pictures of all your bookshelves. Then you can search the text on the spines (author, title) in your photo app.
  8. One thing I haven’t heard yet about Liquid Glass: Glass is good for looking through it. So an OS based on this could be ideal for Extended Reality. Having iOS resemble visionOS more might be a step towards using iPhones as XR devices. Could we then potentially see a fancy Apple version of Google cardboard in the future, where you use your iPhone as an AR device as well…?
  9. Random thoughts:

    - are there any measurable factors indicating someone is a good match? Okcupid claimed to match people with others who gave similar answers to their questions, but I had some fates with a high match % and still no chemistry.

    - speaking of chemistry, check out https://smell.dating/ . No idea if it works, but at least it’s a novel approach.

    - people have different goals, from finding love to sex/ friends/ … (and may not be open about this). Can an app take that into account?

    - I heard from several girls that guys sometimes open conversations with direct sexual remarks, which violates the mind set of „natch - have a conversation - get to know each other irl if there’s any chemistry“. How to handle this?

  10. In the longer run, give up the old deep tube lines. They could be gradually replaced by Elizabeth Line-style tracks (larger capacity, fewer stops, good air conditioning).
  11. The Productivity Paradox is officially a thing. Maybe that’s what you’re thinking of?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox

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