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The one thing no CEO will ever understand
What I learned from the most depressing conversation of my life.
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How to actually see posts from your friends and family on Instagram
Instagram is a hostage situation. It has photos and videos from the people in your life, but it will only show them to you occasionally—most of the time you get algorithmically-chosen slop. This means you can scroll for hours on this so-called social network and learn very little about the people you care about. Maybe […]
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One thing I do not miss about Twitter is the brands. I hope they never find us here.
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Worried about toilet germs on your toothbrush? You can relax (mostly).
How gross is it to leave a toothbrush exposed in the bathroom?
Toilet plumes are real, but your toothbrush is probably fine.
popsci.com
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Free graph paper, an online drum machine, and a few other Actually Good Websites™
Stop doom scrolling and start creeping on the location of every boat on earth.
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Lately I’ve been drifting in the morning instead of finding joy in my writing. What helps you find yourself at the beginning of the day?
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I’m never dragging an icon to /Applications again. Ever.
Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac
The installation utility EasyDMG makes it so you never drag and drop an icon again.
wired.com
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Transcription, the best tool the AI age has brought us, doesn’t need to cost anything.
Meetily Lets You Transcribe and Summarize Meetings Without a Subscription—Here’s How
There are endless ways to record and transcribe your virtual meetings with AI. Here’s an option that’s free and open source.
wired.com
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Google doesn’t make it easy to ditch Gemini in Googel Docs, but you can do it. I outlined how for WIRED:
How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails,…
wired.com
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Why I left Mastodon
It’s technically not click bait (but it’s kind of clickbait).
