I know for me personally; I always absorb more information when I am just listening and not writing.
When I'm writing whatever the teacher is saying, I can't understand it at the same speed. So I just write without actually comprehending the sentences.
But my listening was always so good that I rarely took notes throughout all my school years. I would just stare at the teacher and listen without writing anything.
There are use cases for low TTLs and use cases for high TTLs
The statement here is misguided.
Use whatever TTL serves your purpose.
DNS was designed to be distributed and scalable. And in my opinion it is THE MOST scalable protocol as it basically allowed the entire internet to work that way. Any user in the world can get any public DNS record for a site.
I grew up as a heavy gamer, and it became my identity.
I absolutely got addicted to games and I still struggle with functioning in daily life without trying to go back and play 1-2 hours of games each night for the dopamine hit.
More importantly, I missed out on actual real life experiences throughout my childhood all the way till I was 28.
I let me kids play games now, but as long as it doesn't overtake more useful activities (reading, going out, playground, socializing with friends, swimming, biking)
I too decided to take the chaos out of my life, but it was much simpler than I had always thought.
1. Stop watching Youtube and browsing Reddit in your free time
2. Stop playing games in your free time
3. Stop using your phone for wasting time
4. Stop watching TV when you eat
5. Stop listening to podcasts while you sleep
6. Stop eating snacks with TV
What ends up happening as a result
- You start to sleep earlier and better
- Reading books becomes interesting again
- You wake up earlier and feel more fresh
- Realize you have a lot of free time
- Going outside for a walk is more interesting (less boring)
- Work tasks that were boring, now hold your attention more
- Finishing work tasks, and house chores, feel more rewarding now
A much shorter summary of this 'diet' is called the 'Dopamine Detox'.
What I'm trying to say is, a lot of this chaos and burnout, is just related to our addiction of time-wasting and addictive habits like browsing youtube and reddit more and more.
That’s a good set of rules to follow – if not the letter, then the spirit, e.g., I spend hardly any time on sites such as YouTube or Reddit so for myself, I’d replace Rule 1 with “Cut down on reading Hacker News (or other sources of interesting articles)” and I’d replace Rule 2 with “spend less time watching TV/films”.
I’ve recently got into the habit of watching TV while eating and snacking and after reading Rules 4 and 6, have come to the conclusion that it’s a bad habit; eating should be intentional and purposeful, not a thoughtless activity while being mentally engaged by some other activity. I don’t know if I could go cold turkey with external stimulation so from now on, if I’m eating alone, I’ll just listen to music (instead of reading or watching TV).
I was thinking, for a city of 800k inhabitants, it's not that bad. But then I lived in Bordeaux which has 250k inhabitants and public transport was so amazing. I basically don't take public transport in SF anymore because I find it too dangerous, whereas I never once took a taxi or drove in Bordeaux (in 2 years there).
