• Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    You can also spread it to other things. A bunch of unwatched movies, undone things to do, a slew of things waiting to be experienced.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      5 months ago

      Indeed, I find that aside from there just being too much media to consumer, there’s also a factor of available energy. What I notice often happens is that browsing stuff like social media requires less mental effort than reading or even playing a game. So, you kind of just do it mindlessly when you’re bored, but then you end up regretting not having spent the time doing something you would’ve found more meaningful instead. It’s an intellectual equivalent of eating fast food instead of having a proper meal.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah that’s exactly the case. The effect of social media can’t be denied. They call it “cheap dopamine” for the brain, since it’s hijacking our attention and behavior, changing our action to concentrate less and getting addicted to it with a flood of information.

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        5 months ago

        Steam Deck has made a huge difference on my backlog-clearing abilities.

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          Yeah, my Steam Deck has made a dent, but I have a big backlog from old school $1 Humble Bundles, because there was no reason not to as a broke gamer with a potato PC…

          “When I upgrade I can play all these!”

          …such wishful thinking.

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      I try to alternate between fiction and theory, helps me digest the theory better while maintaining interest and momentum in reading!

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        5 months ago

        Nice

        Anything fiction book you would recommend to a comrade? I like SF but can read anything good

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          I’ve been working through classics and they are usually a bit dated. Dune is goodish, but also I prefer the new movies for their much better treatment of women, the Fremen, and removal of the wierder parts. Neuromancer feels like Gibson wrote it with one hand and has never spoken to a woman in his life.

          I remember loving Roadside Picnic a while back. If you want to be incredibly sad, Han Kang’s Human Acts is brutal but beautifully written.

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    5 months ago

    EReaders made a big difference for me. I now plow through books when I used to not be able to read a single novel in a year.

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    Then there are the rotting watermelons over in corner, expensive books that a professor in college required and then almost never used. And now they sit, unlovable and difficult to resell because a new edition has come out with the problems at the back of the chapter rearranged.

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    deleted by creator

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    5 months ago

    oh no, i’m not falling for this. you’re not a cat. i’ve met cats, i’ve talked to them, i’ve seen cats use the computer. you’re not a cat.

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    5 months ago

    Genuinely have a stack of books (mostly theory with some fiction) that sits on the floor next to my desk. I swear I will read them all one day.