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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • Rubezahl@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    That’s a problem. I used to get news almost immediately from Reddit. Now I am a bit stuck on that front and so far there is no reasonable alternative.

    For example, I like to follow chess news. I stumbled upon a piece of news on the wider internet that Hans Nieman and Magnus Carlsen had resolved their dispute. It wasn’t very much reported on, so I checked old.reddit/r/chess to see what’s going on. The first detailed thread on the matter had been opened and active, like, 5 minutes after the announcement.

    At this point, nothing on the internet can compete with this.

    It is kind of the same with world news and Ukraine war coverage.

    So, yeah. After getting off of Reddit, I have lost the ability to be quickly informed about news. Mastodon is not much help and I don’t want to fuel Elon Twitter’s BS, so I am stuck.






  • For history:

    Revolutions by Mike Duncan. You can start with the Haitian and the Mexican revolutions. Then just listen to whichever season you want.

    Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

    The History of Rome by Mike Duncan.

    These are absolutely amazing.

    Honorable mentions for Behind the Bastards and Lions Lead by Donkeys, if you like some banter along with the story telling.

    Edit: someone in here reminded me about Your Undivided Attention. It is, literally and without irony, the most important podcast you could ever listen.



  • Rubezahl@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    IQ scores, in the way they are currently used, are absolutely useless and cannot tell you who is smart and who is not. They tell you who is good at taking tests.

    I highly recommend the podcast series “My Year in Mensa” - it is a nice little story showing that high IQ probably does not account for much.

    To your question - the answer is humility. Be humble and understanding. Everyone has something to offer.