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2312-2-It's better to work than to worry.

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The recent report reflects on various activities and thoughts, with an emphasis on personal finance management, social relationships, and gaming experiences. The author has started using YNAB for budgeting and realized past financial habits were wasteful. They plan to make purchases for a phone and a Cloudflare Pro subscription but will wait until further research is done. The author reorganized their follow list, recognizing a heavy influence from ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, and Novels) in their interests. In terms of gaming, they compare their playtime between "Fire Emblem: Engage" and "Tears of the Kingdom," noting a preference for the former despite the latter being highly anticipated. The author also reflects on the differences between consuming video/audio content versus reading, emphasizing control over pacing and content density. Additionally, they are listening to "Steve Jobs" and find parallels between their leader and Jobs, particularly regarding the concept of a "reality distortion field." The author has made significant progress in the audiobook, listening to a quarter in a week. They also discuss the importance of avoiding screenshots in questions for accessibility and efficiency. Lastly, a collection of reading notes and links to various topics is included, showcasing a range of interests from programming to gaming and communication technologies.

Recently, I have been busy with many things, and this week's report is also written in a messy manner. I will start writing the year-end summary next week, and I will probably send it out around New Year's Day.

Records about Life#

  • Money management: I started using YNAB and finally realized how much of a spendthrift I was before. Then this week, I almost placed an order for a Pixel 5 and a Cloudflare Pro package. I still need to deal with my dad's phone, the monitor at home, and Vectorize. Maybe I can use the monitor with a partially broken screen. As for the phone and pro package, I can wait until the 28th to purchase them together. They can be added to my to-do list. Before ordering Cloudflare Pro, I need to learn how to use embedding and vector databases. And before ordering the Pixel 5, I need to figure out the performance differences between phones.
  • 100 follow list: I reorganized and filtered my follow list. The people around a person and the tools they use to some extent reflect their level and taste. It seems that the ACGN element accounts for more than 70%. The cyberpunk element probably accounts for 90%.
  • Maintenance of interpersonal relationships: I also tried to "establish and maintain sustainable interpersonal relationships".
  • Duolingo vocabulary: Let's learn a little every day.
  • Telegram bot: I optimized the function of forwarding Telegram messages to Twitter, and now it finally has some practical value. This weekend, I will also export my Telegram data, then vectorize and store it in a database for possible related queries. After all, this is also related to my work at the company, so I can get a head start.

My Game of the Year - "Fire Emblem: Engage"#

Since "Baldur's Gate 3" was named the Game of the Year at TGA this year, what about my Game of the Year? The day before yesterday, I checked my Switch records. I found that the time I spent playing "Tears of the Kingdom" is incomparable to "Engage". I thought I didn't enjoy "Engage" enough, but I have already played it for 140 hours. On the other hand, I planned to play "Tears of the Kingdom" for three months, but I didn't have the motivation to continue. It seems that there are differences between games, and some can attract me better. However, I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I need to sit up straight when playing "Tears of the Kingdom"? Obviously, I prefer to play games lying down, but the handheld version of "Tears of the Kingdom" does not have good effects.

CleanShot 2023-12-16 at 10.02.38@2x

Controversial Opinions#

Differences between Video/Audio and Books#

I recently realized the difference between listening to books and reading books, which lies in the control of pauses and speed. Just like watching a movie, we expect to finish it within three hours, but when you read a book, you never know if you can finish it in 10 hours. It may be a textbook, which may be thick but contains a huge amount of knowledge, and you may never finish reading it in your lifetime.

There are also significant differences between different movies. When we talk about movies, we usually refer to popular movies with strong entertainment value. However, for documentaries, it may take longer to watch, and you may need to watch it again after finishing it once. In a broader sense, for example, if you watch a C++ tutorial for 10 hours, you may not even learn one-fifth of its content in 10 hours.

Therefore, there is also a phenomenon. I read manga so quickly that I often forget the sequence of events between plots. (The speed of reading one volume in 20 minutes)

The problem lies in the uneven density of content in works, while video and audio smooth out the content from traditional books to make it more uniform and easier to accept.

Input#

Listening to "Steve Jobs Biography"#

I started preparing to read it before college, but I never got around to it. So why am I reading it now? It's because I feel that my leader is very similar to him in many ways, especially the "reality distortion field". I really like this term, it's like "if you think you can do it, then you can do it in the end."

After I put forward a point of view, he is very likely to strongly oppose it. Then after a period of time, he will come up with the same type of viewpoint. And then I would say, "I already mentioned it before," and you would say, "What you said and what I said are not the same idea, this is actually XXXX." In the face of the concept of "wanting to accomplish something," face is actually not important. Or should I say it's worthless. And I am the one who was abandoned by the modern Steve Jobs.

It is worth noting that this book has a total of 450,000 words, and I have only listened to a quarter in one week. (Mainly listened during meals)

Avoid Using Screenshots When Asking Questions#

  • Discouraging the use of textual screenshots in questions - Physics Meta Stack Exchange

    I’m personally fine with a comment like “please properly typeset the text of your question as soon as possible else it is subject to closure for lack of effort” or some variation on this theme.
    I personally like comments like "please properly typeset the text of your question as soon as possible else it is subject to closure for lack of effort" or some variation on this theme.
  1. Accessibility: Screenshots are not easy to read for people with visual impairments because they cannot use screen readers.
  2. Copy and paste convenience: Text can be directly copied and pasted, while screenshots require manual input.
  3. File size saving: Text is more file size-efficient than screenshots, especially when storing screenshots in a git repository.
  4. Machine readability: Text can be processed and analyzed by AI, and can be well indexed by search engines. Screenshots cannot.

Miscellaneous Reading Records#

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