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收藏Starting 10 Minutes Late
When I wake up 10 minutes before my alarm rings, I usually get up and thank the universe for the 10-minute head start. It can really make a difference. But so can the opposite. This morning, the alarm...
The Other Way of Defending Your Time
The first one is the obvious: protecting the slots in your calendar. Every obligation you reject creates space for an activity you choose with intention. You should do as much of this as you can, but,...
加入错误的联赛
作者收藏近三年的宝可梦集换式卡牌多为英文版，转售时发现某个5000多人的德国收藏社区几乎没人对这批英文卡询价， 而同期在 Cardmarket 上数天内就卖出了多盒套装。 作者据此指出：自2024年底卡牌市场快速升温后， 英文版产品主要通过二级渠道流转，价格远高于德语版； 很多德国收藏者因获取成本转向德语版，导致这批英文稀有品在他们的社区被集体忽视。 作者将这一现象引向 Geoffrey Moore 的"层级力量"框架：当所处品类或轨道本身增长率高，表现可以很好；当增长率低，则每个决定都承受更大压力。 选品语言、投资标的、内容赛道都属于"加入哪个联赛"的选择题；舒适区驱动的选路未必最优，也可能让持有者在未来增值环节被甩开。
The Miracle Already Exists
More than a decade ago, I read an article about Google working on a phone that could translate any language in real-time. You’d be able to speak French into your phone, and the person at the other end...
Seeing Beyond the Edge of Your Own Plate
When I first signed up for my own health insurance, a professional teeth cleaning at the dentist cost around 100 euros. My private insurance company gave me vouchers each year for a maximum spend of 1...
People Who Want To Get Stronger Will Find a Way
Hikaru No Go is an anime and manga series centered around the ancient Asian board game of Go. The protagonist, Hikaru Shindo, finds an old play set in his grandpa’s attic, which contains the spirit of...
一座没人想住进去的宫殿
阿姆斯特丹皇家宫殿的房间融合了荷兰、法国、日本、罗马、希腊和埃及等风格，作者参观后指出这些房间空气闷热、光线昏暗、装饰繁复、床铺硬且积灰、橱柜不实用，没有现代居住功能。 作者认为，即使皇家住所也曾满足当时的生活需求，但现代人对室内空间的偏好已发生根本变化，过去仅供国王使用的生活水平如今难以满足普通人，许多昔日辉煌的建筑因此被改为博物馆，而现代人应当珍惜当前已实现的生活改善，不必在心理上回到旧式居住空间。
The Little Guy Who Throws Stuff Up
Between my wife and I, I’m the better bullshitter. “You can talk about anything with anyone,” she always says, “and keep talking for ages.” She, meanwhile, more frequently draws a blank when asked a q...
Asian vs. Western Restaurant Culture
“Fremdscham” is a rather exclusive word in the German language. It means you’re embarrassed on someone else’s behalf. While traveling with my in-laws before and after my wedding, I felt a bit of it ev...
一天能带来多大的不同
这首歌由古巴作曲家玛利亚·格雷维尔1934年写成，原曲西班牙语名为"Cuando vuelva a tu lado"，由戴纳·华盛顿在1959年翻唱英文版后走红并获格莱美奖，格雷维尔本人未能见证歌曲成名。 文章由这首歌延伸到作者的个人体验：她的伴侣原本处于沉重状态，用一周没有计划的空闲时间后，24小时内状态明显好转，开始活跃、购物、尝试新食谱。 作者以此说明，有时一个人需要的只是少量空间，而非大量时间；从某个旁人常看的角度看，24小时内也可能完成身份转变。
Doing Something Worthwhile
Every now and then, you need to. And it’s entirely subjective. It’s not what your boss thinks is worthwhile. Not what society would see as “something useful to do.” Not even the dishes your spouse wan...
Prevention Only Gets More Valuable
It’s hard to tell a 15-year-old not to jump down a whole flight of stairs in one go because it’ll hurt his knees for the long run. I used to do this in high school. People were always impressed how fa...
The River of Books
People have sold books on the streets of Paris for over 450 years. After the Pont Neuf, then a “new bridge,” as its name implies, was finished in 1607, the city had a new, central traffic point. Not o...
Multi-Year Patience
I had to wait over a year to write yesterday’s post. As soon as I read that line in Letters of the Dragon, I knew I had to comment on it. Did Bruce Lee really make “the fuckingest action motion pictur...
The Fuckingest Action Movie Ever Made
Barring Game of Death, which only includes incomplete footage, I have now seen every major Bruce Lee film and TV show he ever recorded. Like many an artist’s career, his, too, got crispy at the end. A...
你会如何做出决定？
<p>在某个时刻<em></em>，我们同名的主角正在与自己的DNA挣扎。真的，字面意义上的。多年来，彼得·帕克一直专注于打击犯罪，没有朋友、家人或任何人可以倾诉，他的蜘蛛基因不断失控，有时甚至失控于自己的能力，甚至行为。</p><p>但彼得很聪明，而且他还有更聪明的朋友——比如布鲁斯·班纳博士，也就是绿巨人。不幸的是，班纳还不知道彼得的身份，所以班纳偷偷溜进了彼得在大学的一场讲座。<br><br>事实证明，班纳已经戴上了彼得认为他需要的东西：一种DNA阻断剂，防止他毫无预警地变成巨大的绿色怪物。</p><p>课后，彼得走向班纳博士，确认自己正确理解了装置的基础知识，然后问教授还有什么可能。另一种抑制剂能针对另一种基因突变吗？那只抑制某些DNA链呢？<br><br>有可能“开发出某种自动抑制剂......能够对任何类型的突变进行调整”吗？</p><p>班纳用了“危险”和“复杂”这两个词，但原则上他同意帕克的看法：只要技术掌握得当，很多事情都能实现。彼得的大脑立刻开始思考他的解决方案会是什么样子。<br><br>他已经走到一半，陷入沉思时，班纳在他身后喊道：</p><blockquote> <em>“你会怎么决定？”</em> <em>“那是什么？”</em> <em>“那么，大自然中哪些部分是好的，哪些是坏的？如果你试图控制某种需要表达的东西的表达呢？”</em> </blockquote><p>这个提示不足以让彼得停下脚步，但确实让他带着困惑的表情离开了。尽管如此，他还是一步步往上爬，先是用一种能让他自己的蛛网膜DNA保持在恰到好处水平的抑制剂，后来甚至达到了几周前他还在理论上思考过的那个通…</p>
你不必对每个疯狂的都说"是"
一位创业/职场作者以第一人称短随笔形式，讨论工作中"不必对每个疯狂提案都说 yes"的边界：与学校不同，职场中部分任务无法拒绝，但可以表达"我不觉得这事能成"或"看不到意义"；如果被迫参与，做到不全力投入也无可厚非。 文中穿插了几个实操判断：有时项目失败是好事，有时疯狂值得赌，但更多时候"疯狂就是疯狂"。核心观点是"默认先说谢谢但拒绝"，除非团队共识。 整体是简短、带情绪的个人经验帖，信息增量有限，但语气坦诚，适合做职场沟通/团队文化的小讨论入口。
You Can’t Recover in One Go
The night of our wedding, my wife and I slept only around four hours. After everything was over, we cleaned up, said goodbye to the last guests, and then took a walk around the empty venue. It was nic...
Is It Enough for Today?
If your mind is like mine, it’ll constantly latch on to the next thing. Not that I’m crazy productive or anything. At least not on most days. But there’s always a next thing I’m thinking about. What e...