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Is Google finally going to start to decline? They have dominated search, and along with it, paid ad advertising, for more than a decade. Apple published to report for April 2025 that users of Safari used google search less than a year ago, and it was the first time this has happened in a couple…
I built a new … Thai language learning app … mainly for myself, but I thought I would share it with the rest of the world. There are two main parts, studying letters and studying words. They’re all inside the same menu, but if you choose to study things like consonants and pronouns, the app…
Life on the road can get expensive, but with a few clever strategies, you can stretch your budget, enjoy better experiences, and travel longer. Here are some tried-and-true hacks to help you save money while traveling the world as a digital nomad: Flights & Booking Tips Use the Booking.com App (Not the Website): The app…
When you’re presented with a set of numbers or you have to choose one, are there certain numbers you avoid? For me, I tend to do the opposite. I often lean toward the number that makes me feel a little uneasy — the one with some negative association. If 13 is considered unlucky, I’ll pick…
How Many Water Molecules Are in Your Body? The human body is about 60% water by weight. If you weigh around 185 pounds (~84 kg), that means: ~50 liters of water, or ~50,000 grams of water How Many Molecules Is That? One mole of water (18 grams) contains ~6.022 × 10²³ molecules (Avogadro’s number). So:…
I never realized that the top of the strike zone was between the top of the shoulders and the top of the pants on a baseball player. I thought it was from the armpits down to the knees. As I understand now they’re starting to use AI and automated tools to judge if a pitch…
Daily Affirmations for Strength, Clarity, and Growth Most days when I get on the elliptical machine at the gym, I use a set of affirmations like this to help set my intentions and improve my language skills. 1. I am building a life of strength, clarity, and freedom. 我正在建立一个充满力量、清晰和自由的人生。 Estoy construyendo una vida de fuerza,…
I started practicing yoga because I found there were certain parts of my body that were becoming less flexible such as my upper thoracic spine, which can lead to that humped overlook, as well as my hips being tight and me not being able to do the wheel pose, for example. Also putting my hands…
Interesting story where Meta torrented nearly 100 TB of books from the pirate site LibGen and Z-library. This is virtually ALL books. It would follow that they will be using this to populate their database that powers their AI so that it has access to all of humankind’s published works. And of course it says…
Sichuan-Italian fusion. Bowtie pasta with assorted vegetables and sichuan peppercorns. If you have never had Szechuan peppercorns, it’s interesting because they make your mouth a little numb, but I also known to have some healing properties. Sichuan (or Szechuan) peppercorns are the dried husks of the prickly ash tree, commonly used in Chinese cuisine, particularly…