A tidbit I sometimes tell when doing the usual “share a fun fact about yourself” icebreaker: I have had the same barber cut my hair since I was a toddler. I don’t know his full name, but my father calls him Ah Tan, and he’s been my barber my entire life. And so when I went for the usual trim with my father earlier today, it was a shock to find his tools cleared from his table. ...
The primary purpose of every post on this site is to help me get better at thinking and reasoning. I fully expect to run into difficulty expressing myself. And have writing blocks. And realize my entire premise is flawed only after spending hours on an essay. Using LLMs here feels like planning a run then driving a car instead. The discomfort is the point.
Roughly a year ago, I found out how to keep running 1. Now I regularly run 60 to 70km a week and it rarely feels like a chore. One of the things that helped is simply the idea of prioritizing consistency: no matter the pace or the distance, just clock a run. The truth is, running at an amateur level really does not require “deliberate practice” or training smarter. I simply show up and run everyday, and enjoy the run without thinking too deeply. And I got better unconsciously. ...