How to watch YouTube without doom-scrolling
Here are some concrete things you can do to limit your YouTube watching without giving up on good content.
Cameron Knott
Trip Report: Turkey, Bulgaria, North Macedonia & Greece
In late 2022, Google sent me a notification that in March there would be affordable flights from Singapore to Istanbul and coming back from Athens. The dates aligned with my calendar, so I said, why not, I've always wanted to see the Aegean.
2023 April 22, Saturday
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How long does it take to go through an airport?
If you've never missed a flight, you're probably spending too much time in airports. - George Stigler
When you're planning a flight, deciding when to arrive is a delicate balancing act. If you show up too soon, you might spend precious hours waiting around,
How to turn images into text with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in R
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a way of turning pictures of words into actual words on your electronic device. For example, OCR can turn a photo of a book page, or a bad photocopy of a PDF, into actual words and characters you can edit.
In fact, Microsoft Office already
How much did it cost me to live in Melbourne, Wellington and Singapore?
How well does the ONS' scale of wellbeing line up with intuition?
In 2013, I started monitoring my mental health. I scored my day based on my subjective impression on a scale from one to ten. I had a vague sense that a day less than five had more pain than pleasure, and vice versa for a day greater than five. But
I kept a journal for 10 years, here's what I learnt about happiness
In 2013, I was having a hard time of it.
I graduated university in 2012. I completed an internship at a policy think tank. I then got a job in a big four consultancy, moved to Melbourne, met lots of people and put down roots.
But soon I felt completely