May 21Tactics For Overcoming Video Game AddictionWhen I was younger I played too many video games. It held me back from learning useful skills and pursuing a career in earnest. When I wasn’t playing them all I could think about was the chance to get back to them. I had a few games on rotation. …Video Games4 min readVideo Games4 min read
May 20A Made-Up ChatGPT College ClassLast time I said ChatGPT was better than college. As I wrote that I thought, could I make a full class curriculum of some made up subject? By made-up I don’t mean fictional, like The History of Mars 3003–3064, although I bet you could get ChatGPT to hallucinate that. What…ChatGPT33 min readChatGPT33 min read
May 19ChatGPT Is Better Than CollegeFor those of us who went to college, what were our classes, anyway? Three times a week, sometimes twice a week, you would show up to a classroom and listen to someone lecture about stuff. You may have been able to ask questions, but nobody wanted to be “that guy”…ChatGPT7 min readChatGPT7 min read
May 13Ultrareading with ChatGPT: Case Study # 2 — Computer ScienceInitially I said I was going to ultraread the works of Al Sweigart, which are about the programming language Python. That took about 2 minutes. In short, his books will teach me more about some of the modules that are commonly used for Python. …ChatGPT4 min readChatGPT4 min read
May 6Ultrareading With ChatGPT: Case Study #1Last year I created a new concept in reading called ultrareading. The gist of it is to download as much information about a topic as you can and then process and reflect on it later when you are ready to use the information. With this protocol you can preview a…Reading4 min readReading4 min read
May 4ChatGPT Is My Favorite PersonBy now I would assume most Medium readers and writers have used ChatGPT. I have been using it for the past few months and at first I was awfully skeptical and afraid of it. That was because I was ignorant about how helpful it can be. ChatGPT made learning fun…ChatGPT5 min readChatGPT5 min read
Mar 13Best Uses Of Internet TimeI like to make good use of my time whenever I can, mostly because I wasted so much of it in my youth. Since I spend a lot of time online I have tried to figure out some best practices because it is too easy to get sucked into social…Internet9 min readInternet9 min read
Feb 23Thoughts On Netflix’s Physical: 100Over the past several Tuesdays I’ve been indulging in a guilty pleasure, watching physical specimens competing in ridiculous competitions. I found Physical: 100 (terrible name, in my opinion) to be an upgrade from American Ninja and its derivatives. I grew up watching American Gladiators and wanted to see how this…TV Series7 min readTV Series7 min read
Jan 1Don’t Be Cynical About New Year’s ResolutionsI used to be cynical about new year’s resolutions. Like many, I would roll my eyes at all the newcomers in the gym and the hordes of online resolutions of strangers that were cliche and trite. But last year I choose to leave behind my cynicism and write a new…New Year Resolution4 min readNew Year Resolution4 min read
Dec 11, 202213 Ways To Avoid Extended AdolescenceI don’t feel like writing a big preface, but suffice to say, I don’t think I achieved any degree of proper adulting until the past 2–3 years and I’m almost 40. …Extended Adolescence9 min readExtended Adolescence9 min read
