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Post #1379 209
apologies regarding the new approval basis for commenting

its to combat bots for the time being until i can somehow set up an anti-bot measure

edit: links should be auto-banned now, remove https:// and leave a space before (.com) instead when sharing urls. added to pinned message. comments are open again!
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Post #1378 219
humblespace (i have a life goal of becoming a polyglot)
In general, most experts agree that you’re considered a polyglot if you speak four or more languages.

How Do Experts Define It?

https://nativespeakers.co/blog/how-many-languages-to-be-a-polyglot
nativespeakers.co How Many Languages Do You Need to Know to Be a Polyglot? — Native Speakers Courses Who qualifies as a real polyglot? How many languages should you know — and at what level — before you can confidently say, “I speak 4, 5, or 7 languages”? We break down the meaning of polyglot, language proficiency levels, and tips for becoming one.
Post #1377 210
humblespace now i have to decide on a new overarching theme for Q2 to learn more of
i've been learning korean for almost 6 months through weekly classes

however, after my recent trip to seoul, i can't help but feel that i'm learning too slowly because i was still unable to have a basic conversation w locals

i suddenly have the urge to go all in and master it asap, before moving on to my next language

(i have a life goal of becoming a polyglot)

what's the best way to learn a language?

here's one from reddit:
• Learn the most common ~100-200 words as fast as possible.
• Start forming basic sentences and get a super broad overview of how the grammar works.
• Start finding native content, then continue learning the most common 2000 words.
• Start output practice with either a tutor or just simple journaling.
• Keep grinding vocab until it feels sufficient, usually 5000 words or so and then full immersion can be the most effective.

1000 words will cover ~80% of the language.

tldr;
i have decided that Korean will be my curriculum for the rest of Q2!

(after finishing up the current books that i'm halfway through)

할 수 있어요!
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Post #1376 199
swallowtail butterflies can retain memories formed during their larval stage, even after undergoing complete metamorphosis. those learned responses also appeared to persist to the next generation.

https://youtu.be/nhESxrqPjfU?si=pbKb5sGiQNpcB_rM
YouTube Genius 10 Year Old's Research Shocks Scientists Around the World At just 10 years old, Jo Nagai conducted an experiment that would surprise scientists around the world. By raising and training swallowtail caterpillars at home, Jo demonstrated that butterflies can retain memories formed during their larval stage, even…
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Post #1374 257
humblespace The Art of Being Unreachable When your life genuinely interests you, everything shifts. You stop performing. You stop seeking constant reassurance. You become someone who exists fully, richly, independently—and that independence is the most seductive thing…
the above article somehow reminded me of this video, whereby ancient civilisations spent a lot of their time creating aside from socialising

contrary to popular belief, hunting wasn’t the bulk of time spent

https://youtu.be/TQd2k1pEXp4?si=Sylk6smDT5OsO7x-
YouTube What Did Ancient Humans Do all Day Before Jobs Existed? You wake up when your body is ready. No alarm. No schedule. No place you need to be. For 99% of human history, this wasn't a vacation day. This was every single day for 290,000 years. Modern humans work 90,000 hours over a lifetime. But for nearly all of…
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Post #1371 275
The Art of Being Unreachable

When your life genuinely interests you, everything shifts. You stop performing. You stop seeking constant reassurance. You become someone who exists fully, richly, independently—and that independence is the most seductive thing in the world.


https://open.substack.com/pub/themuseandthemelody/p/the-art-of-being-unreachable
Substack The Art of Being Unreachable On Desire, Depth, and the Seduction of Having Somewhere Else to Be
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Post #1369 238
[2026 NYR Reading Goal]

Total: 13/15
- Fiction: 6/8
- Non-fiction: 7/7 ✅

1. The Diary of A CEO - link
2. Purple Cow - link
3. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - link
4. This is Marketing - link
5. Ogilvy on Advertising - link
6. The Creative Act - link
7. The Tipping Point - link
8. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - link
9. Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts - link
10. The Twins of Auschwitz - link
11. Flowers For Algernon - link
12. Strange Houses - link
13. Strange Pictures - link
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Post #1368 213
[BR]

Strange Pictures by Uketsu (translated by Jim Rion)

was nudged into reading this after strange buildings. finished it on a flight home.

i felt that this book is better than strange buildings, easy read too. was quite shocked when the murderer was revealed and how every prior chapter connected. i still don’t quite understand the rationale for drawing the mountains when the victims were about to die. both had different motivations, but still it didn’t quite make sense to me rationally speaking. also, i felt really bad for the reporter kid, especially during the narration of his death.

the protagonist is definitely one screwed up character…

4/5
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Post #1367 217
humblespace despite having a kobo, i do miss reading books in the flesh and will weave in physical books to my rotations made it a point to buy a fiction book in line with my goals this year, so i decided to get the one that looked the most interesting kinda like a…
making it a point to buy a book in the same blind box fashion every trip i take

i will buy based off the book cover and hope that it’s a good read🗿

this time,
The Second Chance Convenience Store
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Post #1366 212
humblespace the timing of Royal Pop is extremely interesting to me and i believe it is well planned out this release was already in the making since 2023, when AP commented on Swatch’s IG post: when do we launch? administrative, logistical, legal, etc. issues aside…
i used to think retail would be unwilling to shell out big money because of inflation and rising costs, until i saw labubu and especially pokémon TCG

genuinely don’t think a secondary market price of $1000+ on these Royal Pop watches will deter anyone
Post #1365 247
humblespace the spiritual vacancy and feeling a lack of control over one's own life only leads to individuals seeking control in other ways - brainrot (distractions), labubu, spending habits
the timing of Royal Pop is extremely interesting to me and i believe it is well planned out

this release was already in the making since 2023, when AP commented on Swatch’s IG post: when do we launch?

administrative, logistical, legal, etc. issues aside, definitely no coincidence that it comes at a time where consumers are spending more to regain semblance of control in their lives (look at popmart labubu pokémon tcg etc.)

youths have negative perception of the future:
if i can’t buy a house, i’ll buy what i want instead

luxury market is also facing the highest pressure as demand slumps globally, so the natural path forward is the compression of the luxury market (good for retail!)

what AP is doing w Royal Pop seems to be retapping into youths by making a piece of their brand affordable through collab, borrowing concepts from labubu craze, familiarity bias, and demand slumps of high end luxury items

it also works as a way of getting youths one foot in, where they might eventually turn into paying customers of AP

if Royal Pop is a blind box sale, i think it’s the perfect storm for retail

this concur w this article here as well: https://manofmany.com/watches/swatch-audemars-piguet-labubu-of-watches
Man of Many Why Swatch x Audemars Piguet 'Royal Pop' Collaboration Could Be the Labubu of Watches | Man of Many While the traditional watch market softened, the toy market went nuclear, and Swatch's marketing team would have been paying close attention.
Post #1362 277
The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"

#BM

Price’s Law states that the square root of the number of people in a domain does 50% of the work.


Even if you give everyone the same resources, the same training, the same chance, outcomes will still stratify eventually.

Some people will compound their advantages. Most won’t.


https://kaguura.substack.com/p/the-mathematical-reason-most-people
Substack The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It" The uncomfortable truth about effort, outcome, and the math that connects them all
Post #1361 270
15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.
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Post #1360 2.7K
Get inside your life

I heard this story about how the bodies of people who die of thirst in the desert are often found carrying full bottles of water because they’re afraid that if they drink it they won’t have enough left to make it out of the desert. When we’re fixated on the lifestyle and not life, we stay stranded, wasting the right moment in front of us by waiting for “the right moment” when it was, is, and always will be the moment of now. We waste youth on being anxious about aging. We waste good company worrying about being alone forever. We waste nice candles by not burning them, and pretty dresses by never getting them dirty with sweat, rain, and makeup.

When we spend life contemplating its finitude, that’s when we’re actually wasting it the most. Life is just this moment. What you’re doing right now, what’s happening around you, that’s it. That is your life.


https://www.sherryning.com/p/get-inside-your-life
Sherryning Get inside your life "Do not be a spectator or a commentator on your life; instead immerse yourself fully in it."
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