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There's the non-fiction story how I tried to reach Avril Lavigne. This story isn't about stalking. This story about what happens when you're desperate and constantly think out of the box.
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2022. I’m 19 yo I have no job, no education, no friends or love. Then I started to listen to Avril Lavigne’s music. The more I listened, the more I liked it. Soon I noticed that I like not the only music, but also Avril herself. I asked myself what’s better: live with no dream or pursue a crazy one?
“The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory” by neuropsychologist Alexander Luria describes a case of man which remembered everything. This man had extremely strong version of synaesthesia, which affected all his aspects of life.
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
“The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory” by neuropsychologist Alexander Luria describes a case of man which remembered everything. This man had extremely strong version of synaesthesia, which affected all his aspects of life.
In 2022 year I had a conversation with a stranger on the Internet. He said that he defended a thesis about using AI in videogames. He said that LLM won’t be used in videogames at least in the next 100 years, because it’s too expensive and they’re too stupid. I argued.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
In 2022 year I had a conversation with a stranger on the Internet. He said that he defended a thesis about using AI in videogames. He said that LLM won’t be used in videogames at least in the next 100 years, because it’s too expensive and they’re too stupid. I argued.
I believed that AI will be able to talk and generate images and video long before (in 2010s) all the hype with ChatGPT. I list my main reasons below.
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I believed that AI will be able to talk and generate images and video long before (in 2010s) all the hype with ChatGPT. I list my main reasons below.
Sometimes I was wondering if my love is just an excuse for me to become some crazy scientist. I kind of liked trying to achieve improbable, but I also hated it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Sometimes I was wondering if my love is just an excuse for me to become some crazy scientist. I kind of liked trying to achieve improbable, but I also hated it.
There was one idea in Baddely’s book that has interested me the most. If you try to remember a list of the long words and a list or short words, then it will be easier to remember short words.
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
There was one idea in Baddely’s book that has interested me the most. If you try to remember a list of the long words and a list or short words, then it will be easier to remember short words.
“Your Memory: A User's Guide” by Alan Baddeley is the best book about memory I ever read. It describes cognitive psychology in simple language and gives mini-experiments for reader to conduct
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
“Your Memory: A User's Guide” by Alan Baddeley is the best book about memory I ever read. It describes cognitive psychology in simple language and gives mini-experiments for reader to conduct
I used Schulte tables to improve my attention, short memory and reading speed. Idea is simple: you need to find all numbers from 1 to 25 as quick as you can. In web apps you might need to click on numbers as well. Average human solves this in 40 seconds.
February 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I used Schulte tables to improve my attention, short memory and reading speed. Idea is simple: you need to find all numbers from 1 to 25 as quick as you can. In web apps you might need to click on numbers as well. Average human solves this in 40 seconds.
What wizards, some artists, Stanislavski and Internet-weirdos like me have in common? They all used the same method of training eidetic memory or vivid imagination.
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
What wizards, some artists, Stanislavski and Internet-weirdos like me have in common? They all used the same method of training eidetic memory or vivid imagination.
Why can’t we just read a book once and memorize it all? Because of magical number 7+-2. Human can’t process more than 7+-2 objects at once. Object is a something person already knows. Word on native language would be 1 object. Word on unfamiliar language would consist from many objects (letters).
February 10, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Why can’t we just read a book once and memorize it all? Because of magical number 7+-2. Human can’t process more than 7+-2 objects at once. Object is a something person already knows. Word on native language would be 1 object. Word on unfamiliar language would consist from many objects (letters).
Most people pronounce in their mind what they read. But that isn’t necessary. If you read without pronunciation, you will read faster. I used this and other small tricks to read books fast. Soon I found out that speed of reading isn’t problem, speed of remembering is.
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Most people pronounce in their mind what they read. But that isn’t necessary. If you read without pronunciation, you will read faster. I used this and other small tricks to read books fast. Soon I found out that speed of reading isn’t problem, speed of remembering is.
How to become genius? Someone would say that you have to spend 10000 hours on your field of interest. Someone would say that you have to born with that trait. I read several books on this topic, but I didn’t found answers except vague advices.
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
How to become genius? Someone would say that you have to spend 10000 hours on your field of interest. Someone would say that you have to born with that trait. I read several books on this topic, but I didn’t found answers except vague advices.
2022. I’m 19 yo I have no job, no education, no friends or love. Then I started to listen to Avril Lavigne’s music. The more I listened, the more I liked it. Soon I noticed that I like not the only music, but also Avril herself. I asked myself what’s better: live with no dream or pursue a crazy one?
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
2022. I’m 19 yo I have no job, no education, no friends or love. Then I started to listen to Avril Lavigne’s music. The more I listened, the more I liked it. Soon I noticed that I like not the only music, but also Avril herself. I asked myself what’s better: live with no dream or pursue a crazy one?