Matthew O'Donnell

Some nerd. I make a flashcard app for iPhone:

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

I published my first app to the app store recently: Contextable, a flashcard app aimed at language learners!

You should check it out if you're learning a language with a lot of noun cases or inflections :)

https://t.co/IvtZgN59F8

#LanguageLearning #iosdev

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@Aella_Girl Actual leftist here.

The difference is democracy - the USSR was an authoritarian regime. We want a socialist revolution without abandoning the liberal revolution which is now taken for granted (democracy, freedom of speech, association, etc)

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@Aella_Girl I am the socialist here to say that I think this fundamental economic disparity is where most success comes from, and that’s fucked actually

[Andrew Chung @thisisandrewc]

One of the biggest lies we’ve been sold is that talent is rare. As someone who works in the arts, it’s absolutely not. Once you realize that, you’ll understand how much luck (and privilege) is involved in being chosen to be one of the few who get the limelight.

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@Aella_Girl This is a very interesting take. I think there’s a layer that you’re missing, which is that many fields have inherent complexity which prevents them from being understood.

In my experience though, this just moves the problem up, creating status contests within academia.

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

From the middle of an interesting thread, but I saw this and thought, hang on, WHAT?

"like most mobile apps"

Thinking about it now, I know he's probably right, but I never thought about it. And that's deeply disturbing and offensive to me.

(I'd NEVER do this in my apps.)

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@mzrnsh Most platitudes tend to start as good pieces of advice for particular circumstances, and then have all their context removed so as to become next to meaningless

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@SpencrGreenberg Thanks for this thread! I don’t consider myself a utilitarian, but I have picked a couple utilitarian answers where I don’t feel the context “equates to” any happiness.

[Sebastiaan de With @sdw]

me, before event: “I don’t think a simple change to the front of the phone and a higher megapixel camera will really incentivize me to upgrade.”

right after event: *stares at ancient fossilized iPhone, with disgustingly static, island-less screen* “wow, this is garbage”

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@SpencrGreenberg Trying to sample a group to train an ML model is brittle (user preferences could change) and prone to bias in the selection of the sample group. Why not simply add a dislike button?

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@SpencrGreenberg Spend each season/year in a different city, learn languages/musical instruments, eat/dress opulently.

Also, all my favourite video games from my childhood will be remade to my exacting demands.

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@azandisarietta @SpencrGreenberg For interesting answers, quite possibly - I would say that for sleeping or eating (in contrast to not doing those things), my confidence approaches 100% though!

Not critiquing your answer, just the confidence level

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@azandisarietta @SpencrGreenberg While this certainly increases your life *expectancy*, there’s still a non-trivial chance you live a long life and die of causes that aren’t motor accidents. Therefore, you can’t say with 100% certainty that it increases your life*span*.

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@viticci 😅

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@JoeWrightish We passed this point a while ago tbh

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@cgpgrey I am very intruiged to find out how those three videos relate to that title!

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@sleepy_cog_diss @SpencrGreenberg It’s very broad - anything I find interesting that I might want to action but don’t want to action right then.

If you’re thinking of trying it, I would advise being very liberal with what you record - when you review them, you’ll learn what kinds of things you find useful :)

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

@sleepy_cog_diss @SpencrGreenberg Reviewing a record of all the things I made a note of can highlight a trend in my thinking or a recurring problem, which encourages me to try and change something!

[Matthew O'Donnell @andhash39]

Just listened to @mikeduncan’s podcast table read of his Lafayette screenplay - and now I want no TV series more.

(Not least because I can now entertain a world where Timothée Chalamet says the words ‘Gentleman Johnny’s Party Train’.)