We're being over-stimulated, which is in turn reducing our attention span and focus. I believe it'll get worse as years go on.
If you were to be transported to say even, the 1970s..Life would seem more slower, and in turn you could focus on more goals and accomplish more in a day.
Productivity at work may very well be just fine, but when you get home the average Westerner is becoming more & more scatterbrained...
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http://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/
>You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish
here's a video that brilliantly describes what I'm talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKaWJ72x1rI [Embed]
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I mean...How are we supposed to have successful careers,relationships, ambitions, etc. if we are having trouble focusing? ADHD-like symptoms are seeping into the masses.
Should there be a movement across the globe to re-focus ourselves with technology? Like, have it be taught in schools to use the internet in controlled amounts, to not have so many tabs open, to not get lost in wikipedia, youtube, or facebook links etc.
>>58710755
For example, what can help me is opening my phone to type something down to read for later, that way I won't be lost reading a wikipedia article and the hundred wikipedia tabs that follows it.
You could argue that you're "shutting yourself out to potential knowledge" by limiting your internet activity but let's get real: How much random knowledge bullshit do you actually retain from opening your 50 tabs? The best you can hope for on average is to Bookmark it and read it later..in which you'll likely get distracted by something the next time you're trying to read it.
My grandma reads her book that she's working on every day, checks her email along with facebook, followed by some news on the TV and and some entertainment show.
That's about where we should be at, rather than reading a million different things a day. I'm not saying that you need to have facebook or get your news from the TV - you can use whatever you want that'll inspire you - but definitely regulate your information to the dosage of what an average grandma/grandpa does.
So you know, I'd shitpost on 4chan, check the news, watch a youtube video, read an article or so, message some people, whatever. Sounds like an average day, but I'll astronomically focus on just a few points of interest per activity, which will allow me to focus on my other goals in the day, not get distracted, and also focus more in those activities by not being too scatterbrained by them
But yeah, of all these wack-ass 'movements' that are sprouting up, I think above all us we need to have a movement that brings back our level of focus to pre-1980s levels.
>That's about where we should be at
Why?
>>58710755
>more slower
stopped reading
Whats the best book to learn java?
>>58710710
>>58710710
Oreilly
Or for dummies ones
>>58710710
head first java
This is a piece of trash.
>Doesn't work with modern games (black screen or static image)
>crashes
>buggy as fuck
it seems the only option is the shadowplay botnet
>buying nvidia
You asked for it.
works fine on my machine anon, maybe u should get a new computer llol
I tried it with BF1 and it worked fine
ShadowPlay is still best in terms of performance though, you can use the older GFE 2.1 version to avoid online botnet, just be sure to block updates.
why's it bad?
price
prebuilt
glued in components. with real glue.
>>58710686
>real glue
WOAH REALLY WHATS FAKE GLUE?
What's your excuse?
Lazy
Just like everyone ever
QWERTY isn't the best but it helps the lazy for sure so it reigned supreme
>>58710600
But I am using it. Have been for like a year. It's good, arms no longer hurt when typing for a long time.
>>58710821
im interested in your console background
What kind of mind does /g/ have?
>>58710565
What the hell
>tfw slow mind
>>58710565
The mind that lets me dream in code
Hey anon. You like technology, are studying IT or CS but work in retail. Why?
I have no direction in life
>>58710556
Kek. I'm a highly paid software engineer. Your turn.
>>58710556
Actually I have a $20/hr CS internship
Hey /g/ I was wondering where to buy 2013 mac pro for under a $1000?
>inb4 this is not bait
>>58710531
fuck apple
Why would you do this ?
>>58710808
As a long-time Mac user, I second this. You probably shouldn't be after this abomination. If you need this kind of power, get a cheese grater Mac Pro (which you can find on Craigslist all the time for sub-$1000 prices) or do a Hackintosh from scratch.
SpaceX is finally having their Hyperloop prototype competition - running 27 teams' vehicles through an evacuated 1km tube. Livestream starting imminently:
http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop
>>58710494
Nice
it's insane that they're actually doing a vacuum tube - does anyone have any details on how they're doing it? most of the criticism of the hyperloop I saw came down to "how are you going to evacuate miles of tube", but I'd always assumed they would only evacuate the portion just ahead of the vehicle as it moves along...
I'm tuned in, how many of y'all's watching?
there's some kind of Hyperloop competition going on this weekend at SpaceX and they have a livestream that just started
http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop
no idea what to expect
what do you think
lots of prerecorded stuff
3 launches to go with 35 minute pauses each, because they need to pump out the air..
one girl has a pod with a compressor on the front..
how the fuck it's useful in near vacuum?
How much faster would FireFox be if they replaced SpiderMonkey with Chakra?
Not at all because it still has Gecko
>>58710655
Then replace Gecko with Blink?
>>58710813
Blink is not open source.
When will linux finally fix this?
>>58710362
What does the kernel have to do with gtk file picker?
>>58710362
>>58710856
firefox doesn't support it
Where will you go once Firefox 57 hits? Palememe? Waterfox? Any other fork? Or just embrace the cuck and use Fireshit with Webextensions only?
Why would I stop using Firefox once it reaches version 57?
>>58710280
Your old and trusty addons like Tree style tabs, tabgroups etc will all stop working then
>>58710293
Got any source to back up your claim?
What is the best way for me to build a gaming laptop? Everything is so expensive and I really need a better alternative than coughing up thousands for stock shit.
Does it have to be a laptop?
>>58710572
External GPU
Enjoy.
>>58710583
replying to me instead of OP
first kill yourself
second, learn how to use the internet you fucking moron.
>>58710162
No it didn't, it's just an ugly Apple computer
>>58710162
Nah, but it still beats the shit out of them though.
I love the fuck out of my Lombard, even more than my 600E.
>>58710162
But thinkpads were released a few years before that thing. Are you an idiot?