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You have a great blog channel. Appreciated the apps


Just downloaded Itsycal. Thanks for this gem. We need finicky automation in mobile OS. it is brilliant to automate which URL to open which app/browser. Thanks for this suggestion. I use magnet instead of rectangle. you might give it a try


just downloaded. this is simple but perfect.


Interesting. FYI, Wechat has inbuilt feature that transcribes voice messages but only in Chinese. I was expecting it to come to Whatsapp, but seems they are slow on this. Thanks for this suggestion.


> Y Combinator is a company that helps people with new ideas start their own businesses. They do this by giving people money to pay for supplies and start their business. They also provide advice and guidance on how to be successful in the business world. Y Combinator helps businesses by providing support and advice to help them become successful. They help businesses with getting customers, finding partners, and creating a successful business plan.

Well, simple and clean. very well done.


So by this logic, the less money available the more time you're probably willing (or need) to spend solving problems ?


That's how it tends to work, doesn't it? People DIY to save money for instance, it can be a choice but if you're skint then it is a necessity. Or, you're bootstrapping your business and you do about everything yourself because you have no money to hire.

And if there is no money and time required is prohibitive then it does not get solved at all.


Germicidal irradiation via UV light on HVAC is just not possible. Due to the amount of energy it requires to be effective is ridiculously high.

https://www.climask.com.tr is interesting. Like a face mask on AC unit. Nano-silver is effective against bacterias and viruses. And having a filter with nano-silver coated surface is just a simple yet an effective approach. Cost-wise changing a good quality air filter every 2-3 months is much cheaper than having a UVGI installed and paying higher electricity bill every month.


Gonna try it, and update the outcome


As I stated in the other comment,

Why ? Because it is simple and time consuming. How do I make it attractive ? Only if I can finish them without consuming time. How do I save time ? Automating, orienting to the result, batch manage them to feel like a challenge. What is the problem then ? When automating doesn’t work, when results don’t appear, when managing bulk tasks(multitasking) ends up being mentally tiresome instead of challenging, I get frustrated because they are way too simple tasks and I can’t deliver. To simplify it; Imagine when you can’t remember the name of a person but remember every other details of his characteristics, it gets only more frustrating


I'm not a therapist. So I recommend finding one and discussing the issue with them instead. My original recommendation works for me but obviously it's not gonna work for everyone.


Thanks for your answer, and sorry if I sounded like a psycho lol


You didn't sound like a psycho.


Perfectly written. Thanks.

To give a little insight of what is demotivating me, it is not the tasks that are big, instead it is the tasks that are just small and not mentally challenging. Simple but frequent and time consuming. It bothers me in a sense that whenever I work on these I just feel like a car where the gearbox is on a Neutral Mode. Not going further even though the engine is running.


Automate them?

Give yourself a reward for doing them?

Gamify them? (Compete with yourself for how quickly you can complete them, for instance.)


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