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Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on January 31, 2022, 9:23 pmHopefully more real-life catch-ups will follow.
If you come back to Rome, I’m in! It would be a pleasure to meet you!
Quote from Bel on January 31, 2022, 11:43 pmIf you come back to Rome, I’m in! It would be a pleasure to meet you!
Nice, it's only a matter of time then, I always land in Rome when flying back to Italy.
Little productivity hack for reviewing audiobooks: voice to text workaround
It's often been the case that I write reviews from audiobooks.
When I wanted to quote some part of the book I was forced to type it.
If it was a long quote, that required me to rewind to listen to it again and then resume typing.
Sometimes I would be able to find a quote on Google but not always and it also was a waste of time
It's a relatively laborious work to do.
Today I'm trying voice to text.
As a matter of fact I am typing this post now while talking in front of my laptop.
And then I thought, maybe I can switch the voice to text app on and then simply play the audiobook to have my quote readily done for me on the fly without typing anything.
I just tried it and it works.
It's not perfect sometimes it makes some mistakes but then you can correct only the mistakes rather than typing everything.
Overall it's still much quicker.
So sharing this little thing with you.
Hello Lucio,
I'm quite interested! What is the app are you using please?
Thank you!
Hey John,
I'm using chrome extensions.
Something similar is most likely also available for Firefox and for Edge browsers (Edge is good BTW, really a major step forward to Internet Explorer).
Lipsurf: potentially awesome but paid (anyone who tests it, let us know)
I first downloaded "lipsurf" which seemed awesome because you can give vocal commands:
That would have been super useful for example when watching videos and switching between videos and reading while eating -no taking my hands off, no staining the laptop, generally being more time-efficient and even enjoying the whole thing more-.
However you then have to get the pro version for the more basic voice to text -bad marketing in my opinion, if they had a great product they should allow people to try it out first-.
So for now I skipped it in favor of:
Voice in voice typing: for "basic" voice to text
The one I'm using now for the simple reason that it's the:
- Most popular
- With the most reviews
- With the highest reviews score
It is still there is fresh for me so I don't know how of a game-changer it can be.
Somehow I doubt it can fully replace typing at the current level of technology.
But even if I only end up using it in certain specific situations it is still a super useful tool.
Experiences and tips welcome
Also very curious to hear the experience of those we've been using or experimenting with voice to text
For us folks who are still with the evil empire aka MS office. MS have a free one you can download. Microsoft dictate. It's from MS garage.
Aiie ignore me I m out of date. It's been merged into office 365 now.
The "from friends to sexual bait and switch": experiencing it on the receiving end
I met a guy for dinner yesterday evening.
He was gay during the '80's and, afraid of being fired for simply being gay, he decided "done with the fear" and ventured on his own.
He developed and sold two businesses, and he's obviously well-off now.
He's living the easy life, helping NGOs and social businesses raise money pro-bono.
All good until here.
Until he eventually says "I actually proposed dinner in case you were also dating guys".
We met twice in social settings and he could have easily asked then -either directly, or indirectly-.
No big whoop, but the "went the friend route but was angling for more" does leave a soso taste in your mouth.
Which is why, generally speaking, it's a good idea for guys to avoid that approach (albeit, again, on TPM we say that's more of an issue for beginners and not an issue for cool guys or guys who date well because, usually women want them, and the "friend problem" never arises, not even when you actually want to be friends).
I told him that if he's looking for someone, he should approach it more methodically.
He said that "he's putting himself out there a lot", like bi-weekly gay meetups, downloaded 2 apps (not optimizing them, and both of those apps are for straight people), and even said that meeting me was part of "putting himself out there".
Meeting a straight guy "hoping he'd be dating guys", with zero signs of interest, is not putting yourself out there.
It's weak dating and time wasting -and badly burning bridges with more conservative men who'd get angry at that stuff-.
Anyway, I suppose that, too, is a learning opportunity.
Thanks for sharing, Lucio.
It’s always enlightening to be on the “other side”. It helps us to have a deeper understanding of the other’s psychology and to develop better empathy.
I had a similar experience when I used the frame-stealing technique from PUAs to steal the “I’m the prize” frame from women. I mean the one where you frame yourself as her wanting you instead of the opposite. And by saying out loud, something along the lines of “I know you want me but slow down we just got to get to know one another”.
Not only did I find it was very effective, I also learned how it feels to know that you are being desired. It’s very empowering and it helped me to understand what dating looks like from a position of power.
Thank you Kevin!
Little hack for videos at home: Irium app to mirror phone screen on PC
Going to shoot a new video for YB soon.
And one of the biggest issues and annoyances I always faced was this:
Setting up the camera towards, without being able to see it, and then try to remain centered and hope that you didn't move too much during the recording and/or that the auto-focus didn't blur you while talking.
If you moved, either keep the bad footage, or start again from scratch.
Well, turns out, I just found out there are apps that allow you to mirror your phone camera's recording, on your PC.
That means that as long as I keep the laptop in front of me, I can now sit (or stand :) ) and double-check in real-time that the video is recording properly.
A little game changer :)
Quote from John Freeman on February 10, 2022, 8:23 amI had a similar experience when I used the frame-stealing technique from PUAs to steal the “I’m the prize” frame from women. I mean the one where you frame yourself as her wanting you instead of the opposite. And by saying out loud, something along the lines of “I know you want me but slow down we just got to get to know one another”.
Not only did I find it was very effective, I also learned how it feels to know that you are being desired. It’s very empowering and it helped me to understand what dating looks like from a position of power.
Absolutely, super powerful.
Besides the frame, it's also the mindset that is powerful -maybe even more powerful than the frame, which can come across as "tacky / gamey" unless properly timed-.
Talking about timing, the verbalizing of that frame can be a tricky point, because if she denies or pushes back, you lose a lot since the dynamic becomes "you trying to frame it as her into you, and she denying", which is bad both from a power perspective, and from a warmth perspective since it pitches you two one against another.
I personally only use it occasionally because of the above reasons and because there are equally effective and non-verbalized versions to achieve the same, but if timed well, even the direct verbalization is powerful.
