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Everything filed under Microsoft Microsoft Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under Apple Apple Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: There is no such thing as photographic memory: people with exceptional visual memory still make ordinary memory errors. There is no such thing as photographicmemory: people with exceptional visualmemory still make ordinary memory errors. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The problem is not remembering through photographs but remembering only the photographs, which eclipses other understanding — tap to centre the map on it The problem is not rememberingthrough photographs but rememberingonly the photographs, which eclipsesother understanding Last stated 24 years ago 2 Dec 2002 SS Susan Sontag — holds since 2002-12-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Confidence in a memory is not evidence of its accuracy, and our sense of how our own memory works is systematically wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Confidence in a memory is notevidence of its accuracy, and oursense of how our own memory works issystematically wrong. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Photographing a moment can weaken your memory of it, because the reason you took the picture was not to have to remember. — tap to centre the map on it Photographing a moment can weakenyour memory of it, because thereason you took the picture was notto have to remember. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeing something many times does not put it into memory: familiarity with a thing and knowledge of it are different, and people confuse the two constantly. — tap to centre the map on it Seeing something many times does notput it into memory: familiarity witha thing and knowledge of it aredifferent, and people confuse thetwo constantly. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Memory athletes were not born with extraordinary memories; they practise a handful of strategies until deploying one is automatic. — tap to centre the map on it Memory athletes were not born withextraordinary memories; theypractise a handful of strategiesuntil deploying one is automatic. Last stated 2 years ago 25 May 2024 CR Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no such thing as a true or a false memory: every memory is a mix of fragments of what happened with the theories and inferences we used to fill the gaps. — tap to centre the map on it There is no such thing as a true ora false memory: every memory is amix of fragments of what happenedwith the theories and inferences weused to fill the gaps. Last stated 2 years ago 25 May 2024 CR Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. — tap to centre the map on it A big switch to desktop Linux iscoming, at least among developers,because there is enoughdissatisfaction with both Apple andMicrosoft. Last stated a year ago 26 Jun 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can change fundamentally with new leadership — tap to centre the map on it A company can change fundamentallywith new leadership Last stated 3 years ago 5 Mar 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them — tap to centre the map on it A company can lead its industry onvalues like privacy and user respectwithout actually excelling at them Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 MA Marco Arment — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it A company that deviates from openstandards in its data exportswithout documenting the deviationcreates an artificial vendorlock-in. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Mar 2025 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation. — tap to centre the map on it A design proposal should describethe feature as though it alreadyexisted — once as a tutorial andonce as reference documentation. Last stated 5 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A performance test without an explanation of its limiting factor should be treated as unanalyzed and possibly bogus. — tap to centre the map on it A performance test without anexplanation of its limiting factorshould be treated as unanalyzed andpossibly bogus. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 BG Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models. — tap to centre the map on it A company that handed its engineersCopilot and thinks it is now movingfaster will be destroyed by thepeople using frontier models. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action. — tap to centre the map on it A company that is a genuine climatechampion should not need to beforced into climate action. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did. — tap to centre the map on it A hired chief executive can becomethe author of a company's culture bygiving it a re-founding event, asSatya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre There is no such thing as photographic memory: people with exceptional visual memory still make ordinary memory errors. Last stated 13 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Alan Castel Read this korrent →