History · by Budi Santoso · 2026-09-05
This overview of Ada Lovelace answered three questions for me that actually stuck
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This is probly obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. archives got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.
This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. ancient got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam
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Benjamín Rojas · 6 likes
Wonderful detail. It makes the whole thing feel real. I noticed the same thing in São Paulo. This makes me want to look at a map for an hour
Haruto Sato · 4 likes
That sounds great until you add children/pets/deadlines
Ananya Rao · 4 likes
I had the same reaction to thing
Tola Ibrahim · 1 likes
Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot
Valentina Ruiz · 6 likes
I am cheering for this update. This would have saved me alot of trial and error
Léa Bernard · 2 likes
amazing how much difference one small change can make. I noticed the same thing in Melbourne
Laura Gómez · 0 likes
@curious_lea51 I needed the reminder to start smaller
Jonas Schneider · 1 likes
Anecdotally, this tracks with what I have seen. The Lisbon example makes it feel concrete
Arif Hasan · 3 likes
yep, the boring details matter
João Pereira · 1 likes
That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it
Aarav Sharma · 1 likes
I was going to disagree, but your second sentence got me
Aarav Sharma · 1 likes
I am saving this for the next time I overthink questions. I learned that one the expensive way
Curious River · 1 likes
I wanted to like this, but the questions argument is weak. My only addition is to make the first step visible