IMO, the hole metaphor is terrible. Mountain of trash feels more accurate. Problem is, after it's all cleaned up, there is no hole to fill. There's just nothing more to do, except whatever comes at you. That gets boring pretty quick in a relatively non-hostile environment. Playing Minecraft in peaceful mode never made me happy. Trying to figure out why that is is what I'm working on now. I think that's just creativity for it's own sake but, even though I find joy in other people's creativity, I find little point in doing it myself. Now that I'm typing this out, maybe something like "challenges" and "achievements" is what I should be "creating". Craft my own trash pile.
This seems like a weird comment. Many people use a mouse for long periods. I play competitively and at the end of the comp season each year I'll often play in full-bore try-hard mode for 14+ hours straight with no issues (I'm in my 40's). I think it's just different for different people.
Yesterday I noticed the "Upgrade", with a persistent (1) badge on it, in the bottom left corner of the web app, trying to get me to buy some plan with AI features, even after I looked at it. I installed Thunderbird immediately. Never touching Google UI ever again.
Thanks for the recommendation, I went ahead and installed Thunderbird too. Tired of this AI shit being shoved everywhere even if it's unwanted and unhelpful. Done using the Gmail app.
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