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- Personal life is a playground for solving optimization problems https://kelvinpaschal.com/blog/personal-life-is-a-playground-for-solving-optimization-problems/ 12 comments
- Optimizing the Particle Life: From 400 to 4M particles https://programmingattack.com/articles/optimizing-the-article-life-from-a-thousand-to-a-milion-particles 60 comments
- An extensive guide to optimizing a Linux laptop for battery life and performance https://medium.com/@amanusk/an-extensive-guide-to-optimizing-a-linux-laptop-for-battery-life-and-performance-27a7d853856c 4 comments
- US veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0313609+ 4 comments science
- "Cruel Optimism," Minimum Wage, and the Good Life https://www.prindlepost.org/2021/07/cruel-optimism-minimum-wage-and-the-good-life/ 8 comments philosophy
- Inside the life of a tech activist: abuse, gaslighting, but ultimately optimism https://www.fastcompany.com/90686948/inside-the-life-of-a-tech-activist-abuse-gaslighting-but-ultimately-optimism 9 comments technology
- Optimization Considerations (Life in the FastForth Lane) [1993] http://www.forth.org/fd/curley2.html 7 comments forth
- An extensive guide to optimizing a Linux laptop for battery life and performance https://medium.com/@amanusk/an-extensive-guide-to-optimizing-a-linux-laptop-for-battery-life-and-performance-27a7d853856c 5 comments linuxhardware
- I made optimized game of life in Rust + WASM https://deedone.github.io/posts/rust-wasm/ 6 comments rust
- [CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION CHECKLIST] Here's a checklist to make your dropshipping life easier https://www.reddit.com/r/dropship/comments/cux40b/conversion_optimization_checklist_heres_a/ 11 comments dropship
- Real-life AWS cost optimization strategy – Teads Engineering https://medium.com/teads-engineering/real-life-aws-cost-optimization-strategy-at-teads-135268b0860f 3 comments aws
- Life insurance policy that acts as investment vehicle with AXA Advisors. IncentiveLife Optimizer III https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/74oqp3/life_insurance_policy_that_acts_as_investment/ 11 comments personalfinance
- What are some strategies to optimize FI and other areas of life? https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/68mb69/what_are_some_strategies_to_optimize_fi_and_other/ 15 comments financialindependence
- Researchers at University College London have found that emotional stability, determination, control, optimism and conscientiousness are the foundation stones of building a positive life. http://www.refinery29.uk/2017/04/149419/life-skills-health-wealth-success-ucl-study 7 comments science
- Beyond Drake's Equation --"Life on Other Planets is More Optimism Than Science" http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2016/04/beyond-drakes-equation-life-on-other-planets-is-more-optimism-than-science-mondays-most-popular.html 74 comments space
- Redesign Your Day for an Optimal Work-Life Balance https://www.timecamp.com/blog/index.php/2016/04/redesign-day-optimal-work-life-balance/ 5 comments productivity
- Hubble successor will struggle to hunt alien life: Exoplanet researchers will vie with astrophysicists for access to James Webb Space Telescope, which is not optimized for studying Earth-like worlds http://www.nature.com/news/hubble-successor-will-struggle-to-hunt-alien-life-1.16886 3 comments space
- 7 Ways to Track and Optimize Your Life http://blog.todoist.com/2015/01/20/7-ways-track-optimize-life/ 8 comments productivity
- [python/pygame] Request for help optimizing Game of Life algorithm (x-post, learnprogramming) http://inventwithpython.com/ 5 comments gamedev
- [python/pygame] Request for help optimizing Game of Life algorithm http://inventwithpython.com/ 4 comments learnprogramming
- [MASM] Help with optimization of John Conway's Game of Life https://github.com/bengarrr/masm-musings/blob/master/GameOfLife.asm 3 comments learnprogramming
- Do Programmers Optimize... Life? http://www.cforcoding.com/2009/06/do-programmers-optimize-life.html 129 comments programming
- Optimism Grows in Iraq as Daily Life Improves http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,563471,00.html 3 comments worldnews
- "My whole life was trying to optimize things." Interview with Steve Wozniak. http://foundersatwork.com/stevewozniak.html 19 comments reddit.com
- Life Forms Tend to Maximize their Evolutionary Potential, with the Introduction of Reason the Optimization Procedure Shifts Towards the Maximization of Well-Being- An Inferential Hypothesis for Descriptive Utilitarianism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJCvi-50xg 81 comments philosophy
- The search for happiness could itself be the cause of unhappiness via at least 4 mechanisms: Dissatisfaction after failing to find happiness, overly optimizing life, self-blame for pitfalls or a bad mood, and comparing with others to compete in the wellness game. https://cognitiontoday.com/happiness-mistakes-negative-effects-toxic-positivity/ 29 comments philosophy
- "Philosophy can make your life better": clearing up some confusion surrounding optimism and pessimism, and making a suggestion about which attitude is better to adopt (PhilosophYe) http://www.philosophye.com/2017/08/knowing-difference-can-make-all.html 16 comments philosophy
- People who have upbeat outlooks on life have significantly better cardiovascular health, suggests a new study (MESA) that examined associations between optimism and heart health in more than 5,100 adults http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-01/uoia-oph010915.php 576 comments science
- The Cost of Living Life Optimally Monster [comic] http://abstrusegoose.com/566 15 comments financialindependence
- Humans would react positively to finding alien life. A new study analyzed the optimism of articles about potential discoveries of alien life, as well as data from over 1,000 survey participants. "Taken together, this suggests if we find out we're not alone, we'll take the news rather well." http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/02/a-new-study-shows-mankinds-reaction-to-alien-life-would-be-quite-positive 38 comments science
- High optimism linked with longer life and living past 90 in women across racial, ethnic groups https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/optimism-longevity-women/ 8 comments upliftingnews
- High optimism linked with longer life and living past 90 in women across racial, ethnic groups https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/optimism-longevity-women/ 2 comments science
- A Large Study shows that Music therapy can Improve the overall quality of life of patients with Cancer—improving anxiety, depression and pain—with an observed optimal intervention duration of 1-2 months. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32017183/ 4 comments science
- EU: Motion for a European Parliament resolution on European Optimism Day. Calls on the Commission to designate 27 May as ‘European Optimism Day’, the key goal of which would be to promote optimism as a means of creating a better social climate, a healthier way of life and overall prosperity... https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/b-9-2020-0127_en.html 6 comments worldnews
- Due to optimism bias, we are likely to adopt false beliefs and rely on unfounded predictions. However, such failings are instrumental to our living a good life | Lisa Bortolotti https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/optimism-and-the-good-life-auid-1135?access=all?utmsource=reddit 277 comments philosophy
- Research finds that a younger subjective age compared to actual age is associated with better mental/physical health, and is positively associated with measures of presence of meaning in life, successful aging, optimism, personal mastery, resilience, curiosity, hope, and social support. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395622003314 17 comments science
- A study of elderly Americans (n=71,173) shows that optimism is strongly associated with exceptional longevity, defined as living past 85. Researchers aren’t exactly sure how optimism leads to a longer life, but they suspect it could help with emotional regulation and resilience. https://www.inverse.com/article/58794-exceptional-longevity-optimistic-people-health 19 comments science
- Study shows humans are optimists for most of life. Scientists studied 75,000 American, German and Dutch people between the ages of 16 and 101 to measure optimism and their outlook about the future. Researchers looked at life events such as: marriage, divorce, a new job https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2020/study-shows-humans-are-optimists-for-most-of-life/ 10 comments science
- Feeling loved in everyday life linked with improved well-being, suggests a new study, which found that people who experienced higher “felt love” (brief experiences of love and connection in everyday life) had higher levels of psychological well-being, which includes feelings of purpose and optimism. https://news.psu.edu/story/599763/2019/11/25/research/all-feels-feeling-loved-everyday-life-linked-improved-well-being 2 comments science
- Answering The Ultimate Question: From Nihilism to Optimism – If life is suffering, and suffering is inevitable while also being meaningful and the driver of our desires, then it should be concluded that the meaning of life is the reflected meaning that one places on one's suffering and one's will. https://youtu.be/J8dUrIh_G-Q 310 comments philosophy