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Best used book finder
The best online source for used books is BookFinder. Its bare bones design is unchanged from 1997 and feels like a Craigslist for books. It’s an aggregated meta-search engine that simultaneously looks for a book on Amazon, Ebay, Abe, Alibris, Bibio, and 100,000 indie booksellers. It will find all copies available and arrange them by price, and supply the link for purchase from the source. (In other countries and languages it is known as JustBooks.) It reliably yields the least expensive option for a used book. — KK
How to trick your inner procrastinator
The Right Now List is a ridiculously simple approach to tricking your inner procrastinator. David Cain recommends grabbing a sticky note and writing down 2-3 things that you need to do right now to get started on your project. These tasks need to be absurdly easy for this to work. For example: 1) Open Microsoft Word 2) Find the document I was working on yesterday 3) Scroll down to where I left off. The trivialness of these tiny tasks is what prevents your inner procrastinator from objecting. It gets your foot in the door and before you know it, you’re making headway. — CD
Watch AI debate itself
By using Opinionate.io, you can pose questions such as, "Do we truly possess control over our choices or is free will simply an illusion?", "Is monogamy a product of nature or society?", and "Is society better off with decriminalizing drugs than enforcing prohibition?" This tool will simulate a debate between two debaters and a moderator, providing an informative and engaging introduction to important discussions on any controversial topic you ask it. — MF
Weekly roundup of interesting links
Web Curios is a roundup of the most “interesting” links curated by Matt Muir —who covers everything from technology, culture and economics to sex, art and death. He’s been doing this for 10+ years and describes it as an absolute smorgasbord of links and words and ephemeral miscellanea. I always find something cool and fascinating (or sometimes terrifying) when I read it. — CD
Public domain art
Artvee is where you can browse and download high resolution copies of classical and modern art that is in the public domain. It’s free and you can do whatever you want with it. Some of my favorite stuff on Artvee is the art from illustrated books. — KK
Typing trainer
It’s taking me a long time to overcome decades of muscle memory associated with hunt-and-peck typing and become a touch typist. After trying out several online typing trainers, I've settled on Monkeytype. Its easy-to-use interface, helpful feedback, and diverse range of exercises have made it my go-to resource. By spending just five minutes a day on the site, I'm slowly but surely improving my typing skills. — MF
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Have found so many useful site from your newsletter. Thanks for sharing. Had not heard of Artvee before and your timing was perfect to help my daughter with a project!
Love the newsletter each Sunday morning. I find something useful or interesting in each one. In today's newsletter I am especially intrigued with the opinionate.io AI debater. I used it to debate the cholesterol good/bad argument. Thank you for continuing to deliver interesting information!