Think Again#
Feelings and Thoughts#
My blog has two tags: "Feelings" and "Thoughts". One day, I saw them myself and was puzzled. What's the difference between these two? It seems quite similar.
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There is still a difference. "Feelings" refer to the initial reaction of the mind and body when seeing or perceiving something for the first time, while "Thoughts" may occur after a period of time when thinking about the same thing.
This explanation is just my own speculation and may not be accurate, but it is useful because it turned what I thought was a bug in the blog tags into a feature.
Chinese-made Products in Disguise#
One day, I came across a post where a programmer was complaining about having learned MySQL, Tomcat, and other knowledge, but the client required the use of Chinese-made tools, which the programmer felt were just foreign tools with a Chinese label and charged a considerable fee for them.
My initial feeling was that it was shameful, and it immediately reminded me of a certain text editor.
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From a legal perspective, depending on the license used for open-source tools, this kind of disguised behavior may be legal or illegal. But if they dare to charge for it, I believe they must have studied the relevant laws and regulations. This is not my area of expertise, so I don't know much about it.
From the perspective of the buyer and seller: The client has a demand for Chinese-made tools for various reasons, and the supplier is adapting to this demand. There's not much more to say about it.
From a value perspective, if the disguised product is accompanied by a certain period of after-sales service, it can be understood as selling a service, which is reasonable.
From the perspective of the open-source community, I have always been just a user and have not contributed much code or deeply participated. I can't say much about things I don't understand.
But for me, I still find it shameful. Because when I use someone else's code, I will delete unnecessary parts in the final product, but I will declare that my project has referenced and used someone else's code. I think this is a basic form of respect.
Intelligent Sensing Payments#
One day, I saw a video of someone holding a barcode scanner against a certain phone, and the smart sensing payment advertised by this phone actually worked. There were concerns about privacy in the comments, saying that having the front camera always on is terrifying.
My initial feeling was that it seemed to be true.
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The claim that the phone's camera is always on doesn't seem to hold up. I guess: First, this should consume a considerable amount of battery power, which users should be able to notice. Second, there are better ways to implement it, such as adding a distance sensor, so that it only detects when there is a certain distance.
But then again, regardless of the implementation, it will definitely increase the usage of the front camera to some extent. As for privacy concerns, I think as an optional feature, if users choose to enable it, it means they accept the corresponding risks and are willing to sacrifice certain things for relative convenience.
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If possible, would I use this feature? I think I probably wouldn't, at least not in the short term. My current thinking is that payments should not be too convenient, as excessive convenience can make me unknowingly spend more money. Some inconvenience allows me more time to dispel unnecessary consumption thoughts.
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Speaking of the convenience of payments, I think scan code payments are a tradeoff for popularity, and places where scan code machines can be used, I think using NFC, which allows payment with just a touch, is good enough.
Heart Rate Measurement with Fitness Bands#
One day, I saw a video where someone took different brands of fitness bands and tied them to sausages or water bottles to measure heart rate, comparing the performance of different brands.
At first glance, I thought it was silly. The best way to compare superiority and inferiority should be to compare accuracy, battery life, and other parameters in actual use, rather than doing something like this to cater to the masses.
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I still don't like this approach, but I think this video still has its significance if we don't compare superiority and inferiority based on it.
- For example, developers who see it may think that they need to add a detection function to ensure that it only detects when worn on the wrist.
- As an ordinary consumer, I might think: Hey, this shows that these fitness bands use different detection mechanisms. The same function can be implemented in different ways, which is quite interesting.
Pre-made Meals#
There was a lot of discussion about pre-made meals for a period of time, and at first, I was quite repulsed by the term pre-made meals, thinking that it represented something unhealthy, unhygienic, and not tasty.
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Are they really unhealthy? Maybe. After a dish is processed, packaged, and needs to be stored for a certain period of time, some kind of preservation technique is likely needed. I'm just an ordinary consumer, and based on my own life experience, I have some concerns about this. And these concerns may be reasonable or unreasonable.
Are they really not tasty? I'm not sure. I haven't conducted a double-blind experiment comparing pre-made meals and non-pre-made meals, and my taste buds are not very sensitive.
Are they really unhygienic? It depends. I can't even guarantee the hygiene of cooking at home, and I think it's even more difficult to guarantee in those fly-infested restaurants and small takeaway shops. If pre-made meals are produced by large-scale manufacturers in accordance with relevant standards, I think the hygiene aspect should be trustworthy.
So my opinion is not to demonize pre-made meals excessively. It can be a choice.