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Mindfulness
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

The Case for "Strategic Laziness"

Downtime is essential for both physical and mental progress, countering the societal obsession with constant achievement.
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Mindfulness
fromBig Think
2 weeks ago

The "rawdogging" trend: A new term for an ancient practice

Rawdogging refers to engaging in introspection without distractions, particularly during flights, highlighting our struggle with downtime.
Running
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Readers reply: American football takes for ever. In which other sports do you spend most of your time not playing the game?

Many sports involve significantly more downtime than actual gameplay, with activities like golf and sailing exemplifying this phenomenon.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Musk's social media platform suffers worldwide outage - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Elon Musk's social media platform experienced a global outage today, leaving millions of users unable to access the service for several hours. The disruption affected users across North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions, prompting widespread frustration and speculation about the cause. According to reports from users on other platforms, attempts to log in or refresh feeds resulted in error messages or blank screens.
Tech industry
Wellness
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

8 things highly successful people always do during their downtime, according to psychology - Silicon Canals

High achievers intentionally use downtime—disconnecting completely and pursuing restorative, creative activities—to boost creativity, reduce stress, and enhance long-term productivity.
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

How Kids Get Overscheduled and Overstimulated

Give children scheduled downtime, limit activities to one per season, hover less, and allow failures to build resilience and self-regulation.
fromArs Technica
5 months ago

Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike

About 20 percent of the web relies on Cloudflare to manage and protect traffic, a Cloudflare blog noted in July. Some intermediate fixes have been made, Cloudflare's status page said. But as of this writing, many sites remain down. According to DownDetector, Amazon, Spotify, Zoom, Uber, and Azure also experienced outages. "Given the importance of Cloudflare's services, any outage is unacceptable," Cloudflare's spokesperson said. "We apologize to our customers and the Internet in general for letting you down today. We will learn from today's incident and improve." Cloudflare will continue to update the status page as fixes come in, and a blog will be posted later today discussing the issue, the spokesperson told Ars.
Tech industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Experience: I am the world champion of doing nothing'

Practising mindfulness has significantly improved my emotional clarity and overall mental health, especially given the high-pressure environment of a competitive city like Hong Kong.
Mindfulness
Digital life
fromZDNET
10 months ago

Massive cloud outage knocks out internet services across the globe

Major cloud services like AWS, Google Cloud, and Cloudflare are experiencing simultaneous outages, impacting a large portion of internet activities.
frommindbodygreen
11 months ago

3 Neurologist-Approved Tips To Sharpen Your Mind During Downtime

One of my biggest tips is to know when to unplug. Sometimes we get so flooded with information that it can be extremely stressful.
Mental health
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
11 months ago

Datacentre outages decreasing in frequency, Uptime Institute Intelligence data shows | Computer Weekly

Power supply problems are the leading cause of impactful datacentre downtime, while ransomware causes major public outages.
Music production
fromZDNET
1 year ago

Spotify goes down: What we know, plus our favorite alternatives to try

Thousands of Spotify users globally are currently experiencing streaming issues, which the company is investigating.
fromMashable
1 year ago

4chan is down, reportedly hacked as of April 15

4chan is experiencing significant downtime, prompting speculation of a hack and highlighting the lack of tech upgrades since its sale in 2015.
Online Community Development
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