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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 12/09/2026

This is really cool! I like the perspective of looking at survival chance (instead of just saying if you can withdraw less than 4% you are fine). Now I know the real risk in case I’m fired.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 12/09/2026

I read your posts in an rss app so I see text only and thought that you built a game simulating fire fighters fighting fires 😅

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 26/07/2026

Nice game! How is it related to the 山手線？

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 29/04/2026

And hope ceos never find the Chinese models

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 27/04/2026

Good point, yes the init is still being called for all. So this advice is still valid. If you remove the `if` and `AnyView`, then init only gets called for the visible items. I remember in the iOS 17 SDK days, even body evaluation is called for all rows with `if` (but I don't have a repro now)

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 27/04/2026

This used to be the case and I remember a wwdc video on this topic, but it might have changed in newer iOS SDK. I remember that using `if` on the top level within ForEach used to cause all rows to get rendered at once, but in this experiment it no longer does this.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 03/11/2025

I signed up with your code. Do you also use Notion mail’s AI labelers? I’m curious how things will work out when two AIs were independently trying to triage emails.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 06/05/2025

I’m on a 121 day streak right now and just learned すみません recently, should I uninstall the app now? I’m more attached to the characters in the world of Duo than the learning 😂

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 30/04/2025

Beyond inspecting network traffic, this tool also saved us from this issue: developer.apple.com/forums/threa...

developer.apple.com

Network Connection Issue on Xcode … | Apple Developer Forums

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 20/04/2025

A bumble bee searches for some nectar from Pride of Madeira #wildlifephotography

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 13/04/2025

Virginia opossum hiding behind the branches #mammals #wildlifephotography #opossum

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 30/03/2025

A duck spreading its wings. 🪽 🪶 #wildlifephotography

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 30/03/2025

Swimming turtle saying hello 🐢 #wildlife #animal #reptile #addHerper Also I started making a bluesky based app related to animals. It’s fun but not sure if i can find enough time to get it to a state that’s worth publishing. The turtle kinda resembles the slow progress made there.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 24/02/2025

clearest flying hummingbird picture I’ve taken so far 🪶 #鸟

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 16/02/2025

Wild turkeys and more photos at www.baolei.org/2025-02-15-S... 鳥 🪶

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 08/02/2025

Sorry if I missed it, what is the time zone for the listed time: 9am 2/14?

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 06/01/2025

The rarest bird I’ve found so far: a purple gallinule in New Orleans, LA #birds #鳥

A purple gallinule standing on a long in the middle of a lake, next to a turtle

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 03/01/2025

Yes you can add a page to a database with a title and body (plain text). Currently Notion shortcut doesn’t support setting properties yet, but you can use Notion API in Shortcuts to do so.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 03/01/2025

Though I probably don’t qualify as fluent, articulate language user. Just trying to sell iOS shortcuts as a solution for the data entry side of the problem, they’re so integrated that you can trigger them from Siri, control center, action button, share sheet, etc.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 03/01/2025

I just made an iOS shortcut recently which takes a word, lets ChatGPT generates its meaning, pronunciation, etc and saves to Notion. Then I just look at that page from time to time and remove words I memorized. It’s new and idk how effective it is yet. iOS shortcuts are very versatile/easy to access

A screenshot of iOS shortcut for word learning which has 4 steps: (1) get text from share sheet input, if no input then ask for text, (2) ask ChatGPT to provide the words meaning, pronunciation, example sentence in one line, (3) append the result in a page in Notion, (4) open the Notion page

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 02/01/2025

Thanks to @val.town so this type of small projects can be built very quickly. It’s a quick hack so probably not super robust yet 😅

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 02/01/2025

Built a cipher game bao-cipher.web.val.run Just try to decode a letter substitution cipher as quick as you can. You can share the game link and compete against a friend. Initially it’s for my kid to practice in a competition, but it’s kinda fun and now I just keep playing it.

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 05/12/2024

Got the opportunity to talk w Notion's founding mobile engineering team about the nitty-gritty details on how they do mobile development. Learned so many interesting things. Happened to record it, and so it's coming to the podcast as well for everyone else interested as well!

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 02/12/2024

Ravens in San Francisco #birds #鳥#birding

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 02/12/2024

Egret and geese relaxing on the reflections of fall colors. More photos from this afternoon: www.baolei.org/225-12-01-Va... #birds

A great egret and a group of Canada geese

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 02/12/2024

Now there is a way to publish a @notion.com database to a calendar feed: just fork www.val.town/v/bao/notion... on @val.town and configure the token/database id. I use #notion to run a community website which has an event calendar, and allowing people to subscribe the calendar feed is super nice

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@bao/notionDbCalendarFeed

Publishes a Notion database with a date property to a calendar feed. Create a Notion integration in http://notion.so/profile/integrations Go to the Notion database -> click ••• from top right -> Conne...

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 01/12/2024

I use it to learn new topics and create notes. You can type a question, then ai button -> continue to write. Similar to asking ChatGPT but better organized than chat threads, e.g. you can edit and format the answers, the pages can be organized in a database with tags & link to other pages etc

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 01/12/2024

thanks @jdan.me for inspirations

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 01/12/2024

Created my first val.town project which creates a RSS feed based on a public Notion database. If you use Notion to host your blog this might be useful. #notion #valtown #notionsite www.val.town/v/bao/notion...

Screenshot of an RSS feed based on a Notion website generated using the val.town val mentioned in this post.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 30/11/2024

Bisons in San Francisco #mammals

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 28/11/2024

Razor surgeon fish in Baja California Sur, Mexico, photo from 6 years ago. #addOcean 🦑

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 25/11/2024

converting some code to strict concurrency

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 25/11/2024

Northern mockingbird in the video game vs IRL. how many bird watchers/photographers also play the game Wingspan? #birds 🪶

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 24/11/2024

theiosapp.com and lei.fyi

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 24/11/2024

Tibetan macaque from China (Emei mountain in Sichuan) #addMam 🐵

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 24/11/2024

good thing about domains is that they are quite low cost compared to pretty much any other online subscriptions. bad thing (for me at least) is that I just can’t make up my mind so I just keep buying new domains

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 23/11/2024

I created this iOS shortcut to scan documents, convert them to text, and save into Notion. Also using this to scan the interpretive panels in parks, interesting labels on food packaging, etc.

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 23/11/2024

Wow this is super cool!

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bao 🪼 @lei.fyi · 19/11/2024

This is from my go to heron place

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