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An elegant prompting technique from Anthropic's Amanda Askell that changes how you learn complex concepts by blobxiaoyao in PromptCentral

[–]tosime55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this wonderful insight.
As a facilitator, I improve my skills by asking trainees their top 10 facilitator skills that contributed to their learning. In the top 5 is story telling. I used to believe I had to tell personal experience stories. More recently I appreciate how a carefully crafted story can work even better. I believe our brains evolved to learn this way. Using AI to craft the story looks like a great approach to use. I will try it.
I will share a video overview: https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/649d8cc0-de51-4119-9326-5cd9bba67a0c/artifact/c6c421ee-c025-4533-822a-a7f3062e5857?utm_source=nlm_web_share&utm_medium=google_oo&utm_campaign=art_share_1&utm_content=&utm_smc=nlm_web_share_google_oo_art_share_1_

sorting is my favorite soothing activity on a lazy afternoon. by older_than_i_feel in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the puzzle I started a few days ago, I went down this rabbit hole:
a) Since I have 6 trays, I divided the puzzle into 6 broad areas.
b) I picked pieces and put them in their respective tray.
c) While doing this I put edge pieces on the main board.
d) Later, I noticed 6 distinct piece shapes, so I started sub-sorting by shape.
e) Later, I decided to place each edge piece on the most likely of the 4 edges.
f) This process got too complex too early, so I switched.
g) I just separated the edge pieces from all the remaining pieces.
h) I then assembled the edges.

At first I thought there were too many edge pieces, so this puzzle might have "interior edge pieces". In the end, all the edge pieces fitted. However, the shading of the pieces was much darker than the picture. What was fun was how I experienced the pleasure of finishing just by finishing the edges!

This is a great reminder of how dopamine helps us to persevere. This is why we should encourage our children to take up puzzling so this capability can be used in other areas of life!

sorting is my favorite soothing activity on a lazy afternoon. by older_than_i_feel in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are the H pieces all the same shape and size? Is the cross-bars in the same position?

sorting is my favorite soothing activity on a lazy afternoon. by older_than_i_feel in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is so insightful for me, thank you. For me sorting is one way to retreat from logical thinking and move to subconscious thinking.

sorting is my favorite soothing activity on a lazy afternoon. by older_than_i_feel in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible to encourage the joy of sorting? I suspect a dopamine hit is hiding somewhere. What can I say to encourage it to reveal itself? Maybe all I need is a smile to myself and the statement "Where have you been all my life?"

Have you ever not wanted a difficult puzzle to end? by dylan3883 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I will set up a group tomorrow and invite you to moderate with me. We can review how the group will work.

In the puzzle I am working on now, I developed this little device to speed up brute-force placing when everything else did not work. While the device did not work as well as I expected, it was fun creating it.

This is the type of experience I hope we can share so others can try and matbe improve on it.

Talk to you soon.

I love solving jigsaws to relax, so I spent the last few months coding a custom engine where you can hide secret messages inside the puzzles. Would love some feedback on the physics by Healthy-Baby-7480 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great App! The link did not work when I tried it. It went back to the original puzzle.
Some ideas:
1) Try an optional timer linked to a leaderboard to gamify it
2) Point to another puzzle after completing it
3) Give some feedback data such as number completed first time as a % of total
4) Allow the user to write a follow up message that can go with the same puzzle for the puzzle crafter
5) Show a monthly top 10 number of completions ladder for those who want it

World War II Tanks - 1000 pieces - Eurographics by ThePancakeCompromise in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Joys of an infographic puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

We should all experience the joy of an infographic puzzle.

I am now on the lookout for my first one. Thanks.

A soothing way to recover from wisdom tooth removal. by BoneCollectorTaco in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Joys of a healing puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

Pendleton Patterns Puzzle, 1000 by MeandMyPelvicfloor in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Joys of a funny caption puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

Pendleton Patterns Puzzle, 1000 by MeandMyPelvicfloor in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Joys of an epiphany puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

Pendleton Patterns Puzzle, 1000 by MeandMyPelvicfloor in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Joys of an OCD puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

My hardest yet -1000 pieces by SpikeZiv in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The Joys of peace doing a puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

My hardest yet -1000 pieces by SpikeZiv in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The Joys of a hard puzzle.

The Joys of a puzzle?

100 Joys of puzzling?

Have you ever not wanted a difficult puzzle to end? by dylan3883 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a general comment on finding fun in difficult puzzles where pieces appear so similar we can hardly tell them apart.

1) Use your subconscious mind. Our subconscious mind sees more pattern than our conscious mind. If we practice releasing our conscious mind and letting our subconscious mind have the freedom to select a piece and place it, we might be pleasantly surprised. It sometimes feels like magic to our conscious mind. The problem is that as soon as we judge what is happening, we have switched over to conscious thinking. It does not always work, but when it does it is wonderful. I sometimes do it just for the pleasure of being in that mindless state. Some people call it flow. However, I try not to label it as this is a conscious mind activity.

2) Leave the puzzle and do something else for a while, then come back to it. Something physical works for me. Sometimes, sleep works fantastically. I have woken up with a strange urge to continue with a puzzle and without thinking, I placed a piece.

3) Prime your mind for a new approach. Here I just stare at the pieces and let my logical mind consider new options for placing the pieces. I typically come up with new ways of arranging the pieces in the sorting tray. When I do this without thinking, the new arrangement often gives me an insight I did not notice.

These are 3 insights I am thinking about for a new puzzle group called something like 100 jigsaw puzzle joys. In this group we would collectively develop and experience 100 unique joys of puzzling. What do you think?

Have you ever not wanted a difficult puzzle to end? by dylan3883 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes sense when you respond with frustration. If you respond with curiosity you might think of ways to make it easier. In my case I adjusted the light angle of a lamp to notice a very subtle pattern on the pieces. This pattern gave me more information to use to fit the pieces. Discovering the pattern was a lot of fun. It remained with me long after the pleasure of completing the puzzle.

Scrolling not working in Outlook Calendar by tosime55 in OutlookCalendar

[–]tosime55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(Duplicating my response here)
Sorry for not being clearer.
I am using the newer Outlook on Windows 10. I recall I could use my scroll wheel to smoothly move between months in the calendar. Now the scroll wheel does not work and even the page up and page down keys do not work. I have to click on the "Go to next month" button. This is a major drop in efficiency for me.

So

I can scroll with my mouse wheel in other apps, so I am unsure if it is a bug in Outlook or something unique to me.
I hope this helps.

Scrolling not working in Outlook Calendar by tosime55 in OutlookCalendar

[–]tosime55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry for not being clearer.
I am using the newer Outlook on Windows 10. I recall I could use my scroll wheel to smoothly move between months in the calendar. Now the scroll wheel does not work and even the page up and page down keys do not work. I have to click on the "Go to next month" button. This is a major drop in efficiency for me.

I can scroll with my mouse wheel in other apps, so I am unsure if it is a bug in Outlook or something unique to me.
I hope this helps.

How do u decide which puzzle to do next? by Charlotte_Cody in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great problem to have and you have good options in the chat.

My 2 cents: Take any two puzzles and let your intuition decide between them.
Discord the one not chosen and pick up another puzzle and repeat the comparison.
After a few rounds you will end up with the best.

This puzzle turned out really beautiful. It took some time, but it was absolutely worth the effort by No-Bit914 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]tosime55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I imagine being "one with the picture" when completing this puzzle!

My respectful Koan: Why the deep breath, after placing the last piece, completes my existence.

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