Ishika

@ishika

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Things I’ve noticed in Portugal: - The roads and city are super clean! I really barely saw any trash around especially in Algarve natural regions - Gas is super expensive, and people here drive like they are in GTA - Don’t think crypto was as widely adopted as I thought, asked multiple vendors and they all didn’t even know what crypto currency was. Of course I’d love to explain however language barrier was preventing me to say anything resourceful - Lisbon felt super touristy, not many locals live there as much anymore. Porto felt a lot more authentic and traditional. - I think Algarve is one of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen. Amazing natural rock formations. I enjoyed exploring and swimming around here. If I were to go back, I’d mainly visit Algarve - Water is served room temperature: Nothing is overly sweet like they do in the US - People don’t walk their dogs on leashes! I’m so impressed at how well trained their dogs are because they all just roam around without leashes. - With that, I also didn’t notice any stray dogs, which makes me wonder if there were any or they have some shelter policy. - I did not see a single obese person, most Portuguese folks are super fit and to add on that really good looking! - Produce feels so good and fresh. - Didn’t notice much fast food, only McDonald’s and Burger king ( both American chains 🥲) - Lot of Bangladeshi, Nepali workers here serve as labor for restaurants, uber drivers, running souvenir shops, etc. seems they come here to earn better money to eventually save up and send to family back home. - Never fly Ryan Air —> destined for the most horrible experiences 3/3 delay

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Crazy announcements today: - xStocksFi launches tokenized stocks on Solana - Nikita Bier joins X as Head of Product - Superhuman gets acquired by Grammarly - Figma applied to be listed on NYSE with FIG

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Guys im laughing so hard, I fully thought crypto was accepted well across Lisbon, so tried to ask this mini shop keeper if he accepted solana😭

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My meta rayban glasses sound quality is better than my AirPods

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Sometimes a good uber driver just makes your entire day. Was running late to catch my train from Porto to Lisbon, grabbed this last min uber and he really did the most to get me to the station + provide me with the emotional support. He assured me that all the trains usually run late and I should be fine. Bro got me there in, what should’ve been 10 min, in 6 min 😭🙏🏼

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Now in Portugal for the next week! Currently in Porto for the day! Been loving the streets and just aimlessly exploring! Anyone around? Looking forward to some good views, gelato, coffee, and check out how crypto pilled Portugal is

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Visiting London for the first time. I acc really like it! Some insights: - great mix of history and modern culture. Interesting mix of very old architecture and new modern - serving sizes are ACTUALLY for one person, which is comparitvely much smaller compared to nyc. A large here would be a small in america. - everything is just as expensive as New York, could actually pass off as more expensive - Borough Market has a really nice standout, by far my favorite - pub culture > club - coffee is sooo good here, honeycomb latte FTW - impressed with how clean the underground and streets are comparatively to nyc - city so big that you can get both suburban when you want and city when you want - suprisingly heard more foreign accents than UK accents - beautiful country side - didnt catch much tech culture here

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Running in London is awful, I love it

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Few diet changes I’ve made that helped reduce body fat, boost energy, and fix GI issues: >White rice → red rice Red rice is rich in fiber, iron, and antioxidants — white rice is stripped of nutrients. (Try small amounts first — can be harder to digest) >Regular coffee → mushroom coffee Boosts focus and supports better sleep. >Sugar → jaggery Jaggery is less processed and contains more vitamins and minerals. >Avoid cold water → Only drinking room temp or hot water Cold water slows digestion. Warm or room temp water supports digestion and flushes out toxins. >Eat before 7 PM Gives the body enough time to digest and improves sleep. >Added spirulina powder 1 tsp = 2g protein. Rich in iron, antioxidants, B vitamins, and essential amino acids. Boosts immunity and supports metabolism. >Triphala + hot water at night (only after heavy dinners) Aids digestion and clears the GI tract by morning. >Warm water first thing in the morning Flushes out toxins and hydrates before caffeine.

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I feel like I’m running through a sauna. The heat wave goes crazy.

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I’m really loving the drops @receipts has been doing! Perfect type of IRL enabler! So cool to see stuff like this built with on chain communities, makes it easier to onboard my non web3 friends.

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Incredible hues today

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Whos your go to player

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Mario Kart game night is therapy

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me touching grass

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It would be nice to send a broadcast to all my friends, i can just blast things like “hey does anyone wanna get ramen with me rn”

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Happy first day of summer ☀️ This is ur CTA to go touch some grass

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I’m curious how the Substack algo works? Does it automatically populate content to cateogries? You can’t actually tag your own content to something like how we can post on channels here?

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One of the new key metric goals we will see for consumer AI tools will be: "how can we minimize the amount of iterations it takes for the user to reach their desired output." A big part of this challenge is prompt writing, it’s still one of the steepest learning curves for users. Soon, we’ll see it fully abstracted away. A user can write something simple, and an intermediary LLM loop will automatically enhance the prompt before it’s sent to the core model for execution. This kind of backend refinement will quietly reduce friction and help users get better results, faster.

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A lot of us are in privileged positions to literally pursue anything we want to. I know there are thousands of people out there who would do anything to be in my place right now. Many of us are privileged to take the risks we want to and still have a pedestal to fall back on if we fail. It would be a shame to waste the opportunity we are given. Take the risk. Pursue that thing you’ve been procrastinating.

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