chadk

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by chadk 9y ago
Plus you are ignoring the social aspects of learning. Straight book-learning is not a fit for everyone.
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by chadk 10y ago
I've been using dive slates in the shower for years: https://chadkohalyk.com/2013/12/07/dive-slates/
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by chadk 10y ago
Totally would use!
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More people than bots?(chadkohalyk.com)
2 points by chadk 10y ago|0 comments
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by chadk 10y ago
For the interested, I finally wrote up a description of one of the core concepts we use in figuring out our homebrew methodology of downsizing/minimalism: https://chadkohalyk.com/2016/07/19/danshari-think
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by chadk 10y ago
Sorry, I forgot to mention the concept: 物の哀れ　 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware Oh, and as an addendum... neither I, nor my wife, have even read any of KonMari's books. We are more influenced by minimalis
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by chadk 10y ago
Early in our relationship, I was a little surprised when my wife held a pair of old socks up to her face, within pressed palms, and whispered 「ありがとうございます」before throwing them in the trash. This is YEARS before KonMari. So, I think you might
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by chadk 10y ago
My family of four solved that by just HANGING everything. We use one of these http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00578QVGC in my kids room. On the top bar is the out of season clothes, and on the bottom bar, which is at an acces
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by chadk 10y ago
Thank you!
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by chadk 10y ago
Necessity is certainly is the mother of invention. The question that downsizers, minimalists and KonMari would ask though is: do you even _need_ that box of souvenirs? ;-) But good on you for living lean. It is admirable. I isn't that
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by chadk 10y ago
I would recommend an Information Diet. If you would permit me, here is my experience with the book https://chadkohalyk.com/2012/09/04/the-information-diet/ and the results: https://chadkohalyk
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by chadk 10y ago
We moved to Canada from Japan about 5 years ago. We only started downsizing 2 years ago, and now we have way less stuff than we ever did in Japan. See my old apartment here: https://chadkohalyk.com/2016/01/22/
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by chadk 10y ago
Because KeePass is built for individuals, not teams?
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by chadk 11y ago
There is a chapter in Tom Slee's (excellent) book "What's Yours is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy" which goes into depth about rep systems and product ratings, why they are different, and why rep systems are a bad way
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by chadk 11y ago
Remember, it isn't just about planned obsolescence or the Web 2.0 centralization of everything. Read the books. Those are just the _symptoms_. All of these "digital dissenters" are not anti-technology... that is an oversimpli
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by chadk 11y ago
All good with the Android, but disappointed this is Chrome. You would think they would have a FF plugin by now!
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by chadk 11y ago
Reminds me sorta of The Three-Body Problem.
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by chadk 11y ago
> … your average business today doesn't seem to give a shit about truth…, fairness…, goodwill … and benefiting all concerned (a third of the companies out there would probably not exist if their founders gave a rat's ass about
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#DayAgainstDRM(defectivebydesign.org)
2 points by chadk 11y ago|0 comments
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by chadk 11y ago
http://www.foldingtext.com is my go to Markdown editor. Combine with Notational Velocity which reads from a folder on Dropbox, it is great. Especially since I can edit with Draft on my Android phone and tablet. TextNut looks lik
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by chadk 11y ago
I Use nvALT on OS X, and Drafts on Android.
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by chadk 11y ago
> Many of the people who signed this letter probably believe that C-51 is bad for other, more fundamental reasons. This is basically the reason I signed this letter. I had actually previously signed the regular citizen petition, but when
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by chadk 12y ago
More power to you! I worked in fuel shipping and bunkering, and the fact that many times a day I had to haul a typewriter up 60ft of rope ladder to produce receipts to be signed by the captain/chief eng. because the only tech they trus
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by chadk 12y ago
Because so many apps assume Dropbox, I still have it. Though I moved all private docs into SpiderOak.
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by chadk 12y ago
Totally concur.
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by chadk 12y ago
I wrote a review of it today. Not very in depth, just some thoughts. http://www.chadkohalyk.com/blog/2014/09/28/zero-to-one/
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by chadk 12y ago
+1. This has been my longest standing complaint after switching to Android a couple of years ago.
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This top turns see-through if you leave personal data exposed(arstechnica.com)
1 points by chadk 12y ago|0 comments
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by chadk 13y ago
Not open source.
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by chadk 13y ago
> And even then, if his counterparts are not doing the same, we're back to the original problem. Not necessarily. It means he removes the "trove" aspect of his email inbox. Putting together all his communications from the

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