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by fredsir 6y ago
Isn't it 250% loss in buying value? So because of inflation everything now cost 2,5x what it did. Usually your paycheck can afford 100 apples but after inflation your paycheck can only afford 40.
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by fredsir 6y ago
Thank you for mentioning vterm! It is just what I have been looking for!
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by fredsir 6y ago
I have been running EXWM (emacs window manager) on top of GNU Guix for a few weeks now, and while it’s not perfect, it’s the closest I’ve come yet. I also use eshell as my default shell, so except for when running icecat (Firefox), next (Co
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by fredsir 6y ago
I guess they sell some books in obscure formats. All the books I've bought has been straight epub.
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by fredsir 6y ago
If you buy from the kobo store, you can just go to your "library" on the website and download the DRM free files and then use whatever app you want to read the books.
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by fredsir 6y ago
Thanks! I didn't know about that one, I'll give it a listen!
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Ask HN: Podcast like the Cuckoo's Egg, Revolution in the Valley, and Hackers
4 points by fredsir 6y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Podcast like the books The Cuckoo's Egg, and Revolution in the Valley
2 points by fredsir 6y ago|0 comments
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by fredsir 6y ago
Is that the zettelkasten method?
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Podcast Like the books the Cuckoo's Egg, Revolution in the Valley, and Hackers
1 points by fredsir 6y ago|0 comments
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by fredsir 6y ago
Is it up somewhere?
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by fredsir 6y ago
I'm not gonna go meticulously through all your stuff between we are just arguing about the same back and forth. > But that's literally human nature. We are not equal. I may be able to produce the finest of farts, but the fart m
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by fredsir 6y ago
> Oh, I absolutely agree with you that we should fix it. But I also believe that you're fundamentally wrong about why we have it good over here. It's institutions and culture that brings about this quality of life, not exploita
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by fredsir 6y ago
> In North-Western Europe? It's good enough for everyone, more than good enough, it's too much, we're suffering the illnesses of abundance, not of scarcity, we're obese, not starving, we're bored, not busy. That&
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by fredsir 6y ago
> Oh sure, it's theoretically possible that they'd change completely if only the system was different. It's also unlikely, and I don't want to bet the stability, quality of life and relative peacefulness of our modern
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by fredsir 6y ago
> I didn't say most, but it's a significant number. We don't have to speculate either, it's reality today. Indeed, but why is that so? Maybe it's because they don't have much say in any matter, and are force
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by fredsir 6y ago
> Yes, we could all share and meet everyone's needs. It's just that that would essentially mean that a subset of "us" should "share" while the rest does not contribute. How so? > Mind you, I'm not ta
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by fredsir 6y ago
> You can also translate this into "please do your share in society and don't rely on other people feeding you just because it's inconvenient to get up and do your part". We could all share and show solidarity and mee
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by fredsir 6y ago
> If you're looking for people to learn from, then I think there's a case to look at people who achieved more than others who started with similar circumstances. Very good point! Which just illustrates why those people like Elo
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by fredsir 6y ago
I live and am from Denmark, and I can tell you that at least here, people are indeed taught and forced to do all those things. It's just hidden away behind all the nice stuff. A big part of it is social pressure, from the state, from s
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by fredsir 6y ago
Great comment, just gotta say!
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by fredsir 6y ago
> It's the majority of people that prioritize that which you do not like, it's not some hidden force that makes them. Sure they are. People today grow up being told and shown how to be materialistic, how to value short term eco
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by fredsir 6y ago
I'm not saying everyone is the same as Elon, except for the money. I'm saying his inherited wealth, and being at the right place at the right time, and so on, has probably more to do with Elons success than anything else, so let&#
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by fredsir 6y ago
How so?
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by fredsir 6y ago
Elon knows that money is something he can always get, because he has gotten them before. Also his family is rich. He knows that worst case is he goes to them and get some millions and back to work again. Rich people aren’t taking any real r
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by fredsir 6y ago
Indeed. He has some great ideals, I think. And he is great at finding brilliant people to work for him, it seems. But is he anymore brilliant than what thousands or millions of other people would be were they giving his shoes? I don’t think
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by fredsir 6y ago
> Elon Obviously, it's also a good advice to be born with wealth from the blood of an emerald empire. Hyper-rational, being born wealthy. Great advice! Kidding aside. I'm just sick of people putting people like Elon up on a ped
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by fredsir 6y ago
I'd like to hear more about how you have implemented this. Do you not read any news? Some? How do you find out what's going on? I've been dabbling with this too, and my current state is that I don't consume any news or s
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by fredsir 7y ago
I switched to emacs in 2019 after using primarily vim for 12 years, and I think it's more than worth it. It's not an editor, it's not an IDE, it is kind of like an operating system where you can have a text editor, debugger,
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The Case Against WikiLeaks: a direct threat to our community [36c3](media.ccc.de)
5 points by fredsir 7y ago|0 comments

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