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by joe8756438 4y ago
I've been using emacs for over a decade and when it comes to notes in emacs I'm usually on org-mode. This package is interesting, and I like the naming concept. But, I'm not convinced plain-text is a good general purpose note
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Ask HN: Have you ever lost data on a SaaS company?
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Ask HN: What is your alter ego?
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by joe8756438 4y ago
I pretty much agree with everything here. At the same time however, in the past 10 years official documentation for languages, frameworks, libraries, etc. has got _so_ much better. And while it’s true that googling stuff had become difficul
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by joe8756438 4y ago
For me collecting bookmarks is part of a larger activity that involves any information I want to gather for use later on. Bookmarks is usually about assembling a reading list or collecting resources on a topic. I used to think the larger ac
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Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?
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by joe8756438 4y ago
The illustrations are _so good_, beautiful work and rendered well for breaking down the whole to understand the meaning of the components.
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by joe8756438 4y ago
I wrote a library to parse plain text notes, sowhat [0] that delivers a lot of semantic and structural information. Notes for me solve lots of problems in my routine that wouldnt work with a markdown implementation: tasks, budgets, time man
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Joking aside, I think that’s one of the great things about emacs: years will go by and i won’t touch my config. Then a new project or something will inspire me to get back into it. But since switching about a decade ago, i’ve never had the
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by joe8756438 4y ago
I keep a journal for all my professional work (IC and consulting). It is extremely useful: - Detailed invoices for free - Identify and communicate accomplishments over past X time frame - Identify problems. i.e. we've been working on t
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I Hired Santa at My Bootstrapped Startup(indiehackers.com)
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Looks really cool, congrats on the launch! How would multiplayer notes work? Assuming everyone has access to the repo.
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Should have been more clear, I mean grazing animals for controlling grass.
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by joe8756438 4y ago
That's really cool! It sounds like you were slowly making the shift to farming over the years and the pandemic sped that along. Do you see yourself shifting back the other direction? Also, what areas are you developing automation for?
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Ha! Sound great, I'd love to talk! My email is in my bio.
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Totally. I could see something like this being useful for seed starting. I've focused my software development more on things that require bookkeeping. There's a ridiculous amount of things to keep track of: budgeting, expense trac
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by joe8756438 4y ago
True. I'm curious how the labor:profit ratio of a tractor compares to grazing animals. The profit of a tractor is essentially zero unless I invest in the equipment for making hay, which would also increase the labor and skill requireme
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Noted. At the moment it's mostly mowing grass. I was on the mower the other day thinking I wonder if there's anyone out there who'd like to come along for this ride... It is a weirdly fun problem trying to real-time determine
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Very cool. Are you planning on developing any of the hobby into a commercial enterprise, or do you already? We have a similar mix of homesteading-type stuff that is all primarily to support the family and have fun. We're also working o
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by joe8756438 4y ago
At this point in the development of the farm it's all investment and no return. I rely on income from software development to get the farm off the ground. Long-term it's hard to predict. But, I think it makes sense to account for
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by joe8756438 4y ago
One technique that improved my process a lot, particularly for system-level problems, is swim lane diagrams. I worked with someone that created them for _everything_, and at first it irritated the crap out of me because for some things I fe
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Ask HN: Does anybody balance farming activity with software development?
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by joe8756438 4y ago
Recently bought land for farming, all the soil is pretty compacted clay and full of limestone. I've tried a lot of things to change or avoid certain soil conditions. But for one thing it gets a lot easier when you're planting tre
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by joe8756438 5y ago
I think a casual relationship to tags and folders together is the way. I built a system that allows both [0]. And using them together has some advantages. It's important that nothing of type A could ever be of type B. This is useful ma
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by joe8756438 5y ago
This is super cool. I built a product that accomplishes a similar function: record notes via sms or email input, play them back via email[0]. I originally thought this would be useful for every todo. Once done, it would be put on the list o
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by joe8756438 5y ago
restclient.el is also great because there's a similar package that works for vscode so for team members not on emacs you still get interop.
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by joe8756438 5y ago
I get this. It's true, a lot of code is written and we don't know the circumstances that led to it. Those circumstances could have led to monstrosities -- I have created a good many myself. I try to empathize with those people and
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by joe8756438 5y ago
This book is probably the most fun I have had with a programming book. I remember going through most of it the first day I cracked it open. Curious if anyone knows other books that take a similar approach: fun but not dumbed down. I tried a
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by joe8756438 5y ago
Thanks so much for the thoughtful response! I think you identified the key disconnect between your interests and the current state of tap. For you the API alone is not worth the subscription. And that makes sense. I think you and I have a l
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by joe8756438 5y ago
I haven’t seen Zim until now, very cool.

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