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by kepano 3y ago
Having used Obsidian in long nighttime flights to Europe, I have made very similar modifications in the past, but this seems more polished. I just wish I had an OLED MacBook!
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by kepano 3y ago
This is what I do for my personal blog and it works great.
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by kepano 3y ago
It's the same story over and over (Deliverr, Flexport, Amazon, Shopify, etc) 1. the entire ecomm supply chain got way ahead of their skis during the pandemic thinking boom times would never end 2. no matter how good your software is, s
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Obsidian Importer now converts Apple Notes to portable, durable files(obsidian.md)
5 points by kepano 3y ago|0 comments
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by kepano 3y ago
Obsidian has a feature called "Shared vaults" which teams use to collaborate. You can also use a shared Git repo, or other cloud/network storage (e.g. Dropbox) https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian+Sync/Share
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by kepano 3y ago
MonoLisa
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by kepano 3y ago
Boox devices run Obsidian and I have been working on an e-ink optimized theme[1]. This seems like a really fun device for reading, I wonder what it would be like for writing? [1]: https://minimal.guide/features/eink
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by kepano 3y ago
This is intentional because the colors are meant to replicate the effect of analog ink on paper. Ink on paper is not emissive the way that LCD/OLED screens are, so I have strayed away from colors that are only possible on screens. That
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by kepano 3y ago
Author here. Thanks for sharing Flexoki! I was not expecting this project to get so much attention. Originally this color scheme was only meant for personal use on my site (primarily prose), but I kept getting questions about the colors I u
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by kepano 3y ago
Added screenshots, thanks for the feedback! I was planning to do so, but it was just getting a bit late when I published this. My website is always a work in progress :) https://github.com/kepano/flexoki/blob/
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by kepano 3y ago
The HN title cuts off the other heuristics that are described: > Whenever I buy things I try to prioritize cost per use. Sometimes I consider other priorities such as cost per smile, cost per thrill, cost per externality, and cost per le
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by kepano 3y ago
This fits into the "cost per smile" heuristic lower down in the essay: > How much joy can you get out of each dollar? Some things bring lots of joy for a small amount of money: ice cream, sunsets, nature walks. A cheap date can
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by kepano 3y ago
Source: https://stephango.com/buy-wisely
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by kepano 3y ago
Not sure if this fits under shrinkflation, but the practice of substituting quality ingredients for cheaper ones is even worse IMO. When Nutella did it, it caused a huge kerfuffle, but it's virtually impossible for a consumer to track
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by kepano 3y ago
I'm not defending CPG companies. I'm pointing out that if you're an indie maker inflation is a problem you need to contend with in your own pricing. Once you start thinking about it from that perspective, you realize how diff
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by kepano 3y ago
In a high-inflation environment your profits are constantly shrinking. The problem also affects small and independent makers of all kinds. If you are an indie maker and priced your product at $10 in 2020, you're now effectively making
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by kepano 3y ago
Properties are a UI for YAML frontmatter, with nice autocomplete and search syntax. Allows you to add structured metadata to your notes, e.g. dates, numbers, text, checkboxes, as well as links to other notes. It's compatible with other
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by kepano 3y ago
The Obsidian team uses a shared Sync vault[1] to collaborate on making Obsidian. Since Obsidian runs on local files you could use any shared file storage like Dropbox. If you want more granular version history, you can use Git, there's
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by kepano 3y ago
Amazon is better thought of as a giant ant colony than a single organism.
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To be clear, I don't think it was a conspiracy. Intentionality when applied to an organization on the scale of Amazon is weird. "Amazon" is not one thing, it's a million people each acting in their own self-interest and
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by kepano 3y ago
I wrote that tweet — what people are missing is that it doesn't have to be premeditated or explicit coordination to have the same result. The word "coup" probably ascribes too much intentionality. 1, 3, 4 are facts. The only
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by kepano 3y ago
A 9,500 word article about what OpenAI and Sam Altman want without mentioning Worldcoin/UBI is quite a feat... especially since it seems to be a major part of the end state he's aiming for. See the description in Sam's blog p
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by kepano 3y ago
I like the idea of accepting transience, but if we lose important knowledge we return to superstition.
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by kepano 3y ago
I love to see more interest in the topic of digital continuity. My philosophy around this is "File over app" — if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retr
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by kepano 3y ago
The patch addresses a security vulnerability. Obsidian is not stopping people from creating syncing alternatives (there are many that exist already), or reverse engineering the app. See comments in the issue on the repo: https://
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by kepano 3y ago
I really wonder what would have happened in the e-ink patents didn't get locked up, and the technology had a chance to evolve for a couple more decades like LCD has. I'm working on an e-ink theme for Obsidian[1]. So far it's
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by kepano 3y ago
The rename issue is already solved and in the process of being rolled out across all the clients. Our original implementation of renaming for Sync was naive and slow. This was especially noticeable if you renamed a folder with lots of files
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by kepano 3y ago
I don't want to reduce his motivation to learn how to reverse engineer things! I learned a lot from those kinds of projects. However, we do have a way to gift someone a subscription[1] @acheong08 if you want a Sync subscription I'
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by kepano 3y ago
Down the road we might make something like that for the commercial use case — makes sense.
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This is very hard for us to do because we want to remain a small team — it will introduce a lot of complexity for payments/localization

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