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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
I've gone to DevonThink. My Evernote contains 22k+ notes collected since late 2011. Nearly all notes are images/links collected online and tagged. DevonThink contains all the archiving tools that I wished Evernote had. It also has
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Plain Text(brajeshwar.com)
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
Same here. I'm still using version 7 of their desktop software on OS X, now badged Legacy. It's fantastic, fast, multiple tabs (unlike the new Evernote app!!!), OCR, works well with images/PDF/Office Docs, I've neve
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
Agreed. I live in a town in the South West of UK and the nearest train station is more than 45 mins drive away, no direct bus link with our nearest city, unreliable local buses, nothing in the way of cycle lanes, virtually no taxis, no uber
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
My own observations are that the wholesale price of beer in UK has not really risen much in the past 30 years. I was paying £24 for a 24 pack in the 90's and basically I still pay the same today. Personally I find it difficult to justi
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
I got on better with mine when we moved 5hrs from them and I only saw them 6 times per year instead of every other day. Quality time over quantity. They are now very much in decline mentally and physically. The best times are over. Makes me
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
No, but I eat in the evening at 7pm then don't eat/just have water until breakfast at 7am, after I have been to the gym for 60mins. I have lost 30lb since 01/01/2023. Just cut out junk, reduced portion sizes & only d
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
> There is talk from banning gambling companies from being shirt sponsors. The shirt sponsor ban is a pre-emptive measure so that when the goverment comes after the Premier League they can point to the fact that betting companies have be
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
It's great but through experience I have found out it doesn't work with all children. The youngest of my four children won't answer the question if he doesn't like the options and never has. It worked for the older three
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by kerrsclyde 3y ago
Weighing myself daily makes me feel accountable for my food choices over the past 24 hours.
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
My son (15 in Yr 11) was extolled the virtues of buying cars & phones on finance during by a teacher in a school assembly recently.
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Ditto. However I came off Facebook about 6 years ago but I found that I was missing out on certain things (real life meetings between likeminded friends). I now keep a very carefully currated list of bookmarks to certain Facebook groups whi
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
When coal is burnt to generate electricity or heat homes then no, we have better alternatives. When it is being used within heritage railways which provider pleasure for so many - see some of the comments on this thread - I feel an exceptio
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
The heritage steam community is under enormous threat because of the UK government attitude to the burning and digging of coal. Troubling times. [1] https://news.sky.com/story/amp/more-than-150-heritage-steam-...
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Buckfast Tonic Wine, in the UK is produced in the same way. And it has been much maligned, linked with many alcohol related crimes, particularly in Scotland. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine [2] h
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Cornwall - last stop on the line...
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
In our local supermarkets this week there have been no tomatoes/peppers/salad to ration.
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Mine has 10 million meters on the clock - all I’ve done is oil the chain occasionally.
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
What rowing app do you use?
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Concept2 Rowing Machine. Row for an hour first thing in the morning, six days per week. Rowing machines can be real instruments of torture if you want them to be. I prefer to keep my sessions long and low heart rate, about 65% of my max bpm
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I have a client who's web site is a series of pages within folders, no database, no scripting, html pages only. It's a complete joy to work on. Problems are rare and easily resolved, I look forward to updating it. I can't hel
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
My three children all have completely different attitudes to money despite being very close in age and being raised together. Two spend freely now they earn their own money, my middle daughter saves almost all she earns and knows the price
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Discussed previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31630946
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I love this site. Tech-wise it's been put together which such attention to detail. There was a really interesting podcast with it's owner broadcast some time ago: https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/32-bui
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I have a collection of >500k historic transport photographs which I have collected over the past 25 years. Some my own, some are old photographs dating back to 1900 or earlier. All are categorised / tagged. It concerns me what will
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Yes, if you could recreate that spark of motivation for others you'd be a billionaire. For me it was a crazy little thing, nothing to do with being fat-shamed or even feeling guilty about my weight. I heard a radio journalist doing a s
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I agree, I have tried to train my brain into thinking weightloss and fitness are separate entities. It surprises me that this invalid logic is continually reinforced by the media and even health professionals. The most weight I ever lost wa
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
I was very overweight until my late 30's, something clicked and I lost the weight and almost 10 years later I am lighter than I have ever been during my adult life. I have found that it is possible to change. Becoming lighter has encou
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by kerrsclyde 4y ago
Once these legacy apps are discontinued I’m out. My concern is that this takeover will hasten that. Evernote has ran my brain for 12 years but I can’t cope with new Electron app - no tabs?!
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Ask HN: Cataloging Family Assets
3 points by kerrsclyde 4y ago|2 comments

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