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by raman162 5y ago
I keep hearing things about emacs org mode that sounds awesome but I am afraid how much of a time-sink it would be to switch from my current process. I currently write all of my notes in markdown and in vim.
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by raman162 5y ago
I currently use markdown and vim to document work and my thoughts. For general todos, I have one big file that has each day as a new header. Kinda like this: ## 2021-09-17 - personal - [ ] walk dog - work - [ ] catch up on e
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by raman162 5y ago
I currently write all of my notes in markdown in vim (that's where I do most my work as well). I backup my notes using syncthing but I think any generic file sync would work fine (dropbox, google drive, etc.) I also try to do document
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by raman162 5y ago
> Writing helps you practice organizing coherent thoughts and articulating yourself I can't agree with this more. As someone who feels like their mind moves at one hundred million miles per hour, writing slows me down to a walking p
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by raman162 5y ago
The approach is undeniably dramatic but the primary purpose is to highlight that using biometrics for passwords is beneficial for most people and shouldn't be dismissed. I personally used a pin code on my second phone because I was fea
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by raman162 5y ago
It's definitely a lot easier for anyone to create a fingerprint with today's technology and will get easier as time passes. I still think the author's main point stands, it's way easier for them to remember a pin that th
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by raman162 5y ago
I think there's the 5 second cool factor but after that novelty you're probably just as disgruntled as the fact that you lost 35% of the range for your car. I hope the Chevy bolt is a rare case and stories like this don't pop
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by raman162 5y ago
Not the OP but also a full stack at my five year career mark and your last point was an appreciated reminder. I dread cleaning up solutions that I designed earlier where with hindsight, I made a lot of wrong assumptions. I still make wrong
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by raman162 5y ago
Related recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28523688
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This is a long form video, maybe the title should be adjusted to inform that
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by raman162 5y ago
I agree that content consumed by facebook/instagram can be addictive. But I don't think this is unique to them, I think youtube (my personal weakness), netflix, television, video-games and movies all fall into this category. The p
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by raman162 5y ago
Yes I agree that it's difficult for us to fight individually. I believe we should start informing children about the dangers of the internet once they begin to consume customized feed-based content. I believe parents also have the righ
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by raman162 5y ago
Except that this is not alcohol or tobacco, this is a digitized version of a free attention grabbing tabloid customized to the person's "interests" is always available to view at their desire. To me this makes it difficult to
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by raman162 5y ago
Morally I agree with you but the pessimist in me thinks that is unrealistic. I believe facebook is primarily motivated by their earnings. If an unhealthy behavior with instagram leads to more engagement, which means more ad sales, why would
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by raman162 5y ago
These companies are always going to want to hold our attention but it's us at the end of the day who decide to give them our attention. I think as a society we need to prove that we are smarter than these companies and are capable of d
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by raman162 5y ago
I agree that we need to hold ourselves responsible for our actions. If it's not going to be facebook capitalizing on our behavior, it will be some other company. From the article it seems that most teens are aware that they have an unh
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by raman162 5y ago
What's missing from the Linux Desktop experience for you? I currently use all three operating systems on a weekly basis, Ubuntu with i3 (a window tiling manager) is my daily driver. Everytime I switch to windows or Mac os, it always fe
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by raman162 5y ago
Very impressive work! This seems promising and well thought-out. I plan on taking a deeper look at this especially regarding payments.
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by raman162 5y ago
My favorite non-screen moments outside of work are; 1) exercise, with company is the best but doing it alone sure beats going down a YouTube rabbit hole. I usually do yoga, running and swimming but am taking a break from running and swimmin
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by raman162 5y ago
Thanks! I was searching for this information but it wasn't immediately available on their site.
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by raman162 5y ago
So what did we learn today? You can build a massive fortune by: 1) creating addictive painkillers 2) push the company to promote the drug to sales reps 3) cause an epidemic responsible for killing 50,000 Americans 4) blame it on the company
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by raman162 5y ago
That snippet resonated well with me. I think the primary thing I need to personally work on is insecurity. I'm currently learning R in a course I'm taking and I feel as if I'm moving at a snails pace when working on the progr
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by raman162 5y ago
> The only thing you’re saying here is that you don’t recognize its value and you don’t want to pay for it. No, wait, you don’t want businesses—fully capable organizations who can pay—to pay for it. No, I communicated my point clearly th
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by raman162 5y ago
Shameful may have been a harsh word , disappointing is more appropriate. The disappointing part is that a product that was once free and distributed in abundance is now requiring licensing starting immediately for small businesses. There i
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by raman162 5y ago
It's shameful that this product was once free is now going to be charged, even if it's only for larger businesses. I wonder how sustainable it is for docker to be like other open source entities and rely on consistent donations fr
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by raman162 5y ago
Ha, good to see that someone has already done that.
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by raman162 5y ago
Someone needs to host a legit tournament called the "Extreme Ironman". Although confusing, I bet some tri-athletes will appreciate the humor and actually sign up.
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by raman162 5y ago
> extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt." This was some of the humor that I didn't know I needed today. Had me la
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by raman162 5y ago
I don't think we can ever get rid of app stores but I am pro multiple app stores per operating system. The only downside I see to multiple app stores is having to download multiple stores to get certain apps, kinda what it is like with
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by raman162 5y ago
I think regulation on past time activities isn't the appropriate approach. It's a slippery slope, are they soon going to regulate the amount of time someone can watch television, or the number of times one may go to a movie theate

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