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by tomcooks 5y ago
But how can I trust something I don't have the source code of as my second brain? My files are what is most dear to me, literally a backup of my brain.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Biggest player monopolizes the market, more news at 11
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by tomcooks 5y ago
In the past men used to take really warm baths to temporarily become infertile, i assume this uses the same process In related news: "coso" is used in italian to mean d.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Whenever I do anything on a VPS I religiously write down each step in a README file, so that then I can create bash scripts and automate processes. The more I do this, the more I learn, the more I automate, the less I worry.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Given that a browser is currently harder to implement than an operating system (or so goes the saying), there are a few options: - forego the web, embrace other protocols. From what I understand this seems to be the reasoning behind Gemini.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
BTW this would be great for spaced repetition foreign character learning (Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, etc.): if the drawn figure is similar enough to the character the student is learning mark it as studied. Congrats again
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by tomcooks 5y ago
This is a GREAT website, I can understand what it does with zero clicks, zero scrolls. Really great, congratulations, I hope that I can find a way to apply this lesson to my SaaS.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
where do you live where the sky isn't blue?
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by tomcooks 5y ago
i would say that drowning in demand could be intended as: signups you get per day > signups you can process per day
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Jack of all trades here. I lurk for tech news, snarky comments about corporate drama, niche blog links, interesting tools. I wish there was a HN for most of my passions.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Handle in terms of what? Making sure things continue to work? Delegate to trusted and capable friends, freelances, or hires. Making sure you don't die of FOMO while offline? Deal with it as you would with any addiction: just go and sto
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Is there a website comparing XMonad to suckless dwm? Judging from the site the incentives seem equal or similar.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
+1 for Eric Rosen, his calm attitude and lack of memes make it enjoyable to watch. GothamChess and Chessbrah are obnoxious to my ears and eyes. On the same note I really appreciate Dan Naroditsky and Ben Finegold.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Related shameless self plug: I went from 600 to ~1100 thanks to my own training method, which I'm transforming into an online service aimed at chess amateurs that want to improve. It's currently being developed, who wants to check
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by tomcooks 5y ago
How many Google Chrome double agents did they hire in the last 15 years, so that every Firefox update makes the project sink further down? Qutebrowser here I come.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Why make it expensive? So that only gigacoros can send newsletters? Just don't sign up to mailing lists you don't like, or learn how to use temp email addresses and/or email+filter variables
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Congratulations, this is really a nice project. Beware, when signing up with my email the white overlay signup container became empty (full width, a few pixels tall, no content inside). I clicked outside it to close it, header still showing
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Cloudflare's vision, especially about decentralization, smells a lot.
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by tomcooks 5y ago
I was lucky enough to stealth camp near one of their necropolis, a proper eerie experience
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Isn't the Big Blue Room this precisely controlled environment where you're supposed to spend a lot of time in, breathing oxygen?
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by tomcooks 5y ago
When I was cycling between Lisbon wnd Istanbul I made sure to either sleep far from view or to be as obnoxiously visible as possible (calling the local municipality, cleaning around campsite, knocking doors of farms nearby) precisely to avo
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by tomcooks 5y ago
I highly suggest books on stoicism by William B Irwine if you want to learn simple ways not to take things personally, a true gem of an author. https://www.williambirvine.com/books
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Quite the opposite in my experience
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by tomcooks 5y ago
This applies 1:1 to Italy, I wonder if there's a shared cultural/religious/economic reason. Doesn't seem to apply, for example, to Portugal.
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Frontpage?
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Try Asana
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Wake up at 0430, exercise, take a shower and then work till you need to get ready for your full time job. If possible also dedicate half of your lunch hour to your project as well, together with half a weekend day. It's quiet so early
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by tomcooks 5y ago
Cue in joke about that Dropbox thread comment
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by tomcooks 5y ago
> They say never meet your heroes, and perhaps their is wisdom in that. That's a weird way to say you chickened out of making small talk with someone. My 2c: instead of idolizing people make friends with them, and only then give the
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I'm doing some research and publishing related to how to try and tackle the problem, if you're interested sign up at my site

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