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by u2077 5y ago
I often let my phone run out of battery and put it in a completely different room (not charging). Like your locked box, the only way I don’t get distracted is if I can’t access the device even if I wanted to.
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by u2077 5y ago
I’ve noticed they started to limit search length, my search was too long and they removed small words like “of” and “the. I also saw a message somewhere along the lines of “to show you the best quality results, we limited this search to two
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by u2077 5y ago
Not all of these are web based but they are “online” Image tool by google - Squoosh ( https://squoosh.app/ ) RSS reader - Feedly Classic (looking for alternative that is similar, can be paid but no subscription) General News
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by u2077 5y ago
I come to HN because of the wide variety of in-depth content. Not everything I read is related to tech, and some articles I can’t fully understand, but that doesn’t make them less interesting. I believe everyone has interesting stories to b
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by u2077 5y ago
Wish you luck on your project, have been growing one myself and it’s the most rewarding thing I do. Even if you don’t make much the learning experience is extremely valuable.
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by u2077 5y ago
“Discussed” previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28784427 It no longer works on some sites like nyt - The site was offline for a day because of a legal notice.
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by u2077 5y ago
That sounds familiar, in fact it happened to me this week. I’ve been thrown under the bus quite a few times by letting little things pile up.
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by u2077 5y ago
I agree that everyone has things they would rather do, but I wasn’t exactly talking about useless things. Difficult or boring tasks are super easy for me if I’m passionate about them. (Rebuilding my website, dealing with customers, etc) I a
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by u2077 5y ago
I’m not OP but you’ve just described my experience.
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by u2077 5y ago
Being remote makes it 100x harder to block out time to work. Obviously everyone is different, but here’s what helps me: - make a to-do list on paper and keeping it visible - set phone in a different room or have it run out of battery so you
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by u2077 5y ago
I have so much energy but can only funnel it into things I’m passionate about. Those small boring tasks pile up and cause problems for me, despite the fact that I can work on other things for hours on end.
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by u2077 5y ago
I like the quote “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” I think great software is all about organization, code should be predictable. Legacy code should not become a pro
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by u2077 5y ago
I would recommend sharing your project with others. When people start using something you make and give you feedback, that is the most motivating thing ever. Getting my first sale on a side project gave me new energy. Eventually more and mo
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by u2077 5y ago
> it seems that library compatibility isn’t that much of a determinant for which OS a typical user chooses to game on. I would argue that linux would need to be installed by default for that to change dramatically. Most people don’t even
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by u2077 5y ago
“ Microsoft practices data collection minimization” - I find that hard to believe especially when we are automatically enrolled in said data collection.
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by u2077 5y ago
Winno is an iOS app that I’ve been using and it’s amazing. They don’t have a web app, however that is in the pipeline. For now you can join their discord server and there is a bot that posts summaries. (Unfortunately the read-more urls are