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> An underground train network is the pinnacle of public transport—right now, in New York and Chicago... people are being whisked through a network of tunnels, deep below the bustl…

Same here! But that hit its EOL a little while ago...

Fastmail's calendar works for me; offers parity on most features I'm looking for.

Voice was a mainstay for me for a long time. The closest replacement I could find was a service called OpenPhone[1]. It's designed as a VoIP service for small business teams, but I…

Putting this into my daily rotation, this is great!

I just wish I could buy and download copies of audiobooks, that's still how I listen. It's a trope on here to talk about walled gardens, but I was surprised by how difficult it's b…

You rock!

I love this! Definitely going on my morning puzzle rotation. Is there a way to copy the score to the clipboard directly without using a social service? Would love to text this to f…

Totally, but it depends on the story you're trying to tell. I'm still early in my career and my resume is broken up to provide a summary of key parts of my work/ career to date, th…

I hope you haven't been one of my interviewers! :D

I sincerely never thought I'd see Fisher on HN. His work is fantastic, tying together politics, pop culture, and philosophy into a cogent reading of our times. I would recommend re…

For those who might be interested in exploring dumb/ feature phones, there are a few out there that offer some kind of Signal/ Whatsapp compatibility. I just made the move. There's…

He talks about the 1930s a lot (the picture on the cover is actually from a Hooverville)! He starts off earlier, definitely worth digging into. Even as things have changed, he focu…

If you like/ are interested in this, I highly recommend looking at Dan Kerr's Derelict Paradise[1]. While it's centered in on Cleveland, Ohio, the book describes a history that app…

I started drinking coffee about 14 years ago. It was a great help at the time-- it helped me focus, wake up, and move. The routine in the morning was the perfect way to start my da…

> It’s fine if it’s tinder, but what are you gonna do when the same will happen with your bank application... It's happened with people's banks (or "banks"). Earlier this year the …

I found The Economics Anti-Textbook [1] to be a good primer that explains a lot of the foundations you might pick up in an introductory course, but also includes healthy perspectiv…

> Stop being a drone. > Set yourself free, and cast off the 24/7 toxic work culture of SV that's keen on producing useless shit for problems no one has. IDK man, I like being able …

> Rather than attacking the business, the ACLU should address the structural issues that prevent people from participating in the mainstream economy. But, that's exactly what they'…

Steve Klabnik writes about this prolifically: The culture war at the heart of open source: https://words.steveklabnik.com/the-culture-war-at-the-heart-... What comes after “open so…

There are just different use cases for plaintext and HTML email. I can't implement plaintext only email in some environments because it just won't work with who I'm communicating w…