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I got it about ten years ago and it drove me absolutely insane for a few months until I just accepted that I would have it. Then a weird thing happened: my brain stopped paying att…

“If you get a lucky break, you have to really use it. You have to fight like a bastard. You can’t just sit there and wait to get lucky. It doesn’t happen.” - Joe Simpson, who, writ…

The tech industry is littered with once-giant megacorps that had an opportunity to pivot as technology progressed, failed to do so for this exact reason, and were usurped by startu…

Evidence from California seems to suggest that ending the drug war locally has actually strengthened cartels: https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2022-09-08/ess...

Unfortunately most of the ADUs around here are converted garages--maybe 300 square feet with a micro kitchen. They're essentially hotel rooms, not a place where someone would live.…

One unfortunate side effect of this is that this behavior ultimately gets priced into the market. When a house with an ADU will reliably fetch 20% more than one without, then event…

One of the remarkable things (in the context of this age) about reading history is that you see just how many people used to write letters in heated moments and then choose not to …

Love this. One idea that I haven't seen implemented in other drawing tools: the default behavior after drawing a shape is to revert to the select tool. This is rational but it can …

Refusing to reduce things to dualisms and binaries is a pretty well understood path to tolerance.

Fixed, thanks.

Good point. How could I have forgotten? Added a bullet (11) at the end.

Here’s a reasonable way to maintain your weight: 1. Limit added sugar to an absolute minimum. Fruit is fine. Go crazy. 2. Avoid processed foods like chips and other things that hav…

George Saunders gave an interview with the Guardian earlier this year[0] in which he said, “ There’s something wonderful about the spontaneity of social media, but I think at this …

I actually needed a few weeks of body work and mild exercises to teach me how to correctly engage my scapula before I graduated into more rigorous exercise, and I still require wor…

A lot of people really underestimate the impact that mobility and strengthening can have addressing issues with RSI. If you're struggling with RSI, consider going to physical thera…

Zettlekasten: the Kubernetes of note-taking systems. I think it’s important to bear in mind the context this system grew out of (academic research) and ask yourself whether you rea…

It’s tempting to believe that climate change just means that some places will get hotter or colder, or that species will move north or south, upslope or downslope, but the reality …

While fire is a natural part of the lifecycle of these forests, it’s important to note that the specific forest management practices that have been implemented over the last centur…

> "Oh, Parkinson, Parkinson!" I cried, patting him affectionately on the head with a mallet, "how far you really are from the pure love of the sport—you who can play. It is only we…

One thing that often goes unmentioned when I see discussions about these sorts of alternate layouts is that, particularly for programmers, the keyboard isn’t just a simple device f…

Here it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22372005

Seems consistent with your comment, IMO, given that "the future" is by definition something which never arrives. It's much less exciting, however, to say "React Native Is What's Ne…

It’s officially recommended on packaging.python.org [1]. If that’s not enough to count as an official endorsement, what is? [1] https://packaging.python.org/guides/tool-recommendat…