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There's been a lot of debates in the comment sections of Reddit, HN, etc. about whether some posted material was AI generated or not. Obviously the more you use AI the easier it is…

I canceled my plan today and wrote my reason as: now that I have a job again I don’t have the time or needs for the pro plan. If there was a $5 a month option, I would gladly take …

Direct link to the languages site for those uninterested in video format: https://tomo.bruce-hill.com/

https://ryanmavilia.com Recently revamped my theme and trying to write more so this post must be the universe telling me to keep it up :)

- Active recall studying app that allows a user to practice active recall[0]. The app hides user provided content at first and asking the user to try to remember all they can befor…

> At which point you now have to do it yourself, but you know the codebase less well than if you'd hand written it. Appreciate you saying this because it is my biggest gripe in the…

This was a great refresher on things I’ve seen writings of but never thought deeply about. A lot of it already “made sense” yet in my day to day I’m still doing the bad versions of…

This was such a nice write up that highlighted what I’ve seen in so many “First $X MMR” essays that were too long. Thanks for sticking to the points with short examples. Wishing yo…

I'm curious how clean is your handwriting? I just did a test run with Claude (pro plan) and it could not understand my iPad + iPencil notes. I expected this since they are close to…

Self hosting Karakeep[0] for this. I think next step is to carve out time on Sunday morning to go through things and put them in lists of read vs unread. [0] https://karakeep.app/

I agree with your comment as an additional way to look at the problem but want to also mention something I heard on a podcast a few months ago. Paraphrasing "If you get good at see…

No longer employed but from my past year's experience I became disillusioned with it. I think it maybe made me 20% faster? That's being generous but it could have been higher if I …

This comment made me rethink what I have that is actually valuable data. My photos alone even if culled down to just my favorites would probably be at least a few gigs. Contacts fr…

For AI news in general I just browse HN. For useful tools I basically wait until something starts appearing in multiple places like HN comments, YouTube tech videos/comments, or on…

If you wanna DIY then you could achieve something similar with the open source ZeroWriter https://github.com/zerowriter/zerowriter1

> Also, isn't handling a lot of receipt paper bad for you or something? Yes if you are worried about microplastics. Dr. Rhonda Patrick has an episode where she talks about receipts…

Weird to see my home county pop up on HN. As soon as I saw RadioShack + Maryland I immediately pictured exactly where this was on rt 4. I have a distinct memory of going to this ve…

I think the HN equivalent for investing would be the Bogleheads forums. Named after the late Jack Bogle who founded Vanguard. https://www.bogleheads.org/

Any plans on adding an ability to import job applications? I would love to switch to your product but unfortunately I already have a Google Sheets document with about 60+ applied c…

This is a type of app that I've been waiting for. Somethng that allows me to organize my thoughts based on locations. This is perfect for creating a list of guides from places like…

Very interesting read. I always wonder about the criticisms of new solutions that are working as magically as they seem to be in the article. The kids started taking antibiotics, a…

The Subtle Art is a great book that helps put things into perspective. At times you will open it to a chapter randomly, but it still has some application to a part of your life tha…