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I wouldn’t expect nuanced takes on typography from HN. As a long time user the comments are entirely expected - and actually skew more positive than I would have guessed. Respectfu…

perhaps Y is harder to solve than you are assuming

check out SnoreLab ( https://www.snorelab.com/ ), i've used it and can recommend it

Elegantly alludes to the way in which LLMs are constrained to our existing body of knowledge.

“Ian pointed out that whereas our culture openly invites us to be aware of birds and historic churches, it places no comparable emphasis on pylons, despite the fact that that they …

there is a theory along these lines. something like: the defense against the unconscious is so strong in autism that the person becomes rigid and shut off. the defense against the …

Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind, and you’re hampered by not having any, best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No—not so that cha…

Although this doesn't turn off animations completely, you might be interested in the 'reduce motion' preference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202655

Just my interpretation (of the Pascal quote), beginning with the full quote. > When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and peri…

A Synology NAS + https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/active_backup_g_s... is an easy way to back up mail and drive.

i found the following useful when i was getting started: https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction-ebook... https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ https://luhmann.sur…

this is awesome! i see the 'zettelkasten link fixer' in the markdown format importer ("Fixes [[UID]] links to full [[UID File Name]].") - any plans/thoughts on just supporting [[UI…

Roam is awesome but this and other reference management software serves a different purpose (for me, at least). I use BibDesk (like Zotero and other examples mentioned here) in con…

Thanks for your productive contribution to the discussion

for: https://www.amazon.com/SuperBetter-Living-Gamefully-Jane-McG... https://tim.blog/2015/07/28/jane-mcgonigal/ against: https://mental.jmir.org/2019/6/e13717/

Not made for storing 'all the facts [of our] lives' - but an interesting example of a robust physical system for knowledge organization is Niklas Luhman's Zettelkasten Method[1]. I…

Figma's recently released Autolayout is somewhat analogous: https://www.figma.com/blog/announcing-auto-layout/ You can deeply nest Autolayout frames.

Also check out Sky Guide[0]. It's an iOS app that (among many other awesome things) tracks 250+ satellites - and can send a notification before they pass over your location[1]. [0]…

Context: https://design.lyft.com/re-approaching-color-9e604ba22c88

It has this. For example, the default 0 value: 19.32b (on black) 1.09w (on white)

I enjoyed TFS but tend to agree with this review: > Thinking Fast and Slow is my runner-up for “book most overrated by investors” (with Klarman’s Margin of Safety the champion.) Pe…

Awesome. It looks like the scale model discussed in the video is free to visit at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausilito.

"The dirty secret: We’re all just building CRUD apps." https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/455409190505562112