jyriand

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by jyriand 22d ago
Reminds me a joke by Robert Anton Wilson: "You know how dumb an average American is. Well, mathematically speaking, half of them are even dumber than that."
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by jyriand 5mo ago
I found it useful when writing a thesis. It gave me a way to research many ideas, not directly connected to the main topic, but still interesting in my mind at least. I really enjoyed this unstructured approach. I didn't have to worry
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WordStar for DOS 7.0 Archive(sfwriter.com)
4 points by jyriand 1y ago|0 comments
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Dragon Sweeper(dragonsweeper.com)
2 points by jyriand 1y ago|1 comments
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by jyriand 2y ago
Have you tried Appke notes. It does a pretty decent job. Here is a example https://youtu.be/eoIIUpdhKZs?si=PXWdhTt0DmFjbrLs
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by jyriand 2y ago
This title is unreadable.
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Homestuck(homestuck.com)
1 points by jyriand 2y ago|1 comments
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Deep Habits: The Importance of Planning Every Minute of Your Work Day(calnewport.com)
1 points by jyriand 2y ago|0 comments
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One Idea, One Week(jyriand.substack.com)
1 points by jyriand 2y ago|0 comments
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Definitive 100 Most Useful Productivity Hacks [pdf](learn.filtered.com)
3 points by jyriand 2y ago|0 comments
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What Writers Can Learn from Programmers(jyriand.substack.com)
1 points by jyriand 3y ago|0 comments
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Why I Threw Away My Apple Watch(jyriand.com)
25 points by jyriand 3y ago|54 comments
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The Eye of Argon (1970) [pdf](foxacre.com)
3 points by jyriand 3y ago|0 comments
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Getting more done with a single screen(world.hey.com)
1 points by jyriand 3y ago|0 comments
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by jyriand 3y ago
And often attributed to Pascal.
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by jyriand 3y ago
Strange. I deleted my first submit because the link was wrong, and then resubmitted with the correct link. But it's still wrong.
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Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2023 Winners(bulwer-lytton.com)
1 points by jyriand 3y ago|2 comments
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GPT-4 Fails Economics(thebigquestions.com)
3 points by jyriand 3y ago|0 comments
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by jyriand 3y ago
And they never stick to one app long enough to get the benefits. Constantly switching, looking for better and faster. I switched to index cards, and honestly, I don't miss digital FOMO.
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by jyriand 3y ago
Reminds me of https://essay.app/ When I opened the app, I instantly started writing -- and that is good. I already have a half of an essay. Didn't use the notes feature, though -- I think it doesn't work in shorte
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by jyriand 4y ago
In school, I learned that writing is like a game of bingo. Later I learned that writing is more like a game of solitaire.
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by jyriand 4y ago
>> I recently moved back to Colorado, where for many decades it's commonplace for people to drive everywhere with their high beams always on Don't they teach in the driving school that you should turn off the high beams when
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Scott and Scurvy (2010)(idlewords.com)
18 points by jyriand 4y ago|6 comments
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by jyriand 4y ago
When medium decided that, as a writer, you need to have at least 100 followers to be able to get paid, the rules of the game changed. All I saw was articles about how to get your first 100 followers and how somebody made lots of money writi
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by jyriand 4y ago
Because writers have to write for the lowest denominator. edit: spelling
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by jyriand 4y ago
Usually I don’t post random stuff. But haven’t slept for a few days because of stomach flu, feeling like a drunk, and this inhibits my judgment.
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by jyriand 4y ago
This must be a divine intervention. I was just about to tweet some insomniac crazy tweets and got an error.
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by jyriand 4y ago
Maybe not a popular opinion, but after I bought a new MacBook, I decided to try out some iOS and Mac apps development. After years of frontend and backend development, it felt like fun thing to do. No more endless npm modules, css files, ja
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Topical Reading: Instead of Reading Lists(jyriand.com)
4 points by jyriand 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Reading lists that you go back to often?
4 points by jyriand 4y ago|2 comments

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