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by presbyterian 24d ago
You shouldn't read a lot instead of writing a lot, you should be doing both, in the same way a musician should practice their instrument and listen to a lot of music. Or, for a more HN-appropriate context, imagine trying to contrib
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by presbyterian 1mo ago
Technology, privacy, and the legal issues related to them, have always been relevant to hackers.
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by presbyterian 1mo ago
The speed at which GitHub is tanking their reputation is fascinating
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by presbyterian 2mo ago
Sugar free/low sugar energy drinks are really common, and most coffee drinkers I know are mixing in sugar or creamer or something in their coffee, so I don't think they're that different. Personally, as someone who is super s
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by presbyterian 2mo ago
Yeah, personally, it's hard to say "live and let live" about someone who doesn't want a people to live.
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by presbyterian 2mo ago
Your comment suggests that all disagreements are equal. I would get email service from someone who likes Ruby more than Python, even if I disagree. I, like the author of the post, wouldn't get email from someone I knew was virulently r
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by presbyterian 2mo ago
This isn't just them being scared of a competitor because they're able to outperform Apple, according to Apple they have proof of an active plan not just to poach talent, but to get that talent to syphon out information as they le
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by presbyterian 2mo ago
> There are a few Social Media Apps, Messenger Apps, Banking Apps which I consider essential to every day users and cover 80 - 90% of their usage. Who will make these apps for the new platform? They have no need to develop for a new plat
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by presbyterian 3mo ago
> eBooks don't need printing, warehousing, distribution and retail shelving But they do need editing, layout, design, marketing, etc, which are a significant part of the cost of a book. A book is never a solo endeavor by an author.
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by presbyterian 3mo ago
Not really. The person I'm replying to wants to watch streaming services and their own files. Grab any streaming box that supports the services, and it almost certainly has a Jellyfin app or a compatible one. Problem solved.
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by presbyterian 3mo ago
If you’re already DIYing, set up a Jellyfin server and then any of the streaming boxes will work.
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
> I would rather pay them than pay the publisher for them to only get a small cut. Publishers aren't just stealing money that should go to authors. We can debate percentages and such, but buying a book also pays the editors (who any
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
I've used it for basically any text editing task. Quickly jotting stuff down for later, web development, writing articles, drafting emails, whatever. I've used VS Code a lot and have used Obsidian for notes/worldbuilding in T
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
Regardless of your opinions on Cuba, I feel like the US isn't really in a position to be casting aspersions here.
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
They do, but under a completely different system than the way that they do for print books. When a library buys a print book, they can keep it in circulation for as long as they want and it's physically durable, but for digital, they&#
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
Why? Badger Badger Badger was massively influential on early internet video, it deserves to be preserved.
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
> that's 100% the plugin's fault, not Obsidian's no matter which way you look at it It doesn't really matter to me whose fault it is. Basically no one is using Obsidian without plugins, and the impact plugins have on
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
I don't have any data on this, so don't quote me on it at all, but this feels more like an excuse made up by paypros than an actual good explanation.
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
Conservative religious groups
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
"there is no lock-in" is a thing that's said a lot about Obsidian and, as an Obsidian fan, I feel like isn't totally true. Yes, Obsidian just stores markdown files, but it has unique syntaxes, especially if you're
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
Aesthetic taste isn’t (inherently) rational? I don’t need a reason to find something ugly, I can just find it ugly.
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
Maybe it varies by location, but in my experience, Whole Foods is significantly more expensive than Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's is pretty affordable. It may not be Walmart cheap, but it's no worse than Target.
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by presbyterian 4mo ago
"A lot of people use this tool" and "this tool is productive and useful" don't necessarily track. People do and use all kinds of things that aren't actually useful, they just feel useful, and I think that&#x2
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
> But then what is left to compare the two? Countless other things about the way they work and how they handle what you want to do with them? We're not comparing radically different things, I was intentional about my comparison of J
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
I feel like Linux proselytizers are always talking about how Linux will revive or improve low-powered hardware, and that’s one of the reasons it’s so great. Then when it’s still a poor experience, the same Linux users say things like this,
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
> I see no reason why I should be paying the same (or often more) than the paperback version. I rarely see the ebooks cost more than print, they're usually slightly cheaper. But the reason they aren't drastically cheaper is tha
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
I think both can be true.
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
Yes it is, at least 80% of the book market in the US is controlled by 5 companies: Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Hachette, and HarperCollins.
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
They're not even using the same brand name; they sold the Allbirds name and are now "Newbird AI". I guess it's just to stay on the exchange?
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by presbyterian 5mo ago
My friend there’s a whole article for you to read telling you all kinds of information about this.

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