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by tinkelenberg 10d ago
The key to enjoying novels is to read them in long enough sittings to get into the flow state. If you only read a couple pages at a time between doomscrolling sessions, it will feel like a chore. Anything would.
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by tinkelenberg 18d ago
OpenBSD seems to have this stance. Source: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=177425035627562&w=2
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A Hidden Infrastructure: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Networks(a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth)
3 points by tinkelenberg 3mo ago|0 comments
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by tinkelenberg 4mo ago
Don’t worry, once LLMs poison the well enough by disincentivizing sharing content online, technical books will thrive again.
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The Resonance of Berkshire Hathaway(tinkelenberg.com)
1 points by tinkelenberg 5mo ago|0 comments
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by tinkelenberg 5mo ago
Reminds me of Succession when the next CEO of Waystar Royco was described as a “pain sponge.”
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by tinkelenberg 5mo ago
Another option I like: organic.
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To Sit by the Water(tinkelenberg.com)
4 points by tinkelenberg 6mo ago|0 comments
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The History of Stoner.com(ron.stoner.com)
2 points by tinkelenberg 6mo ago|0 comments
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Offline 23 Hours a Day(sive.rs)
25 points by tinkelenberg 7mo ago|5 comments
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by tinkelenberg 9mo ago
A lot of what appeals to people about the past isn’t so much about returning to a golden age but recapturing authenticity. We rarely get the real thing nowadays.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
Fixed it for you.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
It was a great time. Social media’s reached beyond that though. Grandma wasn’t online back then.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
Every blog is a niche blog because blogging is a niche. It never was and never will be mainstream. Social media began as an attempt to make the spirit of blogging a low lift for the noobs. Today, you’re talking to an audience that is online
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
Another way to describe it is mystique. There is an absence of mystique when everything is explained and optimized to the nth degree. Websites used to be delightfully weird. Now, they’re truncated into templates with hamburger menus. That t
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
This is the best explanation I’ve come across. I enjoy dithering as a playful way to compress file size when it makes sense.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
BSDs are known for a simple, monolithic OS design, a commitment to long-term stability, and permissive licensing.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
Thank you. I will try again soon. BSD is too compelling from a philosophical standpoint to set aside completely.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
I recently looked into the BSDs for a desktop project before going back to Debian. I love the philosophy but they’re for the initiated. The onboarding rails just aren’t there these days. Everyone says the BSD documentation is superb, but th
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
A teacher told me once that editing poetry is like trying to open a glass jar. Eventually, you have to set it down or you’ll break the thing.
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
One way to look it is to approach it as a creative practice. A good part of any practice is devoted to developing technique. Some are just fine with a standardized but unoptimized tool while others are fascinated by building their own high-
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by tinkelenberg 10mo ago
I’m exploring a similar implementation and am honestly torn between NixOS and a more monolithic experience like Debian or OpenBSD. As much as I love the idea of declarative builds, I’m struggling to justify the investment of learning and ma
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by tinkelenberg 11mo ago
Definitely not. That said, sitting in front of a typewriter was probably the healthiest thing some of these people did. Writing is an isolating profession, and its demons compound when you introduce other vices.
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by tinkelenberg 11mo ago
It goes to show that for how much we mythologize the lifestyles of 20th century writers, their lives weren’t necessarily healthy ones.
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by tinkelenberg 11mo ago
I like the term “organic literature.” A significant amount of readers have no interest whatsoever in generated prose, so there is definitely a viable market in human provenance. An independent certification body is quite an old-world solut
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by tinkelenberg 11mo ago
I struggled with a complex manuscript for years and tried all sorts of tools from Word to Scrivener in the process with no luck. Emacs w/org mode was the only program that helped me make sense of the mess and finish the darn thing. I h
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by tinkelenberg 1y ago
I love seeing a Vonnegut writeup on HN. He’s my favorite author and his work had a major influence on me in my 20s. I guess we’ll see what I do when I’m old, whenever that is.