DataGata (u/DataGata)

DataGata commented on Show HN: I built a goal-oriented task manager plocs.com... · Posted by u/cstaudenmeyer

DataGata · 3 years ago

Some of the controls are a bit disorienting. All observations below are from the demo:

1) When I create a goal, theres no obvious way that the goal is "created". I just press the back button? The send-comment button was where I initially tried to confirm that a goal had been created.

2) When I create a subtask, and then exit the subtask menu to get to the first task, it gives me a blank page.

I really really like the idea, but the demo is a bit too buggy

DataGata commented on $9.99/month basicappleguy.com/basicap... · Posted by u/sashk

shanusmagnus · 3 years ago

Related: Substack and other paid newsletters are bringing the same energy. I have just one subscription (Stratechery, which my old job paid for and which I will let lapse) but I'm gobsmacked at how many there are. Many are actually _good_ and I would like to read them, but they're not $100 / year worth of good, and yet that's like the price people default to.

I'm all for peeps getting what the market will support, and I love that random obsessive genius oddballs can now theoretically make a living by going direct to their 1000 true fans, but to me the value isn't there, and I suspect most others are in the same boat. I hate myself for saying this, but I think it's time to re-bundle.

DataGata · 3 years ago

Thanks for reminding me. I planned on doing "cycles" between my favorite substackers (buy, cancel, read the backlog, switch to a new author), but i ended up with 5 concurrent subscriptions. Canceled now.

DataGata commented on A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people jakobgreenfeld.com/stay-i... · Posted by u/jakobgreenfeld

syndacks · 4 years ago

I find this pretty sad to be honest. How would you feel if you were on a B or C list and got some kind of shallow, automated message like this? For me it would probably do the opposite by showing me that you don’t actually value me or our friendship, just the outcome. Like an SEO guru type or something, full of shallow words.

Friendships, like any relationship, require work. And, given we are human, nuance and authenticity too. I text people when I think about them. Occasionally I’ll scroll through my text message history to see if someone I care about hasn’t heard from me or viceversa in a while. Sometimes it leads to a text-convo, a phone convo, or IRL plans.

If you struggle with friendships and see an article like this as a way to “hack” the system, I caution you to think twice. Less is more. Cultivate your tender friend garden with intention, not automation.

DataGata · 4 years ago

I was just reading a blog complaining about commenters not reading the article, and the next comment I read on a completely different article did not RTFQ.

> got some kind of shallow, automated message like this?

Jakob describes how after he is reminded of the person in the morning, he researches what has happened to them since he last spoke and finds some genuine content/connection to send to that person.

DataGata commented on Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? · Posted by u/avgDev

gherkinnn · 4 years ago

Algo-paranoia.

Every time I interact with a remotely "clever" system, I keep thinking how my input will feed some machine. How fast do I scroll, what is in my viewport. What do I listen to and when. Is this an A/B test? Will something I do on a whim affect that machine to predict something incredibly stupid tomorrow?

It only became obvious recently, as I was readying an actual, physical book. The relief to realise that the publisher won't optimise the font based on how fast I turn the pages. And the disgust at that aspect of tech.

And to what end?

DataGata · 4 years ago

It should be reassuring to know that most of the things you interact with are actually too bandwidth constrained to care about those things, and the algos you interact with are fairly obvious and explicit (Feeds, curated things, etc)

DataGata commented on AWS us-east-1 outage status.aws.amazon.com/... · Posted by u/judge2020

DataGata · 4 years ago

Don't get nitty about saying "my X". People say "my plumber" or "my hairstylist" or whatever all the time.

DataGata commented on Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? esa.int/Science_Explorati... · Posted by u/5faulker

amelius · 4 years ago

Do Russians and the Chinese use a similar tool?

DataGata · 4 years ago

I would be willing to bet money they use the same tool.

DataGata commented on Hospital exec says employees are walking off the job cnn.com/videos/health/202... · Posted by u/belltaco

h2odragon · 4 years ago

COVID is not smallpox.

Equating the two is the basis of your argument? And yet anyone disagreeing is spreading disinformation and must be silenced?

(Not accusing you of the latter personally, but others who sound like you have continued thus)

DataGata · 4 years ago

A person yelling "fire" in a crowded theater gets in trouble, but a person yelling "there is no fire" in a crowded theater in a theater definitely on fire is... being silenced?

DataGata commented on The Tyranny of Spreadsheets timharford.com/2021/07/th... · Posted by u/shortleash

quietbritishjim · 4 years ago

You can just spread the formula over multiple cells. Instead of

  A3: IF(<boolean>, <result if true>, <result if false>)

where each of the three parameters are complex formulae, you can do:

  A3: IF(B3, C3, D3)
  B3: <boolean>
  C3: <X>
  D3: <Y>

Not only is the formula now broken down into simpler chunks, you also get to inspect the component results (like watches in a breakpoint! sorta...). Then you can just hide the relevant columns if you like (B,C,D in this case). You can even use a separate sheet and hide the whole sheet if you wish.

DataGata · 4 years ago

You say this but it still feels gross to do.

DataGata commented on SpaceX will soon fire up its Super Heavy booster for the first time arstechnica.com/science/2... · Posted by u/rbanffy

irrational · 4 years ago

My generation had the space shuttles (I still remember watching the challenger explosion at school that day). Your post is the first one to point out to me that in between the end of the space shuttles and space x we had an entire generation with nothing.

DataGata · 4 years ago

Consider that maybe the space shuttles exploding _was_ our thing. Boomers got to see the surface of the Moon. Zoomers got to see cheap flight and robotic victories. Millennials were raised by a NASA flying an explosive trailer truck.

DataGata commented on Bee-friendly urban wildflower meadows prove a hit with German city dwellers theguardian.com/environme... · Posted by u/rapnie

veltas · 5 years ago

Not everyone who struggles to walk more than 20 feet wants to use a scooter (or can even afford one), many elderly people in that situation already have a car, and many of them are able to drive relatively safely. Like people with respiratory or heart issues.

And right now they have the option to use a mobility scooter or a car, if they lose the option to use a car then there will be places that will take a lot longer to get to. I think it's reasonable for people like this to prefer being able to drive everywhere, it gives a huge amount of independence and is clearly can be more convenient than public transport.

And there is a dignity aspect as well, I don't know how seriously people will take that argument but I understand that many older people would avoid doing trips rather than using a mobility scooter. I think that deserves consideration as well.

DataGata · 5 years ago

I think there are reams of people living in cities like SF, NYC, and DC that are retired and make do without a car. In fact, I would bet that the elderly live better lives on all metrics when they are able to live carless in a walkable neighborhood.

Cars probably do help them kill their dignity- at the expense of their grandchildren's quality of life.