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darkmuck commented on Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet   browseros.com/... · Posted by u/felarof
darkmuck · 5 months ago
This is similar to the chrome extension nanobrowser. https://github.com/nanobrowser/nanobrowser
darkmuck commented on Taking Notes with Joplin   lwn.net/Articles/1016400/... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
celsius1414 · 8 months ago
I keep thinking about how much feature lists like this could be matched by the Finder/File Explorer and my favorite text editor.
darkmuck · 8 months ago
Yes of course but not on android. Also I'd prefer the same app/experience across platforms.
darkmuck commented on Taking Notes with Joplin   lwn.net/Articles/1016400/... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
terminalgravity · 8 months ago
You said “like Obsidian”. Which parts of Obsidian are most important for you
darkmuck · 8 months ago
- Apps for, at least, windows and android.

- Storage of files in a folder that can be seen by the OS to allow sync by something like syncthing

- Moderately good UI (nice to have: live preview of markdown)

- Core features not behind a paywall (e.g. siyuan can't sync, notenook missing important features)

- Nice to have: push notifications for tasks/reminders

darkmuck commented on Taking Notes with Joplin   lwn.net/Articles/1016400/... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
vunderba · 8 months ago
Joplin is really nice feature-wise but the last time I looked at it a few years back I absolutely HATED the way that it structured your notes.

The way it worked was that they stored new/existing notes in an SQLite table with UUIDs. This of course makes it very difficult to use bash tools, other IDEs, etc. to work with your notes after Joplin has ingested them.

Further the related media was renamed "UUID.<related extension>" which were stored in `~/.config/joplin-desktop/resources`.

Compare this to apps like VS Code / Obsidian / Logseq (also open source) which don't mess with your markdown file organization. You can just point them to a root folder and they'll work natively with your markdown files. No syncing required.

darkmuck · 8 months ago
I'm with you 100%. I wish there was an OSS tool that was like Obsidian and cross-platform (no cloud hosting required). Logseq is the closest but the markdown standard isn't fully supported, and they add a lot of custom syntax/metadata.
darkmuck commented on A New Sweetener Has Joined the Ranks of Aspartame and Stevia   theatlantic.com/health/ar... · Posted by u/kryster
mise_en_place · 2 years ago
I may get downvoted for this, but wouldn’t a high sucrose and high carbohydrate diet improve insulin resistance? If you minimize beta oxidation, then in theory, your body will adapt to primarily utilizing glycolysis for energy. The Randle cycle shows that poor glucose metabolism leads to preference of beta oxidation.
darkmuck · 2 years ago
I asked Claude 3 Opus about this, here is its response:

It's an interesting theory, but the relationship between diet and insulin resistance is more complex. Here's a breakdown:

The Randle Cycle: The Randle Cycle, also known as the glucose-fatty acid cycle, suggests that high availability of fatty acids for beta-oxidation can inhibit glucose utilization. This is because the products of fatty acid metabolism (acetyl-CoA and NADH) directly inhibit key enzymes involved in glucose metabolism, such as pyruvate dehydrogenase and phosphofructokinase.

High Sucrose and Carbohydrate Diet: A diet high in sucrose and carbohydrates can lead to increased blood glucose levels, which in turn stimulates insulin secretion. Chronically elevated insulin levels can lead to insulin resistance over time, as cells become less responsive to the effects of insulin.

Adapting to Glycolysis: While minimizing beta-oxidation and relying primarily on glycolysis for energy might seem like a way to improve glucose metabolism, it's not that simple. Excess glucose, if not utilized by cells or stored as glycogen, can be converted to fatty acids through de novo lipogenesis, contributing to increased fat storage and potential insulin resistance.

Insulin Resistance and Glucose Metabolism: Insulin resistance is characterized by impaired glucose uptake and utilization by cells, leading to high blood glucose levels. Poor glucose metabolism can indeed lead to a preference for beta-oxidation, as suggested by the Randle Cycle. However, this is a consequence of insulin resistance rather than a cause.

In conclusion, while the theory of adapting to glycolysis by minimizing beta-oxidation is interesting, a high sucrose and carbohydrate diet is more likely to contribute to insulin resistance rather than improve it. Insulin resistance is a complex metabolic disorder influenced by various factors, including diet, physical activity, and genetics.

darkmuck commented on Are we making the best notion open source alternative?   affine.pro... · Posted by u/entherhe
darkmuck · 2 years ago
unfortunately there's no mobile support at all yet
darkmuck commented on Small offline large language model – TinyChatEngine from MIT   graphthinking.blogspot.co... · Posted by u/physicsgraph
collyw · 2 years ago
Where is a good place to understand the high level topics in AI. Like an offline language model compared to a presumably online model?
darkmuck commented on Netscape Meteors   erynwells.me/blog/2023/08... · Posted by u/ingve
guerrilla · 2 years ago
Now someone just needs to make a Netscape theme (userChrome.css?) for Firefox. I really liked the old Netscape 4.5-4.8 aesthetic.

https://www.arnnet.com.au/slideshow/557401/pictures-visual-h...

darkmuck · 2 years ago
There used to be themes like that but over time they became broken due to changes to the Firefox UI architecture changes. I would pay for a good userchrome.css that still worked to to implement a classic Netscape theme on modern firefox!
darkmuck commented on ChatGPT for Android – Pre-orders   play.google.com/store/app... · Posted by u/myitis_
brunoqc · 2 years ago
> I'll run privately self-hosted llama on my phone.

any guides on how to do that?

darkmuck · 2 years ago
Mlc-llm for Android
darkmuck commented on Chrome, 10 Years Later   neugierig.org/software/bl... · Posted by u/felixc
phendrenad2 · 3 years ago
That's a testament to how bad browsers were/are compared to Chrome.

Chrome was a ground-up project, written by highly-paid Googlers, while other browsers were sitting on old codebases built up by many average employees and unpaid volunteers over a decade+.

Chrome was also, at that time, allowed to be a pure browser for browsing the web while other browsers were trying to get you to sign up for toolbars (essentially more ad real estate for them) or use their homepage (more ad spots) and were pushing out updates constantly (an excuse to show you more ads in the updater progress window!)

darkmuck · 3 years ago
Chrome was based on Webkit which was based on KHTML. It wasn't quite a ground-up project.

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