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davewasthere commented on Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?    · Posted by u/unsupp0rted
aghilmort · 5 months ago
read something new every day before going to bed

journal before you start your day

buy some sort of electric kettle

davewasthere · 5 months ago
The fact that there's an entire country mostly unaware of the utility and ubiquitousness of a simple electric kettle, blows my mind. But then again, I'm a product of the Empire (British) not a North-American.

But while the idea of using a stove top kettle (have done so in the past) is fine, the thought of using a microwave to heat up a cup of water for tea seems abhorent. (although it's really not)

I guess it came about because 110V not being as efficient? Or more American's are coffee drinkers?

davewasthere commented on Show HN: I convert videos to printed flipbooks for living   videotoflip.com/... · Posted by u/momciloo
cwmoore · a year ago
Print and bind a few copies of YouTube for a serious carbon sequestration opportunity.
davewasthere · a year ago
And limited run it. So it there are XX orders already, then the youtube video is delisted, so only exists in paper form.
davewasthere commented on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option   recyclebin.zip/posts/anno... · Posted by u/gepeto42
Gigachad · a year ago
No. The links are temporary.
davewasthere · a year ago
And worse (sometimes) consumed by email scanners. There's all sorts of hassles with them. Email deliverability often an issue too.
davewasthere commented on DOOM CAPTCHA   doom-captcha.vercel.app/... · Posted by u/denysvitali
davewasthere · a year ago
I learned I can't play Doom if I can't strafe. I'm a bot!
davewasthere commented on Ask HN: Great maker projects for 8th grade kids and above?    · Posted by u/ostaquet
davewasthere · a year ago
Not quite the same, but if you've a leaf blower, then making a hovercraft with a couple of pool noodles and a circular piece of plywood is pretty cool (and a lot of fun).
davewasthere commented on Ask HN: Sci-fi recommendations by non-western authors?    · Posted by u/elric
davewasthere · a year ago
Hiroshi Sakurazaka wrote 'All you need is kill', which became Edge of Tomorrow film.

And, while not SciFi, I think Haruki Murakami's books are worth a read and might scratch and itch you didn't realise you had. Start with Norwegian Wood if you want a light intro, but then Windup Bird Chronicle next. Possibly 1Q84 after that?

davewasthere commented on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker   rdht.vercel.app/... · Posted by u/pixd
davewasthere · a year ago
Quick bug.

As an unauthed user, add a habit. Then log in. Habit has disappeared. (but can create habits, which then sync just fine to other devices)

I guess I was expecting my unauthed user habit to persist after logging in.

davewasthere commented on Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler   github.com/00-Evan/shatte... · Posted by u/notamy
IgorPartola · 2 years ago
So I used to play Pixel Dungeon and then saw a bunch of clones that looked like it. Is Shattered Pixel Dungeon the original project or a clone of a closed source game? Or completely unrelated?
davewasthere · 2 years ago
original creator: https://twitter.com/watawatabou

Was always free... now people have gone to town with the source code.

davewasthere commented on Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S.   npr.org/2024/01/24/122637... · Posted by u/geox
davewasthere · 2 years ago
Now they just need to organise effectively.

But how do you organise a disparate group whose only common characteristic is that they don't believe in imaginary deities?

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KarmaCake day394August 16, 2009View Original