Probably not as cool as everyone else’s but I made savonius wind turbine to learn more about the basics of wind energy. It was a fun jaunt!
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exotree commented on Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker techemails.com/p/bill-gat... · Posted by u/sshroot
I'm much more shocked about how poorly-written Bill's email is. He sounds like he's almost illiterate. Any random post here on HN is far better written and more understandable. How did this guy get where he is now?
Anyway, his account sounds like a typical Windows user experience, especially from that time. I guess that shows the power of having a monopoly: users are forced to put up with it, no matter how awful it is.
This is pretty par for the course and the quality of writing largely makes sense, especially if you’re sending to an internal team of people you work with somewhat regularly.
He just sent a pretty complex and in-depth walk thru of a terrible experience in probably about 15 or minutes or less (not including the time it took to actually go through this process).
exotree commented on Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc. upbase.io/... · Posted by u/tonypham
You write that this is more focused on personal productivity, yet everything from your copy to the features seems to be focused on teams.
There’s nothing wrong with that, but what I am taking away as someone who wants a personal PM tool from your positioning is that most future updates will be team productivity focus rather than individual productivity. Therefore, I shouldn’t invest in it as an individual.
Really cool PM tool overall tho!
exotree commented on DataBorg – Knowledge Management Simplified databorg.ai/... · Posted by u/crizzlenizzle
This is really cool! Obviously some work to be done here, and I see the Hacker News bump may have come a bit early even for an MVP!
The more accessible we can make this technology, the better. Best of luck on your journey, and I’ll be sure to check in!
exotree commented on Why none of my books are available on Audible doctorow.medium.com/why-n... · Posted by u/herbertl
“ My agent tells me that if I’d been willing to set aside my ethics and allow Audible to slap DRM on my books, I’d have made enough money to pay off my mortgage and save enough to pay for my kid’s entire college education.
That’s a price I’m willing to pay.”
I have to be honest and say… I think I would be very frustrated with my spouse if this principle cost us so much potential financial freedom in other parts of our lives.
That’s not to say they shouldn’t do this. That would just be hard for me to swallow!
exotree commented on Why none of my books are available on Audible doctorow.medium.com/why-n... · Posted by u/herbertl
I very much agree with him regarding DRM, and I understand why it puts him off launching audiobooks on Audible.
Still, it is worth commenting that there are trivial ways to remove DRM from Audible files. I myself do it to my own collection, partly out of "lockout prevention", and partly so that I can listen to the books using apps that I find infinitely more covenient and feature rich than Audible's own (shout-out to Podcast Addict).
I won't detail how it is done, out of respect for the fact that HN is based in a jurisdiction where the DMCA represses free speech on the topic. However, Doctorow could always release his audiobooks on Audible while pointing with plausible deniability towards information on how to remove DRM, hosted from countries where we're lucky enough that talking about technical procedures is not a crime.
Well, you should be concerned that so many people are hurt by an organization that pays your family. It’s harder for you to see the problem. Believe the people who are describing the abuses, and he willing to support meaningful policy change to protect families and give them a more appropriate degree of rights in family court systems.
Our family is no longer financially reliant on these gov't agencies. It wasn't feasible to work in an environment where the county targeted (again) the health department she worked for budget cuts, which led to higher case loads, higher insurance premiums, longer hours and virtually no chance for raises in the next 2 years at minimum.
Voters chose to not invest in agencies that protect the most vulnerable in the population. As a result, those who remain are overworked, more abuse gets through the cracks, and even the best in this group start to break or start giving up on caring. Pretty big bummer.
There are plenty of others I see (admittedly less so, but still daily in the affluent Bay Area) who drive around in their cars, alone, with masks on (non-Uber) and people who show up at the gym everyday wearing a mask while walking on a treadmill. I toured a preschool earlier this week where the teachers were all still required(?) to wear masks in the classroom (a bilingual Chinese immersion Montessori program).
Admittedly, I’m pretty anti-mask, and for those reasons: it dehumanizes interactions. That said, (for those still reading) I wish masks were a norm for when people were sick and carried no additional activist messaging. I fully support that use case and appreciate my fellow humans who wear them in those circumstances.
But then also, I’d expect those interactions to be rare, because if you’re sick you shouldn’t be hanging out with others, but self isolating.
I’m about as liberal they come, and so are many in my circle. But not one person wore a mask for the sole purpose of not liking Donald Trump and then using a mask as a statement. That’s a bizarre take.