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mattalbie commented on Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump   facebook.com/4/posts/1011... · Posted by u/jaredwiener
Red_Tarsius · 5 years ago
Say what you will about current events but when big tech can prevent the sitting President from addressing the people, they have too much power.
mattalbie · 5 years ago
Newspapers feel they have an obligation to report what our representatives say, good or bad, but they also have editorials that comment on that reporting. In some cases (like The Economist) reporting and commentary are mixed together. Most newspapers believe their editorials, and how they report the news are critical to holding government accountable, and one of their missions.

I see flagging messages and banning as Twitter (and really all online platforms) version of an editorial.

mattalbie commented on Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)   brandon.invergo.net/news/... · Posted by u/matthberg
smichel17 · 5 years ago
May I recommend Makefiles? Nothing fancy, just a bunch of .PHONY targets. It's a converient way to bundle a bunch of scripts (or single arcane commands) into one file, with autocompletion.
mattalbie · 5 years ago
That’s a good idea. Thanks!
mattalbie commented on Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)   brandon.invergo.net/news/... · Posted by u/matthberg
lambda_obrien · 5 years ago
I've been logging each install as a markdown document with directions, and manually symlinking my dotfiles, but tiny scripts that do both are a great idea!
mattalbie · 5 years ago
I do this but include the symlink command in the document. That way all the links become one copy and paste.
mattalbie commented on Why the aspect ratio change from 4:3 to 16:9 to even wider formats?   movies.stackexchange.com/... · Posted by u/tosh
mattalbie · 5 years ago
The answer on StackExhange is very good, but misses the history of why 4:3 exists in the first place, which had a great deal to do with mechanical reasons. This is well explained on Wikipedia's entry on the Academy ratio[1].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_ratio

The evolution of aspect ratios---4:3, Cinemascope, Anamorphic, 70mm, etc.---is fascinating. There's a constant trade-off between aesthetic and technical requirements with a lot of really cool innovations for the time.

For my money the most interesting format is anamorphic[2].

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_format

mattalbie commented on Ask HN: Best books you've read in 2020?    · Posted by u/rayalez
mattalbie · 5 years ago
I read ‘The Lord of the Rings’ for the first time this year. Highly recommend.
mattalbie commented on How I Manage My Random Daily Notes   hachibu.net/posts/2020/ho... · Posted by u/hachibu
hiq · 5 years ago
One drawback you omitted is that you have to set it up and learn how to use it before you reach a point where it competes with other less sophisticated solutions.

I try to keep some notes.org file and use it regularly, but I'm just faster with unix tools and vim, so it's hard to make the upfront investment in learning emacs and start somewhat from scratch. I think there's also some kind of discoverability issue with org-mode features: I don't really know which features should I look into to improve my setup further and have something really nice instead of a glorified markdown.

One day I'll just read the manual from start to finish and try to start properly from there, one day.

mattalbie · 5 years ago
It was worth it for me.

I spend lots of time learning the tools I use for work (database systems, departmental protocols, client interactions) and having a better personal productivity tool is at the center of everything I do. It's worth months of heavy investment in the long run.

olivertaylor commented on How I Manage My Random Daily Notes   hachibu.net/posts/2020/ho... · Posted by u/hachibu
kemiller2002 · 5 years ago
It's just my opinion, but nothing beats paper. I have tried keeping note files on my computer, and I've tried using tablets to jot things down (I have spent so much money trying to get this option to work). Paper just works better. I found that I like to scribble and underline, and draw. I'm just not an organized thinker. Forcing things to be in a list don't work for my thoughts and even drawing on an iPad etc. seems too constricting. The precision of paper just isn't there.
olivertaylor · 5 years ago
Computers are for organizing; paper is for thinking.
mattalbie commented on How I Manage My Random Daily Notes   hachibu.net/posts/2020/ho... · Posted by u/hachibu
Natales · 5 years ago
I like the idea of daily notes even better when you combine them with your todo lists at the same time. That concept is called interstitial notes [0], and it's used in several software tools like Roam Research [1]. I use Drift [2] which has a interstitial notes plugin which has proven to work very well for me.

[0] https://nesslabs.com/interstitial-journaling

[1] https://roamresearch.com/

[2] https://akhater.github.io/drift/

mattalbie · 5 years ago
This is also what org-mode[0] does.

My files are 'logbook', 'life', 'project-1', 'project-2', etc. At any time I can hit a key and capture an idea/meeting to any of those places, and as I'm taking notes I can mark anything as a todo and schedule/deadline them. In the 'agenda' I can see a single overview of all my todo items, and my schedule, from all my notes.

I've tried a lot of systems (paper, apps, cli notes, etc) and org-mode clicks in a way nothing else has for me.

[0]: https://orgmode.org

mattalbie commented on Ask HN: How do you save your bookmarks?    · Posted by u/mraza007
mraza007 · 5 years ago
oh okay just looked at what they offers and 22/year doesn't sound bad hows your experience have been so far
mattalbie · 5 years ago
Fantastic. Very useful and I have a lot of trust in the company sticking around.
mattalbie commented on Ask HN: How do you save your bookmarks?    · Posted by u/mraza007
mraza007 · 5 years ago
Looks good to me but does it offers full text search
mattalbie · 5 years ago
If you're a subscriber they do full-text search and archiving.

u/mattalbie

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