I learned double-entry bookkeeping from the GnuCash "Tutorial and Concepts Guide"
https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=5&lang=C&doc=guide
Readit Newswoolcap commented on Double-Entry Bookkeeping for Hackers markan.net/double-entry.h... · Posted by u/excsn
I don't know. I've largely failed at it. I have a ton of hobbies, and I feel like they're all not getting enough attention, and are taking up too much space. But every time I think about getting rid of my stuff for a hobby, I get more interested in it and actually do it for a bit, instead of getting rid of it.
The one hobby that I have massively cut down on is woodworking. I still have the tools, but I almost never do it now. It's noisy, dirty, dangerous, and expensive. So it's pretty easy to decide to give up on, in favor of other hobbies.
You could consider ditching (most of) the power tools and just do hand-tool woodworking. Much quieter, less sawdust and mess, relaxing (usually) and much lower possibility of losing a finger.
Particularly if it summarized the key points of arguments on both sides of any debates.
Found this that summarizes comments as well as the article: https://hackyournews.com/
This is nice. Would be even better if it summarizes the comments as well.
Particularly if it summarized the key points of arguments on both sides of any debates.
woolcap commented on Vincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle... · Posted by u/CoBE10
I was never a fan of Van Gogh until I saw Starry Night in person at MOMA in NYC.
The thing that jumps out at me is literally the paint on the painting. There is a lot of height to it. The paint is so thick in sections that it sticks out far above the canvas that it can cause a shadow next to it. We tend to think of paintings as 2 dimensional but Starry Night is 3D and seeing it online or in a book or poster is not the same experience.
Since then I've seen about 10 other Van Gogh paintings in museums and I noticed this similar style in his paintings.
What I like about Van Gogh's work, is the 'vibrant energy' in his paintings. But I had to experience his work in person to come to appreciate and perceive that. Prior to my first in-person experience with his paintings, I was in the 'meh' camp. It was a similar story for me with the work of Georgia O'Keefe.
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woolcap commented on Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong features.apmreports.org/s... · Posted by u/Khaine
As someone who's both worked as a teacher and as a software engineer, my feeling is that what happened in reading education is roughly what engineers' jobs would be forced by their CTOs to use software methodologies and languages that came from their university professors who've never really spend much time (at least not in well over a decade if at all) doing actual salaried software development where code had to be shipped. They may have even "observed developers" or "measured output" in constructing these things, and thought they had figured out The Way and knew how to systematize it, and deserved to sell it for millions of dollars, along with training, books, etc.
EDIT: Also, I would be remiss for not mentioning this, but if you are the parent of a kid stuck in a horrible reading program like the ones in this program, you can take matters into your own hands with this phonics-centric, well researched book: "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". You don't have to be great at teaching, either. It gives you the exact prompts and feedback to use with your kids on every exercise. Lessons are short, repetitive, and you need to do it daily or near-daily. Anecdote: it worked for my kid.
An excellent book. I taught all of my kids to read with it. All are strong readers. By lesson 70 or so, most of them had caught the gist and didn't need to finish it out. Highly recommended.
woolcap commented on Show HN: Sail a historical full-rigged ship in real global weather thapen.itch.io/painted-oc... · Posted by u/Lefuz
For reading this 21 book series it's worth investing into one more book with background information.
I can recommend
Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World (Hardcover)
Lots of valuable information, lots of illustrations and schematics and photos.
Also recommend A Sea of Words, which is a lexicon of the nautical terminology from the books.
woolcap commented on SEC charges the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sec.gov/news/press-releas... · Posted by u/jseip
Due to the extent of Church operations and the ongoing costs, they feel it is wise to save for a rainy day (as they also advise others). More details in my comment elsewhere on this page.
Having lived through the dot-com bust, my wife and I around the same time (20+ years ago), began to set some funds aside for the "rainy day" of not if, but _when_ I might lose my job in tech, given the often volatile nature of the industry. We've been fortunate not to have to need to dip into those funds for that purpose over that time, but I think it's a wise practice, one that the church teaches, and follows.
It's a strangely romantic idea and one that is Clarke through and through!