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TawandaMoyo

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TawandaMoyo··on Ask HN: Underrated HN Posts and Comments
Not exactly what you're looking for, but I love this extension which shows similar past threads.

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TawandaMoyo··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)
hello, there appears to be a problem on the careers page. The jobs are not fetching.
TawandaMoyo··on Music for Programming
I prefer instrumentals without words for deep work. My go to is Mbira instrumentals from Zimbabwe e.g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRlWoV022k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlbf2w6ZCPg&t=2672s
TawandaMoyo··on Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
I wrote one to organise the highlights and notes I make on the Kindle paperwhite eReader. It takes in the .txt file with the highlights and outputs a folder with every book as a txt/md file which contains all the highlights from that particular book. I use it every week when I review what I've been reading. It's a really simple JS file but when it worked it felt like magic.
TawandaMoyo··on Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died
Felt the same too. Concepts like wu wei are clearly related to flow. And Taoism has a lot of stories that relate to flow, my favorite being Cook Ding cutting up an ox.
TawandaMoyo··on Bitcoin is a Ponzi
You could buy US dollars of course, but you'd have to keep them under your mattress. The banks can convert foreign currency into local currency with a decree. I see your point though, and ideally I'd have some in something tangible, say real estate, but cryptos make sense to a lot of people dealing with crazy regimes.
TawandaMoyo··on Bitcoin is a Ponzi
Thanks for pointing this out. People have different reasons why they believe in bitcoin (and other cryptos). Where I live the government has in the past 20 years wiped out citizens' savings at least 3 times, arbitrarily, without any notice. In such a situation using bitcoin, regardless of the risk/skepticism, is a far better alternative than having all your money disappear on the whims and or experiments of politicians. Once I get sufficiently knowledgeable about cryptos I will happily take my chances, and I'm sure many in my situation will see it that way.
TawandaMoyo··on Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office
Same here, thought Starlink would be low power. Still, 100W is acceptable I suppose
TawandaMoyo··on Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office
Interesting read. I also live off-grid and repurposed an old shed to be a workspace of sorts but my solar power is only for lighting and the laptop (the inverter is just 250W) which is sad since we get lots of sunlight here. Worst part is the internet, I use shitty 3G, often can't stream even videos lol. Planning to get Starlink when (if ever) it comes to rural Africa. Inspiring post, thanks.