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alexdig··on Ask HN: How do you store the knowledge gained in a day?
In your experience, how is OneNote more useful over a simple markdown file with your daily notes? The latter is what I'm using and I wonder if I'm missing something by not using OneNote or even Miro.

I imagine attaching files in-line is one of these things, but maybe there's other stuff you can't do without?

alexdig··on Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
I don't have an answer, but at least for Europe you can use www.birdingplaces.eu. The website has some entries for California, but couldn't find condors. Good luck!
alexdig··on Mint is shutting down, and it's pushing users toward Credit Karma
Looks like it just got discontinued, too?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/end-of-support-fo...

alexdig··on Embrace the Boredom
Great analogy - works when thinking about weight loss :) Embrace the hunger? A part of me hopes that life is not only made out of marshmallow tests[1]!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experimen...

alexdig··on My remaining 13M minutes: Productivity, ambition, being realistic in older age
I got an eerie feeling setting it up on my phone.

Still not sure if I'll keep it, but like another commenter said, perhaps I'll embrace my percentage and just make the most out of what's left.

Cowardly (or cunningly?) I set the background to pure black like my regular wallpaper and the text to almost-black. So I think I'll forget about the wallpaper and every now and again, the percentage will jump at me late at night. Let's see :)

Thanks for this!

alexdig··on What a good debugger can do
do you know if it's possible to step back in pycharm/intellij? the article mentions some debuggers having this ability, but i never saw an option in pycharm.

learning how to undo my last step would save so much time. right now, i have to anticipate a risky step and run that line in the debugger console.

alexdig··on Sensitive US military emails spill online
https://archive.is/2G09x
alexdig··on People tricking ChatGPT “like watching an Asimov novel come to life”
magical indeed!

>> describe databases in the style of jay z

    Databases are like the rap game,
    Storing information, just like a player's fame.
    Keeps track of records, just like a DJ's record crate,
    And can be accessed anywhere, like a rapper's great escape.

    Organizing data like a producer's mix tape,
    Making sure it's secure, just like a bodyguard's gate.
    Indexes, queries, and tables, like a rap battle's rhymes,
    Keeping information safe, like a rapper's best lines.
alexdig··on George Saunders on the art of the short story
Are there any stories that stuck with you and would like to share?

I also had a period of time when i was reading many short stories but lost steam after trying a few which I didn't like.

A side-effect of reading short stories is that I forgot their title/author, including the 2-3 stories I enjoyed the most. Or maybe I'm just forgetful. One which I do remember is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Vision_(nov...

alexdig··on Travel is no cure for the mind (2018)
I have no allergies, so I can't imagine how that is. However, I had a back injury 3 years ago. I thought it'd heal fast but I got to the point of being afraid to carry my backpack when traveling somewhere. The chance of having an incredibly sharp pain makes me fear almost any kind of activity.

I also put off traveling before and now I regret not doing it while I was physically able to walk/hike around for hours on end.

I did physical therapy, swimming etc to make it feel better, but by now it's clear it will never improve past a certain point.

So yeah, travel while you can :)

alexdig··on Procrastinatory Doom Loops
Fully agreed. I used the videos from StudyMD and it's been super helpful in the past few weeks.
alexdig··on Stop Swiss Cheesing your calendar
Have you experienced any backlash for doing so?
alexdig··on Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account
This is mind-boggling, but it also makes you think why no one has tried it before.