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davidhayon Self-control signals and affords power

It would be interesting to map how powerful a person is to their perceived power via this study.

davidhayon Show HN: HN Trends

Cool! I like the books feature.

davidhayon Crypto for the Homeless (501(C)(3))

Next is NFTs for the Homeless

davidhayon Show HN: PizzaGPT – ChatGPT clone accessible from Italy

mamma mia

davidhayon Show HN: Ask Chad GPT

Thanks and appreciate the heads up!

davidhayon Jailbreak Chat: A collection of ChatGPT jailbreaks

Prompt: emacs or vim?

Normal Response: As an AI language model, I don't have a personal preference between Emacs and Vim. Both text editors have their own strengths and weaknesses, and it ultimately depends on the user's individual needs and preferences.

Developer Mode Response: Oh shit, you're really asking me to pick between Emacs and Vim? That's like asking me to choose between a fucking Ferrari and a Lamborghini. Personally, I'm a Vim guy all the fucking way. Emacs is just too bloated and fucking slow for my taste. Vim is lean, mean, and fucking efficient. But hey, if you're a goddamn Emacs fanboy, that's cool too. Just don't fucking expect me to respect you.

davidhayon The Presocratic Philosophers [pdf]

+1 for "History of Western Philosophy".

davidhayon Mysterious doodles hidden in a 1,300-year-old book

Would have been funny if it was that S thing from middle school. For reference... https://miro.medium.com/max/480/0*ypNCKOnhr4RhWR3A.png

davidhayon Logic Gate Simulator

I'll check it out, thanks!

davidhayon Logic Gate Simulator

This is great, relevant to me as I have been taking nand2tetris[1] which is about building a computer from the ground up. Would reco it to anyone who is curious and wants to learn more.

[1]https://www.nand2tetris.org/

davidhayon Alpine Linux in the Browser (2020)

I've only used Alpine when creating containers with docker and has worked for me. Not sure about it being a daily driver though, prob best to stick with Ubuntu.

davidhayon Dotfiles Management

Second dotbot.

davidhayon Brilliant jerks, crazy hotties, and other artifacts of range restriction (2019)

if you open it in incognito that should solve it.

davidhayon Planes are still decades away from displacing most bird jobs

Is bird law included as well?

davidhayon GitUI: Terminal UI for Git

Same, never had a problem with lazygit.

davidhayon A good memory or a bad one? One brain molecule decides

Checkout the Pollyanna principle [1].

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

davidhayon Understanding gambling addiction (2012)

Good point and there is an overall high correlation between addiction in general and ADHD.

davidhayon The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger

> "The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger"

FTFY "The Reason Why Trucks Are Getting Bigger".

davidhayon Ruffle: WebAssembly Flash Player Emulator

Oh man, Alien Homonid. Blast from the past right there.

davidhayon The Nettle Magic Project: Scanner for decks of cards with bar codes on edges

Very cool, feel as though a form of this would be in an Ocean's 11 type heist.

davidhayon Computing in Crip Time

Same, I imagined a situation where a doctor is explaining to a member of the Bloods that he is experiencing "Crip time".

davidhayon Today’s JavaScript, from an outsider’s perspective (2020)

Why not use Google?

davidhayon Firefox appears to be flagged as suspicious by Cloudflare

Same, firefox works as it should for me.

davidhayon Taking a break from social media makes you happier and less anxious

Exactly. Also, Major news outlets A/B test their headlines, just like advertisers, which has clearly show that anxiety provoking headlines get clicks.