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endentru··on Ways to Read More Books
> 2. Get your tax dollars’ worth out of your library card

To add to this, shoutout to the Overdrive app/site which makes borrowing ebooks/audiobooks from libraries extremely easy.

http://overdrive.com/

endentru··on Sourcegraph now running on an in-browser VS Code
Oh, sweet! Didn't think to check there, thanks
endentru··on Sourcegraph now running on an in-browser VS Code
Anyone have any suggestions for a map view extension for VS Code? I like how it looks in sourcegraph, wouldn't mind having it locally but haven't been able to find one.
endentru··on Ask HN: What are some great “Free” services provided by IBM, Amazon, etc.?
I too remember only getting 2 months to use them- I signed up sometime Nov/Dec 2016. Guess they changed it fairly recently.
endentru··on Show HN: Color Picker for iOS and Android developers
Similar to https://color.hailpixel.com/ which is pretty useful too.
endentru··on I ate 40 teaspoons of sugar a day. This is what happened (2015)
I think hrodriguez meant that it was the shock of going from a ~3 year low-sugar diet to a 40-tablespoon-per-day diet that was responsible for the sudden influx of negative effects, one that might not have been seen if he gradually eased into the high sugar diet.
endentru··on Bibliomania: the strange history of compulsive book buying
> I had to teach myself programming now running a company which has required quit a lot of knowledge which is spread among technical/business/people.

I feel like I'm headed down a similar path myself. Do you have any recommendations for books relating to this? I'm certainly not asking for a huge curated list, but perhaps the top 5 you found most influential would be much appreciated. Thanks.

endentru··on [dead]
> easy to become reliant on the technology and have a serious accident when a sensor fails (particularly for blind spot detection)

Recently realized this myself when the blind spot detector light went out in our SUV. It's gotten me thinking about how manufacturers would approach a situation like that without forcing the user to undergo (or more accurately ignore) safety tests like a walk-around prior to driving or something similar. Or perhaps the intended use of these sensors should be stated as supplementary - ie "do not rely on them without verifying it's safe to merge yourself"? People would ignore that too. It's an issue I haven't really seen a solution to anywhere.