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I wish Kobo would accept my Kindle as partial payment for one of their units. Can't wait to switch away from Bezos.

Reminder: don’t trust third parties with your digital belongings. Not because they’re evil, but because they’re third parties. And third parties, by definition, are people who today are on your side and tomorrow will sell you to the highest bidder.

It happens in life, and it happens on the internet. Today, your digital life, files, photos, chats, etc, are on a server run by a company with a cute logo and a manifesto about privacy. Tomorrow, that company gets bought by a billionaire with lizard-like features, changes its terms and conditions, and your stuff ends up on a marketplace for five cents a bundle.

The vast majority of people still today directly associate any stomach pain with stress as their first thought. I would even venture to say that many doctors still inquire about stress during a consultation. Even though it is not the cause of ulcers, it is true that stress amplifies the symptoms of existing ulcers and increases stomach acid production. Personally, I find stress fascinating.

While I agree that this is often used by dictators to exercise their will and justify it by any means they can find, I don’t see the connection between a totalitarian regime and Argentina.

I agree that this would be a great addition.

For anyone interested in the origins of jazz I recommend the book Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development by Schuller. It covers mostly 1920-1930 and a bit of its origins is west Africa.

We should have something similar to Apple's hide my email for phone numbers

In one way or another, we are all being supervised, even without having committed a crime. It is true that there is a thin line between supervision and the violation of rights, but I believe this requires deeper analysis. However, the fact that supervision exists should not surprise us at a time in history when individuals are more supervised than ever before.

If in this case the supervision were a possible violation of his freedom of expression, then thousands of similar situations constantly occur with people’s freedom to move freely among other examples.

I totally agree. What are they doing over there? It's funny because some of these companies are just jumping into trends, in this case, AI, probably to lure investors and users. They might be achieving the complete opposite result by doing so. If I didn't know about n8n from before and read the new headline on their homepage, I would have thought the tool was not useful for what I need.

At the moment of writing this I have no clue what my wallpaper is. I can't remember when was the last time I actually saw my desktop or interacted with it. I am not sure if this ball will also bounce on top of opened windows, but the whole thing made me think about the need for the desktop at all or how it could be made more useful.

luck is getting to the first page of HN with such a basic and empty "Article"

It's not hard work, nor luck. It's who you know. Then one could argue that "who you know" might be the product of either luck or hard work, which would be a valid answer. In any case, I believe knowing the right people with the right connections is the difference between having a successful business or not (at least in my industry)

finally, I was waiting for this comment.

I've previously used PianoVision, and it worked quite well. The concept seems similar, now augmented with VR. I anticipate that VR pianos will evolve to such an extent that they'll replace traditional pianos in many scenarios (like teaching/learning) https://www.meta.com/experiences/5271074762922599/

Video reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gol_p2aWrJg

Actually, the Pneumatic Post actually served to keep time in Paris in the late 19th century.

The Paris Observatory utilized the pneumatic system to distribute the official time across the city by sending pneumatic pulses at predetermined times, which would then be used to adjust the clocks as needed.

Video reference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gol_p2aWrJg

For anyone interested in bio-inspired aerodynamics, there's a fascinating study published in Scientific Reports exploring the aerodynamic efficiency of dragonfly and NACA4412 airfoils in ground effect. This research uses URANS simulations to offer insights into optimizing MAVs' (Micro Air Vehicles) performance close to the ground. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23590-2

For anyone interested in this I recommend checking out these 2 articles: Alaska Airlines chasing the Great American Eclipse - https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/solar-eclipse/

This annular eclipse tour by Delta - https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-travel/2021-annular-ec...

Listening to your emotions is easier said than done, especially when you’re in the moment, which is essentially when you need to listen the most. There are many ways and methods to analyze emotions afterward, but in my own experience, those aren’t really effective. At the same time, it’s extremely difficult to train in listening to emotions without real emotions occurring.

journaling and video games helped me personally

I'm a co-founder of a small startup, and my co-founder keeps telling me that we need to hire more people because (beyond helping with the company's tasks) "the more employees you have, the more valuable the company is" (in the eyes of investors).

I never believed that was the case, am I wrong?

Which is more valuable: a company with a thousand employees that generates 100 million in profit, or a company with 5 employees that generates the same amount? Beyond the question, I understand it's very simplistic and that the value of a company goes far beyond the number of employees, but I'd like to understand how investors view employees.

Thanks a lot! Also, nothing new, but I am new to your blog and I love how you document everything! You need to write about writing one day ;)

As a reference. Currently an MRI scan can go from $400-$2000 (mostly covered by insurance) https://scan.com/body-parts/breast

An MRI machine cost arounds $350.000 on average. https://www.blockimaging.com

Very interesting, Michael, thanks for sharing! As a founder and bootstrapper myself, I really relate to parts of your post (well, not so much to that 2000% jump in profit... haha, maybe one day).

I'd like to understand the steps leading up to these six years. What motivated you to create that particular product? was it simply something that interested you and that you believed had potential? What was the goal when you created TinyPilot? Thanks!

I remember a few years back, they themselves had proposed a system to use people's social media posts to create a "credit" system and rate individuals based on their postings. At the time, it was quite a mess. The public did not like the idea at all, and SCHUFA had to back down, but it's not the first time they've been involved in problems and controversies.

https://slate.com/technology/2012/06/schufa-s-plan-to-use-so...

Yes! Together with GoldenEye 007 (obviously) and Donkey Kong Country.