brocket's comments

I migrated all my notes to Joplin (including importing Evernote and OneNote) and have been using it for awhile but performance is it's biggest issue.

(1) Importing notes takes forever, I'm talking hours, even if you're pointing to a local notes folder.

(2) There is no background sync on mobile so every time it's open the app, wait a 10+ seconds to sync, then open the new note. I've found myself keeping important notes on Keep for quick access.

(3) All notes and resources are in a flat folder so if you have a large database filesystems will struggle and break in strange ways. I guess I hit some limits in OneDrive and it can't list all files so I started missing notes. I ended up doing an audit and found a couple dozen things not syncing. Now I'm paranoid I'll lose more notes and commit all changes to a git repo.

I still think there isn't a better alternative in my case and plan to make improvements to address my pain points.

> Has probably spent more time configuring Linux than actually using it

Wow I feel personally attacked ha

This saved my butt when I lost my mouse dongle and only had an Ubuntu instance available at the time. I was able to pair my mouse to the same dongle my keyboard used and have been using the software ever since without issue. Thank you!

When I was shopping around for EVs at the time the Bolt was actually more efficient miles/kwh than a Tesla. Factoring that into the total cost of ownership further widened the price between them.

I haven’t used WhatsApp for while so maybe I’m wrong about that one, but Messenger definitely doesn’t work. I wish it was opt in by default for all notifications, it’s annoying so many don’t work.

Do they mention CarPlay? It drives me crazy that it only integrates notifications with Apple first party apps. It will send me notifications for iMessage or Apple calendar, but completely silences and hides Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Google calendar, Google voice, etc no matter what settings I try. It's frankly dangerous because it forces me to check my phone while driving in case of an urgent message or call. Meanwhile Android auto will show me all notifications and I can silence them while driving if I choose.

Samsung CRG9 (previous sale at Costco for $749, currently $849) connected through HP USB-C Dock G5 (models are confusing, exact one I bought was https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RGC9QSL/). I'm using original base M1 Macbook (currently $749 at Costco) and have had zero issues with the monitor. Without the dock you might need a USB-C to DisplayPort adapter like mentioned in reddit comments you linked to, but I already had the dock from a previous workstation and everything just worked when I plugged it in.

Considering minor Macbook upgrades can get you into >$1500 price territory pretty easily I think this a fantastic value. If you wanted to buy my full setup right now it would be $849 + $749 + $145 = $1745 but you're getting “dual” monitors and dock that can be reused with any modern machine, making it easy to switch between work and play. I can even plug my Steam Deck into it. :) (No affiliation with any of these products!)

I feel like I accidentally discovered a huge hack for this by upgrading to a 49" DQHD monitor. It's the exact same resolution as two 27" 1440p monitors so it's like any Apple silicon chip has always supported dual external displays. And it was a much better overall value compared to buying 2 displays + over-specced macbook.

I consider M1 as already supporting two external displays if you're using a 49" DQHD monitor. :) Mine (Samsung CRG9) is the exact same resolution as two 27" 1440p monitors.

Highly recommend, after switching and getting used to window management software (Rectangle is great and open source) it's hard to imagine going back. There are use cases I just can't do with a gap in the middle of my display. Like being able to take up the whole screen with my IDE when needed or treat center center of my display as my 27" monitor and 1/4 sides as split 27".

I was there during that time too, drove me crazy when they announced that change. Pay wasn't competitive and now you're messing with our retirement? I'm sure someone in finance got rewarded for making it sound like benefits weren't changing but actually paying out significantly less averaged over the whole work force. I ended up finding another company in the area doing my same work for double the salary, but it costs me 10 months of 401K matching!

The profile ID is actually just the number, 12145554.

You can verify this yourself by going to https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/121455547 or https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/121455547-hello-world.

If you're interested in library integration with Goodreads there are a couple browser extensions that work pretty well and have unofficial best effort to stay compatible with:

- Library Extension https://www.libraryextension.com/ (closed source, works on Amazon too, lots of features and supports multiple browsers)

- Available Reads http://rhollister.github.io/goodreads/ (open source, specific to Goodreads and Chrome)

I'm in the same boat but GM converted me with the Bolt instead, driving experience and build quality really surprised me. Although, this announcement has completely killed what little brand loyalty the Bolt had began to kindle.

Also why are they even encouraging password sharing? Spotify family plan model makes much more sense, each member of the family plan has their own account with separate login. No more risks of oversharing the password or wondering who changed something.

I understand not supporting Linux but they don't even have a web version which is a deal breaker for me.

I'm confused by the laptop setup picture. Does he type on the laptop while it's on the stand? Not ergonomic for me, my hands would get tired too fast and that angle would trigger carpal tunnel.

Is there an external keyboard everywhere he travels that's not mentioned? Or is he standing? Doesn't look like it based on picture.

I know this thread is long already but I can give my personal perspective as someone who has lived and worked in SF for the past 5 years. I completely understand their decision. I've lived in some bad places but SF is a different kind of bad. The average person's exposure to the bad parts is impossible to avoid and feels higher than other cities (despite whatever the stats might say).

The longer I stay the more nervous I get walking around the city even in broad daylight and "safe" areas. Family members have visited and had their phones snatched right out of their hands, homeless grab my bags, harassed everywhere, had my (and friends) cars broken into, and gunshots right outside my home. Witnessed all kinds of crazy things on my short walk from muni station to my office including avoiding the infamous poop, throw up, pee, needles, and broken glass. My partner's coworker was robbed at gunpoint then pistol whipped in the head like in a movie, had to stay in the hospital and has a bad scar now (wish I was making this up).

One time a lady was spreading poop all over the walls and our office door handle so I couldn't open the door. Another day someone spread, what seemed like, lard all over the sidewalk so people would trip. Homeless blocking traffic throwing and shouting things at cars. Saw so many of my favorite places to eat windows smashed and broken into over and over. I'd pickup something quick from Walgreens and see someone grabbing a bunch of things then walk out, even with a 24/7 security guard. It feels so futile seeing so much crime and nothing being done.

I love some of the food and exploring the city but the high costs combined with my growing uneasiness just make it not worth it anymore. I've recently been working from home and been a lot more relaxed (although home breakins are on the rise).

I really liked Dark Reader at first but over time I ran into too many edge cases and bad themes across the web where I felt like the time tweaking sites wasn't worth the effort any more. I had to turn it off for so many sites I eventually uninstalled it. Now I'll only use dark mode if the site natively supports it (more and more are lately), otherwise I'm not crazy about playing cat mouse game hacking dark mode into sites that don't support it.

I used OneNote in school and really liked it but no native Linux support is a deal breaker. The web client is far too slow and frustrating to use on a daily basis.

Jaap is open to it but it's lower priority. It's been an open issue for years https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/...