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confutio | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: Supernotes 2 – a fast, Markdown notes app for journalling and sharing

AFAIK you do write Notion pages in Markdown and can export your whole workspace as markdown files.

confutio | 4 years ago | on: Totenpass is a permanent digital storage drive made of solid gold

This is a joke right?

confutio | 7 years ago | on: USB Killer, yours for $50, lets you easily fry almost every device

Kind of defeats the purpose.

confutio | 7 years ago | on: The Google Pixel 3 Is a Very Good Phone. But Maybe Phones Have Gone Too Far

This is a bizarre review that goes from "fire and brimstone smartphones are causing genocides" to complaining that the back scratches easily. Not really sure what it adds. It also doesn't touch on the new wellness and privacy features that are being added to a lot of modern phones.

confutio | 7 years ago | on: Apple Launches Portal for U.S. Users to Download Their Data

Google Takeout has been available for years: https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout?pli=1

confutio | 10 years ago | on: What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming

This article assumes there is no such thing as Computer Science, which is the development of algos and the like which the author assumes is done by mathematicians.

confutio | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: How often do you go back to the basics?

I feel like I am stuck at the basics. As a student with no large project to work on, I have no need to really master a single language and learn its intricacies. In the end, I jump from language to language learning and using cool new tools and ideas without ever gaining mastery over one.

confutio | 11 years ago | on: Simultaneous observation of quantization and interference pattern

The same argument could be used for any photographs of far off galactic masses which are made by taking light not visible to the human eye and converting it into an image, which are usually accepted as accurate representations.

confutio | 11 years ago | on: Interesting startup GitHub projects to follow

Github has the useful trending section, https://github.com/trending, which shows which repositories are getting starred frequently and gives a good sense of which repositories are gaining traction

confutio | 12 years ago | on: Smash the Past

If you actually watch the video, it isn't exactly encouraging you to smash your phone, it is just using it as a metaphor to move on to new technology. I'm sure they would love you to donate your old phone to one of these charitable organizations.

confutio | 13 years ago | on: CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson

Can someone please dummify this result a little bit? what does this mean for particle physics in the future? does it confirm any theories?

confutio | 13 years ago | on: Why I'm finally dumping Ubuntu and switching to a Mac

That is why I still beleive open-sourced, non-profit organizations will never be able to compete with the major powerhouses. Apple and Microsoft have the resources gained from charging high prices for their products to be able to constantly innovate and perfect their products. Ubuntu is an operating system built on the free time of developers, that does not receive the complete attention needed of a full fledged product. Ubuntu will have to change it's philosophy to be able to compete with the big powers.

confutio | 13 years ago | on: Nanoporous Graphene Could Outperform Best Desalination Techniques

Wouldn't the water have to be sanitized first? It sounds as if it only filters sodium, not other dangerous particles.