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hookey | 3 years ago | on: More developers use Linux than Mac, according to 2022 StackOverflow survey

My P14s Gen1 AMD (very similar to T14) with Debian still has this problem. 2 days unplugged will drain the whole battery and turn off. Maybe it's because I kept a Windows partition around?

hookey | 3 years ago | on: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

I used to use Logseq with Syncthing, but I ran into a bunch of sync conflicts that were annoying to deal with and sometimes it would just stop syncing for no reason. Luckily, they've just made Logseq Sync available to all backers on OpenCollective and it works quite well. I'm very happy with the setup now. I think they're making Sync available as a paid monthly service soon.

hookey | 3 years ago | on: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

Honestly surprised by how much support this is getting, despite the devs' absurd views on open source[1]. Why anyone would choose this instead of Logseq is beyond me.

[1]: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/open-sourcing-of-obsidian/1515/2...

hookey | 3 years ago | on: Six programming languages I’d like to see

There's GuidedTrack[1], which is a simple way to program complex surveys or tests, but can be used to create apps as well. It has been used to create Mind Ease[2] and UpLift[3].

There is a quick demo[4] on the site to show how it works.

Full disclosure: I'm a developer on GuidedTrack. Any feedback is appreciated.

[1]: https://guidedtrack.com/

[2]: https://mindease.io/

[3]: https://www.uplift.app/

[4]: https://www.guidedtrack.com/demo

hookey | 3 years ago | on: Absurd Trolley Problems

I took the Giving What We Can Pledge[1] and donate 10% of my income to effective charities for this reason. It barely makes a difference to me and it saves more than 1 life a year. They also have a really cool How Rich Am I calculator[2] to put it in context.

I still chose to pull the lever though because I don't have $18000 in my life savings yet.

[1]: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge

[2]: https://howrichami.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i

hookey | 9 years ago | on: Google Pays Female Workers Less Than Male Counterparts, Labor Department Says

They should replace all their men with women and reap the profits

hookey | 10 years ago | on: 4chan discusses HN

Here's the first one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6747373

Some really good ones in there.

hookey | 10 years ago | on: [meta] 4chan technology board satires hacker news, hilarious

Archive link in case someone is reading this in the future: https://rbt.asia/g/thread/S48696148

Also, there have been a bunch of threads like these. I believe this was the first one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6747373

hookey | 10 years ago | on: To Apple, Love Taylor

Are there even any artists that agree to this? The first three months of Apple Music will essentially be “free music from artists who would give away their music for free”.

hookey | 11 years ago | on: 42 as a Service

text/html for this?

hookey | 11 years ago | on: Go Koans

Is there an order I'm supposed to be doing these in?

hookey | 11 years ago | on: Please stop at-ing your friends

This (among many other things) ruins YouTube comments for me too. Whose magnificent idea was it to put shares and comments in the same category?

hookey | 11 years ago | on: Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen

“I don’t want to fight old battles, I want to fight new ones.” - Satya Nadella

hookey | 11 years ago | on: Inside the world of longsword fighting

Inside the world of having a video player that doesn't let you adjust the volume.

hookey | 11 years ago | on: Getting Better at Getting Better

Too meta.

hookey | 11 years ago | on: “Apps may facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies”

I'm guessing Apple approves them, because other sections mention approving as well.

hookey | 11 years ago | on: The boy who stole Half Life 2 source code (2011)

Maybe he'd share the source with his friend again.

hookey | 12 years ago | on: YouTube to Acquire Videogame-Streaming Service Twitch for $1 Billion?

I know of some Twitch streamers who migrated to Twitch entirely and stopped using YouTube because of what it had turned into. Where will they go to now?