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amigageek.com 1y ago

Writing a game for the Commodore Amiga (2019)

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www.coindesk.com 4y ago

Legendary Cryptographer David Chaum on the Future of Web 3

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www.terraspace.co.uk 4y ago

UASM – free cross-platform MASM-compatible assembler

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wakuconnect.dev 4y ago

Waku Connect – Decentralized Messaging

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epilys.github.io 4y ago

Tade – web/mailing list/nntp discussions

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cypherpunks.venona.com 4y ago

Scenario for a Ban on Cash Transactions (1992)

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getsession.org 4y ago

Contact discovery: Finding friends without foes (2021)

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www.marketwatch.com 4y ago

Google and Facebook CEOs colluded in online-ad sales scheme

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mattiasgustavsson.com 4y ago

Doom-for-Dos-Like

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www.smashingmagazine.com 4y ago

Respecting Users’ Motion Preferences

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www.dedoimedo.com 4y ago

Modern software development is cancer

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twterm.ryota-ka.me 5y ago

Twterm: A full-featured TUI Twitter client

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laurentbenichou.medium.com 5y ago

Bitcoin, a Gift to Environment

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getsession.org 5y ago

Android trackers and permissions: Did I say you could do that?

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asia.nikkei.com 5y ago

Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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github.com 6y ago

TraitsUI: Traits-capable windowing framework (PyQt, wxPython, PySide, PyQt5)

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bomberus.gitlab.io 6y ago

LayoutX – Python Tk declarative UI framework with reactive data binding

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github.com 6y ago

Fabulous, F# functional app development using declarative dynamic UI

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No Skill. No Taste 5 months ago

This is so amazing! I am so stunned and deeply interested on how you set it up and your workflow. To me it sounds like you are already in the future many of us sighted people imagine with AI.

I am not sure if you are able to use it, but I saw Droidrun.ai (https://www.droidrun.ai/) the other day, and agents should be able to drive the phone.

Most answers seem to be different documentation and reminders, but I'd like to focus on something a little different. I think Scrum and daily stand up is a "forcing function". It creates tension in individuals. Even if you get side tracked at work, and you are a bullshitter, most would probably reason something like "It is better so do some useful work that I got assigned/committed to so I can report progress tomorrow. And I want to avoid conflict". That would create "force" to move you and the rest of the team forward. Tools and reminders etc. are all good, but weak forcing functions. You still have to be disciplined.

I don't think you can create that same force pure solo, but can still improve current process. One way could be to have a friend, sibling or virtual assistant that you do the same reporting to every few days. Perhaps pick someone assertive. And as you know, if you bullshit you just fool yourself. Hopefully something like that is a strong enough "forcing function" to snap you out of your tangent and back on track for a few hours/days before the next report.

This resonates a lot. When MSN become the norm was a big hit, then Windows Live and many people scattered around, left was Facebook but now only with IRL friends. Most alternatives since ICQ have been worse.

You need which-key for your emacs. This way you only need to know the first keys (like C-x) in a chord, and then you will see what all the keys do. And since you come from vim, like me, you can use evil (and evil-collection). The other thing is you likely need to start liking and learning some basic Lisp.

Need to frame it correctly, monetary and safety, for example. "You have to buy a new PC when Microsoft decides to not update your Windows anymore and make the new version incompatible with your current PC. If you don't, your PC will be vulnerable to criminal hackers. With freedom and control you control the schedule, otherwise Microsoft does."

It is, when you know what you are doing, and your peers know what they are doing. If you are a Python/JS shop, even if you get your dependencies right, one dev has the wrong Python version (because they didn't update), or wrong NPM version because they just joined the company and downloaded the latest obscurely incompatible version (because one of your deep dependencies breaks the build process). True stories from the battlefield. Of course other environments might have it easier. Containers can solve some of that pain (with other pain!).