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There actually is a Kanban plugin for Obsidian [1]. I've been using it for a while and think it's pretty good. Each Kanban "card" can also be turned into a full note.

[1] https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban

This is not computer science, but programming.

Very moving. Often, this is called a "quiet, simple life". I like that this obituary does not do that. Being there for your family, acting in accordance with your values and standing up for yourself, being content with what you have - this is not "simple" at all. Someone to look up to.

I personally expected some smug scientism so I was relieved, not disappointed!

I once visited the remains of the studio in that cellar in Köln-Ossendorf as part of an excursion at university. I felt it was quite sad how it was just parked there, you wouldn't have assumed its historical importance.

Maybe this is a bit of a pessimistic view, but they are bound to become disillusioned. Nobody will move as fast as they want them to. Even if they are experts in energy policy, energy market design or engineering (i.e. not "using the lens of literature and philosophy [...]" to use a quote from the article), their contribution to limiting global warming will be insignificant. If they have deeply anti-capitalist stances, they might find a job in a degrowth think tank and make even less of a difference. And most importantly, climate change poses much less of a financial risk to the economy than they think, so companies won't become environmentally conscious unless politics introduces those environmental externalities into their balances.

I'd consider myself a part of this group and I also want to find meaning in my work - but I try to manage my expectations.

I feel like most people wouldn’t need this kind of bad lesson to know what not to do. And those who would are a lost cause anyway, as they probably know that what they’re doing is wrong.

He’s not punishing someone in need. Nobody has a right to someone else’s organs, however life-saving they may be. The fundamental idea of a ”donation“ is that it’s voluntary.

This is great. I also want affordable housing for everyone, but capping rents does not deal with the core problem: There's not enough supply. I am baffled how some people do not understand this.

Also, for many people in Germany buying e.g. a single apartment is an investment for their later retirement. It's not all big and evil real estate companies.

Can you hear the difference between 320 kbit/s mp3 and lossless formats?

Wear shoes that fit and maintain a high enough cadence (steps / minute). If you watch your cadence, you automatically avoid taking long strides and thus landing heel first, which could damage your knees when running 10km / day.

If your editor makes you significantly more productive, maybe you're just writing boilerplate code, or something someone already implemented in a library. Touch typing is similar - it's useful because it removes some unnecessary barriers and thus makes the job more enjoyable, but it won't magically make you a better a programmer.

We're mostly on the same page. But I think you got the question wrong - they more likely would like to know how HN users try to live a life which is meaningful (to themselves). That's the kind of meaning which does exist!

I feel like people around the world deal with this very differently, depending on how severely their country has been affected.

My (European) country did quite well so far, so from our point of view he would certainly seem overly cautious. People have much less fear than during the first wave. They try to live with the risk of getting infected by accepting that it is real, but not letting it dictate everything they do, which would make life more "surviving" than "living".

And I think that's a good approach! Within the confines of necessary precautions like wearing masks, keeping your distance, and banning big events, I think it is still possible to live a life which is worth living in a responsible way. After all, I also don't mind getting into a car while being fully aware of the risks (which could be worse than COVID's depending on where you live). So yes, I do think his recommendations are too drastic and also bad for your mental health. Next to that, most of them are impossible to realize for people who aren't lucky enough to be able to work from home etc.

Maybe I would have a different opinion if I was a US resident.

I like the idea! However, I don't know much about psychology, so I'd personally be hesitant to create such a product. Certainly "releasing emotions" without a therapist could be somewhat dangerous for some people. And perhaps what actually helped him isn't using the app, but a new sense of purpose or meaning in his life due his discovery of the book and developing the app.

It'd probably be wise to consult an expert on the psychological backgrounds.

Read the comment you were so quick to get enraged about again. They do want their devices to be repairable, just not “user-replacable”. And maybe don’t link a video from a Russian propaganda channel if you want to be taken seriously.

An unfortunate name since "Pippi" means pee in German. But then again, there probably are many names that are unfortunate in some language.

So you propose an ecological dictatorship?

Innovation is the only alternative and contributing to it is the largest impact one can make.

I have nothing to back this up, but I feel like nerds who get "honored with a slew of awards" or otherwise are very successful often are so full of themselves that they end up saying inappropriate things.

Of course, the thing with underage girls is that they're not mature enough to decide whether they "want" it. The purpose of the age of consent is to protect them from sexual exploitation because of that. I wonder what's so hard to understand about this, especially for an educated man.

Well, she didn’t save CO2 in the end. And the world already knows that flying isn’t climate friendly.

She demands that people fly less, and people don’t like hypocrisy, so they’re annoyed.

I’m not sure what to think about her. She has caused a much needed discussion about climate change, but there’s a lot of not so climate friendly marketing tricks involved. Like when she went to NYC on a boat to avoid taking a plane. Of course it was a one way trip, so her and her dad, 2 sailors, and 2 other people, who BTW took a flight to NYC just to organize getting the boat back to Europe, are flying back.

And that’s what miss from her and her supporters: Reasonableness, and living in the “real world”.

I'm confused why he brings up the four color theorem, since a 4-coloring of a planar graph can be determined in polynomial time. And he also makes it sound like the theorem hasn't been proven yet.

Exactly! In many situations, plastic actually is the most environmentally friendly option. If by banning plastic bags the use of paper bags rises, that‘d be counterproductive. But sure, the best thing would be to simply carry groceries in a backpack you already own.

Your source seems to support my conclusion pretty well.

Not quite. You said „which people don‘t buy most of the time“ (referring to efficient cars), which could not be more wrong judging by both of my sources. But sure, people by SUVs, which I never denied. In fact, I also think that‘s a bad thing.

Which people don‘t buy most of the time.

Now you‘re just imagining things. In 2018, 36.5% of the newly registered cars in Germany were small or compact[0]. Also have a look at this statistic [1].

higher rent is the price of living in a city [...] Higher transportation costs are the price of living in the country-side.

Exactly. Now think about this: They live in the countryside BECAUSE they cannot afford to live in the city, which ends up being cheaper even if you have to pay for a car, especially with the current housing market situation in cities.

[0] https://www.kba.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2019/Fahrzeu...

[1] https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/165065/umfrag...

It turned out the taxes are not high enough. If people really were depended on cars, but were hurt by the high taxes, car makers would sell smaller cars. They don't. Extremely big cars, totally unneeded by almost anyone, are still the most popular models. Why? Cause the costs of having and using one are not as high as you make it sound.

No, no, and no. Cars are getting more and more efficient, and there are many affordable efficient cars today. It‘s just that people in rich countries like to display their wealth by getting a big car. But there are still people that live in the countryside, who have no other means of transportation, that‘d get hit pretty hard by even higher taxes on fuel. It‘s how they get to work, how they get their groceries, how they get to their friends‘ place.

It‘s easy to renounce something if you‘re not dependent on it.

A problem which hits parts of the population that usually don't even pay taxes (or if they do almost none)

What part of the population exactly are you referring to? Low-income households? Tax evaders?

The system already exists

Yes, but not for all industries.

Would you accept it‘s ok to rebel to force the politicians to lower the cap?

If people rebel for realistic solutions I‘m all for it!

wouldn‘t a lower cap lead to the „drastic life style changes for people“ anyway (at least in the short term while the economy adapts)

Yeah, probably! Surely not to the same extent like the carbon tax demanded by climate activists. But the idea is to incentivize companies to find more climate-friendly solutions. Certainly some companies would lose their competitive ability if they depend on high emissions, though.

While I agree that something has to change, I don‘t agree with what you propose. The demands of climate activists in Europe are mostly completely unrealistic and would mean drastic life style changes for people with smaller incomes, while others would just pay the premium. What a country like Germany, with comparably high emissions per capita but all in all irrelevant contributions to worldwide emissions, needs to show is that it‘s possible to push climate-friendly politics that work with (and through!) the economy, not against it. Maybe this could lead to a change.

20 years ago, Germany raised taxes on fuel, but that didn’t make anyone drive less. I’m guessing the same would happen with a tax on CO2. So I‘m favoring emissions allowances: Politics dictates a threshold of how much CO2 is permitted and gives out allowances, then the price develops on the market.

But it feels like, for those „rebellions“, capitalism is the root of all evil.

Great idea! From personal experience I can say that there are some things ops teams never get around to automate, either because there is always something more important to do, or because it would be too expensive to have a developer spend time automating them. This is a simple, quick solution that solves the problem of accidentally skipping a subtask, thus screwing something up and feeling stupid for doing so.

Great stuff! I was looking for something like this just a couple of days ago.