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Moving forward: always have an email client on a local machine downloading a copy of all emails. Have a local copy of all gdrive contents. Backup your password mangers to a txt file and encrypt it on a drive. And above all, dont trust google with all your stuff. They dont care.

I lost a gmail years ago and only use it as a throwaway email client now. You get what you pay for.

Walter Issacson's Steve Jobs bio. I legit disliked Steve Jobs. I could not put this book down for the week it took to read. Then I became an Issacson junky. He just digs into the minutia and makes it digestible.

Currently reading Frank Ramsey by Cheryl Misak. Will appeal to philosophy nerds mostly. Fascinating how a kid of 26 changed the fields of philosophy, mathematics, and economics, but no one really knows of him.

First, dont ask for parenting advice. You'll got a ton of varied answers- all specific to those peoples point of view and experience. Not wrong, just varied. The basics- love your child, feed them, shelter them. The rest is up to you to decide. After the 3 basics, parenting is a matter of style. And for gawd sakes, dont buy any parenting books- especially ones on sleep. Good luck on your journey.

IF you're not gaming, I really like the Logitech MX keys. Its super low profile, you can attach 3 devices to it (Computer, tablet, phone for me). And its wireless. Some people hate the low profile keys, so try one out if you can. Pair it with your favorite wireless mouse-. Also, I use it on Linux, important for me.

always the best option. So how do we sole that digital divide between what makes a pen and paper great and the next note taking app?

I tried standard notes. That app.image kept crashing on opensuse. not sure what the deal was. It looks great. I had really high hopes for it.

Thanks

I tried Obsidian when it came out and had the same issue I had with roam- I dont see the payoff for all the convoluted ways you need to enter notes. I'm curious, what were your use cases for obsidian?

I just note terms I dont know. I write one or two sentences about concepts. Sometimes, I will go back and rewrite/group common ideas if I notice commonalities. It all depends on the subject matter. When I studied neurology, there was a lot of memorizing- thats just how it is. When I studied philosophy, it was distilling big ideas down to concepts I could remember. When its a completely new subject, like UX design I'm studying now, I use immersion- I took an online course that was a broad overview, wrote down terms I didnt know, subscribed to rss feeds on the subject, found groups, now I'm taking a more detailed course online.