gatleon

I've been using Roam daily for the last month. What I like about Roam is the markdown, the ease of creating bidirectional links, and the automatic daily notes. The daily notes feature particularly eliminates friction for me. I just start writing.

What I don't like about Roam is its slow load time. Also writing does not feel snappy enough - if that makes any sense. I feel a slight delay at times between typing a key and seeing the character on screen. Every time that happens I like Roam a little less. I've never experienced that with an app like iaWriter, and as a result, even for all its lack of features, every time I use iaWriter I like it a little more.

I think what Roam is missing for me, besides improving the writing performance, is a weekly email digest somehow summarizing my notes. This could use the bidirectional links and give me a quick overview of what I wrote for the week. That would help improve my memory and be more introspective.

I've wondered recently if this simple (but powerful) feature would be enough of a differentiator for a search engine challenger to gain serious market share.

Imagine if Duck Duck Go offered that by default?

How are you implementing it in practice? I would like to implement it myself but at this point it requires a fair amount of effort to do so. Are you aware of any retail solutions that are similar to buying into an index - some sort of dragon portfolio index?

> Most international trade was historically priced in dollars for two reasons. The second was, until recently, the unique speed and breadth of the Fedwire system.

> The first is the American consumer. When Americans buy, we spend dollars. This puts dollars in vendors’ hands. Those dollars can be reused for trade or invested, the latter supporting dollar financial markets. Both support dollar hegemony, which in turn drives its dominance in global trade and finance.

That has certainly not been my takeaway from history (though those could be more minor and related points)

My understanding is that most international trade was historically priced in dollars because the dollar became the world's reserve currency after Bretton Woods. Why it became the international currency is more complex, but to the best of my knowledge it is because:

1. The US was in strong monetary shape compared to the rest of the world after WWII

2. The US held many foreign assets after that war (was a creditor to the world)

3. The US held most of the world's gold after that war

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Great story. I just wish the title was in BTC rather than USD.

> If you have cash going into this downturn, now's the time to start plotting where you are going to invest it for maximal gains

If much of this money is effectively going into the stock market - either via credit to public corporations or direct stock purchases by the Fed - is that most likely where maximal gains might occur?

i'm working on an auth tool for developers. it's a crowded space. i'm differentiating my tool by focusing very very strongly on convention over configuration. it won't be nearly as configurable as services like auth0 but it should be much more approachable for early-in-their-careers developers.