mattalbie

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Newspapers feel they have an obligation to report what our representatives say, good or bad, but they also have editorials that comment on that reporting. In some cases (like The Economist) reporting and commentary are mixed together. Most newspapers believe their editorials, and how they report the news are critical to holding government accountable, and one of their missions.

I see flagging messages and banning as Twitter (and really all online platforms) version of an editorial.

Comment · 5 years ago

That’s a good idea. Thanks!

Comment · 5 years ago

I do this but include the symlink command in the document. That way all the links become one copy and paste.

Comment · 5 years ago

The answer on StackExhange is very good, but misses the history of why 4:3 exists in the first place, which had a great deal to do with mechanical reasons. This is well explained on Wikipedia's entry on the Academy ratio[1].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_ratio

The evolution of aspect ratios---4:3, Cinemascope, Anamorphic, 70mm, etc.---is fascinating. There's a constant trade-off between aesthetic and technical requirements with a lot of really cool innovations for the time.

For my money the most interesting format is anamorphic[2].

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_format

Comment · 5 years ago

I read ‘The Lord of the Rings’ for the first time this year. Highly recommend.

Comment · 5 years ago

It was worth it for me.

I spend lots of time learning the tools I use for work (database systems, departmental protocols, client interactions) and having a better personal productivity tool is at the center of everything I do. It's worth months of heavy investment in the long run.

Comment · 5 years ago

Computers are for organizing; paper is for thinking.

Comment · 5 years ago

This is also what org-mode[0] does.

My files are 'logbook', 'life', 'project-1', 'project-2', etc. At any time I can hit a key and capture an idea/meeting to any of those places, and as I'm taking notes I can mark anything as a todo and schedule/deadline them. In the 'agenda' I can see a single overview of all my todo items, and my schedule, from all my notes.

I've tried a lot of systems (paper, apps, cli notes, etc) and org-mode clicks in a way nothing else has for me.

[0]: https://orgmode.org

Comment · 5 years ago

Fantastic. Very useful and I have a lot of trust in the company sticking around.

Comment · 6 years ago

If you're a subscriber they do full-text search and archiving.

Comment · 6 years ago

Lots of terminal based stuff but particularly fzf.

Also Mimestream, a Gmail client.

Comment · 6 years ago

A History of the Crusades by Steven Runcimen.

Comment · 6 years ago

Fantastic book! But yes, Incredibly dense, but easy to read. Feels like 5 years of research is packed into each chapter (which I suppose is true).

But so worth it. I think about a concept from that book at least every week.

Comment · 6 years ago

As someone who lives in California, I can't imagine there being that much snow on the ground.

Comment · 6 years ago

The best piece of advice I ever heard was "all you need is less".

For me, simply doing less stuff, but being more "intentional" or "mindful" or whatever you want to call it, is the key. For example, I used to have magazine subscriptions, RSS feeds, piles of books, hobbies and side projects, and tons of stuff I wanted to do or places I wanted to travel. Those things, which were entirely elective, added to the overall burden of feeling like I couldn't keep up.

As I've aged I've also switched from "this is what I want to accomplish" to "this is how I want to spend my time". I do a lot more reading, staring into the distance, joking around, etc.