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I am rehashing this I know, but:

We really need to HNify the Internet.

Not sure if possible, but a neural network based filter for browsers that enforces HN guidelines on your Google/YouTube searches, Amazon visits etc. The filter may be called "Dang Filter".

Or we just need to create our own communities with HN guidelines. Making replacements for Stack Overflow, YouTube etc.

I really wish the Internet would be like HN.

Oh, nice! Well to me, it is also going to be "just another night". Though it freaked me out at first, but then I saw your post and thought well, you're not the only one who will have an unspectacular New's Year Eve. Which is oddly comforting.

I am wondering how other HNers are doing right now? Are you all good and ready for 2021? If you already in 2021: Happy New Year! One thing for sure: My New Year's Eve with an imposed lockdown would be quite boring without HN.

I wish the whole Internet would become an HN. Imagine an HN-esque YouTube (no click-bait and other BS). Imagine an HN-like Stack Overflow (no toxicity and with its own charm and friendliness). Imagine an HN-esque news outlet instead of the inflationary headline "breaking news". Imagine an HN-style Amazon with sensible and trustworthy reviews.

We need the Dangs everywhere. Dangs help us to stay sane in this gigantic information age. I am happy that this place exists. :)

Oh someone mentioned Obsidian way earlier than me?

Nice!

IMHO: Using Obsidian with the PARA system and the Johnny File System makes a lot of things neat. :) You can use the JFS also for your files and folders.

How about Obsidian?

I combine Obsidian with PARA and the Johnny File System. Both are methodologies to organize notes and files & folders.

Knowledge graphs are cool. :)

Edit: Oh sorry my bad, you were looking for smartphone apps, weren't you?

Good point!

So my strategy with the fundamentals are a dead end in other words. I would therefore rephrase your last sentence to:

"Stagnate on old methods, die on old methods."

My focus on fundamentals was really not productive. The people that I referred to as "naysayers" were right. I was wasting my time learning about fundamentals and stuff aka reinventing the wheel to understand why something works.

Hmmm... I need to reflect on my old perceptions and views now and error correct or rather "bugfix" my brain.

Thank you too! :)

Edit: to clarify what my goal was in all this: Basically, if you understand or rather know something deeply you have "power" (as knowledge will give you power). But again this way of thinking seems to be deeply flawed and employers don't appreciate it apparently.

Thank you a thousand times for your valuable input. :) This shows me, that my "intuition" or rather "internal operating system" is flawed and needs to be recalibrated. Yeah, then maybe the naysayers were kind of right telling me that I am wasting my time doing fundamentals. However, I really actually enjoy it learning what is going on behind the scenes. Even if it doesn't make me "valuable" in the job market. I should perhaps do what everyone else does: investing, learning front end and APIs (or whatever is required in the market RN). But your last sentence also resonated with me:

"The actual way to prepare would be as always: maximize your salary and save as much as possible."

That's for having a "psychological leverage/advantage" I guess. If you are not having money issues you will likely get rid of the "draining background processes" in your head and focus on more productive things. So in other words FU money is always good. :)