noahmasur
Joined 6 years ago
Joined 6 years ago
Risk is a combination of likelihood and impact. If "risk" were just equivalent to "likelihood" then leaving without an umbrella on a cloudy day would be a "high-risk situation".
A rational person needs to weigh both the likelihood and impact of a threat in order to properly evaluate its risk. In many cases, the impact is high enough that even a low likelihood needs to be addressed.
I use it because it opens instantly and just shows me nearby train arrival times. The other apps have always taken too long to bother checking.
It's definitely the case that the characters are just a vehicle for exploring these science fiction concepts, but the ideas are so clever and imaginative that I can forgive it most of the time.
When Obsidian launched, there was already a lot of hype building in the note-taking community around Zettelkasten and Roam Research. With Roam, basically any word in your note could immediately link to another note, and you could see backlinks in your notes prominently.
However, Roam was both expensive and online-only, so when Obsidian came out and it was: a) polished, b) provided most of the functionality of Roam, and c) was offline and plain-text (also unlike Notion), it was an immediate hit.
The other special feature Obsidian offered was easy and powerful customization. The major settings are actually core plugins that can be enabled or disabled (like daily journal, tagging, or slideshows). Plugins and themes are easily discovered and installed from inside the app, which has led to a vibrant and popular plugin community. All you need is one plugin to be indispensable for users to never leave.
I checked the documentation but I couldn't find anything to show this to be a problem other than that the practice is discouraged.