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Moving from #things to #omnifocus by building a #taskpaper doc. OmniFocus has some issues that make it impossible to import areas (which would become folders). My (very short) program is #Python and I developed it in a #jupyter_notebook. If anybody cares I can turn the notebook into a text gist and make it available. I do still have to make repeats work.
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@sirber Yes. Very much. It’s a great combination. The #pyside bindings for #qt are great. The framework itself is clean and complete. And I’ve been a huge fan of #Python for many years. I enjoy coming in to work to play with this stuff. If you end up choosing this combination, and that’s my recommendation, I hope you enjoy it as much as I. There are other frameworks, but I really like Qt the best.
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I just switched from #Comcast to #Metronet. Fiber instead of coax. Still 1G down, but now symmetric. One third the price. And the people are all nice. Of course Comcast didn’t want me to go! I couldn’t cancel through customer service, I had to speak to a "retention specialist". She tried to get me to stay by offering exactly what Metronet is giving me for exactly the same price, but adding in a mobile line (why would I need that?)
I was kind, but I pretty much ended the discussion with this: if you give me twice the bandwidth, symmetric, at half the cost of Metronet, I’ll consider whether that makes it worth putting up with your poor reliability and customer service.
They had their monopoly, and now they don’t.
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Got #Fiber installed. Still have #Comcast until I’m sure of everything. #Metronet Is my new provider. Everyone there great so far. Installation: A1. One hiccup: they are Carrier Grade NAT. That means I don’t get to control anything on the ONT (the fiber equivalent to a cable modem). Therefore, no port forwarding. Therefore, I can’t just SSH in like I’ve been doing. Just learned about other options from @jammcq research for our latest episode of @RuntimeArguments all about VPNs (and related). Installing Tailscale on my Mac was nothing. Maybe three minutes total. Tried at least three different ways to get it running on my 24.04 Kubuntu system but I still don’t have it. Jim said it was easy for him but the two of us couldn’t find any meaningful difference between our two systems. I’ll try more tonight maybe.
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Another thing I love: I have a zillion pairs of headphones, ear buds, every different name there is for things that push sound into your ears. Some of the things I have are super high quality. Some less so. I have all the Apple things. I have at lest two things that are very high-end and have amazing sound.
But here's what I use almost every single time: #Shokz #OpenRunPro2 (https://shokz.com/pages/openrunpro2). I use the nice ones, but they're all good. You could spend under $80 and still be perfectly happy.
They're good, they're comfortable, they stay on, they let me hear what's going on around me (if I don't want that, I can just add ear plugs), they last a long time on a charge, they work with my phone (and the sound of my voice on the other end is great), they don't interfere with a hat, they're very resistant to water and dust. It's not the amazing sound of $1,500 in-ear monitors, but it's great sound and plenty good enough for me.
Everybody's requirements and likes are unique and when it comes to things like this, very very important. These might not check enough, or maybe even any, of your boxes. But maybe you didn't know they existed, and now you do.
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On vacation in #petoskey with Oscar, one of my three #dogsofmastodon. He’s just a puppy. We’re one floor above ground level at our pet-friendly Hilton. Downstairs and out the door is a pet area. Oscar just learned to use the stairs!! (Our house is a ranch).
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I have added #Atuin to my list of "always installed extra tools". It was suggested to me by @LovesTha and I think @b0rk mentioned it but I can’t seem to find the reference. It works in all my shells and on all my platforms. It’s better than what I was doing before. Does everything I have been doing and more. Is fast. Doesn’t get in the way. Has a good, maybe great, UI. Does a job that is incredibly important, at least to me, that I do very very often. (Finding and executing a previous command)
I do still need one thing though (and I’ll figure it out or else submit a patch). I often go straight into using my favorite editor on the selected command rather than just having the insertion point on the command line. I do that with fc. Which leads me to a problem in #Zsh unrelated to atuin. In #Bash, Esc-V took me from the command line into $EDITOR ( #HelixEditor for me ). Zsh doesn’t use #Readline. I don’t know how to do that and I really want to.
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My friend and I are both #iterm2 users. We’re both #Vim users. He uses remote systems all the time and customizes as little as he possibly can because he has much less control over those remote systems. I customize way too much. We both use #bash (though locally, he uses #zsh). Therefore, we both use #readline. I prefer vim-mode on the #commandline. He uses the default, emacs-mode. We both realized we weren’t really using much of the tools those edit modes gave us so we found cheat sheets and started experimenting. For him, alt-b should go back a word, but it didn’t. It worked when I tried that mode. We tried all kinds of solutions for him including sharing our profiles. In the end the thing that succeeded was configuring his iTerm to send "Esc+” when he used the option key. So really, Esc-b went back a word, not alt-b. Mine worked because I was already configured that way.
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@CGM I see good in this: new and useful powers for #Python.
I see bad in this: a thing we knew about for a long time, present elsewhere, why so long coming?
I see neutral in this: things that can be provided by libraries instead of directly in the language should absolutely start in a library. If they earn a spot in the language itself, great.
I see sad in this: these words make it sound like #TCL is ahead and Python is behind overall. That doesn’t match my opinion or personal experience. Absolutely agree on this particular feature. And also I have stated many times "there is no best language", just choices more or less cost-effective for the problem at hand.
For the problems I’ve faced, with the tools I’ve had available, Python has been a more cost-effective choice than TCL the majority of the time. From your words, I took that you prefer TCL. Nothing wrong with that!
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The combination of #Obsidian (which I've been using for years, now), the Obsidian #Dataview plugin, the YAML frontmatter in my notes that #ClaudeCode helped me put together: give me super useful queries. Using Dataview, YAML, and doing queries within Obsidian is new to me; but that's an implementation detail. Obsidian and Claude are already in my toolbox.
These queries allow me to assemble a "dashboard" for my practice sessions (Each practice session is a dated file. I care about the ones I recently did. I care about the ones I'm planning in the future), weaknesses, and exercises to address those weaknesses.
I can bookmark the dashboard; but it's annoying to bookmark "the next session" (because that's a different file every day).
Adding the #MetaBind plugin lets me put buttons on my dashboard to actually **create** a file for an upcoming session ... that new file can hold my thoughts and plans!
And because practice sessions are now queryable, I can find, e.g., every time I practiced for more than 30 minutes; every time I used the such-and-such practice tool; etc.
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I like the command-line. I’m forced to use #windows. #windowsterminalpreview is pretty nice. I have menu items for #gitbash, for #ubuntu under #wsl, for cmd.exe, for #powershell, #azure, and #anaconda. I do a little editing here in actual #Vim but mostly I use #PyCharm and #ideavim. I do all my #git commands in the terminal. Same with #pixi though in my situation it’s often convenient to use pixi from cmd.exe. This toot is a strong recommendation for Windows Terminal Preview.
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@Geeky_sebastian #uv solves problems for me. It solves them better than everything else I’ve tried. I like what Charlie Marsh has to say. I don’t anticipate having to pivot; but if I do, I do. By the way, uv hasn’t replaced #pixi for me.
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I have used the #Kinesis #Advantage360Pro for at least a couple of years now. It is without question my favorite keyboard. I love everything about it. I love the separation. I love #ZMK. I love how I've programmed it. This is a great keyboard.
But somehow, I use it wrong and I can't seem to fix my bad behavior. I lean on it in a funny way that hurts my left wrist. It's not carpal tunnel. It's some kind of tendonitis. Yes, I've seen a doctor about it. Strangely, typing on a nice flat keyboard (like the Apple Magic Keyboard with TouchID) does _not_ hurt.
I know it's me. I love this keyboard so much. I don't want to switch; but I haven't been able to change (or even positively identify) my bad behavior. But I think I just have to put the Kinesis away and move back to the Apple keyboard full-time.
This makes me _so_ sad.
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My friend Jay Wren recommended a book yesterday at lunch:
"Thinking, Fast and Slow"
by Daniel Kahnemanhttps://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman
A recommendation from Jay is an insta-buy. I got it as an audio-book (because of my commute).
It is not **at all** what I was expecting! I guess I thought maybe I was expecting something like a "self-help" book or the like. No. This is **not** a book aimed at a broad audience. This is a book aimed at people who understand (at least a bit about) probability and bias and category theory and ... What I'm saying is: it's not fluff. It's genuine knowledge aimed square at me. Jay's recommendation was on the money.
I wouldn't hand this to my MIL (it's past her at this point). I wouldn't hand it to my wife (she's certainly smart enough, but I don't think it falls in her circle of interest). I absolutely **would** recommend it to **you**, or to anyone in my circle of friends.
Go have some fun!
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My friend Jay Wren recommended a book yesterday at lunch:
"Thinking, Fast and Slow"
by Daniel Kahnemanhttps://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman
A recommendation from Jay is an insta-buy. I got it as an audio-book (because of my commute).
It is not **at all** what I was expecting! I guess I thought maybe I was expecting something like a "self-help" book or the like. No. This is **not** a book aimed at a broad audience. This is a book aimed at people who understand (at least a bit about) probability and bias and category theory and ... What I'm saying is: it's not fluff. It's genuine knowledge aimed square at me. Jay's recommendation was on the money.
I wouldn't hand this to my MIL (it's past her at this point). I wouldn't hand it to my wife (she's certainly smart enough, but I don't think it falls in her circle of interest). I absolutely **would** recommend it to **you**, or to anyone in my circle of friends.
Go have some fun!
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My friend Jay Wren recommended a book yesterday at lunch:
"Thinking, Fast and Slow"
by Daniel Kahnemanhttps://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman
A recommendation from Jay is an insta-buy. I got it as an audio-book (because of my commute).
It is not **at all** what I was expecting! I guess I thought maybe I was expecting something like a "self-help" book or the like. No. This is **not** a book aimed at a broad audience. This is a book aimed at people who understand (at least a bit about) probability and bias and category theory and ... What I'm saying is: it's not fluff. It's genuine knowledge aimed square at me. Jay's recommendation was on the money.
I wouldn't hand this to my MIL (it's past her at this point). I wouldn't hand it to my wife (she's certainly smart enough, but I don't think it falls in her circle of interest). I absolutely **would** recommend it to **you**, or to anyone in my circle of friends.
Go have some fun!
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My friend Jay Wren recommended a book yesterday at lunch:
"Thinking, Fast and Slow"
by Daniel Kahnemanhttps://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman
A recommendation from Jay is an insta-buy. I got it as an audio-book (because of my commute).
It is not **at all** what I was expecting! I guess I thought maybe I was expecting something like a "self-help" book or the like. No. This is **not** a book aimed at a broad audience. This is a book aimed at people who understand (at least a bit about) probability and bias and category theory and ... What I'm saying is: it's not fluff. It's genuine knowledge aimed square at me. Jay's recommendation was on the money.
I wouldn't hand this to my MIL (it's past her at this point). I wouldn't hand it to my wife (she's certainly smart enough, but I don't think it falls in her circle of interest). I absolutely **would** recommend it to **you**, or to anyone in my circle of friends.
Go have some fun!
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When I was in high school, my driver’s ed teacher told us about when **he** learned to drive. He was all over the road. His father was teaching him and immediately saw why: the son was looking at the lines to stay between them, the lines he was touching, the close ones. The father told him "you have to look where you’re going … way down the road!"
I think they were **both** right (and of course, as always, this is not really about driving). You must keep aiming for the end goal, but you will also make constant adjustments (usually small) to get there. Both matter. This is how you solve problems with code. This is also Bayesian thinking.
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When I was in high school, my driver’s ed teacher told us about when **he** learned to drive. He was all over the road. His father was teaching him and immediately saw why: the son was looking at the lines to stay between them, the lines he was touching, the close ones. The father told him "you have to look where you’re going … way down the road!"
I think they were **both** right (and of course, as always, this is not really about driving). You must keep aiming for the end goal, but you will also make constant adjustments (usually small) to get there. Both matter. This is how you solve problems with code. This is also Bayesian thinking.
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When I was in high school, my driver’s ed teacher told us about when **he** learned to drive. He was all over the road. His father was teaching him and immediately saw why: the son was looking at the lines to stay between them, the lines he was touching, the close ones. The father told him "you have to look where you’re going … way down the road!"
I think they were **both** right (and of course, as always, this is not really about driving). You must keep aiming for the end goal, but you will also make constant adjustments (usually small) to get there. Both matter. This is how you solve problems with code. This is also Bayesian thinking.
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When I was in high school, my driver’s ed teacher told us about when **he** learned to drive. He was all over the road. His father was teaching him and immediately saw why: the son was looking at the lines to stay between them, the lines he was touching, the close ones. The father told him "you have to look where you’re going … way down the road!"
I think they were **both** right (and of course, as always, this is not really about driving). You must keep aiming for the end goal, but you will also make constant adjustments (usually small) to get there. Both matter. This is how you solve problems with code. This is also Bayesian thinking.
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When I was in high school, my driver’s ed teacher told us about when **he** learned to drive. He was all over the road. His father was teaching him and immediately saw why: the son was looking at the lines to stay between them, the lines he was touching, the close ones. The father told him "you have to look where you’re going … way down the road!"
I think they were **both** right (and of course, as always, this is not really about driving). You must keep aiming for the end goal, but you will also make constant adjustments (usually small) to get there. Both matter. This is how you solve problems with code. This is also Bayesian thinking.
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Yes, I carry a bag (a #TomBihn #MakersBag). Yes, it’s heavy. Heavy enough that every single person who touches it has to comment. Yes, I hang things from my belt, too: like a #Leatherman #Arc, and a #Modlite PLHv2-18650. I admit: I probably carry too much stuff. You and I are different! I’m happy with this stuff. I don’t want or need to carry less.
And also: I love my name! I don’t want or need to change that, either! So quit suggesting it!
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Before my first bout with cancer in 2016, I weighed over 300 lbs. I'm sure as a child I must have started small, but in my memory, and in my (Health app) records, I have never weighed under 200. At that weight, of course I'm #Diabetic. Since 2016 and for many reasons, my weight has slowly (oh so slowly) been going down. For a while now, I've take a #GLP1, specifically for diabetes. I started on #Ozempic. I eventually moved to #Mounjaro, and have reached the full 15mg dose and been on it for a little over a month now. The combination of a Glp1 and the exercise I've been doing has finally gotten me down to under 200 lbs (well ... just under, I guess. Recently I was at 194.5). I can't tell you how happy I am. How great I feel. How weird my face looks in the mirror. How much my wife complains about my legs being way too skinny.
At this new size, none of my clothes fit. For shirts, that's not too bad. For pants, it's disastrous.
I **am** buying smaller and smaller pants, but in the meanwhile, I've been using a ratcheting #Belt; #RatchetingBelt. I love this thing. It's always the right size. It holds my pants up; and it's stiff enough I can hang my #Leatherman off of it. I recently added a flashlight, too! (My friend @jammcq
thinks I'm going overboard).
I use the #KoreEssentials webbing belt in black with an X5 buckle. Here's the page: https://www.koreessentials.com/products/x-series-buckle-usa-made-black-tactical-nylon-gun-belt-1-5?variant=42026049339451. This belt makes wearing my existing pants possible. Kind of "bunchy", but possible. And as I lose weight, I can cut the belt down to fit my smaller waist.If you need any of these features: stiff, ratcheting, strong enough to hang stuff off of, good looking, one size fits all ... I **strongly** recommend this belt. I don't know if it's considered pricey or not. Never bought belts much before; but I **can** tell you I would have paid significantly more and still been happy.
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#Firearms #Guns #Life #GoodVsEvil #SecondAmmendment #GunViolence #Protectors #Police #Soldiers #Law
3/3 This is a very divisive topic. One side is totally against guns: no one should have them. One side thinks everyone should be allowed, and can have one if that’s what they want. Both sides think the other side is going to do awful things in service of their ideas. Pass laws. Hurt people. Go door to door and take guns away.
I have only one point in this post: your current opinion is probably based on a much simpler view. The real situation is so much more complex. If you think you have the answer, and you think that answer is something that could actually happen, you are probably wrong. And I don’t care which side you’re on.
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#Firearms #Guns #Life #GoodVsEvil #SecondAmmendment #GunViolence #Protectors #Police #Soldiers #Law
2/3 Just as cars can be used for evil; fire can be used for good. But we follow strict rules to make fire serve us in a way where it doesn’t destroy what we value. That doesn’t change the nature of fire: fire still destroys. If nobody (anywhere) had guns, would the world be a better place? Obviously, I can’t know that, but it sure seems like it could be. Because bad people have guns, we tolerate guns in the hands of “protectors”, police, soldiers, etc. That doesn’t change the nature of guns: guns still destroy. When a protector uses a gun, it’s still to destroy.
Bad people are bad, yes, that’s obvious. Tools of destruction make bad people so much worse. I’m not making any moral judgement about tools. I’m not saying they’re good and can be misused! I’m not saying they’re inherently evil! One of those might well be the truth, but it’s so complicated I don’t think I have the moral knowledge or understanding to choose. I’m saying that the combination of a bad person and a gun is a bad thing and is pretty much certain to lead to awful consequences. A “protector” with a gun is not automatically bad, but sooner or later, they might be put in a position that ends with loss of life. I have posted on this before: life is precious. Even “bad guys” deserve to be alive, unless they are doing something so evil that it outweighs their need to live, and there’s absolutely no other way to stop them. Because bad guys have guns, that can happen. No “protector” wants to make that decision (and if you think that decision is easy, you’re much closer to the “bad guy” end of the spectrum than the “protector” end). There are no winners.
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#Firearms #Guns #Life #GoodVsEvil #SecondAmmendment #GunViolence #Protectors #Police #Soldiers #Law
1/3 The “nature” of fire is destruction. It burns, it eats things up, it is destructive. There are people who love that about fire. They want to destroy things **with** fire. We call those people arsonists. A single arsonist can destroy millions of acres, hundreds of lives, towns’ worth of homes, with an action that takes them less than a second. People with destruction in their hearts are evil … and fire is a huge force multiplier that makes them so much worse.
The nature of guns is destruction. In every single application of a firearm, the result is destruction. Sometimes small, sometimes large, sometimes devestating. There are people who love this about guns. They want to destroy things **with** guns. Here in the United States we see so many examples of this I don’t need to describe it futher. Guns destroy things, and very often the things they destroy are human lives. (Cars can be used to kill and destroy, too, but that’s not their **nature**. Their nature is about moving things from place to place.). Guns are force multipliers that allow evil people to do so much more harm than they might without a gun. Some guns are especially good at killing human beings.
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@tshepang For shells, my daily driver has been #Bash for decades. I try to always be using as modern a version as possible. I still use Bash especially for shell **scripts**. My #Dotfiles are set up to use either (https://github.com/wolf/dotfiles. In particular, see the `shells` directory). Git Bash for Windows, of course, forces the issue for me at work. During my Bash time ) and now) I occasionally try other things. For instance #Xonsh (which just wasn’t for me). Shells can do amazing things but understanding shell scripts is a rarer skill than understanding more popular languages. That’s one reason why, if a shell script gets too complicated, I’ll just write it in Python.
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Saw a neurologist. Great news: yes, I have tremors; but they are not any kind of #Parkinsons. It’s kinetic tremors. They’re mild, and may be reduced by medication changes. The bad news is my balance. That’s #Neuropathy and it’s way worse than I thought it was and there’s a lot of rules she gave me about dealing with it.
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I have a #RidgeWallet. I’ve been using it since 2019. I just replaced the elastic (which is a _little_ hard with tiny screws and shaky hands), but it’s exactly like new again. If I recall correctly, it came with replacement elastic when I first bought it; and when I bought the AirTag money strap, that came with another.
This wallet is a good thing.