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Re:Ask HN: Software for Real-World Budgeting? on Saturday August 17, 2024 @03:21PM (#41277174)
Thanks. I remember looking into this a while back and finding some of these limitations. Maybe it’s time to try again, as much as I’m not a fan of paying a subscription

Ask HN: Software for Real-World Budgeting?

This feels like it should be a solved problem, but all of the personal/family budgeting software that I’ve found in the past assumes that incomes and expenses are consistent. Any recommendations for programs for folks who, for example:- Get paid for 9 months or for gigs that are scheduled ahead of time and therefore known - Have regular things like kid activity expenses that may not be at...

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for kids books about famous people on Saturday August 17, 2024 @12:25PM (#41275632)
My kids are in a similar spot and I can’t recommend teaching them the power of asking a (real) librarian at a (real) library enough, if that’s something that’s possible for you. Those folks are special and my kids love wandering through the children’s non-fiction a few times a week.
Thanks for that. We’re trying to break away from some of the problematic realities of educational resources and the distribution of value in academic publishing. It’s been a good ride so far!
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets on Friday June 30, 2023 @09:28PM (#36545275)
Few things demonstrate a (techno)feudal online world quite like throwing up the walls

Show HN: World Music Textbook, a collaborative open educational resource

https://www.worldmusictextbook.org/

The World Music Textbook is a new collaborative effort to create a free and broadly accessible resource for the general public, educators, students, and researchers alike. Its open collections of scholarly, peer-reviewed writing and multimedia materials focus on increasing access to underrepresented voices, writing styles, and audiences, all with undergraduate students and a broad readership in...

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It’s funny that the bottle doesn’t look more like a Dr Bronner’s bottle [0]

[0]: https://www.drbronner.com/products/peppermint-pure-castile-l...

Re:Help Locked out of 10 years Gmail account on Saturday December 24, 2022 @10:53AM (#34117937)
I recently switched things to an iCloud custom domain that I access through the Spark iPhone and macOS apps. It’s been an upgrade, though I’m still in the stage of finding and switching over accounts that use my gmail. I feel like that will never end.