harryday

Wherever you go, there you are.

Help is the sunny side of control.

> A tail as old as time.

Eggcorn klaxon!

Tangential —

Searching for an explanation of the mushroom cloud phenomenon lead me to the rope trick effect, with some fascinating images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_trick_effect

Demo — https://xanadu.com/xanademos/MoeJusteOrigins.html

> In the myth of Narcissus, a beautiful young demigod who saw his own reflection in a pool of water became so enamored with it that he refused to move. He rejected the advances of beautiful young women and eventually wasted away, unable to break the spell of his own image.

Alternative, deeper understanding — https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/10/the_story_of_narciss...

Used Obsidian (paid for commercial and sync) for years, loved it, and evangelised. Ango and team seem to have genuine integrity.

Am moving to Emacs, org, plus self-built elements, however. With much pain.

You see, what is /not/ self-guaranteeing about a full Obsidian life-organising workflow is the necessary reliance on plugins and their quirky configs. I felt as locked in to the ecosystem as I ever did with services that ‘merely’ used a proprietary storage format.

I know others in the same boat. Obsidian’s long-term legacy may well be primarily as a market-maker for Emacs.