jhymn
Re:On Facebook and YouTube, classical musicians are getting blocked or...
on Saturday May 23, 2020 @05:15AM (#23281416)
Would you mind linking to your live-stream recordings? I love listening to choral chants and whatnot. Very soothing.
Re:Do not Draw a Penis
on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:17PM (#23185590)
Domains around here are amazingly creative. It's an important part of the package, and if it delivers a surprise and a chuckle like this all the better.
Re:The Newspaper Navigator Dataset: 16M Historic Newspaper Pages
on Saturday May 09, 2020 @07:35AM (#23123857)
Recenty my browser's home page is a real-time stream of randomly clipped newspaper articles going back to the 1600s: https://newspaperarchive.com/clippings/
It's fun to see what people are digging into the newspaper archives for, and to speculate how it may relate to present or future events.
Note: paid subscribers see more (which I am for family history purposes).
Re:Ask HN: What are the other websites you visit daily?
on Friday May 08, 2020 @09:51PM (#23121481)
Ditto. I put everything in newsblur and get a holistic view of topics I care about, and can zoom in and read articles when they grab me.
Re:Five-year-old boy stopped on highway driving from Utah to California
on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:38AM (#23088174)
Since when did face-blockers look like a vortex into another dimension? Creepy.
Re:Firefox 76
on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:12PM (#23083654)
I don't use Firefox often because of the constant updating that prevents me from using it right away. Chrome and Brave don't seem to do that, at least not in the same obvious way that Firefox does.
Re:Firefox 76
on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:04PM (#23083568)
Whenever I start up Firefox it tells me to wait a few moments while it updates. The browser obviously doesn't care about me. It has its own agenda. This is why I won't use it.
Re:Notion encourages busy-work
on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:38PM (#23055143)
The gtd system by David Allen and a blank text file will get you 90 percent there. An app like Dynalist pro will get you the other 10 percent.
Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with a criminal...
on Thursday April 30, 2020 @07:36PM (#23037542)
The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago. The next best time is now.
This also applies to getting a pardon.
Thanks for sticking up for animals who cannot advocate for themselves. I consider you a hero.
Re:Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:53PM (#22983571)
The old Slashdot. I also had a website called hardcorelinux.com where I evangelized Linux, and I miss that too.
Re:Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with Covid-19, are dying ...
on Saturday April 25, 2020 @05:44PM (#22981820)
I work at a homeless shelter where a young guy in his mid twenties recently had a stroke that left one of his hands completely limp. He's active and outdoors all day, but cannot self-isolate at night because he lives in a shelter.
I was shocked when he told me because he's "fit as a fiddle" otherwise. This article makes some sense of it.
Re:Cryptocurrency system using body activity data
on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:55AM (#22923410)
My jaw dropped as soon as I saw this submission. As a Christian who has recently gotten into crypto, I thought it might be Ripple / XRP that would fullfil this prophesy.
It looks like it will be Microsoft. Feeling some serious chills!
Re:Show HN: Live Stand-Up Comedy from Home
on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:12PM (#22873410)
My concern is that a lot of stand-up comedy is really "blue" and NSFW. Are there warnings or ratings for each set (I don't see any).
Do you provide clean content?
Re:Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera
on Thursday April 09, 2020 @05:44PM (#22827524)
I recently took a Coursera course on Schizophrenia and found it fascinating. YMMV of course.
Re:A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:08PM (#22743226)
Along the same line is Deepchord, a dub techno band I've been getting into lately.
Can't wait for the next BoC release though!
Re:Ask HN: Advice for staying in the job market while homeless?
on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @06:26AM (#22683304)
STAY WHERE YOU ARE and make arrangements to make staggered/partial payments at a later date.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE. I work at a homeless shelter and see first-hand how not having a safe place to work from and store your things complicates life and creates undo hardships.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE, especially now with the pandemic when shelters are trying to protect their clients from outside contamination. You may be turned away from even emergency homeless shelters.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE!
Re:How to Stick to a Learning Habit
on Sunday March 08, 2020 @03:27AM (#22516799)
Sign up form didn't work for me.
Re:Show HN: Pomodoro Calendar: custom printable planners for Pomodoro ...
on Friday February 28, 2020 @07:00PM (#22447569)
I love this idea. So much potential. A way you might improve it is include tomorrow's Todo list below the tomatoes? That would also make better use of the paper.
P.S. The price for the PDF may be a touch high. I'd drop it by a buck.
Re:Benchmarking DNS response times of TLDs
on Friday January 10, 2020 @06:07AM (#22010144)
Not if you like nerding out on this stuff. Then it's more like a hobby or pleasant diversion.
But I agree one needs to zoom out and put things into its proper perspective.
Re:Show HN: Booky – app to organize notes from books you read
on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:41PM (#21848374)
I use Readwise.io almost obsessively and would use your app too, but I'm on Android. Any plans for an Android app?
Re:Ask HN: Any (tech) black friday deals you'd recommend?
on Friday November 29, 2019 @03:04AM (#21662872)
DNA kits for Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are half price. MyHeritage also has genetic risk/carrier status report + DNA matching kit that's also 50 percent off.
Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:00PM (#21383067)
The Fitbit brand-name has become a generic term like Aspirin, Kleenex or Google. That must be a big part of it's appeal for Alphabet.
When you own Fitbit, you own the category.
Re:Ask HN: How did you build up your personal knowledge base?
on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:40PM (#21336949)
Readwise for storing highlights and excerpts from books, articles etc. Lots of customization under the hood.
Then why not Svbtle or Write.as? You have lots of affordable or even free choices.
Re:Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store
on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:25AM (#21212479)
Right, and in marketing-speak it's called positioning. Taking a privacy stance allowed Apple to differentiate against their competitors without actually innovating.