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There are many usability improvements that can be made to this for speed of slide creation.

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1. For me, it's not a good user experience if I have to click a button on toolbar, that opens a popup, to click through categories, and select a shape. That is too many clicks. Why aren't they just open on the left side or somewhere, especially making it easier to select in widescreens. Keyboard shortcuts fix this, but there's a learning curve.

2. If I have to create 5 different box shapes with different colors, I have to go through that process 5 times. Yes, I can create it once and duplicate it multiple times, but there should be a recently used shapes or something that makes it easier to pick. Google slides has the same issue. Keyboard shortcuts fix this, but there's a learning curve.

3. When creating a shape, I like to drag it vs. click it and have it show up on the canvas. There is no drag option in Pitch.

4. Connecting two shapes using an arrow/line should be possible from the shape on the canvas, and not by creating a new line/arrow and dragging their endpoints to connect the shapes.

Edit: fixed typo

A Google sheet that's being kept up to date as well -

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z7VQ5xlf3BaTx_LBBbls...

(Edit) I should note that this sheet's tracking data at the subregion level within affected countries.

Sailing has really helped me get away from it all; 'it' being the stresses of work and life. Besides the allure of open waters and beautiful sceneries, getting out of a marina, unfurling the sails, killing the motor, and then just using the wind and the water to propel a boat towards a destination is one of the most gratifying feelings I've experienced.

And then there's the myriad terminology and theory, with the various points of sails, different types sails, fine-tuning their shapes for optimizing speed, navigation rules, man overboard procedures, various knots, etc. Those, with the occasional spray of salt water, the feel of the rudder, the way the boat reacts to minor adjustments keeps the activity exciting enough to not get boring and monotonous.

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Via is another great option in NYC that I use all the time.

For me, it's a hopeless endeavor to keep track of stuff I want to read. So, if ever want to read something, I do read it right there, right then, or just hope that I'll remember that I bookmarked it somewhere and will be able to get to it at some point in the future when I have to. Depending on the device/site I am on, I do one of the following, and then end up never really coming back to it.

- bookmark the page

- add to "read later" on Chrome

- add to "reading list" on Safari

- clip to Evernote

- click "favorite" on HN

- (edit) (forgot to add) OneTab Chrome extension to save dozens of open tabs

Yesterday was my last day at work at a Silicon Valley tech giant. The 680-Mission-880-237 commute is no more. Instead, a startup in Manhattan, a subway ride away from a tiny apartment. New city, new challenges. We’ll see how much I don’t, or do miss the Bay Area. Hasta luego as well.

Another infrastructure as code (not code as in YAML, etc.), but programming language 'code' tool is Pulumi[0].

[0] https://www.pulumi.com/

Another interesting open source community driven project is Maslow CNC router [0]. I bought one recently although I haven't assembled it yet. It works on cutting large 8x4 boards. Another tabletop router CNC robot [1] is coming to market soon.

All this innovation in these inexpensive CNC tooling excites me as it enables a garage tinkerer to play with woodworking projects.

Edit: I am not affiliated to either of these companies

[0] https://www.maslowcnc.com/ [1] http://www.goliathcnc.com/

You do realize you’re commenting in a comment section, right? :-)

Any man or woman that signs up to give up their life for their country is a hero. Period. Soldiers don’t start wars. Soldiers, however, many a times, do give ultimate sacrifices in them.

Man had integrity. And I respect that about him. Even though I didn’t agree with everything he stood for. Rest In Peace, sir.

I have family/friends that visit often from Celsius using countries and every time the weather comes up, they ask me what xx F is in C. Tired of trying to answer them, I figured out a quick, ballpark conversion --

50 deg F = 10 deg C

For every 10 def F, there's roughly a 6 deg C change.

So (approximately)

40 deg F = 4 deg C

60 deg F = 16 deg C

etc.

I find that it works reasonably well for frequent requests from said Celsius understanding visitors.

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I don’t think it is absurd. I think it shows he wants to know what goes into his cars and rockets. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had executives above me who had never even seen the products they were representing. I admire it when an executive can roll up their sleeves and get into it without being disruptive.