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Re:What's your favorite RSS feed reader? on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @09:01AM (#41379010)
Using https://www.inoreader.com Awesome basic free plan for personal usage
Re:Ask HN: What apps do you use to focus? on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:51PM (#36854019)
I am using Firefox extension "LeechBlock" . Free and very flexible. Also for better analysis, my laptop time spending using activity watch

- https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

- https://activitywatch.net/

Ask HN: What books or courses do you know similar to "From Nand to Tetris"?

As Richard Feynman famously said: "What I cannot create, I do not understand." I like to learn things to bare bones. But almost all courses are shallow.Now I am learning https://www.nand2tetris.org/ and it's fantastic by structure and explanation. In the past, I also completed JS and HTML courses by Anthony Alicea on Udemy. These courses also follow a similar approach to truly understanding how...

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Re:Android 12 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:04PM (#28923013)
I am positively impressed with the new "Material You". Really. Don't want to stay in my comfort zone. Some positive stress for the brain to adapt to the new situation. All UI seems a little soft and friendly. For me missing IOS functionality with gestures from top to bottom to lower down any app for more convenient control with one hand