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The journal Psychiatry International, it is part of the MDPI publisher, which sometimes faces scrutiny regarding rapid, high-volume, and sometimes inconsistent peer-review processes. Be skeptical of its contents.
Re:Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @02:51PM (#46710666)
Thank you for reminding me I had an Evernote account. I just deleted it. Its been shit since Bleeding Spork took it over.
Re:Coding Theory and Cryptography [pdf] on Saturday March 22, 2025 @06:24PM (#43449137)
It says the site is not secure. Anyone else get through?
Re:Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2024? on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @08:10AM (#42508627)
Frank Ramsey by Cheryl Misak. Kid only lived till 26 and changed the disciplines of Philosophy, Mathematics, and Economics. Ludwig Wittgenstein was reported to have said Ramsey was his only contemporary.
100 percent use proton!
Moving forward: always have an email client on a local machine downloading a copy of all emails. Have a local copy of all gdrive contents. Backup your password mangers to a txt file and encrypt it on a drive. And above all, dont trust google with all your stuff. They dont care.

I lost a gmail years ago and only use it as a throwaway email client now. You get what you pay for.

Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? on Monday October 07, 2024 @01:54PM (#41768850)
Walter Issacson's Steve Jobs bio. I legit disliked Steve Jobs. I could not put this book down for the week it took to read. Then I became an Issacson junky. He just digs into the minutia and makes it digestible.

Currently reading Frank Ramsey by Cheryl Misak. Will appeal to philosophy nerds mostly. Fascinating how a kid of 26 changed the fields of philosophy, mathematics, and economics, but no one really knows of him.

Re:Ask HN: Platform for 11 year old to create video games? on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @07:59AM (#41646348)
The fundamental mistake most people make with introducing kids to game making is making them code first. This, and other companies, have a good staring point of using hands on things to understand the fundamentals of game design and then go to code. https://www.buildgamebox.com/
Looks interesting. As a consultant I hate Project and Atlassian. But please get rid of that creepy AI created image at the top. Is she showing me a new product or getting ready to eat my soul through my eyes?
Thats awesome. as a desktop?
Thanks for this. I was able to disable auto join. It sucks that they pull this shit with out telling us.
First, dont ask for parenting advice. You'll got a ton of varied answers- all specific to those peoples point of view and experience. Not wrong, just varied. The basics- love your child, feed them, shelter them. The rest is up to you to decide. After the 3 basics, parenting is a matter of style. And for gawd sakes, dont buy any parenting books- especially ones on sleep. Good luck on your journey.
to no one's surprise it also does it in chromium-

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The amount of variables not accounted for in this "natural experiment" is unfathomable. How did this get through a peer review....... oh wait, it didnt.

Also, look under the authors, it lists "truth in data LLc" a right wing conspiracy nuthouse.

I am beyond happy. Its a freaking pyramid scheme- top to bottom. Same with NFT's
Re:Ask HN: Why is Hacker News so anti-crypto? on Sunday May 08, 2022 @08:13AM (#31303353)
Why is Hacker News so anti-crypto? I dont't know, let me admire my NFT's and get back to after I invest my globally accepted currency in a hashing scheme.
you are incorrect. a whole house surge protector will stop a lighting strike. its what they are designed for.
what you need, in addition to surge protection at the electrical device, is a whole house surge protector. It will stop the lightning strike immediately. Mine was 120.00USD plus 75.00 to install. totally worth it. These are used in place of lighting rods.

https://www.thisoldhouse.com/electrical/21194149/how-effecti...

Re: on Sunday April 03, 2022 @09:08AM (#30896596)
maybe dont use "the courier" for your scientific information- https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/covid-1...
Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:20PM (#30728898)
oh, its an ad for their garbage extension. I see.
Bend over, put your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye.
Re:Ask HN: What are some good keyboards? on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:43AM (#30553886)
IF you're not gaming, I really like the Logitech MX keys. Its super low profile, you can attach 3 devices to it (Computer, tablet, phone for me). And its wireless. Some people hate the low profile keys, so try one out if you can. Pair it with your favorite wireless mouse-. Also, I use it on Linux, important for me.
Re:Ask HN: Why should I trust password managers? on Friday February 18, 2022 @09:44AM (#30386299)
Why do you trust that your car wont explode when you turn it on in the morning? Or, that you food is not actually poisoned? Same reasons apply.
Re:Favorite Note Taking Tool on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:33AM (#30373437)
always the best option. So how do we sole that digital divide between what makes a pen and paper great and the next note taking app?
Re:Favorite Note Taking Tool on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:32AM (#30373430)
Never seen this one. I'll give it a shot. Although, I find the constellation mapping next to useless.
Re:Favorite Note Taking Tool on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:31AM (#30373416)
I tried standard notes. That app.image kept crashing on opensuse. not sure what the deal was. It looks great. I had really high hopes for it.
Re:Favorite Note Taking Tool on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:29AM (#30373394)
Thanks. I'll have to try that again. When it came out, I had problems installing it.
Re:Favorite Note Taking Tool on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:31AM (#30322896)
Thanks

I tried Obsidian when it came out and had the same issue I had with roam- I dont see the payoff for all the convoluted ways you need to enter notes. I'm curious, what were your use cases for obsidian?

Re:Favorite Note Taking Tool on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:28AM (#30322864)
Thanks. I went to Taskpaper and realized it was mac app- I work on Linux. That looks cool though.

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