To me, Obsidian really became the killer app overall. I used Notion and Foam before and while the interface there is much more beautiful, I like having my files locally (synced via Syncthing) and being able to write my own plugins easily. The existing plugin ecosystem with instances like Dataview or Templater makes Obsidian such a great solution for personal and work planning, and as a knowledge base.
The only thing that's really missing is a collaborative version of Obsidian to be able to work in teams. I found craft.do that has a very similar feel, but it's quite pricey and, of course, you can't self-host.
Plug for a friend who is building this exact thing - a tool that makes Obsidian collaborative, and also allows syncing between Obsidian / Roam / Notion
I usually have a top-level note for a course, here the "Computational Surgineering.md". In there, I use the dataview plugin to simply create a dynamic table of all entries in the meetings subfolder:
Another option I use is nested tags[2], like #cs/meeting for the above use-case.
As for 2) I don't really use the global graph that much. It looks quite cool, but I primarily just look at a local graph with a maximum depth of 2-3 to quickly hop around.
I guess what I was wondering is, do we have any tools that help extract a hierarchical structure from the inputted information. Rather than having the user specify the hierarchical structure.
I use obsidian, but it can never trump the databases approach of notion in some cases. Its still pretty useless for TODOs IMO whilst being great at local first MD editor.
It inevitably gets ugly when notes are edited by a few people simultaneously. Unless there is specific logic for automatic conflict resolution or concurrent editing, it devolves into chaos. File sharing tools typically do not have that, besides creating endless "conflict files" that require manual merging. The friction is just too high.
I can also recommend using Syncthing with obsidian. I use it to synchronize my vault to all my devices. I also added it to my existing Raspberry Pi server that's always online, so I always have a distributor instance running and don't need to worry about sync issues.
Great write-up. I remember how shocked I was a few years back when we moved our backend to a micro-service architecture and our native Postgres installation to a docker container. As (I suppose) almost everyone, we also used ufw to manage the firewall.
Security should be the default stance, and any port exposed through docker should initially be restricted to local only. Going global should be explicit, imo.
Did flashing it with Linux have any impact on battery life? The main reason I switched from a Thinkpad T480 (2017) to a M2 Air two months ago was the horrible battery life of the Thinkpad. The M2 has been lasting me almost two days of work, compared to only 3 hours on the Thinkpad. But I miss quite a lot from linux
If you're interested in this topic, you might want to check out ASRG[1]. It's a community of safety and security professionals in the industry working to improve standards. They share their research openly and have regular in-person and online events where you can reach out to people.
"Safety" and "Security" are considered separate topics in the automotive world, even though there's some overlap between them. There are usually completely separate teams with different skillsets responsible for each at any given manufacturer. ASRG is pretty focused on the security side rather than the safety side.
It's sad that this and many other admirable movements like langsec will never amount to much because of the false dilemma that everything needs to be complicated because of "reasons" (politics, in automobiles, and "the poor user who needs a complicated to implement interface that changes every day" in the case of langsec). That is, most electronics in vehicles are obviously not needed, and if it was up to me infotainment would just be illegal aside from a basic physical knob to change volume of some audio in the 3.5mm jack (and not by sending a digital signal to a system that makes the user readjust it several times after the large input delay). I was being half serious but now that I think of it bluetooth and "smart" tech and such atrocities should just be illegal. They are like what's already accepted as illegal harmful Chinese products.
I am quite happy that I am only using KeePassXC + Syncthing. My default assumption for these kinds of services is that they will be breached sooner or later.
I hope he and others succeed! I've been using chatgpt to translate Python/TS into Rust/C++ for some smaller projects of mine in the past week. And with some tweaking it works beautifully. Sometimes it makes up crates that do not exist though.
Not directly related to the article, but I just wanted to share my experience with using artificial sweeteners to overcome a sugar addiction. Based on the recommendation from my fitness coach, I found that aspartame-based sweeteners were really helpful in reducing and eventually eliminating added sugars from my diet. I used a FreeStyle Libre 3 sensor to monitor my glucose levels and was surprised to find that the Monster drinks I drank whenever a craving kicked in didn't have any effect on my glucose levels.
It took me about three weeks to get rid of the sugar habit, and now I only consume small amounts of sugar through an apple a day and protein powder in my morning porridge. I'm also back to water only. I figured I'd share in case it could help anyone else out there struggling with strong sugar cravings.
One thing that might help is sparkling water. I grew up with an an unhealthy daily soda habit and eventually kicked it but would still crave a Coke after and couple of weeks. What helped me kick that is drinking lots of plain sparkling water (Pierrer/La Croix). I think what I was really looking for was that carbonated “kick” after all.
Even at establishments that don't serve bottled sparkling water, you can usually get carbonated "soda water" from the dispensers. This is also how I kicked my soda habit!
Yes, I only drank the Monster Zero Ultra drink (the white can). It was the only one that didn't have that classic energy drink taste, but it reminded me more of a sprite.
I recently read The Rational Optimist, and it provided a refreshing perspective in a time where global events can often leave one feeling disheartened. Despite the challenges of climate change, political strife, wars in Europe, an energy crisis leading to financial instability, the book offered a much-needed reset for my mind.
Humanity has made incredible progress over the last centuries and decades, and it's important to maintain a sense of optimism.
