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TimD1··on Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?
TeX, the typesetting system developed by Donald Knuth
TimD1··on Send text messages for free using Python
Would have been a nice addition to the BBB bubbler [1]. - a current UM grad student

[1]https://www.beyster.com/blog/?p=303

TimD1··on Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs
Yeah, I've had similar experiences to yours, nordic ski racing on a team all throughout college. We'd all get coughs the first few cold days, but that was it. We would avoid doing interval workouts if it was below 0° F though.
TimD1··on Training Makes Runners More Efficient, but Not Cyclists (2018)
Agreed. I would wager that in any sport where technique is important/difficult (swimming, nordic skiing, and to a lesser extent running), efficiency will improve over time, even for elite athletes.
TimD1··on Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. over Post on Uighurs
The previous poster was saying that in response to storming the US Capitol building, Twitter can either: 1) ignore it, 2) respond to this specific instance (right wing extremism), or 3) respond to all inappropriate uses of their platform (which would include left wing extremism).
TimD1··on Scientists create quietest semiconductor quantum bits ever – 10x lower noise
I've never heard "quiet" used to describe a high signal to noise ratio before. I can't decide whether the tech writer thinks "noise" means "sound" in this context, or just came up with a clever title.
TimD1··on Head asleep, body awake
Interesting. I've never experienced sleep paralysis; my body tends to err in the other direction. I have woken myself up before because my muscles accidentally do still move while dreaming, most often because I will physically flinch when surprised by something.
TimD1··on Ask HN: How do you learn new libraries without much documentation?
Yikes. Would you want to work in an environment where all your coworkers acted like this? Your suggestion may be necessary in a cut-throat workplace, but I'd be more inclined to GTFO and work somewhere that my team members actually try to help each other, instead of always acting in their own self interest.
TimD1··on How Much Should You Pay Your Engineers to Ensure They Stick Around?
Because my pay as a grad student is just too good! /s
TimD1··on PFAS “Forever Chemicals” and Nordic Ski Wax
As someone who has waxed with HF wax several dozen times in the past (collegiate nordic ski racer) with no face mask and mediocre room ventilation, how worried should I be about long-term side effects?
TimD1··on PFAS “Forever Chemicals” and Nordic Ski Wax
CH doesn't have fluoro, but the correlation between C6/C8 and LF/HF is unclear to me. Does LF use C6 and HF uses C8, or can both wax types be made with C6/C8, but in different concentrations?
TimD1··on Just started a blog, any feedback?
Okay, I think individual posts should be linkable now. Does https://timd.one/blog.php#pc-build work for you?
TimD1··on Just started a blog, any feedback?
Thanks for pointing that out, I'll definitely need link-able posts! Hopefully I don't have to redesign everything.

FYI, I'm just using Bootstrap and plain HTML/CSS/PHP with one or two JS functions.

Jekyll+Github looks like a pretty nice setup, although idk if it's worth the effort to change now.

TimD1··on Just started a blog, any feedback?
Glad I'm not the only one, I may have picked it up somewhere. And thanks for the encouragement!

Yeah, I didn't realize that at all until he pointed it out. I will definitely need a way to share a link to a specific post...

TimD1··on Just started a blog, any feedback?
Thanks, I have a horrible habit of saying CPU instead of PC since my brain thinks "ComPUter=CPU", even though I know the distinction.

You're right about it sounding like a newbie blog: there's no technical content (yet! I just wanted to get something up), and I've added explanatory stuff for things every real programmer should know. Instead of catering to everyone, I should choose an audience and write specifically for that.

I know nothing I have written will be front-page of HN, but you gotta start somewhere, and for me taking the inital step is the hardest.

I'm not Asian. What makes you ask?

TimD1··on Making Git and Jupyter Notebooks play nice
I just clear all outputs before committing code. Works well enough for me, but it's cool to see a more advanced solution!
TimD1··on I Sell Onions on the Internet
Did you ever consider registering a .onion domain?