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axelavon Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

nvim + markdown oxide is the closest I've found https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide

axelavon macOS Sonoma is available today

Is there a good guide on how to replace homebrew with nix? I've been curious for a while but always end up with 30 tabs open and giving up.

axelavon Show HN: America – Road Trip Simulator

I've had this open in a browser window, glancing at it and listening to the radio for a few moments throughout the day, and now I'm feeling nostalgic for the road trips I took when I was younger, before the total control of smartphones. The serendipitous and unexpected places along the way are often more interesting than the destination. Thanks for building this!

axelavon Interactive Submarine Cable Map

It's a classic but I do enjoy having a look at it every few years.

axelavon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)

- Deliver top quality firmware for real-time, battery-powered, embedded sensor as part of an IoT framework - Proficient in C/C++ - Strong background with microcontrollers (STM32, ARM), hardware design, firmware design, serial and wireless communications protocols (I2C, SPI, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Bluetooth) - Experience with embedded platforms, from deeply embedded (limited memory, no RTOS) to embedded RTOS

Our goal is to bring intuitive products to the construction site, a legacy industry in need of smarter technology. To deliver on that mission of simple but effective technology, we've built a lean, results-oriented team dedicated to those goals. Your contribution will help to shape the core of the product, today and into the future.

If this sounds interesting or you have any questions, email us at jobs@pillar.tech.

https://angel.co/pillartechninc/jobs/287878-senior-firmware-...

axelavon This is How Wrong Kurzweil Is

Ellen Ullman's "Programming the Post-Human" from the October 2002 issue of Harper's sheds some really interesting light on AI research, how the brain functions & what it means to be a human. Definitely worth a read if you're interested in the subject & available for free on Harper's site:

http://harpers.org/archive/2002/10/programming-the-post-huma...

axelavon Command line tool for blocking sites to be more productive

if you're on a mac, Gas Mask is a really good tool to switch between different /etc/hosts files

http://www.clockwise.ee/gasmask/

here's my 'focus mode'

https://gist.github.com/2564478

axelavon The Internet Map

here are a bunch of other ARPANET maps from 1969-77:

http://som.csudh.edu/cis/lpress/history/arpamaps/

axelavon University of Florida shutting down research in Computer Science department

as a former UF student, I have to say this just seems like a terrible idea. disappointing.

axelavon Sublime Text 2 Build 2181

there's also this for Mac

https://gist.github.com/1839777

axelavon Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

very cool idea. anyone considered doing this on the east coast?

axelavon HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default template for HTML5

I've been using & following the development of this boilerplate since its release & have only continued to be impressed. Thanks for making such a helpful & useful tool.