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blindpixel··on NetNewsWire Status
I use it daily to catch up news and reading. Best RSS reader I have used on iOS.

Grateful for your hard work on this, Brent and team.

blindpixel··on Ask HN: Startup Failure and Debt
This happened to me last year. It was incredibly difficult working my way back up but I have been working a job since a year and am out of debt.

The grief/toll will take time to go away. Mine has still not gone away but it gets better as time passes. Suggest that you seek help for this with a professional therapist. Meet new people and have different experiences. That helps a lot.

Wishing the best for you. You got this.

blindpixel··on The Wuhan Lab Leak Hypothesis Is a Conspiracy Theory, Not Science
I don't think the writer is being fair here because he is putting the lab-leak theory in the same category as the moon landing hoax. I don't think the situation is that simple. Both zoonotic and lab-leak are hypotheses and the evidence will slowly start pointing towards one of them. Why try to take a stand when one doesn't know enough?
blindpixel··on Ask HN: Do you create music? let's hear it
I have been learning to compose music on Garageband for iOS.

https://soundcloud.com/denzil-music/eb-minor-song

https://soundcloud.com/denzil-music/sunday-jam-in-a-minor

I have a lot to learn still but I am quite impressed with how Garageband helps beginners get started with music production.

blindpixel··on Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them?
On my iPad, I have briefly used Amaziograph and Kaleidacam. Other apps are Hyperspektiv, Glitche etc.

You can also buy the iPhone version of Procreate which is a super sweet painting app.

Besides that, I use Garageband and Beathawk on my iPad to compose music.

blindpixel··on Ask HN: How can I use my phone to create things rather than consume them?
Try making some art. You can use art apps to remix old photos and also to generate completely new pieces.

Not sure about iOS, but on Android there are fantastic apps like Glitch Lab, Mirror Lab, and so on. Here is a link to art made on Android using Mirror Lab: https://www.instagram.com/mirror_lab/

blindpixel··on Ask HN: How to take notes?
You might want to give Org mode (in emacs) a try. It was actually created to quickly take notes in a structured way. Emacs can seem intimidating but you will need very less time to learn the basics, especially if your goal is to just use org mode for note-taking. Link: orgmode.org

Quick tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZ09dAbLEE

blindpixel··on Move Over Actors and Artists, Software Developers Are True Creative Heroes
The title is super clickbaity and quite simply myopic.

I suspect that creativity means many different things to many people but narrowing it down to software is simplistic imho.

blindpixel··on Cancer and mobile phones
I am in the same boat. I get a creeping sense of horror when I read such reports.
blindpixel··on Ask HN: To those who became fluent in a second language, what did you do?
As a consequence of growing up in a diverse and multicultural society like India, I am fluent in 4 languages (English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani). I am currently learning French from Duolingo and Kannada from a language book that I purchased sometime back.

Coming to your question, there seems to be no right way to learn a language except for selecting a learning resource and diving straight into it. Some languages are easy and some are quite hard but the trick seems to be in getting familiar with the initial phrases and then learning the grammatical rules. Grammatical and syntactical rules are like the glue that hold the words in place and I would advise you to focus on them. Talking to people who speak the language (can be quite awkward for the beginner) and reading passages aloud will end up helping you as well.

There is no timeline to this and getting fluent in a language is a function of your efforts and the difficulty of the language you have chosen. If the language that you want to learn is on Duolingo, that's the best place to start.

blindpixel··on Mozilla just can't catch a break
I agree. The whole episode has been a disaster for Mozilla's mission.