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d33d33··on The Decline of Usability (2020)
i think they do it on purpose just to give you the feeling of having a lot of content. Hate it, too.
d33d33··on Launch HN: Twenty.com (YC S23) – Open-source CRM
tbh - when i noticed, i can't delete my account, i instantly stopped going further.

As an european citizen: it might be interesting for you to cover aspects of GPDR, to attract european users (that are forced to use GPDR-conforming data handling).

d33d33··on Writing down what I do in Obsidian
i found my love in Trilium what has everything i need and if needed, i can still change the code by myself (AGPL) + files are stored as markdown documents (so i am still able to get into my notes, even if the repo would disappear). see https://github.com/zadam/trilium

TLDR; - future proof file format (markdown)

- possible as local standalone + sync to simple cloud storage (like gdrive/dropbox/...)

- gantt charting

- uml diagramming

- task management

- available on github

- active development in the last months and years

- editable

d33d33··on Brython: an implementation of Python 3 running in the browser
4MB for pure brython_stdlib.js ? :(
d33d33··on Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers?
As someone working in it-consulting for some big companies in germany, i can't confirm. It's usually the other way around - if a company grows too fast, they're tempted to make some smart engineer a manager. usually they will have a hard time coming from a very detailed world into the high level business world. besides being good problem-analysts, they are confronted with politics, strategy, leadership, ... - so all the skills that really matter at ceo level.

That being said, i can't agree with the statement that sw engineers make the best CEOs. But i tend to agree that a basic knowledge of IT/Software/Hardware is a must.

d33d33··on Show HN: RoughNotation – create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page
really nice - would be great if there would be a tufte-style feature (animated info box next to the highlighted text) or sth. similar
d33d33··on There Is No Handbook for Being a Writer
I agree to the topic's message...but...who is a writer? Realeasing a book (and especially in that travel genre) - in my opinion - does not make you a (good/belletristic) writer.

But if it is just about writing for living / journalism and similar stuff, then yes, handbooks exists and do work.

ps: worked as journalist and studied literature, but don't feel like i could write books that come close to what i like to read.

d33d33··on Netflix Is Now Available Around the World
is it just me who is wondering why i can't see netflix' complete movie/series list before i register with my credit card ? Don't tell me, https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix#/all?page=1 is all they offer?
d33d33··on The Importance of Mathematics Courses in Computer Science Education
i started a degree in cs last year and i noticed: most cs people i met @ my university have BIG problems with getting their hands dirty by writing some code. excellent in math, but not able to write some simple for-loops. finishing university without being able to code is kind of poor... but i agree - abstraction is very important to handle complexity.
d33d33··on ‘Goodbye Photoshop’ and ‘Hello Krita’ at University Paris 8
absolutely agree with huuu. if you're somehow forced to use gimp, there is at least a better gui enhancement/tweak that tries to replicate photoshop's gui:

http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Gimp-2-8-Photoshop-Tweaks...

d33d33··on Ask HN: Chances for Restarting a Career in CS @ 30+ ?
Hey guys, i'm totally surprised and happy about your awesome replies! I read all of your comments and with each post, my motivation raised to jump over my own shadow.

Thanks to your influence, i applied for a cs-study starting in october. I guess within the study i'll have better chances to get job offers in germany (thx @ ThePhysicist).

I really like the strategy, that tinco advised - i'm leaving to a bigger city next month, enhance my coding skills and try to put sth. on github. Managed to get some used versions of "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach" by Kurose, and "Operating System Concepts" by Silberschatz (+ some math books) :) And i appreciate the troels' objection not to study cs just because of being weak in math. lultimouomo, CalRobert, fillskills, qgi and more motivated me to go for cs, even though i have my background in arts.

d33d33··on NeoCities
cool idea, but seems the server has some problems uploading (2-8kb) files? or is that the heavy traffic? anyway, get some error messages, but files are uploaded. savings seem to take a while...better keep your code in another editor, too

edit: ps: internal server error

d33d33··on Fargo, online outliner and more with Dropbox storage
way to aggressive - installing before reading? no thx, no matter how useful it could be or not! BAD PRACTICE