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deanebarkeron Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?

Yep. Inoreader. I browse 300-400 items a day through it.

deanebarkeron Ask HN: Which is the best book on nutrition?

"The Economists' Diet: The Surprising Formula for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off"

https://www.amazon.com/Economists-Diet-Surprising-Formula-Ke...

The subtitle is a lie. There's nothing "surprising" here at all. It's complete common sense.

Also:

"Fitness Confidential: Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game"

https://www.amazon.com/FITNESS-CONFIDENTIAL-Adventures-Weigh...

Taubes is good too:

"Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It"

https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307474259/

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How is a spamming tutorial making HN?

deanebarkeron Docbook

I don't think so anymore. I wrote a book for O'Reilly in 2016 (http://flyingsquirrelbook.com/) and it was done in ASCIIDoc, which is a variant of Markdown (or perhaps vice-versa) with some custom extensions and structures.

deanebarkeron Some doubts about human-centered design

Was anyone else bothered by the persistent misspelling? I thought it was just the HN title, but it was throughout the entire article.

deanebarkeron Ask HN: What are your best learning methods/hacks/tips?

I'm ashamed to say I had to stop watching this because I couldn't handle the woman's voice. It was like reverse-ASMR.

deanebarkeron Site Search Could Kill Amazon

I feel like the title of this article is way, WAY overblown.

deanebarkeron Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

The problem is not the ebook reader. The problem is trying to buy a commercial ebook from anywhere other than Amazon, and having to use someone's stupid DRM scheme. I tried once to not buy a Kindle book, and I just had to end up installing someone's other app just to decrypt the book so I could read it.

You can make all the ebook readers you want. Until we find an easier way to make non-Amazon ebooks easier to read, these aren't going to catch on.