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disillusioned1on AI isn't killing consulting. It's killing time as a proxy for value

"Generative AI isn't making expertise less valuable. It's exposing the flaws in pricing knowledge work by time rather than outcomes."

disillusioned1on The RSS feed reader landscape

Ha! I started with CHV, then moved to Bloglines, then to Google Reader, then to NewsBlur, then to TT-RSS, then to Feedly, then to Inoreader, where I've stayed since 2016. I get an itch every time one of these RSS discussions happens, but it passes.

disillusioned1on I Built a Task Management Tool for Almost Nothing

Techdirt's Mike Masnick vibe-coded himself a task management tool. This is part two of two.

disillusioned1on Show HN: FeedMe – An RSS Reader to Reclaim Your Attention

Thanks for posting this.

I wonder if you know that there's a long-time player in the RSS world called FeedMe? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seazon.fee...

disillusioned1on RSS-Librarian is a read-it-later service for RSS purists

Particularly relevant with Pocket having just discontinued access to libraries via RSS feed.

disillusioned1on Poor sleep drove me insane, and my long path to recovery

I'm seeing a jaw specialist right now to see if we can reduce the overbite I've developed from sleeping with a mandibular advancement device nightly for six years.

disillusioned1on I Still Use RSS

I'm a longtime, dedicated Inoreader user. I occasionally try all the Android RSS readers that support it, but none lure me away from the official Inoreader client [1]. Does it not meet your requirements?

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innologica...

disillusioned1on In Praise of AutoHotKey

Quick Access Popup is a full-blown, highly configurable launcher for Windows. I just started using it last week, fell in love with it, and was shocked to discover it's written in AHK.

https://www.quickaccesspopup.com

disillusioned1on NirSoft, a collection of small and useful freeware utilities

WSCC (Windows System Control Center) is a launcher/updater/manager for both NirSoft and Sysinternals. http://www.kls-soft.com/wscc/

disillusioned1on Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years

Audacious (https://audacious-media-player.org) and Qmmp (http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com) apparently support Winamp Classic skins.

disillusioned1on Medium tries to prevent people reading deleted articles on the Wayback Machine?

Do you know about Web ScrapBook, a WebExtensions successor to ScrapBook X?

https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook

disillusioned1on My essential django package list

Great resource! Perhaps make it easier to find on your site by adding it to your "Django" category?

disillusioned1on Easing Eye Strain with the Right Lenses (2012)

UC Berkeley Optometry is a wonderful resource for the community. I've used them for years for both exams and glasses. Their website has info on their services and prices: http://www.caleyecare.org/general-info/

disillusioned1on It’s time to give Firefox another chance

youtube-dl-gui (https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/) is a cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl. It works well for me.

disillusioned1on Ask HN: Is Python dying?

Are you saying it's a better investment to jump to another language altogether than to jump from 2.7 to 3.5?

disillusioned1on Nuitka Progress in 2015 – Python Compiler

The Requirements section of the user manual says that in addition to a C++ compiler, you need Python2 at compile time even if you're using Python3, due to a requirement of the Scons tool.