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I'm building https://hyperclast.com/ : Fast, open, and extensible team workspace (Like Notion, but better)
I live in the beautiful Mission District of San Francisco CA.
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> he owned the only store between San Francisco and the gold fields — a fact he capitalized on by buying up all the picks, shovels and pans he could find, and then running up and down the streets of San Francisco, shouting 'Gold! Gold on the American River!' He paid 20 cents each for the pans, then sold them for $15 a piece. In nine weeks, he made $36,000."
You don't even have to manually bookmark, in fact. It automatically learns what is important to you and surfaces the correct link on search. It has a ton of other knowledge management features too.
> I'll be sure to have the cartels sign my EULA before proceeding with anything
The Secrets of Consulting : Gerald Weinberg
life←{⊃1 ⍵ ∨ .∧ 3 4=+/,¯1 0 1∘.⊖¯1 0 1∘.⌽⊂⍵}Andy Samberg AS Mark Whalberg :)
But you bring up a good point. Perhaps installing packages willy nilly is orthogonal to the editor choice.
Or perhaps that supports your point. The smart people with fluid morality are vacuumed up by the Metas of the world, leaving none that would build a nuke for a third world dictator.
It reminded me of the movie Due Date:
Peter Highman: How have you made it this far? How have you not run yourself over in a car?
Ethan Tremblay: I've done that.
Peter Highman: How have you survived? That's my question.
Ethan Tremblay: Mostly luck.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/quotes/What data would you need to see to change your mind?
PS: I went looking for data, and the number of traffic fatalities per year haven't gone up significantly since 2014. So I stand corrected. It's a big relief, as an SF resident; parent commenter's chart was really worrying. Phew
https://sfgov.org/scorecards/transportation/traffic-fataliti...