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ngpio··on Show HN: A note, task, and password organizer app for Mac
This doesn't strike me as a problem.

Everyone makes their own productivity app because everyone has their own style of time/task/goal management. Do we not always say something along the lines of, "build something for which you're the first customer?"

This is the most common result of that stimulus.

I often encourage people who are just starting to program to make their own CLI productivity app that mirrors their existing GUI or paper productivity system. It gives them both the motivation to complete it and a reason to keep coming back to the command line after they're done. I wish that more introductory language and framework tutorials were structured around this.

ngpio··on A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit
15000 trees over 140 aces is approximately 1 tree per 20x20ft square. That doesn't resemble my own idea of 'forest', but it's not stretching the definition that far.
ngpio··on Google Gravity experiment
It's not unthinkable that accelerometer data might reveal more information about a user than cursor motion and keyboard input. Home layout, restroom/kitchen/etc. habits, body type, chair type, and even the squishiness of one's clothing could conceivably be determined.

Is this -currently- the case? Highly unlikely. But will someone seek to profit from these data in the future? Probably.

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