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taurusnoises

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I write about the human experience through the lens of self-development, spirituality, PKM, social media, and anarcho-marxism.
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taurusnoises··on Excerpt from CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944)
Aka "How to be a White Male in Society". (as someone who is one, I can attest this was my socialization)
taurusnoises··on Why 'Long Rituals' Matter
I just can't with long-termism and any idea that humans are somehow deserving of more time on the planet, bc, wow! Doing so good so far!
taurusnoises··on Opt Out of Cynicism
This is timely! "Why are you so cynical?" looking at cynicism from the perspective of a defense mechanism. https://youtu.be/1dIcpXMv3QY
taurusnoises··on Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their key fob for remote start
I'm not so sure about the whole "conscious capitalism" approach these days. Subscription economies have basically killed that complicated form of activism.... https://bobdoto.computer/Conscious-Capitalism
taurusnoises··on I am in favour of the term “Web4” to describe small, local, personal, private...
Yeah, wherever Naval goes or the alt-right, crypto, boys go is where I don't wanna go. Maybe that's just gonna have to be the un-Web....
taurusnoises··on Dino – A web app, mobile app and desktop app for jotting down thoughts
Curious what problem you're having in Obsidian (as a Notion + Obsidian user myself)
taurusnoises··on Dino – A web app, mobile app and desktop app for jotting down thoughts
I'm curious what the HN community thinks about the proliferation of these new note-taking w/ back-linking apps coming out means for the future. Ideas of decentralization, connectivity, linking, and synthesis seem to be front and center. Anyone wanna speculate as to how this might shift our views of the world and our surroundings in the future?

(disclosure: political decentralization and theories and philosophies based in nonlinearity have been areas of interest of mine for the past 20 years, so this new emphasis is very exciting to me).

taurusnoises··on Indexing the Creator Economy
Exactly, it's pretty well documented at this point that labor put in is not an indicator of payment earned. Especially, when that labor is tethered to a heavily stratified economy with big biz at the top.

I do feel that this changes when people act outside platforms and companies. For example, a surfboard maker, putting in a ton of labor should see some return on the time invested, but it won't necessarily be in money earned.

Which brings up another point entirely. These pieces that used money earned as a metric for success are dated af. Thanks for the advice, dad.

taurusnoises··on Tutorial for Building Zettelkasten in Notion
Hope you enjoy this! For anyone wanting to build a Zettelkasten in Notion, here's the process from start to finish.
taurusnoises··on Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
You can't just save the vault in Good Drive on your phone, because the vault is looking for a folder on your phone to sync to. The Drive option simply isn't there. From what I've seen you have to download another, third party sync app, to do that, and that just sounds clunky af. Obsidian charging $90 a year(!) for sync is just super lame. I can wait til they realize that.
taurusnoises··on Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
I love talking about it, so ask away!
taurusnoises··on Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
My main gripe with Obsidian. That, and the fact that it costs almost $100 to have the mobile app sync with the desktop. That's insane to me, and feels vindictive. I'm all for paying for the platform. Seriously. These ventures need bottom - up support. But, syncing is a basic feature that any mobile app should have baked in. Charge for 24-hour support, something that actually requires the time of the team.
taurusnoises··on Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
I use both Notion and Obsidian. The main difference is that Notion is an entire database processing platform, especially once you get into mirroring databases, and getting savvy with filters and check boxes. Not to mention the fact that everything in Notion is its own page. This makes it wildly customizable, and again, programmable.

Obsidian is a lot more static. It's basic strengthis having offline capabilities, simplicity, and markdown. I use it exclusively for my Zettelkasten, which I also have on Notion (I started my ZK and migrated it over to Obsidian). Obsidian is great for ZK in part due to its simultaneous multiple panel openings. So, you can see multiple notes at once. Notion can do this too, and I've use its Gallery fxn for exactly that, but there's something less claggy about Obsidian in this regard.

Notion is great for GTD and project management (again, when used dynamically with filters etc). Obsidian is great for note storage and retrieval, as well as processing ideas and arguments for use later in writing articles, scripts, etc.

taurusnoises··on New York Public Library ends all late fees
Right. I think this is mentioned in the book, Doughnut Economics, in reference to monetizing interpersonal social interactions (tho I may have that reference slightly off. Sorry, in bed and book is sooo far away).
taurusnoises··on New York Public Library ends all late fees
This is really interesting. I've definitely been incentivized to return late books sooner than I might have due to fines accruing (and the email reminders that tell me so). But, now that you mention it, I've also probably held onto books longer and not returned sooner bc of the guilt or not knowing what other restrictions on my usage might apply.
taurusnoises··on New York Public Library ends all late fees
I'm curious how the new policy in Chicago changed your family's experience for the better. Can you say more?

Side note: late fees were always an incentive for me to return books. Not necessarily on time, mind you. But, soon enough. While I'm down with the new rules (Brooklynite here), I also worry about an increase in books just never being returned. Already a minor nuisance even with fees.

taurusnoises··on Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research
"Video removed by uploader." Is there anything about this virus that isn't suspicious!? Like, can't even a YouTube video stay up when it's supposed to?
taurusnoises··on Why admitting Covid is Airborne is so hard
I also think that part of the resistance to calling Covid transmission "airborne" has to do with containing mass hysteria. Droplets are "things," matter we can wipe away, dodge like bullets in The Matrix. A virus being airborne instills an even greater level of fear then is already apparent, because "airborne" takes the control out of it. "How can we clean the air?" Air isn't a "thing." Even the arguments for the airborne theory (which I'm partial to believe) are basically trying to make manageable a concept that seems impossible to manage--the cleaning of the air, the idea that airborne does not necessarily mean "out of our control."
taurusnoises··on Red Ventures has turned very specific advice into very big business
What jumped out at me (again with these business models) was this big tech swing toward the "company store" model:

"the company’s South Carolina headquarters, a 180-acre campus with a cluster of modern buildings, a fire pit, a six-lane bowling alley, spin room, pickle ball courts and 264 residences for employees who choose to live where they work."

taurusnoises··on The metaverse is a dystopian nightmare – let’s build a better reality
Such great points. The tech of today is constantly attempting to rerout user back into itself. In a way this is unprecedented. A product that necessitates your constant use. Books don't necessitate re-reads, neither does a flip phone. But, the tech of today is all about consolidating your experience.
taurusnoises··on The metaverse is a dystopian nightmare – let’s build a better reality
Was about to reply, but this basically sums up everything I was gonna say. Well played, my friend.
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