I recently went farther down the note-taking rabbit hole than I care to admit. I wanted the app to be cross platform (macOS/win10/Arch (Gnome)). What I found was that by separating my two use cases -- web clipping and Markdown/Gist-like notes -- I was able to find a sweet spot (for now).
the abbreviated version of my setup is this:
AmazonBasics dotted notebook as my primary note taking device. I use a system similar to a bullet journal.
Microsoft OneNote for web clipping. The web client is good enough if I need to read notes on linux. I use Boostnote for programming notes / Markdown. Then, at the end of the day, I type my notes from my physical notebook in to OneNote for searchability.
I know that my setup is not earth shattering. But that's kind of my point. I spent a lot of time searching high and low for a fully digital solution. I assumed that I would find several excellent cross-platform note taking applications to choose from. I was wrong. They were either not very good at taking notes, or the few that are good, are not cross platform. Honorable mention to Simplenote and Quiver. Quiver is solid if you're only on a Mac.
The best theory of the formation of the universe is the Big Bang Theory. I check HN at least daily (often far more), and I haven't seen any posts regarding alternative theories or poking holes in the Big Bang Theory.
What origin of the universe theory does the HN zeitgeist advocate?
I'm new to HN and the main thing I notice ( and like) is that people here don't seem so obsessed with mundane rubbish.
BBT as example - low level comedy with canned laughter that relies on silly stereotypes for literally everything. Faux-geeks love it - the people who 'know everything about tech and gadgets' but can't read a line of code, the populist sciencey crowd rather than the science people themselves.
I'm not american so maybe just cultural difference but everything about is always seemed too try-hard and populist.
If HN spurns those hangeronners then I'm happy. Happy-ish anyway.
While the value of watching a "rubbish" comedy (or TV for that matter) certainly is debatable, the content of the show, or at least the accuracy of the physics jokes, are spot on. They are pretty rigorous in their joke fact checking :
>A lot of the humor is over the heads of the general audience.
>But there are jokes inside of jokes, and for those who
>recognize the science, they’re hilarious. The show takes this
>stuff so seriously that it employs a UCLA physics professor
>to make sure it gets it right.
>Case in point: In a 2009 episode, “The Jiminy Conjecture,”
>Sheldon and Howard heard a chirp and then argued over which
>variety of cricket made the sound.
>On the whiteboard in the background is Dolbear’s law, which
>states the relationship between the air temperature and the
>rate at which crickets chirp.
>“I went to a Dolbear presentation at Tufts, and they talked
>about this, in like 1989,” says one high-profile fan of the
>show, Seamus Blackley, one of the creators of Microsoft’s
>original Xbox game console. “I remembered it!”
>“Once I realized what was going on, it was awesome,” added
>Mr. Blackley, who is also trained in physics. “It’s the No. 1
>show, and it has actual physics in it.”
I'm just not sure there's ever been a show that's attempted to deliver comedy around Schrodinger's Cat or Quantum Uncertainty. They do a phenomenal job with comedy surrounding such technical subjects, but just by acknowledging my fondness for the show, puts me in a minority here.
You're on the right track here, but opiates and alcohol also create a lingering hell for the sufferer called PAWS. The longer a person abuses a substance, the longer PAWS lasts. It is not uncommon for PAWS to last a year or more.
To be successful, a person has to somehow manage & deal with PAWS, while also facing life, and the deeper causes of their addiction. This is why I am an advocate of recovery that includes bupenorphrine. It allows a person who has the right motivations the space to recover.
It is an unjust tragedy the way this country/world treats people who suffer from addiction.
No it was just easy enough to dismiss it as a harmless eccentricity of a niche player. Now that they're in the driver's seat in many ways it takes on much more sinister overtones. If Apple succeeds in driving Android out of the market they will be the sole arbiter of what's allowed on the devices that mediate most users' interactions with the net.
I have no problem with curated app stores or app DRM, by the way. I just think that there has to be a way to side load apps that don't meet the censor's approval for whatever reason.
It's cool to hate Apple because elite hackers don't like closed systems, despite the fact that their walled garden is actually better for 99.9% of consumers out there.
Yep. But for people like my grandma and parents it was absolutely true. My apologies that I have nothing to cite but my own experience and analysis, but closed ecosystems are a temporary solution, at best, for building trust in a new market paradigm. Any attempt to justify extending the life of a closed ecosystem once the market has matured enough to adapt to it will have a tragically shrinking effect on that company's market allowing other competitors to wedge themselves in by differentiating on greater flexibility and convenience.
It is the same way in Chicago as well. I went 2 years without driving a car at all, but obviously taxis were a necessity.
I was actually penalized when I renewed auto insurance for not carrying it for 2 years, despite not owning a car nor driving at all.
Robust public transportation should be a huge initiative for all major cities, and even more so ones that are growing quickly. The efficiencies, environmental impact, and convenience for citizens are too much to ignore.
the abbreviated version of my setup is this:
AmazonBasics dotted notebook as my primary note taking device. I use a system similar to a bullet journal.
Microsoft OneNote for web clipping. The web client is good enough if I need to read notes on linux. I use Boostnote for programming notes / Markdown. Then, at the end of the day, I type my notes from my physical notebook in to OneNote for searchability.
I know that my setup is not earth shattering. But that's kind of my point. I spent a lot of time searching high and low for a fully digital solution. I assumed that I would find several excellent cross-platform note taking applications to choose from. I was wrong. They were either not very good at taking notes, or the few that are good, are not cross platform. Honorable mention to Simplenote and Quiver. Quiver is solid if you're only on a Mac.