Hacker News: codebook

New comment by codebook in "I use cheap notebooks"

codebook — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:37:40 +0000

I really liked Clairefontain Agedbag notebook. But they went cheap from clothbound to bond a decade ago. Currently I am using Clairefontaine My Essential notebook as it is still thread bound (but price is double than age bag).

It’s been 20 years I’ve used their notebooks.

New comment by codebook in "Emergency SOS via satellite is included for free with iPhone 14 Pro for 2 years"

codebook — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:39:26 +0000

starlink recently announced to support T-Mobile to send msg or call. So should be better than this.

New comment by codebook in "Emergency SOS via satellite is included for free with iPhone 14 Pro for 2 years"

codebook — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:37:27 +0000

I cannot find anywhere the subscription plan price after 2 years. Kind of disappointing to this.

As a garmin inReach user, I hope this supports location report to closed friends like how Garmin did. But it's not. It is only for emergency.

New comment by codebook in "Finnish as a world language?"

codebook — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:00:40 +0000

We have logical language already. Esperanto. Don't we? :)

New comment by codebook in "Apple tells employees to work at the office three times per week starting Sept"

codebook — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:20:42 +0000

I agree. It was my fault when WFH began that I didn't lease coworking space. I put money on wfh setup and home isnt big enough to separate me from kids.

New comment by codebook in "We need young programmers; we need old programmers"

codebook — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:49:12 +0000

I am really strongly against this. I do not like this kind of behavior. You only barely scrap the surface.

New comment by codebook in "Apple tells employees to work at the office three times per week starting Sept"

codebook — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:09:10 +0000

If I have to choose between open office and WFH, I will choose open-office 3~4 days /week. As I have kids, only morning time I can focus on work. Then, whole afternoon, I am distracted by them asking me to do something or some other random questions.

Of course, I am also distracted by colleagues when I am at office. It is also annoying. They do not care whether I am in focus mode or not. So, going back to the focus mode takes long and some times I couldn't until the end of the day.

Still, by answering their questions, anyhow I am unblocking them. When I WFH, I rarely get questions. Colleagues tend to send an email or slack and waiting my responses. So, my productivity may fall but overall productivity increases.

I do, however, hope companies move back to dedicated room culture. With that, at least I won't be distracted by others' hall way chats but questions.

New comment by codebook in "Facebook Is Pulling Back from Its Foray into Podcasting"

codebook — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:08:41 +0000

I remember when FB announced they will launch podcasting platform (or clubhouse alternatives), the head of the program took a photo that she sat in front of a laptop and a famous podcast mic (Blue Yeti) with wrong direction. Blue Yeti has diaphragm towards the front not upward, her mic top pointed to her mouth.

I expected this.

New comment by codebook in "I started a paper website business"

codebook — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:27:26 +0000

I like write on paper. I have written journals for 14 years, which now fill one section of my bookshelves.

This year I switched from fountain pens and clairfontaine notbook to E-ink tablet, Supernote A5x.

the main purpose is to keep the record in digital formats, And so far I am satisfied. The OCR sucks, though. I hope Supernote may adopt the GPT-3.

New comment by codebook in "I returned my Remarkable2"

codebook — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 17:33:22 +0000

I am using Supernote A5x. It has solutions for almost all issues the author addressed. Syncing is exceptionally good. It can sync to its own cloud or dropbox.

User can install Kindle app, so I can read all e book. The annotation feature while reading the book is good.

New comment by codebook in "Write thin to write fast"

codebook — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:26:59 +0000

The problem of thin columns is the scrolling in my opinion. Currently the writer can't restrict the column height. So readers should scroll down and up if the post is long.

If browsers provide a CSS descriptor to limit the column height so that the page contains multiple columns and, if overflows, the overflowed content is shown in the downward direction (not horizontal direction), then maybe I can try this.

New comment by codebook in "Windows 11 has started rolling out worldwide"

codebook — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 01:50:36 +0000

Just installed and my machine failed. cannot reboot. Had to install Windows 10 again...

New comment by codebook in "I like e-readers now"

codebook — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:59:30 +0000

I'd had Ratta Supernote A5x for an e-writer. Really loved it. Bigger storage than reMarkable 2, better software and cloud integration than reMarkable 2. The pencil response time is somewhat slower than reMarkable 2 though.

I'd used it extensively. And lost. I instantly changed my Ratta cloud password. But any taker can see my notes in the device. No way to block the access remotely. The only protection from theft is to set the 6 digit PIN.

Now, I am hesitant to buy another Supernote A5x. Maybe I just admit the device can be lost, so that I just copy old notes and delete from the device regularly.

New comment by codebook in "Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disabled in iOS 14.5"

codebook — Fri, 07 May 2021 22:40:15 +0000

I do want to know whether I am exposed to COVId and get to be quarantined to not spread out the covid to others who I really take care of. Dont want to be a person that possibly make my family or friends sick.

New comment by codebook in "Facebook app boss says “we’ve been working on audio for a long time”"

codebook — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:31:35 +0000

Funny thing is... while they are saying FB has been preparing the audio app for a long time but the interviewee has the blue yeti mic in wrong direction!

New comment by codebook in "Facebook says it will pay news industry $1B over 3 years"

codebook — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 02:31:34 +0000

Then if any news refer FB content, will they also give money to them?

New comment by codebook in "Facebook account banned after linking Oculus account"

codebook — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:12:00 +0000

I am sick of verifying my FB account periodically after deleting the account and re-create with same email. Then, the weirdness came up, such as timeline only shows a couple of posts or nothing even I visited friends page and showed recent posts. And first a few months, FB asked me to upload the verifiable ID to unblock my FB account. (What the hell they need my ID ? I already enabled 2FA but kept complaining suspicious activity.)

New comment by codebook in "Be skeptical of Ring's indoor security drone"

codebook — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 01:51:36 +0000

I've seen the Skydio has docking station (for outdoor use) too. but not sure it can transmit the video live or not.

New comment by codebook in "Mutt email client 25 years old"

codebook — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:11:23 +0000

It worked to me. But honestly annoying. I had to keep opening the browser for half of the emails.

New comment by codebook in "Mutt email client 25 years old"

codebook — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:08:20 +0000

I also had that But the experience is way worse than reading email in html format. And these days, almost all emails are in html format with pretty basic text/plain in the form of multiformat.

That plain text doesn't have the intention of the composer, for instance, the inline image doesn't show inline and the email context says the figure above.

It is not that business form, but some ppl use colorful format to emphasize some text, which basically gives same text in the email, which makes the reader (in plain text) easily miss that part while skimming.