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New comment by k4j8 in "No Man's Sky Cosmos"

k4j8 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:25:20 +0000

The best space exploration game I've played is Outer Wilds (https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/), but instead of the NMS sandbox there are puzzles.

New comment by k4j8 in "Critique of Freakonomics interview with psychologist Ellen Langer"

k4j8 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:01:03 +0000

The author disagrees with Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer, whom Levitt interviewed on his podcast, People I Mostly Admire, which is part of the Freakonomics radio network but not the main show, Freakonomics. The author thinks Levitt should have been more critical of his guest. Perhaps, but this is a podcast and not a peer review.

In my opinion, Levitt didn't even say he agreed with Langer, although he did compliment her work.

Disclaimer: I'm a hug fan on all the Freakonomics shows. I appreciate the author pointing out some opposing views and think the post is well-written, although exaggerated and overly emotional.

New comment by k4j8 in "Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows"

k4j8 — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:02:39 +0000

This one break area at work had some cookies sitting out one time for people to grab. That was 6 months ago, but I still check every time I pass it...

New comment by k4j8 in "AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach"

k4j8 — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:14:01 +0000

Keeping your credit frozen permanently is a great idea. Some of the credit agencies even encourage this with features such as a temporary unfreeze of your credit for a few days/weeks and then back to the permanently frozen state.

New comment by k4j8 in "Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11"

k4j8 — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:50:22 +0000

Before switching to Linux for gaming, I recommend checking compatibility of your favorite games using https://www.protondb.com/, an unofficial site for Proton compatibility.

New comment by k4j8 in "Why don’t more people live close to friends?"

k4j8 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 02:02:51 +0000

I've had some success with sites such as Facebook Groups or Meetup. They organize events to connect strangers with a shared common interest, in my case casual hiking and board games.

New comment by k4j8 in "Dotfiles Management"

k4j8 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:12:58 +0000

See the example usage via the link below.

https://github.com/k4j8/filetailor#example-usage

The program works great for my use case, but I don't have a CS background and this was my first big project, so I'm sure it's full of bugs and poor coding practices.

New comment by k4j8 in "Dotfiles Management"

k4j8 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 04:38:26 +0000

My homebrew solution uses comments surrounding or in-line with the code that is machine-specific. The program then uncomments/comments the code appropriately as it is backed up and restored.

What do you think of this approach? Would that remove the complexity hiding?

New comment by k4j8 in "Dotfiles Management"

k4j8 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 04:34:31 +0000

I didn't discover Chezmoi until seeing this thread (sigh). I developed a tool, filetailor, with an almost identical goal (dotfile management while accounting for differences across machines). It uses Python and YAML, but from what I can tell is similar in concept to Chezmoi.

https://github.com/k4j8/filetailor

One thing I like about filetailor I didn't see in Chezmoi was the ability to surround code with a comment specifying which machines it should be commented/uncommented for. It's easier than templates in some situations.

It works great, but there's probably tons of bugs that occur when used by someone other than me. I don't have a CS background and this was my first big hobby project.