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self hosted digital journal?
  • I am also on the hunt for a good self hosted journal for life journaling (not note taking like some other links in other comments). Here's what I am trying to replace:

    I've been using DayOne without subscribing. I've had a lot of ups and downs with DayOne over the years, but I've finally found a way to use it with the free plan that I'm happy with, that kind of fits into a self hosted setup. I journal on my phone, and also in my laptop. I love that it captures location, weather, music, step count, and activity. After a month or so, I export the journal entries as json, and put them into a private hosted view and search interface that I'm in the process of writing in Python.

    The DayOne journal data does not need to be synchronized to the cloud, and can even be encrypted by you, but who knows how much of your metadata is sent to them.

    This setup is far from ideal because it's not entirely private (metadata is probably leaking to the company), but it does have solid data liberation, is free (as in beer), can be encrypted, and the format is just json so it's easily inspectable and transformable. It's been working fine for me for several years (I actually have over a decade of DayOne journal history). It's kludgy and not turnkey, so definitely not for everybody.

    Side note for anybody who is using DayOne: I highly recommend making sure your backups are working, and saving a copy of the backup periodically. I store my exported entries in git and over the years have observed lots of instances of corrupt data due to sync problems with their sync server, which is another reason I want to move to self hosted.

  • Where's the best unexpected place in Michigan you've ever eaten?
  • There are pictures of the food on a long table and on the wall above it. There are little squares of paper with the name of the food, and things like "extra noodles" or "add egg" and "here or togo". You get one piece of paper for each item you want, and then fill it out, and give them your stack of paper.

  • Where's the best unexpected place in Michigan you've ever eaten?
  • There's a Japanese place in Novi called Nagomi that is pretty great. When you walk in it looks like you're in the wrong place because what you see barely looks like a restaurant, just an empty event hall that is a bit run down. The ordering process is confusing to everybody on their first time, but it works really great once you figure it out. The food is awesome. My family goes pretty regularly. I love the pork misoitame, the ramen can be amazing on the right day, and I love the chicken katsu curry with cheese. Their sesame balls are hit or miss. They have a rotating selection of Japanese drinks, with ramune always in stock, and sometimes suntori nonalcoholic beer. They usually play funny Japanese shows with pranks or fails. It's pretty common to see groups of con-goers dressed up after attending a con of some kind. Also there's a public access RC race car track right across the street by the water tower, which is great for families to spectate at, or drive on if you remembered to bring an rc car.

  • Kia EV3 revealed as sub-£30k electric SUV with 373-mile range | Autocar
  • Mindstorms is actually retired now :( https://support.apple.com/en-us/108963

    EV3 had a microsd slot and usb ports. You can boot Debian on it and connect it to WiFi, which made it pretty wide open. https://www.ev3dev.org/

    The kit that replaced EV3 is also really great. I have both and mostly use the newer one because even though it can't boot Linux or connect to WiFi, it can be programmed from an iPad using a scratch interface, and the programs can be saved to the device and run without having to use any other device. This makes it really easy to quickly make a robot to perform a simple task like pressing a series of physical buttons in a timed loop, like for farming Xbox game currency or whatever. EG https://youtu.be/otAQqtLifCU

  • Recognizing when you're living in your best years
  • This kind of thing is seriously the best that life gets. Being able to recognize those moments and appreciate them is one of the best skills somebody can obtain. Mindfulness meditation and stoic philosophy have helped me immensely in being able to appreciate these types of situations for the real value that they have.

  • Is Neofetch abandoned?
  • It definitely seems abandoned. Here's an issue in the GH repo asking the same question https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/issues/2453

    There are 1.5k forks, seems like somebody could carry the torch forward if they were interested. Could be a good way to build experience and reputation.

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  • You're basically asking "do you check for red flags on everybody who is not raising red flags?"

    In comment threads, I usually only check post history for people I am considering blocking. It makes sense to check post history if people are instigating. If that person is just starting shit everywhere then there's no reason to listen to them, but if they have a history of reasoned discussion then maybe what they say is worth considering. (I realize how ironic this is coming from somebody who has almost no comment history on a new account)