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Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025: Hidden gems in ~games
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Comment on I deleted my second brain in ~tech
aeriforms LinkI think there is the pruning and deleting part that people forget when accumulating knowledge: One has to continue refining the content of the notes, and reference things only when needed. Of...I think there is the pruning and deleting part that people forget when accumulating knowledge: One has to continue refining the content of the notes, and reference things only when needed. Of course we have the tendency to keep everything we ever came across: It's why people take screenshots of things and take photos of events that they never come back to: It's a safety that "What I need is there" and thus one can process it later, except it never happens. I would like to think that since the human brains benefit by forgetting, we also would benefit by writing and discard it. Especially for processing adverse events.
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Comment on Post graduation job search in ~life
aeriforms LinkWow, I'm in a similar situation as you lol. Graduated in May, CS degree, still looking for a job. From what I can tell, the CS degree gives you some background information but really nothing for a...Wow, I'm in a similar situation as you lol. Graduated in May, CS degree, still looking for a job.
From what I can tell, the CS degree gives you some background information but really nothing for a development job whatsoever. A job in software engineering feels more like 80% social and organizational and 20% actual technical problems to me.
While I cannot offer advice on the family side of your problem, I would say that your priority now is to put your head down and focus on getting yourself out and independent as fast as you can. The mental burden of some family members are a lot when you pause and think about it.
Applying for jobs would include a few things: Update your resume, build something from start to finish (tutorial or whatever, just make it 1k+ lines of code, deployed and displayable), and maybe posting on local social media for one-off jobs if you need something that can pad your experience portion. I am making landing pages for local businesses, to earn a little money and also put "freelancer" into my resume while I'm on the hunt.
Finally, I would like to say that we have to accept that this is a hard time, but it is the only real scenario that is happening. We can't compare this to the easy employment of 2021 tech boom, because now is not 2021. The times are different, and nobody knows how to navigate it at all. Some people are lucky that they were taught how to showcase themselves early. Some people are fortunate to be mentored early and gained networks. You don't compare yourself to those people, but you do have to act towards what you need. May not be an ideal job, but the ideal is being able to live first :) -
Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of June 22 in ~games
aeriforms LinkBeen liking the Atelier series' music a lot, so I'm pulling the trigger on Atelier Ryza 1 and Atelier Sophie 1, just to try them out.Been liking the Atelier series' music a lot, so I'm pulling the trigger on Atelier Ryza 1 and Atelier Sophie 1, just to try them out.
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Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of June 8 in ~games
aeriforms Link ParentSlay the Spire + Potion Craft for $10 is a good deal. I got StS on Steam and mobile, even gifted one to a friend and it's still worth it for the casual few hours a week I put into itSlay the Spire + Potion Craft for $10 is a good deal. I got StS on Steam and mobile, even gifted one to a friend and it's still worth it for the casual few hours a week I put into it
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Comment on My experience running my phone in greyscale for the past several weeks in ~health.mental
aeriforms LinkAs a middle ground, in iOS I set the grayscale option to about 1/6 the slider, so that there would still be color, but they are much more muted. One thing I notice is how aggressive the colors of...As a middle ground, in iOS I set the grayscale option to about 1/6 the slider, so that there would still be color, but they are much more muted. One thing I notice is how aggressive the colors of app icons are in general.
It also reminds me that YouTube channels targeting children abuse those colors - I babysit for relatives sometimes and the colors on Cocomelon videos are so aggressive it's nearly nauseating, but it captures the baby's attention like a drug.
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Comment on Help me understand vim motions in ~tech
aeriforms LinkFirst, I'm using the open source branch of VSCode, VSCodium. Bypassing Microsoft marketplace restrictions is possible (I'm not sure about posting it here, but you can find it online - it's...First, I'm using the open source branch of VSCode, VSCodium. Bypassing Microsoft marketplace restrictions is possible (I'm not sure about posting it here, but you can find it online - it's essentially a plist file edit.)
Learning Vim in a week convinced me to start Vim. The main idea I like the most is that you can learn 1-2 new bindings a week and see what sticks with you, and what you use the most daily sticks through.
I still use Vim only partially, because I sometimes don't remember the cursor jump bindings, but it's that accuracy that No Boilerplate was talking about - rather than having to manually put the cursor to where you want, either by mouse or arrow keys, you know precisely where the cursor would end up using (w), (b), (e), (g), (a)/A and so forth.
I think over time people just keep what they find useful. For me it's (o)/Shift-o for newlines, d[num]d for deleting any number of lines, and ci[bracket] to (c)hange content (i)n a bracket pair.
Also, remap your Caps Lock to Esc. escaping Insert mode with the left pinky is much more natural. (My custom keyboard layout is also mapping i to the right pinky so entering/exiting is symmetric for me, but that's beside the point)
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Comment on I don’t care whether you use ChatGPT to write in ~tech
aeriforms Link ParentAgree on the effort point - Just like how it takes a magnitude more effort to dispel misinformation than to spread it, it takes much more effort to read something that's unnecessary long. Training...Agree on the effort point - Just like how it takes a magnitude more effort to dispel misinformation than to spread it, it takes much more effort to read something that's unnecessary long. Training to write as much as you need is imo important, hence the quote "If I had more time I would have written a shorter letter".
Long slop pretending to be something well thought out is a waste of time I would like to avoid. That said that also makes me question how many blog posts or full articles online can just exist as 1-3 paragraphs. The mind benefits from clarity in writing and slop is hurting it a lot, throwing thoughts into this fuzzy, buggy mess.
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Comment on A programming language made for me in ~comp
aeriforms LinkI'm somewhat on a similar journey of finding a programming language I would like. As a base I already know JS, Python, Java and C/C++/C#, but the way I was taught Java as "OOP" in school just...I'm somewhat on a similar journey of finding a programming language I would like. As a base I already know JS, Python, Java and C/C++/C#, but the way I was taught Java as "OOP" in school just seems too complicated to me.
I went down the question of "how best to model data in a project?" and came across the type system in F#. Still learning it but just seeing the complier working with me instead of leaving me to crash at runtime just makes me very happy. Heard a lot of praises for Odin as a modern C too (positive articles on Rust, and negative on Python, Golang,... as well)
That said I learned quite a bit about the economics of a growing language - Big conpanies really has a huge influence, they can afford to push langs into the mainstream, develop in house tooling, and set off a self propagating chain. Highly recommend this talk by the creator of Elm.
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Comment on Org-roam is not for me in ~tech
aeriforms LinkI really like the idea of infinite outliner in orgmode, workflowy etc. but I don't know emacs so I just use an outliner plugin in obsidian. Even in obsidian I just use it as flexible tabbed notes...- I really like the idea of infinite outliner in orgmode, workflowy etc. but I don't know emacs so I just use an outliner plugin in obsidian. Even in obsidian I just use it as flexible tabbed notes without backlinks at all. Still haven't found a proper use for backlinks.
- Plain text is cool and all but one thing I want to build/not yet seen is a planner text editor that can create google calendar events, or one that can take in deadlines as you go, and make reminder displays etc. (in3days). Right now I just have a daily note in obsidian that has 2 bullet points every 3 hours, 6am-9pm, 10 items total. Better than daily plan, more flexible than time blocking Cal Newport style.
- For research I just dedicate a computer folder + index.txt file to write in and just throw links/documents etc in there.
Roadwarden - I have been playing this today, and it's very much worth it. Basically an exploration CYOA type game, but there is a DnD element to it where you pick up clues from conversation, able to choose the tone of responses to NPCs, and make better choices by remembering the warning of the shopkeeper 20 minutes earlier when you are on the road. Very fun.