15:[[26030256,{"by":"DiggyJohnson","descendants":16,"id":26030256,"kids":[26031659,26052495,26050376,26030265,26038355,26031869,26031737,26031927,26031908,26031696,26034900],"score":14,"text":"I’m specifically looking for a tool a user shared on here that facilitated writing for content by scrolling up and disappearing text as new text was inputted. I believe it was a HTML/JSS only solution - a small personal project. I’ve done a lot of focused searches, but haven’t been able to find this comment.

That said, I love these sorts of projects. I know they’re a self-indulgence and often a distraction. I’m celebrating that for a moment, personally.

Please share your favorites writing tools, the smaller and more personal the better.","time":1612475764,"title":"Show HN: Favorite writing / journaling tool? Half-finished projects welcome","type":"story"}],[25994417,{"by":"Damogran6","descendants":46,"id":25994417,"kids":[25997034,26001748,25998331,26000821,26001103,25994913,25996923,25995501,25995625,25996286,25996012,25996006,25995180,25997091,25997718,25997225,25994736,25997332,25995291,26001784,25995947,25996249,25994827,25994973],"score":51,"text":"I've noticed in the last couple of years, the mind's a little slower, the flame isn't quite as bright, the desire to learn YetAnotherProduct isn't there. When I was younger, I remembered the grey haired hackers that were a little abrasive, knew their stuff and didn't take crap from their employer...and that's starting to resonate with me.

And I'm really not sure I have a forum of people I can talk to about it. It's not something you want to volunteer at work, and it's not something someone who isn't in IT might fully understand.

There's a little anxiety in that I've still got a decade or so before retirement and am afraid of being left behind....but when you learn your 7th SIEM, they all kinda look the same after awhile, and most of the administration is getting sewn up behind the scenes in the cloud.

OR should I just suck it up?","time":1612215841,"title":"How do you handle your Aging in IT?","type":"story"}],[25828966,{"by":"vuciv1","descendants":16,"id":25828966,"kids":[25835956,25831048,25836806,25830263,25829464,25837096,25831645,25840705,25828989,25833165,25829242],"score":8,"text":"I find that as I've grown more and more as a computer scientist, my way of thinking has shifted. It's in the little details.

It's as though I see processes I have to undertake in my life in terms of "maximizing" or "efficiency."

I don't think this has been bad for me, since I often think of maximizing my enjoyment, health, and other general good things.

Do other people in tech notice this shift, or am I just growing up? Or is it just me?","time":1611020261,"title":"Ask HN: Do you feel like you “think like a computer?”","type":"story"}],[25770104,{"by":"amelius","descendants":1,"id":25770104,"kids":[25772283],"score":3,"time":1610584376,"title":"Van Life: Developers Who Find a Home on the Road","type":"story","url":"https://thenewstack.io/van-life-developers-find-homes-road/"}],[25636424,{"by":"MilnerRoute","descendants":4,"id":25636424,"kids":[25639749,25636789],"score":1,"time":1609787765,"title":"The kitschy history of the Bay Area's themed Fry's Electronics","type":"story","url":"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Remembering-the-Disney-World-of-electronic-stores-15837042.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight"}],[25513710,{"by":"joshternyak","descendants":4,"id":25513710,"kids":[25513900,25514109,25513728],"score":2,"text":"Hey hackers!

Staying motivated even when I'm not getting the results I want is something I've been trying to improve on.

What keeps you motivated? Leave a comment below","time":1608689983,"title":"What Keeps You Motivated?","type":"story"}],[25324712,{"by":"renanmoura","descendants":1,"id":25324712,"kids":[25325086],"score":1,"time":1607273851,"title":"Learn More Than One Programming Language","type":"story","url":"https://renanmf.com/learn-more-than-one-programming-language/"}],[25192749,{"by":"svrma","descendants":5,"id":25192749,"kids":[25192908,25194364],"score":3,"text":"I am trying to become a better writer and I've found having a framework while writing/thinking to improve both the quality and speed of my writing/thinking.

So, wondering if others have a framework they follow or if there's a high quality collection of frameworks around.","time":1606170761,"title":"Ask HN: What are your favourite frameworks for academic or non-academic writing?","type":"story"}],[25178383,{"by":"checkyoursudo","descendants":40,"id":25178383,"kids":[25179569,25180343,25179914,25193148,25179672,25181187,25178945,25180657,25178410,25179288,25180345,25181149,25184885,25180171,25179786,25179415,25180104,25179355,25181588,25184175],"score":30,"text":"I (or some small child in my household) broke the screen on my iPad, which is what I normally use for reading scientific papers. I print a few but don't like doing that for the vast majority of papers; most just aren't worth the waste of paper and ink. The iPad was satisfactory.

I cannot stand reading them on my 1440p desktop monitor. I cannot stand reading them on my 2017 Macbook Pro. So now I am looking to replace my iPad for the majority of my paper reading.

What do you use for reading sci/tech papers?","time":1606060242,"title":"Ask HN: What device do you use for reading scientific or technical papers?","type":"story"}],[25150528,{"by":"hhs","descendants":1,"id":25150528,"kids":[25156693],"score":3,"time":1605800133,"title":"Real Clear Politics made a sharp right turn. What steered it?","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/real-clear-politics.html"}],[24891777,{"by":"justiceforsaas","descendants":1,"id":24891777,"kids":[24892658],"score":4,"time":1603674122,"title":"Top 15 Acquisition Channels That Worked for 479 Founders","type":"story","url":"https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/top-15-acquisition-channels-that-work-consistently-for-getting-new-users-d1253db0ae27"}],[24822236,{"by":"jayfk","descendants":6,"id":24822236,"kids":[24832825,24913964,24913942,24825049,24823053,24822305,24830104],"score":10,"text":"Are there any good resources available to write high quality technical content (tutorials/how tos/blog posts)?

I wrote a couple of pieces here and there but I always had the feeling of getting stuck in the middle of the article, making it a tough grind to actually finish it.

How have you learned to produce good educational content? Are there any good resources available?","time":1603066444,"title":"Ask HN: Good resources on learning how to write","type":"story"}],[24736576,{"by":"react_burger38","descendants":2,"id":24736576,"kids":[24736679,24738078],"score":2,"time":1602301805,"title":"Ask HN: Tips on building your own house / granny pad? (with own labor)","type":"story"}],[24675708,{"by":"evo_9","descendants":1,"id":24675708,"kids":[24676365],"score":2,"time":1601770795,"title":"Apple’s Radical MacBook Pro Can Give Microsoft Nightmares","type":"story","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2020/10/03/apple-macbook-pro-macos-arm-intel-versus-power-microsoft-surface-pro-x/#204aa3c13f12"}],[24602423,{"by":"kjhughes","descendants":2,"id":24602423,"kids":[24604129,24604518],"score":8,"time":1601156783,"title":"Putin Wants a Truce Between Russia and U.S. in Cyberspace","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/world/europe/russia-cyber-security-meddling.html"}],[24602472,{"by":"adawg4","descendants":1,"id":24602472,"kids":[24604085],"score":1,"time":1601157233,"title":"Ask HN: What would you tell yourself to do in college if you could go back?","type":"story"}],[24436135,{"by":"MrXOR","descendants":453,"id":24436135,"kids":[24440127,24437624,24440095,24440491,24442060,24440846,24440461,24440509,24442579,24437060,24443054,24440167,24438218,24443032,24440171,24440178,24436733,24440464,24437895,24442611,24440336,24440338,24441241,24441797,24436334,24438157,24437477,24444671,24439097,24442218,24441384,24442936,24441882,24442142,24441004,24440834,24441363,24441571,24436963,24437135,24441276,24441776,24439154,24440557,24441901,24441376,24441544,24440854,24441930,24436648,24443145,24440921,24442961,24441555,24441077,24443511,24437698,24441610,24442808,24442279,24440405,24443151,24442067,24440799,24440435,24443463,24441403,24436781,24436930,24448670,24438771,24440640,24440111,24443600,24442146,24440259,24450238,24443754,24442875,24442347,24438146,24445043,24441787,24436776,24442382,24441042,24437123,24441007,24441545,24436531,24441208,24441905,24441732,24462068,24443182,24440719,24442125,24441721,24440250,24445124,24452472,24448693,24440091,24440234,24441285,24440288,24441658,24440253,24442750,24442587,24447929,24442284,24444809,24440887,24443829,24443310,24442028,24474592,24440334,24442714,24441636,24440451,24440488,24438872,24443045,24441687,24443430,24440523,24443026,24515371,24436462,24441628,24446795,24436867,24444304,24436881,24442318,24446580,24442105,24440529,24455187,24440657,24441778,24442850,24440264,24440832,24442914,24441287,24443040,24440142,24442315,24436725,24441889,24442968,24443319,24442096,24440761,24441334,24518216,24441288,24442974,24443158,24440580,24441080,24436961,24441143,24442138,24441040,24440186,24518202,24440671,24536013,24440078,24451681,24442217,24444755,24443129,24441640,24442641,24443332,24459684,24443013,24442984,24442110,24437622,24442165,24442056,24443599,24443019,24443027,24444305,24437988,24442954,24442447,24440651,24456070,24443003,24436993,24441008,24468334,24453514,24443056,24441302,24443036,24441342,24440901,24441673,24442501,24441307,24441883,24441581,24436756,24442944,24445922,24443318,24440218,24540457,24442317,24443540,24443269,24437576,24454265,24441396,24440908,24442277,24442075,24441902,24440727,24440306,24447179,24441390,24437061,24443806,24442989,24442826,24440473,24533060,24444415,24437999,24442834,24442536,24442887,24441101,24456366,24441340,24446637,24442596,24444216,24442379,24441856,24440083,24446388,24444502,24441810,24440759,24472514,24441343,24443506,24440648,24443082,24444530,24441873,24439866,24441717,24442597,24440319,24446868,24442685,24440410,24436863,24451448,24442178,24441677,24442746,24441853,24441162,24441434,24440550,24449545,24442879,24440204,24458542,24441660,24441357,24440193,24441470,24440262,24442200,24441847,24444271,24440114,24438391,24438084,24465733,24441456,24442740,24442535,24440698,24474791,24442949,24441126,24440255,24461639,24441152,24440331,24440232,24474683],"score":212,"text":"You need mottos. There's nothing like a good motto to keep you directed toward your goals [1]. What’s your best motto? Thank you!

[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/changepower/201508/9...","time":1599769006,"title":"Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?","type":"story"}],[24380200,{"by":"mxmpawn","descendants":2,"id":24380200,"kids":[24461479,24380854],"score":2,"text":"Hi! I'm a fellow hacker from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The country is in a long process of continuous decadence and this pandemic made the things even worse. Along with the daily changes of rules that we have to experience and adapt, the insane amount of taxes, the inflation, the devaluation against US dollar and the growing insecurity it's becoming a pretty difficult place to live.

I've a pretty good financial status here, I'm a contractor/consultant with a nice local network, I own a home and enough savings to last for several years without working. All my family is living here and leaving them would be pretty sad. Those are the things delaying my decision to move to some place in Europe (I've Italian citizenship) and start a new life there with my wife and newborn.

Have you moved to another country? What was your experience? Did you move with a job lined up?","time":1599264291,"title":"Ask HN: Have you moved to another country?","type":"story"}],[23173392,{"by":"mlpinit","descendants":1,"id":23173392,"kids":[23174491],"score":1,"text":"Do you find the concept of learning a new programming language by implementing a board game appealing?

Assuming sufficient familiarity with the board game, understanding the domain becomes less of a barrier and at the same time, a board game implementation can be sufficiently complex to provide an in depth learning experience.

It also seems fun. What do you think? Have you done something like this before?","time":1589414525,"title":"What do you think about learning a new language by implementing a board game?","type":"story"}],[23127803,{"by":"behnamoh","descendants":10,"id":23127803,"kids":[23127834,23128548,23128589,23154838,23128950,23131156,23128247,23128004,23130176,23128029],"score":3,"time":1589054166,"title":"Ask HN: What do you do when management is wrong and you are right?","type":"story"}],[23002939,{"by":"yachtman","descendants":5,"id":23002939,"kids":[23003260,23003183,23006101],"score":6,"time":1588043579,"title":"Since the UFO footage is mainstream, lets see what our best theories are","type":"story","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/index.html"}],[22990589,{"by":"xrocket","descendants":3,"id":22990589,"kids":[22990977,22990626,22992497],"score":2,"text":"The question is kinda self-explanatory.\nI'm on my way to try to become a career developer and get some context in other languages (for instance, Javascript in general and probably NodeJS), but every tutorial I come with is about learning the basics from scratch.

Considering I'd like to get a side project while learning the new language, how could I possibly be able to boost my knowledge process without going though basic tutorial all over again?

Thanks :)","time":1587937884,"title":"Ask HN: How to learn a new programming language coming from another?","type":"story"}],[22894282,{"by":"riazrizvi","descendants":4,"id":22894282,"kids":[22894314,22895458,22896068,22895339],"score":15,"time":1587076578,"title":"China to ban online games because they are an “authority vacuum”","type":"story","url":"https://www.videogamer.com/news/china-to-ban-online-games-because-they-are-an-authority-vacuum"}],[22883125,{"by":"leonagano","descendants":2,"id":22883125,"kids":[22885810,22884152],"score":2,"time":1586985013,"title":"Ask HN: What was your first side project that generated any income?","type":"story"}]]

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