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- Niklas Luhmann created the Zettelkasten method of notetaking, He was the Da Vinci of writing, holding a high standard that we can take inspiration from even today in this digital era. As many times as I have seem the Zettelkasten covered, I never knew that it roughly translated to little cards in a box. Four Principles # [1] Mischa lays out four principles of Zettelkasten. - Atomic - each card conains one idea - Link - cards are linked together - Structure - comes from the links - Own Words - You write the note in your own words My blog, tils, and thoughts make up my own zettelkasten. I am not going to say that mine is a perfect representation of his method, but the components are here. rather than building books, my thoughts and tils build up to blog posts. The rate of blog posts I write definitely changes with the seasons of life, as seasons change it becomes a bigger or smaller part of the season. I really like Mischa’s most important note to Write in your own words, this is what really promotes learning, and proves to yourself that you can form a thought around the topic. Up until recently I’ve wrote everything, but lately I’ve taken to copy pasting some quotes i...
add quick-tap-ms and require-prior-idle-ms · WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block@cb2cda4 Contribute to WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com [1] Even after switching to my hm and ht behaviors I am running into some issues where sometimes I am still accidentally hitting mods(&hm) and layers(&ht) while typing and it’s been getting frustrating. My main issue has been on &ht, they are configured the same so I suspect that my pinkies just move a bit slower over the keys than my pointer/middle finger. I just added quick-tap-ms and require-prior-idle-ms to my &hm and &ht behaviors, and a few intentionally sloppy passes through monkeytype seem to show that its working well. A few days of trying this will tell whether it was a good fix or if I have maybe gone too far the other way. The end goal here is to be able to roll over keys faster without worrying about hitting other layers or mods. References: [1]: https://github.com/WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block/commit/cb2cda4cf7b3776995dbc2e8608b60670a2cf8b2

I’ve had a couple of uploads to twitter fail recently and has been a pain. I tried some online converters for convenience, but none of them worked. I reached out to chatgpt and found succeess with this ffmpeg command.

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 \
  -vf "scale=trunc(oh*a/2)*2:min(720\,trunc(ih*a/2)*2)" \
  -c:v libx264 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 \
  -b:v 3500k -maxrate 3500k -bufsize 7000k \
  -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ar 44100 \
  -movflags +faststart \
  output.mp4
Tickle My Keys Keyboards so good your fingers will be begging to tickle these keys. ticklemykeys.com [1] I’ve been working on something, I’m gong to combine my mechanical engineering skills with my love of great keyboards and start a custom keyboard shop for building custom keyboards for exactly what people need with an emphasis on portability. References: [1]: https://ticklemykeys.com/
- Damn Prime covers this so well from all angles. Can’t overstate the importance of that last step. Look at the issues, and raise an issue if there is not one before putting in a bunch of hard work. Make sure that the maintainers are open for your changes and no one else is already working on it. References: [1]: /glossary/git/
Looking for inspiration? jiff [1] by BurntSushi [2]. A datetime library for Rust that encourages you to jump into the pit of success. References: [1]: https://github.com/BurntSushi/jiff [2]: https://github.com/BurntSushi
I’m really excited about sqlite-jiff [1], an amazing project by asg017 [2]. It’s worth exploring! No description available. References: [1]: https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-jiff [2]: https://github.com/asg017
sqlite-jiff I linked to the brand new Jiff datetime library yesterday. Alex Garcia has already used it for an experimental SQLite extension providing a timezone-aware jiff_duration() function - a useful new … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] Sqlite is getting rust extensions now, and datetimes make it totally worth if if they work well and and fast, two things that don’t always go together in datetime libraries References: [1]: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/23/sqlite-jiff/
There’s a TUI for that with Nick Janetakis (Changelog & Friends #53) Nick Janetakis is back and this time we're talking about TUIs (text-based user interfaces) — some we've tried and some we plan to try. All are collected from Justin Garrison's Awesome TUIs repo o... Changelog · changelog.com [1] 50 minutes into this episode they start a discussion on seo, and naming posts. They give Jerod the task of googling for tmux and see how high up the ranking they find Nick, expecting a number one post, and he cant even get to Nick. The problem? Jerod is such a beginner he doesn’t even know what to search, he starts with a long query about getting started with tmux, but all of Nick’s videos are why you should use advanced features of tmux, but Jerod has yet to discover that these exist. As experts we often come up wtih a post title for the exact thing that we are trying to teach someone how to do, but yet, they haven’t discussed that they need that feature yet, they just want the getting started guide, or tell me why I should start using tmux. Not why sessions are better than windows, and tabs suck all together. Definitely an eye opening conversation listening to two experts sit in...
The Verge (@verge) on X Stress testing a snack-proof keyboard https://t.co/AsRdv6O0e8 X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] This is a wild keyboard test. This is exactly what I want to see from ticklemykeys.com. I want to make ergomechanical boards that you can use and abuse. I want you to not be afraid to take them with you or to eat a nutrigrain bar in the same room (cough 2015 mac). And If something does go out, I want users to be able to repair it themsleves, key caps, switches, batteries, and microcontrollers should be replacible parts they can get at a good cost from the shop if they have paid for a board. References: [1]: https://x.com/verge/status/984764889754456065
all lt keys to hl · WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block@ce25356 Contribute to WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com [1] Today I swapped out all of my keys that are used dual purpose for letters and layers to homerow layers. This prevents goofy things happening when rolling, and prefers-tap makes it so that keys that are rolled over get hit as letters instead of as layers. This was one of my biggest hurdles jumping into zmk, lt as a homerow key just does not behave the same as the ht/hm behaviors with tap-preferred set. Seealso See previous commit where I added the hl https://github.com/WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block/commit/9522c859cdf024a2c2b73931c130ddc907c09ffc hl: homerow_layer { compatible = "zmk,behavior-hold-tap"; label = "HOMEROW_LAYER"; bindings = <&mo>, <&kp>; #binding-cells = <2>; tapping-term-ms = <150>; flavor = "tap-preferred"; }; References: [1]: https://github.com/WaylonWalker/zmk-config-42block/commit/ce25356e88eb2439182201700314133de719457e
I like Infisical’s [1] project infisical [2]. ♾ Infisical is the open-source secret management platform: Sync secrets across your team/infrastructure, prevent secret leaks, and manage internal PKI References: [1]: https://github.com/Infisical [2]: https://github.com/Infisical/infisical
Tips for Being Happier, Healthier, More Productive by The GaryVee Audio Experience Today's podcast episode is an interview I did on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin Podcast with Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft. We discuss balancing ambition, tenacity, humility, and patience. I … Spotify for Creators · podcasters.spotify.com [1] Deep breath, the deepest you can take in Smile, a real fukin smile not some pansy bullshit Say I’m not going to give a shit about this when I’m 90 References: [1]: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garyvee/episodes/Tips-for-Being-Happier--Healthier--More-Productive-e2m4184
I came across zmk-config [1] from evantravers [2], and it’s packed with great features and ideas. No description available. References: [1]: https://github.com/evantravers/zmk-config [2]: https://github.com/evantravers
Can't use System update - invalid signature when validating ASN.1 encoded signature · Issue #1316 · ublue-os/bazzite Describe the bug Hello, I installed the nvidia KDE version of bazzite just 2 days ago. Today I wanted to update to the most recent release, but unfortunately, I keep getting the following error: Pu... GitHub · github.com [1] This fixed my bazzite update issues after the signing key was rotated recently. This team is killing it with such a great user experience. curl -sL https://fix.universal-blue.org/ | sudo bash References: [1]: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/1316
I like Textualize’s [1] project transcendent-textual [2]. Textual apps and libraries References: [1]: https://github.com/Textualize [2]: https://github.com/Textualize/transcendent-textual
Update Kconfig.shield rec by bravekarma · WaylonWalker/zmk-config-ninepad@8b76b76 zmk configuration for ninpad keyboard. Contribute to WaylonWalker/zmk-config-ninepad development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com [1] This one space killed my whole config and held me back from learning zmk. References: [1]: https://github.com/WaylonWalker/zmk-config-ninepad/commit/8b76b76e2f094453aaf7ffe51bb405ce3a25a611
[1] The trackball spinner looks sick here. I can imagine using that spinner like a scroll wheel. References: [1]: /static/https://kbd.news/DragonFruit-2178.html
[1] They had split ergo boards back in 1983??? WTF who the heck keeps these row stagger boards going. This board looks like endgame material, If this thing was more normal, it’d kill a whole section of the ergo mechanical keyboard industry for good reason. References: [1]: /static/https://kbd.news/NEC-M-System-1729.html