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I have only read a handful of Berry's books, mostly novels and short story collections, but several of them are among of my all-time favorites: thoughtful, moving, humane, and surprisingly funny. They're especially enjoyable when read aloud.

Berry was one of the few celebrities I hoped to one day meet in person.


I think he'd be offended by the title of celebrity, but I know exactly what you mean. There was a documentary done on him several years ago, in part driven by Nick Offerman, in which Berry agreed to participate only if they didn't show his face.


Pandoc is a fantastic piece of software. I have never had any issues with it, and it's the tool I reach for anytime I need to covert documents. I'm super grateful to John MacFarlane for creating it and maintaining it for all these years!


This was the first Linux I used (mainly, to play Nibbles for Knoppix). The live-boot CD was a treasured belonging. Good times!


You’re absolutely right!


That is the load-bearing detail.


Exactly — and it carries the point that others would try to gate


There’s Elijah Potter’s HN sans AI: https://elijahpotter.dev/hnsansai


How is the filtering done? Manually or with AI?


I fully expected that to be a blank page :) Not too far off.


It would be interesting if this page was also created with vibe coding.


♫ […] that's that me espresso

Wait, where did all my Vim keybindings go?


Tell me if you find this! I was thinking the exact same thing.


Has anyone made a Linux version of this yet? I think Framework laptops and many thinkpads have accelerometers.


For a while I have wanted to create a lookup table that maps concepts people describe using computer metaphors to their biological/ecological/??? equivalent, which in some cases might be more accurate, or at least more fresh.

What word would you use for this?



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