After years with Obsidian, I've found that Emacs/Org offers the flexibility and power I need. Using Denote for note management, Xeft for searching my old vaults, and DEVONThink To Go for mobile access.

The transition wasn't without challenges, but the customization possibilities are endless.

Read about my journey and setup: mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-ob…

#Emacs #OrgMode #PKM #Obsidian #NoteTaking #Productivity

Deeper cuts could be on the way. As soon as this week, the #Trump admin is expected to propose sharp reductions in discretionary spending, including on #research & #development, as part of the annual budget process.

Economists have warned that such cuts could undermine American competitiveness in areas like #vaccine development, #AI & #QuantumComputing, & could slow #growth in #income & #productivity in the long term.

#economy #science #innovation #idiocracy

Huge win. Huge. Canadian Court upholds government restricting crypto bullshit use of electricity

"B.C. wins case for power use limits by cryptocurrency miners"

(Its not "mining" its wanking, nothing produced, nothing mined)

"The decision upheld an earlier court ruling against Conifex Timber Ltd., a forestry company located in Prince George .... The company was seeking unrestricted access to B.C. electricity."

nationalobserver.com/2025/03/1…

#victory #sanity #productivity #wealth #canpoli #Canada

B.C. wins case for power use limits by cryptocurrency miners

The appeal court ruled that B.C. Hydro has the right to act in the public interest – in this case, to protect BC’s electricity supply and contain electricity prices for ratepayers.

^{Canada's National Observer}

👻 GHOST ENGINEERS 👻

Here we go again, measuring software engineers productivity, this time AI edition.

Check out my blog post about the Stanford Research yieldcode.blog/post/ghost-engi…

#softwareengineering #productivity #softwaredevelopment

Ghost Engineers

Let's address the existence of so called Ghost Engineers

^{Dmitry Kudryavtsev (yield code();)}

Request for Recommendations 👀

FediFriends, you have been fantastic at helping me finding great end-to-end encrypted apps lately, thank you

I need another one!

This time I am looking for an app that is an alternative to Confluence's database feature.

Basically, I want an app that I can build simple spreadsheets in but with visualization options similar to what Confluence offers (especially the Card layout). I also need something that has the following features:

1. End-to-end encryption 🔐👈
2. Privacy by default 🔒
3. No AI 🚫
4. Hosted remotely (not self-hosted)
5. Secure sharing feature
6. Exportable in a common format 📂
7. Good looking design

Nice to have:
- Open Source 🗃
- Affordable 💲
- Desktop app option 🖥️

More specifically, I need something that can do something similar to this: support.atlassian.com/confluen…

#LazyFedi #Productivity #Documentation #Spreadsheet #Database

Can't Ctrl+C something because it's baked to pixels? Now you can!

NormCap is an unusual screen capture tool. It doesn't capture images, but extracts *text* from a selected area of your screen.

dynobo.github.io/normcap/

#Productivity #OCR #ScreenCapture #Screenshot #TextCapture #NormCap #ImageToText

New release 0.2.1 - fixing some bugs and adding more invisible features under the hood.

EDIT: A HOTFIX is out!

The program now should decently handle running multiple instances (which is not recommended) and also loading settings from a newer version of the program - trying to futureproof it. There's also a visible version number that's also a link to releases page so users can check for updates if they want.

codeberg.org/unfa/HyperTimer#h…

#unfa #HyperTimer #Productivity #ADHD #Godot #GodotEngine

I've just released a new version of my productivity tool called HyperTimer:

codeberg.org/unfa/HyperTimer/r…

Made for #ADHD people like myself.

#FOSS #OpenSource #Productivity #Time

Bitwarden is a free open source password manager, you can follow them at:

➡️ @bitwarden

More info on their website is at bitwarden.com

Bitwarden is available in lots of flavours including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows at bitwarden.com/download

It's also available through @fdroidorg

#BitWarden #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #PasswordManager #PasswordManagement #Password #Passwords #Business #Productivity #Office

The free open source email app Thunderbird is now on here, you can follow them at:

➡️ @thunderbird

Thunderbird is the most popular free open desktop email software in the world, and is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.

You can find out more at thunderbird.net

As well as email, it also works as an RSS news reader and XMPP and IRC chat client.

#Thunderbird #Email #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Mozilla #XMPP #IRC #RSS #Apps #Messenger #Productivity #Office

Thunderbird — Make Email Easier.

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!

^Thunderbird

Bitwarden is a free open source password manager, you can follow them at:

➡️ @Bitwarden

More info on their website is at bitwarden.com

Bitwarden is available in lots of flavours including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows at bitwarden.com/download

It's also available through @fdroidorg

#BitWarden #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #PasswordManager #PasswordManagement #Password #Passwords #Business #Productivity #Office

NextCloud is a free open source platform that lets you own your own personal cloud services. You can follow them at:

➡️ @nextcloud

It's widely used by companies, governments and individuals as a privacy-friendly self-hosted alternative to Google, Microsoft etc.

You can find out more from their site at nextcloud.com (and their site aimed at individuals at nextcloud.com/athome).

#NextCloud #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Libre #Business #Productivity #SelfHosting

Nextcloud

Nextcloud is the most deployed on-premises file share and collaboration platform. Access & collaborate across your devices. Your data remains under your control.

^Nextcloud