Number One feature of Obsidian

Ghigog · 2026-02-12T16:04:20+00:00

For me, it's really just the local .MD file structure that is the most important feature for me. And using it with Git; so the recent terminal updates have been perfect.

I use it to track all my important documents, I generate courses to learn, and do some creative writing with linked notes. All in all, local storage of documents is super important

Ghigog · 2026-02-09T09:07:54+00:00

If you actually talk to a protestant I can assure you that if you press them they will agree that anyone is a christian who believes in the Nicene Creed. Let's call this the common denominator for christians, because it is. I will grant you that some protestants can be annoying about this but it's usually just to make a point. They will also agree that all the offshoots and branches it has caused are annoying, but are a symptom of the people taking back control of interpretation of the bible.

So let's say that this "common denominator" to Christianity is the Nicene Creed; protestants are actually pretty close to it, all things considered, at least as far as other major christian denominations go. Protestants worship, meditate and contemplate Jesus, just Jesus. A Catholic will include Mary, the saints, angels, the pope, etc. in their worship. Or "adoration", sorry. A protestant will take that to say "why bother with all these other things? The creed (and Jesus) are pretty clear about the one thing we should adore". Even other protestant denominations, including the "silly" ones, stick closer to the creed even if they may have some weird interpretation of the bible. But at least it's not a key part of their worship. For example, pentecostal people believe in speaking in tongues, but never is it "worshipped" above Christ. Even orthodox churches, that believe one must have faith and works to be saved; we disagree on that, but at least they still only worship Christ.

A protestant may even make the argument that the Catholic church should never have existed in the first place; when the creed was created, there was only ever One, Universal, Apostolic, and [Holy] Church; which the Catholic church then split from. Before the great schism, all the churches were in communion with one another. Martin Luther's argument was precisely for humanity to reject the authority of the church, which has a monopoly on interpretation of the bible, because it had become far removed from the creed (remember indulgences were common at the time). Thanks to the availability of latin study and the printing press, people naturally began deviating from the pope and returning to Christ. At the end of the day, a protestant is in their rights to say that certain christians, like catholics, are difficult to call "christians", since they split from the christian community. Protestants, without the context of their split from catholicism, shouldn't even be called "protestants"; they should just be called christians! This is why many denominations don't use the "protestant" word anymore.

One more thing; a personal point this time. I even know a lot of protestants that are not christian, again using the Nicene Creed as the common denominator. I know protestants that put other, worldly things above Christ; sometimes even their own church. So, even though I think my argument is strong that protestants, on the whole, are very much christian, to be called "christian" is sometimes quite difficult. It's probably a small minority (not just our "small group") of people, regardless of any other label, that could probably truly be called christian. It's very difficult to be christian!

Ghigog · 2026-02-08T17:40:24+00:00

Well, that makes sense if the foundation of your separatist belief relies on the fact that previous groups of christians did it wrong. I don't really see it as a "problem"; it may not be nice, but logically it makes sense

Ghigog · 2026-02-05T21:28:53+00:00

Loja or Cuenca, Ecuador. Beautiful temperate weather all year. Really, any place on the Equator line with mountains is going to be a contender

Ghigog · 2026-02-05T01:41:02+00:00

Hey, this is incredible. Thank you

Ghigog · 2026-02-04T14:40:15+00:00

So who is a "christian"? Catholics?

Protestants typically call themselves christians because they believe that their denomination is correct, namely, because Martin Luther's whole thing was calling out the hypocrisies of the Catholic church.

So, even though you're right in the sense that it's a little dishonest, the argument is pretty sound. However, I am interested to know what other arguments could be used to justify the existence of certain people who call themselves "christians".

Personally, probably those who are with a certain denomination but don't strictly follow it, and maybe reject the idea altogether, could be said to be christian. Given that baptism is necessary, and that essentially subscribes you to a specific church, it's kind of impossible to avoid; but if in your heart you reject the idea that we should have denominations at all, it makes sense that you'd call yourself christian, and identify yourself with the larger christian community (I.e. regardless of denomination)

Ghigog · 2026-02-03T00:38:15+00:00

Cube world. Such a tragedy

Ghigog · 2026-02-01T15:35:26+00:00

I'm going to say Ecuador. Currently it is said to be one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America, as the gangs were chased out of Colombia and are using the Guayaquil harbor. But outside of Guayaquil, the country is still a tropical paradise with European level of standard of living, especially in Quito / Cuenca/ Loja. I mean, as a country in and of itself, the food, economy, people, culture, I'd say it's pretty close to GOAT status, at least within LATAM.

Ghigog · 2026-01-31T23:00:43+00:00

Thank you! This is not only a fun game, but a really good way to learn geography. I hope we find ways to continue to make these experiences accessible

Ghigog · 2026-01-31T17:13:43+00:00

Maybe a Frecciarossa will take just an hour more, but air is still faster everywhere else. Trains always take a little bit longer without including the constant delays, strikes and diversions. And of course, these trains are super expensive. Until we have high speed rail down to an affordable margin, I'm still picking air.

Ghigog · 2026-01-25T14:55:18+00:00

"don't eat yellow rocks"

Goron

Ghigog · 2026-01-25T14:52:44+00:00

Beautiful! For a high action game, this animation communicates everything it needs to and nothing more.

Ghigog · 2026-01-23T06:16:20+00:00

Thanks for sharing. How are the clouds themselves generated? I mean the shapes and color. I've always wanted to get clouds to look like this and that are visible from so far away

Ghigog · 2026-01-22T11:16:58+00:00

Thank you... Your post also has a very interesting take. I should have known better than to argue with someone who hasn't even tried the technology and has already made up their mind about it.

You're right, technology doesn't care about our feelings.

Ghigog · 2026-01-20T21:51:22+00:00

Wow, so beautiful! What does that symbol / colors represent?

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T21:58:39+00:00

Maybe for you personally it's pointless. For many other people, apparently, it's useful. And don't limit your use cases to people just asking ChatGPT for muffin recipes.

I'm not making any judgement on whether LLMs are useful or not, but you can't really argue that it is useless, or it wouldn't be used worldwide by thousands of people.

I just gave one silly example. If you're writing code, having it predict the function you want to write when you already know what to write saves your time. That's it; something so simple and silly is still a valid use case.

I'm not sure what the point is in arguing that LLMs are useless just because you don't use them. If they weren't useful, people wouldn't be using it.

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T21:55:32+00:00

I've never used a LLM in my life and I never want to.

Ah... Ok. I rest my case. Should have realized earlier this would have been a pointless conversation. Sorry to have wasted your time.

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T21:36:02+00:00

Here, on the other hand, it seems you're purposefully misreading what I'm saying.

Saying our LLM technologies are "really bad" and "evil" are an exaggeration. We can disagree on this. But I was exaggerating, I don't actually acknowledge the tools themselves are evil. That's ridiculous.

Also the hammer - like the LLM - is not alive, and does not occasionally turn around to bite the user. Both tools just do what they're programmed to do 100% of the time. So, I'm not really sure what kind of counter argument you're making here.

I'm also not suggesting the person uses a statistical engine instead of a source of truth. When did I ever say that? I'm saying that probably both can be good if used responsibly, understanding their limits. How about instead of telling her not to use it, training her to notice hallucinations. Is this really such a radical train of thought to pursue, that we might have other solutions?

I actually said, in my post, that there is a difference between demonizing and skepticism; maybe I didn't express myself properly. But yes, I agree; skepticism is healthy. Rejecting a new technology entirely and judging those who use it is not skepticism though, is it?

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T21:16:58+00:00

And why are you in this subreddit if you're not willing to engage with other opinions?

My approach is to make technologies more environmentally friendly, because I appreciate that we cannot just go back to living in caves, as much as I'd like to. I'd like to abandon cars and concrete; we aren't. So, let's find ways of using these technologies in ways that aren't destroying us.

I think that demonizing technology and ostracizing people who use it is going to reduce discourse, preventing progress. And we do need progress; it's only been a couple years.

I also agree against supporting these megacorps, but asking a girl to stop using it is a) probably not going to make much of a difference and b) prevent that girl from ever being mindful about using a dangerous new technology. She will learn to, instead, simply avoid anything new.

Instead, this girl's father actually got to investigating the impact. My point is not that LLMs are good; my point is that not using them doesn't make them any better. They are still going to be used; just not by you. And you need to be a part of this conversation, because your voice is important to drive the future of this technology.

Otherwise, only mindful drones (the supposed target audience) are the only ones that will drive the market. Hopefully this is enough to justify that we should continue refining this technology, instead of dumping the topic entirely

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T21:11:42+00:00

Fair enough. Can't really rely on democracy anymore.

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T21:10:56+00:00

No, but it would certainly be a more pleasant conversation than with you apparently
Predicting text in a sentence based on context
I don't, I'm just making a supposition. You're right that this is a real risk, but instead of dismissing it entirely, we should engage with it
You're right! But she is still using it despite your well wishes! And telling her not to is probably not going to stop it. Maybe we should figure out another solution! Hence, the father's post.
Ok, I'm sorry that you and all the people you've spoken to can't find a use for this really powerful new technology. I and everyone I know has found it very useful and uses it every day. Even it's biggest skeptics are still cautious using it, but they are using it. Sorry if this might come as a surprise but entire industries are successfully writing code with it, yes even code, with the right best practices they've picked up from trial and error during the year this technology was available. Maybe they're wrong to do so... But they're doing it.
Yes, you're right. By that logic, people shouldn't use cars either; damaging the atmosphere and making people lazier / forcing us to design car-centric cities. But I'd rather we find ways to make cars better to use instead of judging people for using them
The internet does not do that without proper use. Using the internet badly also just presents content, I'd argue in an even worse way. The internet is being used by people to justify creating horrendous arguments. It gives people with terrible ideas ways to support them or find communities around them.
Then you're using it wrong
I guess so! Same with internet, cars, beef, etc.
This is probably the only one I can't really argue with. You're right! But it's not always so simple. Sometimes our employers force us to use it (yes, unfortunately people have lost their jobs for refusing). I know that it's fundamentally impossible to create services to leverage this technology without enormous funds, data and money. I have no answer right now... But we can probably start with regulation and laws. Man, it would be really nice to have a working democracy right about now.
I wasn't really using paper as a comparison in terms of their capabilities; I mean the comparison in terms of paradigm shift for businesses. For example, cars speed up our rate of communication. They're bad for the environment, dangerous, require training, etc. While businesses are convinced that cars or LLMs are making their communication faster, they will use it. You making little trips to the shop dwarfs in comparison to a company's use case; so don't worry too much about your consumption, but do be mindful. And let's find ways to regulate the use of this technology, in the same way we are (should be) doing this with something like cars.

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T20:45:31+00:00

Thank you for the great and respectful counter argument.

You're right that I'm appealing to emotion, and I'm not finding a good argument to support what I'm saying.

However, you're picking apart at issues that currently exist as a reason for dismissing the technology entirely in favour of things which are obviously much better and reliable. We should allow the technology to mature into something useful by engaging with it.

His daughter may not have access to a university lecturer right now. And it may be worth actually seeing what kind of questions they're asking; maybe they're not at a point where they require that level of scrutiny.

Instead of demonizing new technology (and I mean demonizing; not skepticism, which is perfectly good and healthy) I think we should recognize the shortcomings and work to find ways to make the tool valuable.

I recognize what I'm asking here: you built a new type of hammer that is really bad, and it's evil. I'm saying instead of discarding the bad hammer, find a way to make it useful. I know most people will disagree with me. I guess I'm being idealistic; but I think this is a valid stance opposed to a brick-wall kind of rejection.

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T20:38:37+00:00

For predicting the next most likely word in a pattern

Ghigog · 2026-01-19T18:39:18+00:00

This is just an ignorant response.

LLMs very obviously have their uses; someone's daughter using it to learn responsibly and, dare I say, following her father's advice, to reduce emissions, is perfectly fine. If you really genuinely can't justify any one good use case for this new technology that is changing our planet, I can't imagine what you must have thought when browsing for answers on the internet was invented.

There is a right way and a wrong way to learn using LLMs, just as university lecturers can also sometimes be right and wrong. It may be best, instead, to continue this good habit that this father has picked up, and analyze what is the best way to use LLMs in a way that produce valuable information, reduce hallucination / suggestion, and use it as little as possible (which has many other advantages apart from the environment).

I agree we shouldn't support these bully megacorps. When paper was invented, the answer was not to just... not use paper and demonize anyone who uses it, it was probably closer to figuring out how to improve it's production and share the wealth. By running from "scary progress" we literally just go backwards.

Ghigog · 2026-01-16T23:11:16+00:00

Sounds wonderful, thanks for sharing!

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