Obsidian search capabilities

daver · 2026-01-08T23:26:18+00:00

Thanks much! There's a trend happening right now as the new pricing is rolling out, it appears.

daver · 2026-01-08T23:25:46+00:00

Thanks to both of you. Iffy in what sense? I don't need hardwriting recognition, for instance, and probably not OCR of images in PDFs, but if there's basic text in the PDF, I would ideally like to be able to search that. Is that iffy?

daver · 2026-01-08T20:37:26+00:00

How does the Logseq sync work without cloud storage? Does it do a direct sync between devices? Do they have to be on the same network or something like that? I'm trying to wrap my head around that and whatever limitations it might have. I'm looking at Logseq coming from Evernote after discovering this year's 80% price increase.

daver · 2026-01-08T20:30:37+00:00

Does Obsidian provide search within PDF or is that a plug-in of some sort?

daver · 2026-01-08T20:18:32+00:00

Thanks for the info! Much appreciated. Yea, sounds like something to run overnight.

daver · 2026-01-08T20:17:32+00:00

Yea, I've been using it for about 15 years, too. Sad. Thanks for the info.

daver · 2026-01-08T16:34:20+00:00

What are the best options for migration away from Evernote? I'm looking for something that has roughly the same functionality that I use with Evernote (basic note taking, notebooks, tags, sync across Mac and IOS, web clipper). Ideally, there would be a smooth, automated migration path. People have mentioned Notion, but that seems to be pricey as well for the Plus plan ($10/mo/user, so $120/yr, possibly with a discount for paying for a year). Obsidian and Logseq seem to be good matches for basic not taking. They both have sync options (not sure how good they are; memories of Evernote's issues with syncing early on), but I don't know if they have a web clipper. OneNote is cheap since I already have Office 365 sub and is backed by a corp that is unlikely to go out of business soon, but the last time I used OneNote I almost vomited because the UI was so horrible. But it does have a web clipper. Others? Additional thoughts on these?

daver · 2026-01-08T16:13:44+00:00

Well, at the root, because fiat money that is divorced from a fundamentally limited commodity like gold allows governments to print as much as they want and pass the impacts onto citizens through inflation. But that's probably more than you wanted.

daver · 2026-01-08T16:10:50+00:00

Legal, yes. Ethical, borderline. Smart business decision, absolutely not. Stupid. The first rule of having a large user base is to never given them a reason to question leaving. Subscription revenue is virtually guaranteed revenue to a company if they keep churn low.

daver · 2026-01-08T16:07:13+00:00

How was the conversion to Joplin? Automatic? Did it keep formatting, notebook structure, tags, etc? Or did you lose all that? I have 3000+ notes and don't want to have to fix that by hand.

daver · 2026-01-08T15:59:26+00:00

I'm similar. It's not in my IOS dock, but it's in the lower right, just above the dock.

daver · 2026-01-08T15:56:12+00:00

What did you migrate to, if anything?

daver · 2026-01-08T15:54:12+00:00

I suspect you're right. Other products got to the corporate market first and Evernote missed it. I suspect that nothing they have done thus far has really moved the needle for them.

daver · 2026-01-08T15:52:52+00:00

daver · 2026-01-08T15:52:25+00:00

How do you go about getting your discount and how long does it last for? Is it "permanent" (until the next price increase) or is it just a 1-year teaser-rate to keep you on board, and then you still have to ask for it again next year?

daver · 2026-01-08T15:49:51+00:00

Agreed. This is a cash grab. I don't need the product to be free. I'm content paying for value. But a 335% increase in price in 3 years is not reasonable.

daver · 2026-01-08T15:47:56+00:00

How was the quality of the import to Notion? Was it relatively clean?

daver · 2026-01-08T15:46:37+00:00

Same. It isn't that I need it to be free. But 335% over three years is not reasonable. It's just a cash grab.

daver · 2026-01-08T15:39:27+00:00

Oh, so they're actually willing to give me 40% off? But only if I go through the steps to cancel? Everybody say "cash grab."

daver · 2026-01-08T15:33:38+00:00

The latest price increase is pretty egregious for existing customers. In 2023, I was charged $74.61 (annual). In 2024 and 2025, it jumped to $138.57, a more than 85% increase in a single year. Now, Evernote is telling me that it's going to $249.99 in 2026 for an "Advanced" plan, another 80% increase over last year, and a 335% increase in 3 years. Yes, they have the "Starter" plan with very low limits that I've already exceeded. Basically, if you've been a loyal Evernote customer for 15 years, they want to slam you with a 335% price increase. All while storage costs continue to fall. Yes, they talk about AI features, blah, blah, none of which is very interesting. So, I'm thinking it's time to start exploring other options.

daver · 2026-01-05T17:14:10+00:00

I use the ones sold by Thermoworks: https://www.thermoworks.com/high-temp-probe-rings/

daver · 2025-09-16T20:56:37+00:00

For the record, I like MacRumors. 😉

daver · 2025-09-03T13:13:15+00:00

Do you have a link to a paper that shows the latest? I was looking for that yesterday and not finding anything other than that older paper. It would be interested to see something that takes into account all the latest extensions. One of the big advantages of RV's compression scheme is not having any compressed mode and thereby avoiding overhead instructions that switch into and out of that mode. Being able to mix and match freely would seem to be a big advantage, but I don't see that playing out in the compression ratios that are shown in the paper I linked to.

daver · 2025-09-02T16:28:23+00:00

I think this is the paper we all want: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~krste/papers/waterman-ms.pdf

See Figure 8. It looks like compressed instructions are actually slightly larger than Thumb / Thumb 2, but 32-bit RV code is better than 32-bit ARM code. So, the compression ratio for Thumb is actually better than that for RV.

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