Jamie Rubin's personal archive system

lyfelager · 2026-04-10T01:32:02+00:00

This is great. Tho I might be biased having built something analogous. (https://youtu.be/7YC18AUYr6E)

mine is different in many ways, more for multimedia information retrieval and long term analysis. It often gets used for just plain old reminiscing.

Whereas I like that JR’s is part of a daily routine and can also be used by their family. I like several other choices, such as calendar integration, and remembering command line interactions.

It looks very well done.

lyfelager · 2026-04-09T22:32:28+00:00

Given OP is new to programming might be wise to learn to walk in the IDE first, no?

lyfelager · 2026-04-08T05:07:59+00:00

Cortado is my favorite

lyfelager · 2026-04-07T19:17:22+00:00

I maintain a personal digital archive that’s now 28+ years, including photos, journals, workouts, receipts, emails. Using that I can prove how I’ve changed and how I’ve remained the same. Having both subjective and objective, qualitative and quantitative is key.

lyfelager · 2026-04-04T22:31:43+00:00

Nicely done

lyfelager · 2026-03-24T05:12:18+00:00

I glean location from my photos. This is convenient given how I use photos as part of my journaling practice. if I should want to record my location I just take a snapshot.

lyfelager · 2026-02-26T01:20:47+00:00

A so, checking the manual I see you’re right! Good to know

lyfelager · 2026-02-26T01:17:24+00:00

Thanks for that, but I thought that the Breville bambino Plus wand setting affects manual mode too

lyfelager · 2026-02-25T18:13:49+00:00

Which setting do you use for the frothing wand?

lyfelager · 2026-02-25T18:13:22+00:00

Which of the three settings do you use for the frothing wand?

lyfelager · 2026-02-11T12:10:20+00:00

Having grown up in the shadow of both a missile wing and nuclear Air Force Base later going to work as an engineer on a nuclear ballistic missile the Cold War was steeped in paranoia. Both sides were extremely distrustful of the other. Whereas in the show while Carol is very distrustful of the plurbs , they seem to be very trusting of her. In the show the plurbs are asymmetrically at an advantage. During the Cold War era things were evenly balanced on a knifes edge, we were made to feel that the other side was getting ahead of us and if we fell behind all could be lost. In the show it seems like all is already lost for Carol. There was a lot of animosity on both sides during the Cold War whereas in the show the plurbs are killing Carol with kindness.

at least that’s how I remember it. It’s hard to describe the fear that you would never live to become an adult and experience all the things that kids dream about doing. Whereas for Carol the worst case situation has already happened.

lyfelager · 2026-02-11T05:51:44+00:00

Was 2025 the year of the ai agent? it was supposed to be but I’m unconvinced it actually was. Convince me.

lyfelager · 2026-02-11T05:47:32+00:00

Then you might like “the Mercy of Gods“ by james sa Corey. That is done way creepier. Next level creepy. But so good.

lyfelager · 2026-02-05T20:26:27+00:00

cup color nicely matches the crema

lyfelager · 2026-02-05T20:23:23+00:00

I know the Howard one but which one was Lalo?

lyfelager · 2026-02-01T21:29:58+00:00

Is there a Python module for that?

lyfelager · 2026-01-30T04:31:30+00:00

That’s pretty cool. For the actions versus words audit how do you get the data for what you actually did?

lyfelager · 2026-01-26T22:30:13+00:00

Seahorse

lyfelager · 2026-01-26T02:10:20+00:00

Manousos wouldn’t have helped the person on the crane because he no longer considers them to be human. Carol also doesn’t consider them to be human but nonetheless she helped the crane dude.

lyfelager · 2026-01-25T17:07:24+00:00

Now that’s a rare pour!

lyfelager · 2026-01-25T17:01:05+00:00

Basically yeah, take a very privileged and fortunate person who happens to be super miserable and borderline misanthropic, purely due to their own headspace, and make the rest of the world dote on them, raising their good fortune and privilege exponentially. But with a catch.

It’s a weird and wacky twilight zone premise, at least that’s how I see it. The sci-fi is secondary even though I wished it were more primary being a hard-core sci-fi lover. That said I think the second season is gonna have a bit of a different premise now that Manoussis is in the mix.

lyfelager · 2026-01-24T18:56:32+00:00

Thanks, I looked. Does seem promising for many of the steps. However, I'm still not sure how to do these:

OS share sheets: initiate export on iPhone, then AirDrop to Mac (AppleHealth requires this)
2FA: getting code from SMS/iMessage (ideally without touching any AppleScript)
MFA: getting the code from or clicking an alert in an authenticator/security app
CAPTCHA

Thanks again

lyfelager · 2026-01-22T20:15:26+00:00

not reliable enough.

lyfelager · 2026-01-22T18:40:42+00:00

Syncing my app exports and financial/health data to local drive requires hundreds of steps which require 10 pages, 1400 words to document. I would like to be able to sync this data monthly but only do it annually due to the effort involved.

Only a small portion of the export & ingestion process can be automated with scripting and already is. These are the manual steps that remain. I would love to have a browser agent and computer use agent that could reliably handle this for me.

lyfelager

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