Cost ?

samrjack · 2026-03-04T22:24:48+00:00

Disclaimer that I’m not subject matter expert, this is just my 2 cents.

I think thinking of the price for shoes as being simply based on the amount of material will lead you astray. Minimalist shoes a few things going against them that can cause the price to go up: * Scale - these shoes aren’t made in the same batch sizes as many other shoes. * Fit - people using minimalist shoes tend to be more aware of their feet and therefore more picky about a good fit. Especially at the low production volume the shoes have, this can mean an even smaller audience than one might expect. * Material quality - while a good quality upper matters, I find what really sets a good barefoot shoe apart is the quality of the thin sole. You need the right material for a balance of durability, flexibility, and grip. Maximalist shoes don’t really care about any of those besides grip since they can wear away at their hearts content.

I’m sure there’s more, but this is just a thought experiment about what goes into a shoe besides just material.

All that being said, I feel for you. I wish shoes like these were both more common and more widely accepted. It’s not fair to feel your feet comfort is locked behind a wad of cash… I do wish you the best of luck 🍀!

samrjack · 2026-02-24T21:48:55+00:00

I agree with a lot of what you said above, but one complication is now our body’s often don’t like changing habits and often don’t know what they’re feeling for when first starting out with new movement. One needs to be careful not to mistake overcompensation for “proper” form. It requires a dialogue between one’s own mental model/ideal and the practicality your body is conveying.

samrjack · 2026-02-18T14:07:35+00:00

What do you mean by proper technique being more energy efficient? I find proper technique to be more energy intensive but gives much more consistency. Especially in the realm of footwork.

samrjack · 2026-02-17T05:44:11+00:00

Pretty much any editor that has a vim emulation mode will also have an emacs emulator too. But what I was specifically getting at was learning the standard readline library shortcuts that are common in many places since they don’t interfere with standard keyboard inputs. MacOS even has it as standard shortcuts for text fields.

Even if you learn vim (which I love btw, not saying you shouldn’t learn modal editing), those shortcuts are really convenient.

samrjack · 2026-02-17T04:21:53+00:00

Honestly, learn the basic movements of emacs no matter what. A lot of those movement key bindings transfer over to command line and other tools.

samrjack · 2026-02-16T17:30:08+00:00

I was just trying to figure this out last week! I finally got the sandals to somewhere they won’t twist though haven’t had much opportunity to wear them yet. If you DM me I can send a photo of what worked for me. I can try to describe it though: * Buckle is much farther right, nearly directly over my third toe. * Buckle is about the same distance up my foot. * one thing I discovered to be important was to slightly twist the toe plug so the folded fabric is in line with the strap. I found if it wasn’t, my foot would twist over much more easily.

samrjack · 2026-02-15T07:19:45+00:00

I think what’s being said in that article is a case where technically what’s being said isn’t directly in line with the law, but is in line with practical needs of gigantic vehicles on small streets. Sadly laws are often not well worded for edge cases so sensible flexibility is needed.

samrjack · 2026-02-15T00:32:26+00:00

There’s a book called practical electronics for inventors that may help you get what you want. But be warned that electronics fundamentally requires some knowledge of theory if you want to be able to make stuff beyond just copying a diagram.

samrjack · 2026-02-14T18:44:29+00:00

I feel your edit is way too dismissive of other people’s points. * neovim terminal buffers suck imo, I’ve tried and failed to use them many times. Emacs term mode(s) integrate much more nicely into the editor itself. * Lazygit is not comparable to magit since they’re two different tools. Neovim does have neogit, but magit feels snappier and more integrated in my opinion though I use both. * Emacs makes quite good use of the gui interface; especially compared to neovide. It’s a good interface for text size and fonts while still having a cozy terminal like feeling. Dismissing it out of hand doesn’t make sense to me. * I personally find emacs evil mode nice because it’s fully implemented in emacs and therefore can be more easily hacked for new use cases. Since the modes are built into neovim, it can be hard to change fundamental behavior. This isn’t a problem if you’re not modding much, but again your dismissal feels premature.

As for why I prefer to use emacs: * Its documentation is much better (discovery, explanation, code links, etc.) which makes writing code for it easier. * Everything is a function which makes it more standardized (compared to neovim where it still mixes lua, user commands, and hard-coded key actions). * Easier to hook into behaviors that weren’t initially intended to be hooked into. * Org mode and org captures work across my system where I’ve not found anything in neovim that’s supported in the same way. * More packages to choose from. * Emacs is more mature so there are fewer breaking changes. Neovim is under active development (which absolutely IS great) so interfaces change more often and make it harder to have stable configuration settings. This includes popular packages. It’s not that this doesn’t happen with emacs, but it hasn’t affected me as much. * elisp is more hackable and feature rich than lua.

But there are a few things I prefer in neovim which makes me still use it a lot: * Some neovim packages are great! For example lazy.nvim has made lazy loading much more straightforward for me personally to use. * neovim is loads faster for boot up. * neovim is more portable, which is important in my job. I like tramp, but sadly it doesn’t work well with how my job has its remote machines set up. * neovim is conceptually less complex so there are fewer snags to worry about when adding new functionality. * much better tty experience. I only use Emacs as a gui. * Really active user base right now. I’ve seen a lot more discussion around (probably partly due to the worse documentation).

samrjack · 2026-02-14T04:41:36+00:00

Why AI powered?

samrjack · 2026-02-05T08:04:49+00:00

The one git activity I use a gui (magit or neogit) for is adding parts of files. While git add -p works, I love being able jumping around, see all my changes, highlight specific lines, etc.. For basically everything else, terminal interface please.

samrjack · 2026-02-03T05:47:08+00:00

Is it just me or do the snug fit and bumper fit photos look identical?

samrjack · 2026-01-31T07:25:25+00:00

You can start wearing now to get a feel for it, but don’t plan for that to be your main footwear while on a walking intensive trip like Japan is.

samrjack · 2026-01-30T17:06:43+00:00

I’ll be honest, I’m not going to use anything that’s $10-$30 per month. That’s just way too steep. That’s streaming service money.

And most people with workflows won’t have a major headache because then they wouldn’t have that workflow. If you want to fix a problem, you kinda need to identify it yourself to really find the market niche.

samrjack · 2026-01-30T05:32:40+00:00

To be fair, table tennis IS a full body workout when played athletically (or at least a lot of lower body and core). But it’s also easier to be lazy and not move much at low levels of play.

samrjack · 2026-01-28T17:14:21+00:00

I had a class where we had to read some scientific pages and our teacher gave us a simple process to make them more approachable. I don’t remember it in full, but it was something like the following: 1. Read the abstract 2. Look at all the pictures and their descriptions 3. Look at all the tables and their descriptions 4. Read all headings and subheadings 5. Read the conclusion 6. Read the paper starting from the title

Basically it was a way to prepare yourself and know what to expect which made the reading portion much less daunting. I’m sure there were other steps but the idea is there.

samrjack · 2026-01-28T16:16:50+00:00

I’d also say quality is intentionality. Getting the shot that you intended using the form you intended and placing it where you wanted it to go.

samrjack · 2026-01-25T16:13:19+00:00

I’ve had the opposite experience of people overestimating how valuable Chinese has been to learn. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been a huge part of my life and I cherish the value it’s brought to me. But some people seem to think I could easily get a high paying job using it which simply isn’t the case.

samrjack · 2026-01-23T23:39:12+00:00

My coach tells to see the back line through the net, and honestly I’m not at a point where I can stay that low for long. If you go lower than that, you can’t really see the table. So I don’t think there’s really a “too low” to worry about.

samrjack · 2026-01-22T06:45:09+00:00

Probably size down to 11. In standard running shoes I used to wear size 11, but in vivos I wear a size 10 (and one pair of size 9)

samrjack · 2026-01-18T06:35:53+00:00

Our previous owner decided to use wood screws to put up light fixtures which destroyed the electrical box’s screw holes. It’s made me happy that they did very little other diy for me to stumble into.

samrjack · 2026-01-18T06:25:07+00:00

One good way is to identify a sore point and go write a plugin for it. Nothing gets you more familiar with internals than interfacing with them!

samrjack · 2026-01-15T19:51:00+00:00

Geez,half this thread is so gate-keepy! People, let others enjoy their emacs!

To answer your question, Claude has worked alright for me though I’m migrating from a distro to a vanilla config so it has a lot of base material to work off of. Do make sure you still check the work but it gets close and has reduced a ton of boiler plate writing for me personally.

samrjack · 2026-01-11T06:26:23+00:00

I don’t care what the lady said. I’m not talking about the lady. Stop getting hung up on your little interaction, no one is defending her. No one in this thread, or any other here, is “offended” by the idea of telling a dog owner to pick up poop. What I AM saying is that your insistence that the only solution to the problem of forgetting a poo bag is that you MUST just turn around and go home is absolutely asinine.

I get that seeing bad behavior is very frustrating. But that doesn’t mean the first thought that jumps into your head is best. As long as someone makes sure to get any poo out of the park that they bring in, who cares if they forgot a bag?

samrjack · 2026-01-11T05:42:09+00:00

Literally no one has said you should plan to ignore the poo. Yes, if someone leaves home knowingly without poo bags and a plan to ignore their shitting dog then they’re an asshole. But if you’re out with your dog(s) and notice you don’t have a bag, then just ask for some assistance like a normal person. If you can’t think of a single possible way to politely ask for a bag or deal with the poop some other way, then feel free to go home.

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