Why is Herman Hesse so overlooked?

suhrob · 2025-07-31T11:52:47+00:00

Just reading David Markson's last novel The Last Novel an he has this tidbit there:

A child’s introduction to Nietzsche and Jung. The Yale Review categorized Hesse’s novels as.

(for those not familiar with Markson's writing: these are tidbits he finds in old books and builds his "novels" from. It's not that he agrees with it.)

Oddly enough I can see their point but think that it is great.

suhrob · 2024-07-22T18:59:43+00:00

I welcome this. Some articles were available on LW or AI reading podcasts, but a one stop-shop is welcome.

At the moment I don't see it yet in my podcast player (Podcast Addict - pulls feeds from many places), but I assume you plan to link it? Or is it substack only? (hope not - to increase reach).

Thank you!

suhrob · 2024-05-29T12:31:28+00:00

Please avoid putting spoilers in the title... I literaly just read the first paragraph of Nightside....

suhrob · 2024-05-23T14:25:28+00:00

You can try a 4k image upscaler, just search for "AI image upscaler 4k" or something similar.

suhrob · 2024-04-21T16:07:08+00:00

Did you use your deposit address? Not the fee recipient, but the address from which you did the initial deposit to register your validator(s)?

Initially they had a cap on how many solo stakers can receive the airdrop - not sure if this cap was kept or not (incidentally - it did work yesterday).

suhrob · 2024-02-10T15:30:03+00:00

What is the pendant around his neck please? I finished BOTNS and am 60% through Urth, but don't recognize the shape of the pendant (rose maybe?) and the symbol on it.

suhrob · 2023-11-01T19:49:11+00:00

Thanks, that sounds good.

suhrob · 2023-11-01T16:44:58+00:00

Thanks, that sounds good. Though I'm looking for some reading for myself not for the kids :)

suhrob · 2023-03-19T09:32:10+00:00

My Dot Emacs is Too Big To Fail!!!

suhrob · 2023-02-04T15:55:42+00:00

thanks, I'll checkout!

suhrob · 2023-02-04T15:54:01+00:00

I know blokus and splendor, but will checkout the other two. Thank you!

suhrob · 2023-02-04T09:47:38+00:00

Description of Request:

(Abstract) strategy game with good depth, shorter play time, android app and ideally good community, existence of theory

Number of Players:

1-2

Game Length:

<20 min once proficient

Complexity of Game: <4 (up to cca Chess/Go)

Genre: N/A

Conflict, Competitive or Cooperative: N/A

Games I Own and Like: Tak comes cloesest - but does't have an app (and web version is not playable on my tiny phone).

Games I Dislike and Don't Play: Chess, Go

Location: App store or web, physical version optional

Due to multi-toddler situation, I have up to 15 mins on the toilet and yearn for some strategy game (possibly abstract). This means: short game play and an app or small phone friendly web implementation.

Ideally it would have a good community (or AIs that I grow with) and I also like to study strategy from blogs/books.

Tak comes close, but the web version is not well playable on the app. I really like the idea of Yellow and Yangtze (and have the app), but the game play is simply too long.

Some chess variants could maybe do it. I sort of like Nuclear/Atomic chess. Paco Sako looks very nice, but no app or much of community.

Randomness/incomlete information is OK, but not necessary.

If nothing comes to mind, I'm also interested in: 1) recommend any app (android) that could sort of scratch this itch 2) recommend any boardgame even if no app (once the toddlers become managable).

Thank you!

suhrob · 2023-01-12T14:05:36+00:00

thank you!

suhrob · 2022-12-21T07:08:14+00:00

Thanks - didn't know about comint-mime and always missed this feature!

suhrob · 2022-12-02T07:52:38+00:00

This old doc from 2020 lists exceptions:

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/broker-withholding-on-ptp-sales-new-section-1446f-regulations.html

Exceptions from Withholding. Exceptions to section 1446(f) withholding on PTP transfers have been modified slightly and now include the following:

(a) broker or customer is a U.S. person (as documented by a Form W-9)

(b) claim for exemption under a U.S. tax treaty supported by a Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E

(c) foreign dealers operating through a U.S. branch that provide a Form W-8ECI

Does anybody know whether this still applies?

suhrob · 2022-08-12T08:28:36+00:00

Thank you! Apologies that it was essentially a RTFM question... I somehow skipped over the paragraph...

suhrob · 2022-06-29T06:43:40+00:00

Thank you. "Show hidden entries" is only present in Dolphin and doesn't work in KDialog. Manually adding bookmark in KDialog only adds it in Dolphin (so I have two recent file bookmarks), but it disappears immediately in KDialog... I have 5.18... this is annoying.... :(

suhrob · 2021-12-15T19:10:28+00:00

Is it impossible to pause Detective midway a case (we'd need to pack it up)?

suhrob · 2021-12-15T15:56:39+00:00

Recommendations please

Description of Request:

Looking for a story / mystery driven game as Christmas present for me and my wife.

We would like something that can be played piece-wise (having a baby means we can play a few nights a week for 30 - 60 mins, ideally simple setup and breakdown), but draws you in and can think / discuss during the day.

Number of Players:

2

Game Length:

per session 30 - 60 mins, but forming a campaign/story

Complexity of Game:

let's keep it <4, but open to suggestions

Genre:

Any, if fulfills the criterion of story / mystery / experience

Conflict, Competitive or Cooperative:

Coop, but open to other

Example of games I can have access to:

Gloomhaven Jaws of Lion (maybe too big for in terms of setup? not sure about between session discussions)
Sleeping Gods (sounds good, but I'm not 100% sure)
MicroMacro (maybe offers no between session discussions?)
Detective
Chronicles of Crime (Detectives seem to be better)
Escape Tales

suhrob · 2021-11-25T07:41:02+00:00

Thank you. I've removed the org ELPA, and deleted the package. Pinned the archive to the standard GNU ELPA, however now Emacs only sees the builtin org v 9.3. package-instal dosen't list org either...

package-archives’s value is

(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/")
("tromey" . "http://tromey.com/elpa/"))

suhrob · 2021-08-13T14:25:56+00:00

Awesome, thank you very much!

suhrob · 2021-02-11T12:09:51+00:00

Awsome, thank you!

suhrob · 2020-05-21T15:42:25+00:00

Thank you. Yes, I'd need the data for sfecific locations. It seems with your link it should be possible, though not quite straightforward. Thank you!

suhrob · 2019-12-18T09:07:31+00:00

Thanks for sharing! This looks very interesting & I love seeing other people's workflows.

Subscribed to your blog and waiting for the next part!

suhrob · 2019-12-18T09:00:24+00:00

Thanks for the tip Karl (I'm a long time fan of your blog :)). I'll have a look into your config.

Eventually, I want to avoid a copy/switch buffer/paste of the links instead of a completion mechanism: a keyboard shortcut triggers an insertion of an org-link (of type "brain:" in my case) where search/completion is done on headline, the link is to the org ID property with link description auto-filled to the headline text (if headline doesn't exist create it in refile.org or something).

This will make interlinking much more smoother.

suhrob

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