50 sats \ 6 replies \ @ek OP 16 Jan \ parent \ on: Zap to Zero Day 19 | Symbiosis meta
"I think not dwelling on it might be the key," says Berry. "When you can't think of anything else it takes over your day and you're lost from that moment. It won't rule my day ever again. I'm going to try to be in the driving seat."
"When my insomnia started I got so anxious, checking the clock every 15 minutes," says Bayley. "Eventually I just stopped caring. You lose the anxiety that is actually hindering you. Now if I can't sleep I get this peaceful excitement. I know I have time to try something out and have some fun."
Wow, this is it. This is what I decided to do, too. Just roll with the punches [0]. Be grateful for the extra time. But be smart about it. Don't overextend your stay in wonderland.
I had severe sleep problems since school. I still don't know how I survived school. Wasn't insomnia though. I was the one who always arrived too late. At some point, the teachers just gave up and accepted that I will not arrive on time, lol.
But I noticed how my sleep can vary a lot within a few days. I also know how I aced an presentation during school with zero sleep the night before. I just didn't care and felt so alive. I think my audience including the teacher saw that as being authentic (as you mentioned).
I still vividly remember the joke I did when there was a technical problem with the beamer (it shut down during the presentation and didn't start again). I looked out the window and said: "nice weather outside." The joke was that we closed the curtains so you couldn't see what was going on outside.
My teacher even told me afterwards that she gave me a wrong hint on purpose regarding the beamer problem to see how I would react since she was surprised by my performance. She wanted to see how far my authenticity would go and if it would break down on unexpected problems. She was a brilliant teacher. I miss her.
Thanks for this link.
Now I'll remember you for two things.
[0] Third rule of YNAB
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 17 Jan
Are our footnotes extra1
Footnotes
  1. maybe we should change the markup? ↩
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek OP 17 Jan
No, now that I looked it up, I don't think we should change the markup. I simply never took the time to click on the markdown icon 1
Footnotes
  1. at the top right corner to look up how to use them. I also like the "academic" style of [0] more compared to superscripts I have to admit. But/Or I think it's just me being a nonconformist, lol. 2 ↩
  2. I also got very used to just creating manual footnotes. 3 ↩
  3. Impressive. This also works within footnotes. 4 ↩
  4. My main pain point with footnotes is the numbering though. If I edit my text, I still have to make sure that my footnotes are numbered in the right order. And the markup doesn't help with that, I guess? ↩
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 17 Jan
We can change the rendering if they're aesthetically unpleasing. I'm fond on HN's footnote fashion too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 17 Jan
I love HN-style footnotes too, but always found it amusing here, since the explicit linking usually back-links to content one inch away that's still visible on the screen.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 17 Jan
Mhh, I see. I think we should do that then.
Found another issue though:
The footnotes title renders pretty big as a root comment for some reason
And the reference to the note and the backreference is indeed really nice. I didn't appreciate that enough even though I implemented that myself in my blog.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 17 Jan
Should be easy to change. I never liked the heading or the backlink icon.
  1. replace the title with a horizontal line
  2. replace superscript with [1] link
  3. replace numbered list with [1]-like numbering
  4. replace the backlink icon by making the numbering the backlink
I'd be nearly satisfied with just (1) and (4).
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