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demi-glace reducing new kitchen almost done

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Obsidian 1.9.4 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile. Highlights include: - Cards: new "Card size" slider to view options. - Table: new "Row height" selection to view options. - New image() function for rendering images inline in tables.

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Obsidian 1.9.3 (early access) is now available for desktop and mobile, with more improvements to Bases: - New Cards view lets you display files in a grid layout - "New item" button creates a file that matches filters of the current view - Sort menu lets you easily sort items

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cyborg vs. cyborg when planning a vacation post-singularity you launch a swarm of agents that harnesses the energy of a small powerplant to build software that dodges a new generation of ads, spam, scams, surge pricing algos, fake reviews, and finds you reasonably priced airfare

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these AI vs AI arms races will accelerate everywhere adversarial contexts exist: homework, hiring, sales, procurement, etc the instinct is to add more complexity, more steps, but this doesn't work — it weeds out humans not AIs the solution is to simplify, de-escalate

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a few well-chosen typos relaly make your prose seem like it wasn't written by AI

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Obsidian 1.9.2 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members with many improvements for Bases: - Formula syntax is now more expressive and powerful. - Added number of results in the current view. - Table cells with long text now expand to show the entire content when selected. - Operator dropdown for filters is now searchable.

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OpenAI is now required by court order to preserve all ChatGPT logs including "temporary chats" and API requests that would have been deleted if I understand this correctly, it means data retention policies for apps that use OpenAI API simply cannot be honored

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Bases in Obsidian 1.9 can be exported to CSV or copy-pasted anywhere — as Markdown, or into any spreadsheet app

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you can put a base in a sidebar, and reference the current file

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with Obsidian Bases you can create embedded views that reference the current file — for example if I put my "Places" base inside Taipei I get only places I saved in Taipei

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Migrated my personal vault to Obsidian Bases and it feels so good 🥰 I was able to translate ~3,000 dataview queries into 30 bases. Makes for a more maintainable approach to bottom-up notetaking. My updated vault template is here: https://stephango.com/vault

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gave the murph thing a try... finished a half-murph in 31:58 (no weight) will go for the full murph next year! 1 mile 50 pull ups 100 push ups 150 squats 1 mile 45 min feels doable without weight but I found the running more fatiguing than I expected, need to build stamina

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this is nifty, someone has already made an open source Dataview → Bases conversion tool for Obsidian 1.9 https://bases-toolbox.vercel.app

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Obsidian 1.9.1 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile with many small improvements for Bases https://obsidian.md/changelog/2025-05-22-desktop-v1.9.1

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the new /obsidian Bases + Obsidian Web Clipper is the web archival tool I always wanted replaces my read-it-later app and saves everything to local markdown files

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Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. With Bases you can organize everything from projects to travel plans, reading lists, and more. Bases are now available in Obsidian 1.9.0 for early access users.

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a chamfered wood edge catches light beautifully and honors the material you rarely see this on mass-produced furniture because it would expose the cheap particleboard underneath the veneer

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if I can, I always prefer to buy directly from the maker, the farmer, the developer

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