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Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
I've asked this previously: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22849208" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22849208</a><p>But a few years have past and want to see what's emerged since. Although can be new to you vs. released in 2021 or 2022 necessarily.<p>Things I've come across in the meantime:<p>* mock AWS services <a href="https://github.com/spulec/moto">https://github.com/spulec/moto</a><p>* query cloud services <a href="https://github.com/turbot/steampipe">https://github.com/turbot/steampipe</a><p>* munge CSV <a href="https://github.com/johnkerl/miller">https://github.com/johnkerl/miller</a> <a href="https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv">https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv</a><p>* page json <a href="https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless">https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless</a><p>* text to tree structure [I use this as a hack to version control my music library] <a href="https://github.com/birchb1024/frangipanni">https://github.com/birchb1024/frangipanni</a>
January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all
January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all
Facial recognition tech gets woman booted from Rockettes show due to employer
Show HN: Obsidian Canvas – An infinite space for your ideas
Show HN: Obsidian Canvas – An infinite space for your ideas
Apple Music deletes your original songs and replaces them with DRM'd versions
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Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll
Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their 40s?
I know the best of my life is behind me, but I need help salvaging what's left of it. I've been meaning to ask for help for a couple of years now, but only now got around to it after being scared by my first real suicidal ideation a few nights ago. HN is probably not a suitable platform for this, but /r/advice seems to be not very active and I can't post on /adv/ due to some IP range ban. There are no mental health facilities in the small town where I live. I let my professional network decay and die, and there is literally nowhere else I can get any kind of useful, actionable advice.<p>I'm a 43-years-old single guy, NEET for the past decade. I got my Master's in the US in the late 2000s and was gainfully employed there for a few years (NOT in my field of education; long story) until I had to return to my home country to take care of my ailing father. He passed on within a year of my return, leaving my family with a financial mess, and his death took a lot out of me. I still obviously miss him, but in wallowing in depression and self-pity, I let the prime of my life pass me by.<p>As I stand, I have no current skills related to either my education (MEng) or my previous work experience (BI Reporting/Analytics). I don't have ideas/skills/network for entrepreneurship.<p>I had all the desires of a regular guy: a wife, kids, a house, meaningful work, etc. I mean I still do, but I guess I'm too late for the first few. Every night I promise myself to do/be better tomorrow and somehow get myself to sleep. I was once looked up to, now I'm a pity case and an example case of how not to throw one's life away.<p>With every passing day, I am becoming more bitter, angry and disillusioned. I don't want to live like this anymore, but I don't know how to even _start_ thinking of ways to get myself out of this hole.<p>Ideally, I would prefer to go back to the US; not only for the dollars (they're nice), but also because I actually was happy there. I'd do all the things that I didn't do enough of because I was focused on saving money and because I thought that there would always be time for them when I was more stable/settled.<p>The good: No diseases AFAIK, no vices at all other than severe procrastination and a masterful ability to lie to myself. I have ~US$25k-equivalent in salary savings from a decade ago.<p>Sorry if the above text is rambling and not very cohesive. I've probably also skipped over some useful information I should have provided. Please do ask. I'll take some time reflecting on your replies and then respond. Thank you.
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