[HN Gopher] Show HN: Day by Day - every day of my life
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Show HN: Day by Day - every day of my life
Author : mrroryflint
Score : 60 points
Date : 2023-07-07 19:41 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| landgenoot wrote:
| I would love to see something like this, but automatically
| generated using the pictures I took.
|
| My smartphone photos-timeline dates back to 2008, which I can
| scroll through chronologically. But there is no "overview".
| dbrueck wrote:
| My OCD begs that you get rid of the dot representing the day
| before you were born, thus fixing that final line with one lonely
| dot on it.
| eagleseye wrote:
| The dots are spread out according to your window size, for my
| default view there is no line with a lonely dot on it.
| grapescheesee wrote:
| Depressing and inspiring.
|
| My dad gave me seven stones once. He said each is a decade of
| time you have. Then took two away, and threw them. He said use
| the rest as you can.
| balder1991 wrote:
| Reminds me of this video: https://youtu.be/JXeJANDKwDc
| PuffinBlue wrote:
| >14th March 2018 "Read 'Yes Man' by Danny Boyle. Changes
| everything."
|
| Hmm, Danny Wallace[0] perhaps?
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| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Man_(book)
| qingcharles wrote:
| It is a fantastic book. Different to the film adaption, but
| every bit as good. Danny Wallace is my God.
| turnsout wrote:
| Reminds me of this quote from Steve Jobs' famous commencement
| speech: Remembering that you are going to die
| is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have
| something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not
| to follow your heart.
| beebmam wrote:
| There's a lot to lose, in fact. Anyone who has lived in deep
| poverty and watched as loved ones became homeless or suffer
| from painful/serious health conditions because treatment is too
| expensive knows how much there is to lose.
| pstorm wrote:
| I love this. Is it open source? I would love to create my own
| with my milestones.
| pstorm wrote:
| Found it with google: https://github.com/ruairidhflint/days-
| left
| ge96 wrote:
| I have thought about this as well thinking it would motivate me
| but idk... if I really cared about not wanting to die I would
| devote my life to brain to machine consciousness transfer.
| barrysteve wrote:
| Oh my lord, this is grim. For everything that could have been,
| your life is reduced to worker bee dots and squares on a graph?
|
| These look like tally marks in a Great Escape prison camp, but
| instead of four walls containing you, it's time. The West is
| dead, long live the West /s.
|
| Congrats on the marriage and new family.
| haswell wrote:
| I think this is really all about which framing you choose.
|
| For me, a visualization like this is more about trying to live
| life with a greater awareness of the passage of time and to
| give myself the choice to alter course more often.
|
| I don't think I'd want to put this on my refrigerator, but it's
| a useful periodic orientation thing.
|
| For me personally, I've found that contemplating these things
| head on reduces my underlying generalized anxiety, which seems
| fueled primarily by the uncomfortable things my brain wants to
| avoid.
| gnfargbl wrote:
| > 5th January 2023: Found out Rebecca was pregnant.
|
| > 7th February 2023: My father passes away.
|
| That's right up there with _For sale: baby shoes, never worn_.
| reality_inspctr wrote:
| Hi OP - you might be interested in something I tried to launch
| but didn't succeed at getting traction. sundialcalendar.com
|
| The idea is a calendar for your whole life. Would love to find a
| new home for it.
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