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Page 11-12, Weird how he takes screenshots of random shit like his research on how to trigger epilepsy. Who researches shit and takes screenshots?

beering 10y ago
It's an easy way to send information to others. Maybe he was brainstorming ways to attack the victim with others and sent them screenshots of his research?
Andrenid 10y ago
My SO is a specialist nurse. She takes screenshots of everything under the sun. She finds it easier to quickly look up screenshots than load a bookmark or even find her own research notes. When I asked about it, she said all the other nurses and doctors do it too and that's where she picked it up.
- traviscj 10y ago
  Yeah, makes sense. Bookmark == pointer to bytes, Screenshot == bytes. If the bytes could save someone's life (or N doctor visits, or even 5 saved minutes), quite worthwhile to keep a copy. Same principal as pinboard.in's archiving, except comes stock on nearly every phone.
  - arjie 10y ago
    Interesting, though, because screenshots aren't searchable.
    - traviscj 10y ago
      Indeed, but not surprising when `O(n)` beats `Maybe<?>`.
  - stuaxo 10y ago
    Printing to PDF on google drive is my equivalent. Useful when arriving in foreign countries where you don't have internet setup - download them all first and have names of destinations, maps, tickets and bookings - especially good in Asian where a taxi driver may not read or speak English.
throwanem 10y ago
I do! It's the easiest way to make a durable copy. True, it's not indexable, but that can be sufficiently overcome by manually categorizing screenshots once they're made, and they don't depend on the source remaining available, or having cellular data available when I need to refer to them, or whatever. As long as my phone is charged, they're usable. (It looks like iOS 10, to which I've just updated, supports print to PDF in the same style as OS X. So maybe I'll be leaning less heavily on the screengrab method in future.)
intoverflow2 10y ago
People who use the internet mostly through phones.

beering 10y ago

It's an easy way to send information to others. Maybe he was brainstorming ways to attack the victim with others and sent them screenshots of his research?

Andrenid 10y ago

My SO is a specialist nurse. She takes screenshots of everything under the sun. She finds it easier to quickly look up screenshots than load a bookmark or even find her own research notes. When I asked about it, she said all the other nurses and doctors do it too and that's where she picked it up.

traviscj 10y ago
Yeah, makes sense. Bookmark == pointer to bytes, Screenshot == bytes. If the bytes could save someone's life (or N doctor visits, or even 5 saved minutes), quite worthwhile to keep a copy. Same principal as pinboard.in's archiving, except comes stock on nearly every phone.
- arjie 10y ago
  Interesting, though, because screenshots aren't searchable.
  - traviscj 10y ago
    Indeed, but not surprising when `O(n)` beats `Maybe<?>`.
- stuaxo 10y ago
  Printing to PDF on google drive is my equivalent. Useful when arriving in foreign countries where you don't have internet setup - download them all first and have names of destinations, maps, tickets and bookings - especially good in Asian where a taxi driver may not read or speak English.

throwanem 10y ago

I do! It's the easiest way to make a durable copy. True, it's not indexable, but that can be sufficiently overcome by manually categorizing screenshots once they're made, and they don't depend on the source remaining available, or having cellular data available when I need to refer to them, or whatever. As long as my phone is charged, they're usable. (It looks like iOS 10, to which I've just updated, supports print to PDF in the same style as OS X. So maybe I'll be leaning less heavily on the screengrab method in future.)

intoverflow2 10y ago

People who use the internet mostly through phones.