AlphaGeekZulu

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by AlphaGeekZulu 3y ago
Yep! In the search field above the library window, press the "FT" button on the very left. You have to create the index the first time you use the feature. It takes a while and from there on new books are indexed automatically. FT
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by AlphaGeekZulu 3y ago
Calibre is outstanding - really one of my most important research tools. Fulltext search over the content of an entire library is a killer feature. I maintain a couple of hundreds books in PDF format and sync them automatically with a Samsu
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by AlphaGeekZulu 3y ago
I started using BBedit around 1995. If I hadn't left Apple/MacOS for Linux about 15 years ago, I would definitely still be a (gladly paying) BBedit user!
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
Annual Plans, if I purchase for a customer and only for time limited projects. For myself I purchase only non-expiring licenses with a one-time fee. It is absolutely fine if I have to pay again for upgrades from time to time, but I want to
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
I agree. And I should really look into the full work...
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
- Fantastic concept, looks absolutely promising! - I never do monthly subscriptions! - I never do Mac-only! - SQLite missing for now (and I wonder how it would be accessed by Outerbase?)
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
Formulas and tables much more intricate than that of Dennis' PhD, were typeset in metal type and letterpress printed a hundred years ago. It was just so incredibly much work, that the "generation DTP" cannot even imagine the
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
I think, I have to clear up a little bit! First, I had no message in relation to empowering/networking or the like! I told the little anecdote with this in mind: if someone found the thesis work of my former girlfriend (now spouse), an
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
I have not done any research in Ritchie's PhD thesis, but just as a general hint on the research: besides typewriters there were of course (foto-)typesetting systems at the time capable of producing the output. The Berthold Diatype, fo
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
There is an important factor that is almost always ignored in the discussion: the screen/monitor size. I use a LG 27" Monitor on my working place and the amount of light that is emitted in light mode is literally blinding (as in s
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
Yes, probably any software developer should know the trivial fact, that a byte consists of 8 bits (nowadays) - even if the developer is not involved with bit operations. Much more important, in my eyes, and more sophisticated, is the concep
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
- CuriousMarc: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bosUr3WlKYm4sBaLs-Adw - Ben Eater: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0N5baNlQWJCUrhCEo8WlA - Fran Blanche: https://www.youtube.com&#x2
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
If you are interested in the topic - try to get a copy of "Migropolis: Venice / Atlas of a Global Situation": https://www.hatjecantz.de/migropolis-2388-1.html
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
[...]You can buy a copy from all good bookshops, and also a bad one.[...] This is brilliant!
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
RSS is actually the only mechanism that I use to subscribe to any news source, including YouTube channels. If a news source does not support RSS itself and there is no workaround to get it otherwise as RSS, I will not subscribe to it. For r
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
tl;dr: In Germany, the images are health data, not art, copyright does not apply, All health data belongs to the patient. Medical personal involved in the creation is authorized by the patient and bound by medical secrecy. I believe, in Ger
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
This is well earned. Congratulations!!
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
This sort of ruins my theory :-(
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by AlphaGeekZulu 4y ago
I have my own theory about the mid-life crisis. Average life expectancy in the 18th century was around 30 years and certainly not much different in the thousands of years before. It just exploded to our modern values in the last 150 or so y
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
The editor looks really nice! And the price tag is absolutely fine for what it promises. But, with 30 years experience in software development, I won't even look into primary development tools that are not cross platform. I am mainly o
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
Ah, cool, thanks! I'll give that a try...
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
>[...] I started with using Org Mode and Org PDF for note taking and reviewing PDFs[...] I wonder, what is "Org PDF"?
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
Yes, absolutely!!
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
I definitely believe it is possible to learn programming at the age of 61. Certainly not for everyone - some people are not the programmer-type at any age. But if the curiousity and the will are there and the brain is still working fine - y
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
Yes, the same for me - this book was the most influential in my life! I spent three years of my life reading this book from cover to back three times and it was a different experience every time. That was in 1985 and in Germany, during my e
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
OK, so I just tried to look up my Prime account number. All I can find, pretty hidden, is an order number, which changes with every prolongation. Legally, I have one contract, that prolongs every year if I do not cancel. This contract has n
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
In Germany a new law will take effect on July 1st 2022, that obligates online shops to provide an "easily accessible, clearly visible" cancellation button on their websites, that allows to cancel any contract that has been establi
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
> Look up Sean Wrona Yeah, insane! > People looking into Dvorak are often warned that it isn't a magic bullet to make them faster, only possibly more comfortable. That is an important point! First, being fast in a competition is
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
> I have the ErgoDox This keyboard sure looks extremely nice! The price tag, though! On the other hand, the keyboard is my main tools of trade, and the perfect solution is certainly worth a price between 250 to 400 bucks. I would want to
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by AlphaGeekZulu 5y ago
> I typed about 80-90 wpm on QWERTY and currently type at about 90-100 wpm on neo. This is really fast and a true improvement. I am currently at 90 wpm and do not feel I could improve that much (German has special characters äöüß and a l

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