Torwald

36 ms·

331.
by Torwald 6y ago
We did it as kids: "secret language" we called it. The big thing is the development of speech. From sounds to words. Once you have that, adding another language is not that complicated.
332.
by Torwald 6y ago
We already have it? Like, this language we are both using here and which is neither your nor mine mother tongue?
333.
by Torwald 6y ago
what is your definition of a capitalist economy then?
334.
by Torwald 6y ago
> A good UX is one that combine the two good metaphor is of help. e.g. desktop metaphor for tool to manage files. works good for beginners, doesn't constrain experts.
335.
by Torwald 6y ago
^this shouldn't be downvoted
336.
by Torwald 6y ago
you could create board in google docs spreadsheet and create stack of letters via script maybe browser plugin if needed.
337.
by Torwald 6y ago
Judging from first scan, this book seems to be a very good book. Thanks for the link!
338.
by Torwald 6y ago
I've found the Emacs Wiki always solidly maintained: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SiteMap S. Chua's blog is the best "zine" I think: https://sachachua.com/blog/ To avoid &qu
339.
by Torwald 6y ago
> but I've not yet decided if that's a bad thing or a good one. It's a good thing, because it is time well spend.
340.
by Torwald 6y ago
> but I've not yet decided if that's a bad thing or a good one. It's a bad thing, you should watch football instead. (The meaning of the above string is that I argue that investing spare time into hobbyistic software devel
341.
by Torwald 6y ago
We over here at HN have our own house style.
342.
by Torwald 7y ago
JavaScript is a Scheme with a 90ies pop-art name. It runs on the server it runs in the browser. The curly brackets. What's not to love?
343.
by Torwald 7y ago
What was the true essence of the original Atari? How can this be revived in a contemporary manner? Here is my take on it: - Gameplay was superior to other offerings and compared to other entertainment of the day exciting enough to draw an a
344.
by Torwald 7y ago
You should not have three questions (it's lazy) . You should think about what the one question should be and ask that question. Then think about the answer and develop the next question.
345.
by Torwald 7y ago
Your fundamentals are broken. First of all, free markets didn't create this problem in the first place. So you can't just blame them for it nor do they have to be able to fix it to prove their overall validity. Second, you are buy
346.
Doritos tries new branding approach to attract Gen Z (2019)(cnbc.com)
1 points by Torwald 7y ago|0 comments
347.
by Torwald 7y ago
> It's mostly the tools generating and using the content from org-files. What do you mean by that? I would say the heart of org-mode is the org-agenda views, or is it?
348.
by Torwald 7y ago
> If this launched today, I could see it gaining traction. Well, the marketing guys back then thought it could have been a hit backe then and I can see why. If you were around in the nineties, there were quite a few products geared to th
349.
by Torwald 7y ago
Free markets foster competition. Our current system is not capitalism as per definition. > Who would've expected it, huh? Every sane mind that operates with sound definitions.
350.
by Torwald 7y ago
BBEdit
351.
by Torwald 7y ago
There is also web org at https://org-web.org which means that now > Emacs is the only way to access most of the functionality of an org-formatted file is wrong.
352.
by Torwald 7y ago
I used to do TONS of stuff in org-mode, I lived there as they say, for years. I moved on. My current text editor handles org files just well.
353.
Confidence levels inside and outside an argument(lesswrong.com)
2 points by Torwald 7y ago|0 comments
354.
by Torwald 7y ago
Bitcoin is also quite useful industrially, that is not the problem.
355.
by Torwald 7y ago
The apps/tools you use are not that important. The task of keeping a bunch of notes is technically trivial at this point, hence the myriad of note taking apps… The important thing are the principles you use, your method of how you deal
356.
by Torwald 7y ago
or also "The Invinvible" by Stanislaw Lem, published in 1964. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invincible https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schwarm#Verhältnis_zu_Werk...
357.
by Torwald 7y ago
> In Russia and in Kazakhstan everyone builds house with thick (70-150 cm) walls with bricks and with good foundation. Even poor people don't build houses from plywood. But in America it seems that everyone, poor and rich builds ext
358.
by Torwald 7y ago
> But in America it seems that everyone, poor and rich builds extremely fragile houses. Not everyone. In "flyover country" there are a lot of solid craftsmen doing solid work.
359.
The Risk of Believing(berfrois.com)
2 points by Torwald 7y ago|0 comments
360.
Did people in the Middle Ages take baths?(medievalists.net)
1 points by Torwald 7y ago|0 comments

More ›