VelNZ

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Show HN: I built Creodocs, a document creation platform based on LaTeX(creodocs.com)
74 points by VelNZ 6y ago|61 comments
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by VelNZ 6y ago
Wow... navigating to this link brings up: 1) 33%-height ad for IBM at the top. 2) 20%-height offer to subscribe on the bottom. 3) Overlay asking for my email address which greys out the article. Scrolling down, there is a autoplay video on
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by VelNZ 6y ago
I had a flashback to Brave New World reading the last sentence. I highly recommend that book which effectively describes such a (dystopic) society.
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by VelNZ 6y ago
Haha I'm a long time lurker and infrequent commenter, I've yet to see anyone with HN open irl though, even when I worked as a dev for a year.
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by VelNZ 6y ago
The Overleaf gallery is a grab bag of basically all templates that exist, whereas I try to enforce a consistent commenting style and generally only add high quality templates (at least for recent ones). I launched the site in 2012 while I w
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by VelNZ 6y ago
Thank you very much! It's actually just an HTML5 template from a site called pixelarity.com. I have no affiliation with them and I can highly recommend their templates as simple, clean and fast. I'm using that same design for my n
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by VelNZ 6y ago
Thanks! Most of the templates are existing ones people have made in the past, although I usually clean up the code quite a bit and make some design improvements. The site has been around since 2012 so I end up fixing bugs and making design
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by VelNZ 6y ago
I earn about 50% of my income from my business which currently includes https://LaTeXTemplates.com and https://LaTeXTypesetting.com . In the coming months I'll be releasing a product in this space I've been
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by VelNZ 6y ago
Does this mean one could make use of the large collection of premium fonts available on macOS commercially?
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by VelNZ 6y ago
I can second that, I use M-Discs for long term backups. They're supposed to last 1000 years and you can get 100GB ones.
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by VelNZ 6y ago
Or those such as myself who were forcibly separated from our partners overseas for 5 months? I had to fly to Dubai to reunite with my partner just so I could bring her back to NZ with me. I'm lucky to be able to do so; remote job, no k
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What Went Wrong: Corona and the World After the Full Stop(anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
3 points by VelNZ 6y ago|1 comments
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China to ban single-use plastic bags and straws(dw.com)
4 points by VelNZ 7y ago|1 comments
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LaTeX Template for Conference Organisers(latextemplates.com)
2 points by VelNZ 7y ago|0 comments
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by VelNZ 7y ago
Have used AdSense on latextemplates.com for 7 years. I wouldn't call it "good money" but it's a welcome addition to my income. Haven't noticed any drop the last several months, but 4 years or so ago there was a huge
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Kaobook: A new fully-featured LaTeX template for books and theses(latextemplates.com)
4 points by VelNZ 7y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft may launch disc-less Xbox One in April(cnet.com)
3 points by VelNZ 8y ago|0 comments
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LaTeX template for a developer CV(latextemplates.com)
1 points by VelNZ 8y ago|0 comments
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by VelNZ 8y ago
alias ll='ls -l'
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LaTeX template for school or university assignments(latextemplates.com)
1 points by VelNZ 8y ago|0 comments
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by VelNZ 8y ago
I buy vinyl but don't own a record player (yet). I do it for albums I love because of the large format artwork, extra notes/images inside and supporting the artists. Digital music has become essentially free and vinyl represents a
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A LaTeX template for an invoice with automatic calculations(latextemplates.com)
1 points by VelNZ 8y ago|0 comments
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Focus: a modern minimalist Beamer theme(latextemplates.com)
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by VelNZ 8y ago
I agree. I could list dozens of reasons that I think having children is a bad idea but ultimately, I know that if I actually wanted them, none of those reasons would matter. We are all quite adept at rationalising our wants.
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Sony Ends Production of Physical Vita Games(kotaku.com.au)
1 points by VelNZ 8y ago|0 comments
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by VelNZ 8y ago
Thanks! It's just a tad before my time so I've never been exposed to it before. Will read up on it.
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by VelNZ 8y ago
You're not the first to mention Gopher. I'm curious what you use it for?
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by VelNZ 8y ago
IRC server, IRC bouncer, personal website, contracting website and Matomo Analytics. I like the control you get with self-hosting and the ownership of data.
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Show HN: Freeman CV, a beautiful XeLaTeX template for developers and academics(latextemplates.com)
3 points by VelNZ 9y ago|0 comments
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by VelNZ 9y ago
A bunch of LaTeX templates to do the job: http://www.latextemplates.com/cat/curricula-vitae Disclosure: my site.

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