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by alessivs 6y ago
When I switched away from Windows SuperMemo switched along with me. You can run it under virtualization or under Wine. I have experience with the latter, but only under Linux (though I've known of success under macOS before Catalina).
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by alessivs 6y ago
Over a decade ago prominent members of the Lojban language community enthusiatically pushed use of SuperMemo over other solutions (the majority based on the Leitner box metaphor). In particular, they recommended the edition for Palm instead
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by alessivs 6y ago
For added interest, Ultima VII - The Black Gate contains satirical references to the then ongoing conflict (SPOILERS): - The game's villain, The Guardian, is described as a destroyer of worlds , which is the antithesis to Origin&#x2
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by alessivs 6y ago
Important distinctions when comparing Closure Compiler's performance to other tools: 1. Regarding bundle size: Optimization level used (SIMPLE optimizations yield output that is at least expected from a minifier these days) 2. Regardin
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IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service(tools.ietf.org)
2 points by alessivs 6y ago|0 comments
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by alessivs 6y ago
> I'm not sure piggybacking on email is a good idea, considering the amount of metadata exposed by email headers Yes, and also size of the messages. It's really easy to tell if you sent a suspect file at a specific time to some
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Delta Chat: A free, private, no-signup, decentralized WhatsApp alternative(delta.chat)
3 points by alessivs 6y ago|4 comments
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by alessivs 6y ago
Add DeltaChat - https://delta.chat
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by alessivs 6y ago
Detractors will be glad a president doesn't have an expansive voice, but the flip side of the coin is that one day it may be you, or a loved one, who is affected by similar actions for engaging in the wrongthink du jour. From the look
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by alessivs 6y ago
Beaker browser[1], previously Tox[2], previously Opera Unite (dead)[3]. Sharing content with competent, but not expert, computer user(s). On desktop only; while seemingly a downside, privacy and tracking concerns may lead to exclude major m
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by alessivs 6y ago
And now Steve Bannon is back on YouTube, though the live stream where these expressions were emitted was removed. Unlike the Facebook fan page, it is clear that in that channel he represents himself, as you can see and hear him. YouTube too
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by alessivs 6y ago
Do we rely on Bannon's account (which is available, and different from these three words that keep being repeated, as stated by others), or the choice of words of a click-baity editorial summary of the Fan Page, or Reuters' altern
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by alessivs 6y ago
It would be ludicrous to think that, all other things being equal, they, or any other group of people, would switch their pick due to being victims of hyperbolic propaganda such as the one described. Pretty sure Hispanics can think for them
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by alessivs 6y ago
> pressure your red representatives to stop demonizing mail-in/advance voting, and stop destroying the postal system I don't see why expressing concerns about postal voting would necessarily be a partisan thing. Don't the
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by alessivs 6y ago
While not cross-platform (meaning that there is special preparation needed to run it outside Windows), it is possible to run SuperMemo for Windows (desktop-only) on macOS and Linux via Wine. The Winetricks verb I used[1] works for Linux a
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by alessivs 6y ago
Of course the immediate parent meant GitHub. It is the grand-parent comment that conflated the two: > one central point of failure on github? >> Not really, since everybody who cloned a repo has a full copy of everything. (everyt
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by alessivs 6y ago
Which is your preferred TTS engine or product for this purpose?
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by alessivs 6y ago
Ah, that's an understandable interpretation, but my response was not meant to be unnecessarily confrontational. If anything, the closing sentence was an admission that, while we seem wired to sleep mono or biphasically and maintain goo
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by alessivs 6y ago
> (re: project discovery) We went from a flawed meritocracy to a social network that promotes chaos, tribalism, and idea bubbles. This works well in two senses: 1. We went from a flawed meritocracy (GitHub) to a social network that promo
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by alessivs 6y ago
> Experimenting with any non-monophasic sleep pattern sounds exhausting and I'm afraid could have serious health impacts I assume you speak for yourself. Biphasic sleep is not an abnormal occurrence and actually quite embedded in so
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by alessivs 6y ago
Already taken[1]. [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
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by alessivs 6y ago
I think, in the end, they're all incidental observations[1]. Readings of early music are revised continuously. Tempo is just one feature of music whose change in manifestation we may be readily able to perceive with our knowledge. Ther
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by alessivs 6y ago
> Is Harnoncourt generally associated with fast tempos? Historically informed performance feeds on research on the place, time, established practices, theoretical treatises, instrument construction limitations, interpretative styles, etc
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by alessivs 6y ago
That one perception may be just cultural or regional. It may be just cool to be lazy, and emit an air of condescendence if one uses one's native language consistently. Pullear, deployar are ridiculous and lazy. For instance, deploy has
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by alessivs 6y ago
The alleged difficulty lies only in the mind. To inline is to include (incluir) or insert (insertar), in a fashion that's compatible with the compiler optimization concept. Debug, depurar. Both have been in use in Spanish since at leas
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by alessivs 6y ago
Further explanation: When moving headings around, one can choose to also move the attachments along, for example, by relying on OLD-HEADING and NEW-HEADING's respective attachment directories. Changes to these directories can include e
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by alessivs 6y ago
> by linking to .xlsx and .docx files but I reorganize my folder structures too often to make such file links stable. Linking implies too many manual operations to keep things tidy when moving headings around. Try Org attachments[1]. -
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by alessivs 6y ago
> 4) I like variable width fonts, and variable width fonts don't seem to work with various bits of org mode (for example tables) Same. I use mixed-pitch[1], a package on MELPA[2] M-x package-install mixed-pitch will take care
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by alessivs 6y ago
With some configuration it is possible to _work_ with these styles while editing in Org mode, including the use of variable-width fonts, inline images and formulas, etc. The configuration[1] describes an exemplary process. It is also possib
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The Problem of Schooling(supermemo.guru)
1 points by alessivs 7y ago|0 comments

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