beamatronic

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by beamatronic 4y ago
You could also use LibreOffice or Google Docs. I just meant that for my use-case (arranging images, plain text log files, syntax-colored code, and tables together in one place, quickly) prior to final annotation (big red arrows connecting t
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by beamatronic 4y ago
I do this very frequently on Mac. Here’s how I do it. I paste all the images into Microsoft Word. You can paste anything into Microsoft Word. Then I take a screenshot and then I annotate it with Skitch.
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by beamatronic 4y ago
If it is literally exactly the same thing, I would pay $50 one time for sure.
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by beamatronic 4y ago
When I used Windows, The two indispensable apps that I used every day were Notepad and Paint. Notepad was great if you wanted to copy and paste some text and strip out all of the formatting quickly. And MS paint was great for quickly annota
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by beamatronic 4y ago
Requiring masks would be a good first step.
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by beamatronic 4y ago
It is nullified if there is a coach class anywhere on the plane.
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by beamatronic 4y ago
I would also pay more if the entire flight contained only pre-screened, experienced, thoughtful, courteous travelers.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
For starters, I want all the output from stat() Additionally for images, I would include the EXIF information It would all go into a relational DB so it can be queried with SQL
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by beamatronic 5y ago
How many of us could replicate this, even with todays resources?
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by beamatronic 5y ago
It's 2022 and I can't visualize my music like my friend did in 1997.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
Economics. You can understand things about the world that didn't make sense previously.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I have always wanted this also. Connect to AWS and export the entire configuration details to terraform, or to another open format.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I like having the freedom to use libre software, but also having the freedom to choose non-libre software, as the need arises.
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Ask HN: Tool for Mac, create database from filesystem
2 points by beamatronic 5y ago|3 comments
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by beamatronic 5y ago
The user does not get a choice
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by beamatronic 5y ago
No search engine has tried to address the issue of the user's context for the search. - does my current location matter for the search? - am I trying to spend money (shopping), or trying to get information (facts)?
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by beamatronic 5y ago
Used to play this on the Amiga, it had modem support to play against a friend.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
Spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Any time I want to do a "what-if" scenario that involves math, I create a new spreadsheet, and I set up a series of cells as the input parameters, and then I start creating
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by beamatronic 5y ago
My standard for this kind of thing is Beyond Compare by Scooter Software. You purchase a licence key which arrives via email and you copy and paste it into the application, which activates it permanently.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
Sometimes I am searching for information, and I want facts. Sometimes I am researching a purchase, and I want the sellers to compete for my purchase. Perhaps it makes sense to give search engines more context, such as, whether your inte
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by beamatronic 5y ago
If search is free, then you are the product. Now if there was a paid search engine, and you were the customer, you would expect customer service, customization, no ads, privacy protection, etc.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
The class of risky employees should perhaps be limited to Chromebooks only.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I took AP classes in high school, but couldn't afford to pay $65 per exam (at the time) to take the AP test for college credit.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I spent my life trying to be a well-informed investor. It turns out that all you have to do is buy real assets when you are young and just hold them forever. And don’t ever sell anything. That’s it. As long as the world is relatively peacef
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I was a native GUI developer who once tried dipping my toes into building web apps. I didn’t last long.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
The Bay Area has a mild climate but I’ve never seen a heat pump here.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
My objection to office work these days has more to do with thousands of unmasked people all together, spreading viruses.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I'm thinking of a world with Javascript, but without HTML or a web server.
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by beamatronic 5y ago
There was a great cross-platform environment called Visix Galaxy in the 1990's. You could compile your C++ source into native apps that ran on Windows NT as well as Solaris and HP-UX. It had a fantastic GUI builder which is similar
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by beamatronic 5y ago
I think what we need is a very thin layer, or perhaps just a binding, between JavaScript, and native UI API calls. Then you could have a JavaScript non-web app with native look and feel

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