dalke

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   by dalke 6y ago

   Yes, most FOSS business models of the 1990s were based on secondary effects. Like "people will pay you to add features / support the software / integrate your software in their system." I deliberately did NOT use that mo
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   by dalke 6y ago

   If OSS used a non-OSS license like what you suggest then of course it wouldn't be "real OSS". https://opensource.org/osd - "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" includes "it may not re
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   by dalke 6y ago

   I tried commercial FOSS development. An older version was available at no cost, the newest version cost money. Both were MIT licensed. If you were a company, and wanted to pay me, it was easy - send me a PO and you would get the source code
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   by dalke 6y ago

   The Textile Heritage Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden - http://remfabriken.se/en/ - has a two working Jacquard looms. I've seen one of them in operation. My favorite obsolete media is edge-notched punched cards. Oddly
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   by dalke 6y ago

   A couple of years ago my wife's laptop died. I opened it up. One of the mounts pins for the switch broke. It's a simple switch mounted directly on the board (yech). Not hard to fix with a bit of solder, a steady hand, and a good l
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   by dalke 6y ago

   Thanks for the followup. Yeah, that would be part of what I meant by "Which means then figuring out that process." ... except I didn't even knew all that existed. ;)
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   by dalke 6y ago

   Yup. I don't like to tinker. Don't like to tweak. Don't like to configure. It should indeed "just work."
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   by dalke 6y ago

   Or, thanks to comments from several other here, I've found a device which appears to meet my needs. Already ordered it too.
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   by dalke 6y ago

   While I could make all sorts of technical points, like how HN's interface is little different from trn I used in the 1990s, or how I dislike tinkering (as Godel_unicode commented), I'll point out one that's not so technical.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Beyond my skill and interest - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24978977 .
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Thanks for the pointer! I'm looking for something to replace a 5th gen nano, which I could slip into any pocket and not worry about. (My 7th-gen touch screen broke in my trouser pocket after a month or two by rolling on the floor playi
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    by dalke 6y ago

    "Which means then figuring out that process" means I have no experience with Android or the available apps. :S But it certainly is a nice looking device, and I like the homage to the tape cassette Walkman I had in the 1980s.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Derp! Okay, the Nokia 8110 mentioned has 4GB of storage, with MicroSD up to 32 GB.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Potentially. In practice, what I see is people complaining that they can't switch back to a podcast and continue playback from where they left off. I can understand the problem. With something like a 3 hour "Hardcore History"
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Thanks! Yes, it is cheap, and it looks like what I'm looking for.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Thanks! It's available locally and I'll give it a go.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Yes, several have recommended that - I'll give it a go. Thanks!
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    by dalke 6y ago

    "It’s also worth mentioning that most KaiOS devices have either 256MB or 512MB of RAM, which is often the most limiting resource." From experience, I have about 8GB of podcasts, and would rather not change my habits that much.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Little did I realize that SanDisk Clips are still being made ... and in-stock locally. So I'll try this option.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Sweet! The local store has a Sansa Clip in stock! I'll try it out! What's the advantage of Rockbox firmware over what it comes with?
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Thanks for the pointers! My backup plan if I can't find something new is to get a used nano. I hadn't considered a Classic. Alas, I'm in Sweden so eBay + shipping + customs adds a chunk, but maybe I can find someone here who
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Except likely larger and with less durability and battery life, yes?
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    by dalke 6y ago

    To be quite honest, I have a feature phone, in part because I think smart phones affect most people's lives, but I'm willing to accept that as my personal issue. Setting that aside, I also don't like the large size of smart p
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Thanks! I do like scroll through my podcasts to select which to play next, so I don't think that will work.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Thanks for the pointer! I was put off by the Walkman when I read at https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00104669 that "The preinstalled Music player on the Walkman® media player doesn'
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    by dalke 6y ago

    I rarely read the CS literature so I can't says much about that. From reading cheminformatics papers by CS authors, I see that their history section is often only incompletely understood. For example, in paper I reviewed, the CS author
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    by dalke 6y ago

    It's the first hyperlink in the text of the linked-to article, going to http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/01/how-read-scientifi... .
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Looking now at various definitions of 'tongue-in-cheek', I think you're right.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    Did you read the link to "Adam Ruben’s tongue-in-cheek column"? It had me laughing, and is much more like the process you described.
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    by dalke 6y ago

    The way I write a paper for "curious, interested layman" is different than the way I write for experts. It's hard to keep both in mind when writing. Laymen, for example, might need some figures to help understand a topic that