ishanmahapatra

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by ishanmahapatra 3mo ago
No worries. Before your comment, I didn’t even know about this type of computer. This is my new rabbit hole. Thank you for that.
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by ishanmahapatra 3mo ago
Can you expand on your paper computer? It sounds fascinating.
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by ishanmahapatra 3mo ago
Isn’t protection from retaliation by the government the point of the First Amendment? This wasn’t Facebook banning someone, this was the Secret Service saying “We know where you stand”. Mocking isn’t making a threat. If it was, then the P
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by ishanmahapatra 4mo ago
I don’t see why I would switch from iA Writer, which is already a refined Markdown editor (and is cross platform). What did I miss on the landing page?
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by ishanmahapatra 8mo ago
There’s the “unlocking the commons”[0] model used by Tim Carmody and Craig Mod. [0]: https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/unlocking-the-commons/
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by ishanmahapatra 8mo ago
There are some forks of it that seem more recent: 1. Candlestick https://github.com/Candlestickers/Candlestick 2. StickmanRed’s Fork https://github.com/StickmanRed/wick-editor 3. This brand new fo
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by ishanmahapatra 9mo ago
I occasionally write at https://www.ishanmahapatra.com
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by ishanmahapatra 10mo ago
My major pain point is that Google requires me to use the YouTube app to authenticate when I sign. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have it on my phone at all.
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by ishanmahapatra 1y ago
Unfortunately, Winterbreak doesn’t work on Kindles with the latest firmware (5.18.1 or 2). And there’s no way to downgrade the firmware to an earlier one without having previously jailbroken your device. So now it’s a waiting game to see wh
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by ishanmahapatra 2y ago
This looks really cool! Do you have any plans for an Apple Music integration for those who use that over Spotify?
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by ishanmahapatra 2y ago
I think it’s 125 hours of OT in 3 months. Also, paid vacation isn’t as liberal in India as it might be elsewhere.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
The location is voted on by fans at the WorldCon held two years earlier.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
Which podcast?
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
Man, I _really_ want to play a Nobilis/Chuubo’s/Glitch game. But I can’t seem to wrap my head around the system(s), and it’s incredibly hard to find an AP that will help me understand how they work. How would you teach a newbie th
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
For me, the reason I keep a Chromium browser around is because government websites sometimes just don’t work on anything other than bog standard Chrome.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
Agreed. iOS integration is really key for me. But I can understand that the developer doesn’t have an Apple device and isn’t interested in personally supporting it because of the cost and Apple’s attitude towards open source.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
As much as I loved Hannibal, the sound mix for it was atrocious. It was a meme in the fandom while the show aired, and nothing was done to correct it.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
I have a 12 Mini, and I feel no reason to upgrade. I'm disappointed that they seem to given up on the smaller sized phones almost entirely.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
I think that Fury Road is a great example of purely visual storytelling. As for the Mad Max franchise, I think of it (I can’t remember where I first saw this idea) as the same legend retold over multiple generations of oral storytellers. So
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
That's a very comprehensive list. Thank you so much!
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
Adding on to this question: a lot of the (really excellent) recommendations here are quite focused on the Western cannon. Are there similar suggestions for reading other schools of thought?
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
The foreign unions are all looking to see how this plays out. The shape of the deal for SAG and WGA lays the groundwork for what they will be able to negotiate for.
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
Did you name your SSG Ursus after the bear on Berlin’s flag?
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
https://ishanmahapatra.com/ This should be a little different from everyone else's pretty technical blogs :). I write in fits and starts (and just by looking at it right now, it's been a minute since I wrote on th
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by ishanmahapatra 3y ago
Location: Mumbai Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: I'm not fluent with languages (I'm a hobby programmer at best), but I do write a lot for blogs and social media channels, and would love to work in that. Résumé&#x