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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
I use vimwiki in combination with Dropbox and some symlinks to keep my text-only wiki portable. Useful for tech snippets and notes when I don't want to fire up a browser... ... speaking of which: Some commenters suggest various browser-base
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
To be a consultant, rather than an hourly-rate freelancer, you need two things: - insight - reputation The reputation (from prior work) gets you in the door, and the insight (from your wealth of experience in the field, which you have, righ
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
I'll offer one exception to the "don't work for free" rule: valuable pro-bono. If you pick your charity well, you'll get kudos from it, and exposure to useful decision makers. Many charities have boards made up of well-off or powerful decis
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
15 years ago I'd have agreed with you. However, there comes a time in your life when playing with your tools becomes less fun and you want to just get down and use them. I've gotten to the boring stage of my life when I am happy with Ubuntu
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
What seems to be getting lost is that "user-friendly" has the word "user" in it. And "user" is relative to the situation. A Formula 1 car is not designed for novices, but it gives the driver maximum control in a very high-stress situation.
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
It's also very, very old. Perhaps not worthy of HN at all ;) At least the catb one didn't have a timestamp. The SG one kinda pokes it in your face.
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
Seth Godin has a better explanation: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/03/dont_shave_t...
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by jeremysmyth 14y ago
If you want something that isn't a toy and emulates all the best features of analogue synths, try AlsaModularSynth -- http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/ -- also available as amsynth in many Linux repositories. It's got demos that emulate