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Leap Technology (keyboard vs. mouse on a Canon Cat machine, ca 1987)(youtube.com)
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Canon Cat(youtube.com)
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by marttt 7y ago
Maybe Retro forth is worth looking into in this regard (I haven't really used it myself, but the conception and minimalism around it are really appealing): http://forthworks.com/retro http://forthworks.com&#
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This series is also discussed in the wiki for Plan9, the perhaps infamously mouse-centric OS: https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Mouse_vs._keyboard/index.html A take-home message from there: "In the experience of
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A short doc about Ran Prieur(youtu.be)
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+1, Weinberg's "An Introduction to General Systems Thinking" [0] blessed me with the Systems Triumvirate: 1. Why do I see what I see? 2. Why do things stay the same? 3. Why do things change? I notice that I am very often usin
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by marttt 7y ago
"Land of Lisp" by Conrad Barski: http://landoflisp.com Oh, and his Haskell tutorial seems fun as well: http://lisperati.com/haskell/hasktut.pdf
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Idea strength, cringe, and the media environment(lipoblog.wordpress.com)
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I imagine this would be a treasure trove for an artist like Kenneth Goldsmith [0]. He has a moving book consisting of verbatim transcriptions of broadcast shows that were aired during several tragic events in US history [1]. Or another book
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by marttt 7y ago
+1, I think this links well with Alan Kay's thoughts on book reading. Some of his insights from a (maybe famous) HN thread: "Mind palace", forgetting, "relax!": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
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by marttt 7y ago
Seemed interesting enough to post separately; originally found in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4642395
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Orthographic Reform of English (2008)(web.archive.org)
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by marttt 7y ago
There is an IMO outstandingly illustrated children's book about Erdős, "The Boy Who Loved Math" by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham [1]. Really witty, but also moving. I think it depicts really well why it makes sense to acc
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by marttt 7y ago
You might also like neatmail: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatmail http://litcave.rudi.ir Or mother (and its, uh, "mother", nedmail) if you're a Plan9 person: http://plan9.stanleyl
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by marttt 7y ago
Another thing to note: in order to survive, those tiny planted trees may also need some care during their first years of life (e.g. removal of weeds from around every seedling).
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by marttt 7y ago
+1, This has been my favorite technique as well. Also, I would higly recommend experimental poet Kenneth Goldsmith's [1] book "Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age" for those struggling with writer's
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by marttt 7y ago
A most relevant historical paper on the matter: Upper, Dennis. "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “writer's block”." Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 7.3 (1974): 497. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2
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by marttt 7y ago
Nice, looking forward to trying it out. Other similar projects worth mentioning: https://github.com/leahneukirchen/mblaze - As the author says, "Unix utilities to deal with maildir". https://github
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DIY Octahedral Standup Desk Inspired by Buckminstetr Fuller (2015)(oopsmark.ca)
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Here's an even shorter one: Upper, Dennis. "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “writer's block”." Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 7.3 (1974): 497. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti
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by marttt 8y ago
+1, I forgot about Monoskop, a truly fascinating resource. Another interesting one is Aaaaarg (according to Monoskop's wiki, originally with one less "a", acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group): https:&
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by marttt 8y ago
There's also Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb, a curated directory of (hard or impossible-to-find) avant-garde art, music, writing, video. Launched in 1996. http://ubu.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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Low-Tech Magazine: The Printed Website(lowtechmagazine.com)
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I wonder if traditional memory techniques (e.g. method of loci [1]) would have long-term benefits over taking notes by hand? According to this highly interesting HN thread, Alan Kay apparently doesn't take (much) notes [2]. I also foun
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by marttt 8y ago
Haha, I can't believe there actually is a video for this. I'm from Estonia and it seemed like a a standard skill among 18+ year olds here in the early 2000s. You had to try beer, and you had to try opening the bottle with a 3310.
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I used my 1st gen 3310 daily for 13 years. Eventually the antenna died and it turned out to be impossible to find reliable batteries. Mom, on the phone: "I can't HEAR you again! Go and GET yourself a DECENT phone! I am going to BU
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by marttt 8y ago
As I understand the engine solely consists of user submitted sites. I wonder how many pages they currently have in their database.
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by marttt 8y ago
There's also Wiby, a search engine for "oldschool", static, single-person-curated sites: https://wiby.me I've copy-pasted this to HN previously, but it's worth posting again -- explanation from their Abo
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Why the Office Needs a Typewriter Revolution(lowtechmagazine.com)
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Yes, I suppose one gets paid by the tree pretty much everywhere. Many planters do say that after max 7-8 seasons you're broken. But -- to me, many of them seem to take this work too seriously. If you're paid by plant, why not take

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