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by otterpro 4y ago
If I were a teacher, I'd give written exams for coding, as we used to have back in the 80's when we didn't have enough dedicated computers for everyone in the class, and most of kids didn't have a home computer to work w
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by otterpro 4y ago
Yes, my favorite font for text editing. Not too unprofessional like comics-san but not dull/sterile like most mono fonts. Not sure why, but it has sort of an artistic personality, if I could describe it. Only thing I dislike is the &q
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by otterpro 4y ago
Wow, that book looked interesting. I just ordered it from Amazon kindle. Hopefully I will read it (and not procrastinate or be distracted from reading it)
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by otterpro 4y ago
I usually write what I'm going to say before the meeting on a OneNote. It helps a lot, just to be able to read off the text, which works on online meeting/standup. Also to help come up with something to say, if you don't ha
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by otterpro 4y ago
Back in the early 80's, I've always preferred amber monitor over all others and I couldn't explain why. The green monitor was popular, especially with IBM PC and Apple, and white/monochrome with TRS-80. But when looking
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by otterpro 4y ago
I've already ported my AHK script to v2, and it was mostly painless. It helps to use VS Code with the extension so that it can highlight what syntax would fail (mostly). Most of it was trivial like adding surrounding quote around `Sen
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by otterpro 4y ago
In the late 80's and early 90's, while I was college student in US, I was interested in listening to MOD files with protracker, etc on my Amiga 500, and I discovered his music through it, available via usenet (as this was pre-www
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by otterpro 4y ago
I've got bitten by "lifetime" deals before. One was Zoolz backup, which offered a lifetime, but stopped it after only 2 years after I paid for the service. Another is a web hosting service that offered "lifetime" w
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by otterpro 4y ago
This is why I prefer separate SSDs (NVM.e) on my system based on usage. * `/root`, System/OS: fastest SSD with plenty of spare space * `/home`: 1+ TB for data, games, media, etc... * swap, `/tmp`, `/var`:
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by otterpro 4y ago
I've used my custom bash script for managing dotfiles for ages and also have tried all other tools, but just couldn't get it right because I work on multiple OS. Then I found https://github.com/rhysd/dotfiles
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by otterpro 4y ago
I moved all of my domains to NameSilo.com many years ago (about 8 years ago?). Originally I had all of my domains in Godaddy and Namecheap but I wasn't happy with them.
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by otterpro 4y ago
I was going to buy 6 of these just to get free shipping, and use it as mesh wifi AP, but it turns out it there is a limit of one per order.
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by otterpro 5y ago
I intentionally use spinning hard drive on any data that are transient or have heavy write operations: swap, logs (ie /var/log/), etc. The spinning hard drive should last a long time and they are fairly cheap, while the perf
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by otterpro 5y ago
If it wasn't for Foobar2000, I would've stayed with Winamp. It's so small, yet so configurable and extendable, that I still consider it the best music player for windows. Also I wished that they had foobar2000 on the Mac, w
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by otterpro 5y ago
Thanks, this is very helpful, as I can see all the icons in a single click, without having to go to each github repo for each packages.
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by otterpro 5y ago
For me, my biggest concern is for fan noise. if I'm working on Windows, I prefer desktop, as I hate the fan noise from the laptops. Desktops also have lots of options in peripherals and upgradeability, especially in CPU and GPU. If I&
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by otterpro 5y ago
I used to watch many of Ben Orenstein (CEO of tuple)'s Vim tutorial videos. His enthusiasm was much appreciated and helped me improve my vimming skill. [Improving Vim Speed - Ben Orenstein - YouTube]( https://www.youtube.c
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by otterpro 5y ago
My favorite (and free) explorer alternative is [Q-Dir]( http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir ), which is unique because it offers 4 panes, instead of usual 2. It was almost a life changing tool for me, especi
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by otterpro 5y ago
Author is none other than @bbatsov, who created Rubocop, Cider, Emacs Projectile, etc. I have huge respect and his work/contribution in open source definitely lends credibility for his writing, even if you may not agree with some of h
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by otterpro 5y ago
I first started using vi in late 80's at the university on a shared multics mainframe. Then I stopped using vi after graduating, only to pick Vim in 2012. How times have changed, running vi from a dumb vt100 terminal to now running v
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by otterpro 5y ago
Can't we use .test and .example as well? They are reserved for testing locally, and although it sounds weird, ie nas.test, it will work. * [rfc6761]( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6761 )
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by otterpro 5y ago
This looks like a great alternative to Gumroad, Sellfy, and even Etsy and Shopify. I hope this takes off, as I like this freemium pricing.
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by otterpro 5y ago
Never again, will I use work PC containing personal files. When I was fired few years ago, the employer seized the work laptop without giving me a chance to wipe out my personal stuff. It contained my personal notes and sensitive info whic
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by otterpro 5y ago
My desktop PC (Ryzen 3700x + RX5700 GPU), which replaces Macbook Pro for coding and video editing. It's last gen CPU/GPU, but I'm lucky to get it at all at Costco for $1000 during GPU shortage. After using the beefier deskt
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by otterpro 5y ago
I worked at a hospital about 10 years ago, and at that time only IE was available on our PC. PC workstation was locked down for security reason and users were not allowed to install 3rd party software without approval (including chrome, etc
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by otterpro 6y ago
I use the free Davinci Resolve regularly (not sure which OS you're on) and it is stable on both Mac and Windows. Haven't tried on Linux since install on non-Centos is a little complex. If not using Davinci Resolve, I recommend Sh
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by otterpro 6y ago
Frys has a special place in my heart. It was where I got my first 80486 IBM laptop (with monochrome screen), my first Pentium CPU on its debut, where I got my first copy of Windows 95, and where I bought almost every PC parts for upgrades.
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by otterpro 6y ago
I want this. I'd buy it in an instance if it were available as a kit. I also use the MS Sculpt keyboard, but I miss the QMK firmware of my DZ60 mechanical keyboard.
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by otterpro 6y ago
I have 2 original Raspberry Pi model B. I used it for a short time as a Synergy server (keyboard/mice). My future plans for these are: * PiHole (original model should be enough) * Home automation, ie Garage door opener / automat
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by otterpro 6y ago
Wow, this is why just recently my Macbook pro was registering high CPU usage even when all tabs were asleep using Great Suspender. For some reason, Chrome was registering high CPU usage, and I thought it was some Chrome bug.

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