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by type0 11y ago
Yeah, that's why org-mode is so great, it's future proof. My dream format would be a mix between org-mode and asciidoc.
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by type0 11y ago
Why didn't you upgrade her to desktop pc? Laptops, especially old ones with bad heat dissipation suffer immensely in performance. With middle of the road desktop + ssd she would not need to upgrade in many years, better ergonomics too.
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by type0 11y ago
Emacs
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by type0 11y ago
Except that it is in control of the information, which is the point of the article.
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by type0 11y ago
What if you operate in UK and have an office there? So from the privacy conscious user perspective one would need to check that a company operating the specific website doesn't have anything do with UK, it's not very practical and
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by type0 11y ago
> When I asked my bank (ING in the Netherlands) how I could e-mail them with a question, they stated that e-mail is no longer an option (not even via a web-form), and that I would have to use Twitter direct messages, Facebook, or a web-b
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The Specious Present (video by Veritasium)(youtube.com)
1 points by type0 11y ago|0 comments
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by type0 11y ago
> it allows people who would otherwise pay for content to get it for free But the sole existence of this trick and the person that would use it is exactly someone who would not pay, therefore your argument does not hold. And stealing it
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by type0 11y ago
I had the same thought on this, Puppy linux is great
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by type0 11y ago
Great work, nice documentation!
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by type0 11y ago
This looks like a very slow gadget, thanks to e-ink screen.
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by type0 11y ago
Agree. I didn't like the article. I wish i haven't read it, really it it was waste of time. Sorry author, don't get offended, please.
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by type0 11y ago
Yeah, I have seen this in person. What is more sad, is that the scientists using Excel are aware of the limitation but they just don't want to spend time learning to work with R or Python and csv files and version control systems, afte
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Sleep Paralysis Is an Inescapable Waking Nightmare(motherboard.vice.com)
2 points by type0 11y ago|0 comments
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by type0 11y ago
Ipad dumbs down personal computing by doing things in this way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAghAJcO1o (Alan Kay talk, 14-15min)
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The Fall of Perl, the Web's Most Promising Language (2014)(fastcompany.com)
11 points by type0 11y ago|1 comments