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macco··on Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
I totally agree on flat design. Which is not something unique to gtk.
macco··on Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
The positioning is not objectively wrong. Where do you get this from? Did you make tests with people who never used a PC before? Who are not biased? Or is this your opinion, which would be subjectively by definition.

UI usage is mostly learned.

Just to be clear, I don't think GTK is the perfect UI system. In my opinion, there is none.

macco··on Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
Incredible useless comment.
macco··on Racket v8.5
I would say if you only want to learn the language the official docs are great.

If you want to learn programming with Racket as the language How to Design Programs is great: https://htdp.org/

Or if you want an online course How to Code 1 & 2 are exceptional: https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:UBCx+HtC1x+2T2017/...

macco··on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux
Why they have this bad touchpads is beyond me. Then it would be better to ditch them completely and position the keyboard nearer to the user.

Like tho good Linux support though.

macco··on Ferrari owner Exor wants to build the Italian Y Combinator
This sounds interesting. Are there any prominent European startups who did go that route?

Would you like to write a blog post about it?

macco··on Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet
I am really not an Apple fan, but this website is borderline plagiarism.

I would really love if the immense investments of Huawei would bring something genuine to light.

macco··on Starship Update [video]
Yeah, more CGI. This fixation on Mars seems to me like a scam/distraction to secure funds.
macco··on Exploring System76's New Rust Based Desktop Environment
Thx.
macco··on Exploring System76's New Rust Based Desktop Environment
Do you have a source for that?

This would really be a game changer. Unfortunately, you need a really great number of units, that building your own custom laptop hardware is feasible. I really which System76 success with that.

I always thought, if Dell were smart, they would do their own Linux-based brand, where they would reuse parts from mainline Dell. Kind of how they produce gaming laptops.

macco··on European alternatives for digital products
I think the biggest problem is the small home market / fragmented market.

While the EU has a very well integrated market for industry goods, for services (where I would include software) the market is less than perfect.

The language barrier is the biggest strangle for EU software entrepreneurship / platform business in my opinion.

The second-biggest obstacle imho is funding. If you want to grow really fast, it is hard to get enough money.

Third, I would rank ecosystem in general, besides money.

I think over regulation is not as bad as it is often said. All developed countries have regulations in place, some more some less.

macco··on New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cookie management providers
Finally, my hometown on Hacker News :)

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

macco··on Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux
Wow, the first impression is really great.

Finally, a Wine frontend that feels polished and easy to use for beginners. Heck, the documentation alone is worth the project.

I love PlayOnLinux but their decision to go the Java route was a mistake and the rewrite seems to take ages.

macco··on Ask HN: What‘s the best all-in-one coding/gaming/travel Notebook?
I like my Dell G7 17 - 7700 with Ubuntu installed.

A nice combination of power, form factor and battery life. I would prefer it to a MacBook or Blade any time.

If this is the case for you to, I don't know.

macco··on JUXT Clojure Radar 2021
In clojure you will likely use spec for your data instead of using types.

This is a different approach worth checking out.

macco··on System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment
The way System76 is innovating is really great. In my opinion they are the only hardware company that has a good Linux strategy and the resources to implement it.

Now the last piece is getting big enough to develop custom bare-bones for their laptops. I hope they can pull that off.

macco··on Ask HN: How do you manage tasks from different sources?
Cool, I will check it out.
macco··on Ask HN: How to self-study physics?
https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics-ap-course...

Is a great starting point. There are also free online courses for that.

macco··on Ask HN: GSuite users, how do you do Knowledge Management?
There is no need for a second infrastructure and I aim for a tighter integration with GSuite Tools.

In Confluence GSuite is an afterthought.

For example when you upload an image in Confluence it saved in Confluence and you can't use it in any other GSuite product. When you upload it in fulcrum you automatically upload it to your Drive and can use it everywhere else.

macco··on Ask HN: GSuite users, how do you do Knowledge Management?
I am currently developing a knowledge management solution for Drive, and I am trying to understand what people are doing right now. This is why I started this thread. I would be really glad to learn more about your needs. If you want you can drop me a mail: marco@fulcrum.wiki
macco··on Ask HN: GSuite users, how do you do Knowledge Management?
I am currently developing a knowledge management solution for Drive, and I am trying to understand what people are doing right now. This is why I started this thread. I would be really glad to learn more about your needs. If you want you can drop me a mail: marco@fulcrum.wiki
macco··on Best apps for writers
I would add https://dictandu.com to the list.

Best app for writing I ever used.

macco··on Alternatives to JSX
I would advice against using JSX alternatives. I come from a Clojure background and I like the ijk solution to just use an array to represent the virtual dom.

But still I would recommend using JSX because it the "standard". Every documentation and problem solution you find on the internet is written with JSX. Using a JSX alternative will make debugging much harder for you.

macco··on Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)
I would propose a different hypothesis: Rich people love endurance sports because it is easy to get better at them.

Let me explain: If I am 30 made a big exit and now need a new hobby it is pretty easy to make steady progress in marathon running. I will probably not become a world-class marathon runner, but top 100 of a big event is in my reach. Still hard but possible.

If start with basketball, soccer or track and field I will probably not be competitive on a local level. Every sport with difficult techniques will be very much harder to learn.

macco··on Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha
Switch to Linux =) Pop OS is great for laptops.

Joking aside, I wouldn't hold my breath for a decent mac version. Gtk is not really a cross plattform gui toolkit.

macco··on A blogging style guide
Did you ever try to use speech-to-text-software? I have written dictandu for that: https://www.dictandu.com/

You can just dictate like you would talk and averwards use the style and spelling assistant to improve what you dictated.

macco··on Thelio – System76
Me too, tested it today and I like what I see.

It seems to work very well on my laptop. I would say it is the first real innovation in distros in years.

macco··on Thelio – System76
It makes a lot of sense for theme, this way the control the whole experience with the product.

I was testing it today and it seems to work very well on my desktop. I would say it is the first real innovation in distros in years.

macco··on PyQt5 Tutorial: Create a Python GUI in 2018
Yes, it's called "Qt for Python" now
macco··on Ask HN: What open source project, in your opinion, has the highest code quality?
I really like the source code of prosemirror:

https://github.com/ProseMirror/

It's not typical js, but very good none the less

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