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mewfreeon Org Mode 9.5

GitJournal is great but for 100% support on mobile one can run Emacs directly on their phone using Termux on Android and iSH on iOS.

mewfreeon Emacs' org-mode gets citation support

* GitHub does render .org files just like Markdown!

* I've heard people of people being really happy with Orgzly on Android. I personally run Emacs on my Android phone through Termux. It works really well for me. Other solutions include using a SSH client to connect to a server running Emacs, or simply using GitHub directly on mobile web or their app if your notes are on GitHub.

* I've made the switch from Vim to Emacs (+ evil-mode) because of org-mode and have been extremely happy with it. It truly changed my life.

mewfreeon Ask HN: What novel tools are you using to write web sites/apps?

You should check this out: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography

mewfreeon Ask HN: What do you use to keep track of bookmarks/notes/snippets?

You're describing https://www.followupthen.com/ pretty closely.

mewfreeon $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes

It's actually quite common in Paris: http://www.annmah.net/2014/04/08/life-paris-houseboat/

mewfreeon Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements

It actually has a positive impact on the Internet speed! Your DNS results are cached locally so the latency is very low, plus blocking ads at the DNS level means you're not even downloading the ad creatives, resulting in a higher speed as well.

mewfreeon It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age

To my knowledge that wouldn't be breaking the law. The law is that service has to be AVAILABLE in French.

From the Charter of the French language: "Consumers of goods and services have a right to be informed and served in French." http://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-11#se:5

mewfreeon How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men

"very small digital segment"? You might want to re-think that according to this article: https://www.recode.net/2017/12/4/16733460/2017-digital-ad-sp...

mewfreeon Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea

In Québec and French Canada in general déjeuner/dîner/souper kept its original meaning too!

mewfreeon Announcing the New AWS Secret Region

I don't think the point is to hide its real location or to hide secrets, but to be able to build services that comply with US classification levels (sensitive, secret, top secret).

mewfreeon Diary of an African Cryptocurrency Miner

Non-AMP link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-03/diary-of-...

mewfreeon Venmo is offering users an physical debit card

Maybe because it's an homonym to John Doe. Sounds like a programmer joke to me. Some kind of "image placeholder".

mewfreeon A deportation at the UK border

I'm a French citizen living in Canada and going fairly often to the US by bus. They do it at land borders too, it's just that Canadian citizens are exempt.

mewfreeon Making the Grades

The only point is getting a work permit/a legal way to stay in the US.

mewfreeon Is It Cheaper to Stay in an Airbnb ‘Entire Home’ Rental or a Hotel?

Another article about the subject: https://www.busbud.com/blog/airbnb-vs-hotel-rates/