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Highly recommend Synergy for moving between Mac, Linux, and Windows seamlessly. It's a first day install for me on a new system

Does this use a custom algorithm to map pixels to characters? It really shines when zooming in and out.

Yes! TheDraw 4.63 allowed you to include ANSI music control sequences in your animations.

I do this with documents and help articles I've published. "Here, let me show you how to do this." 6 mos later: "How the heck did I do that?... oh yeah. That makes sense, neat."

Runs silky smooth on my 2015 MBP - it’s possibly a system specific issue

I am a huge fan of Nextcloud and I couldn't agree more. My upgrade path is to just start a new instance with a fresh sync, because I was traumatized by a turbulent and uncertain upgrade on all of my instances once about two years ago. This is a product I love and choose to rely upon for my data, every day. I'm interested in the bells and whistles and I want the platform to succeed - my preference would be an LTS for my critical data, and the option to spin up newer features separately to test before adoption.

What are your specific dislikes?

WOW - in his space invaders example, his animated sprites are displayed in the REPL. So neat.

    R. Buckminster Fuller, 
    taken for a leg-puller,
    spake the truth we ignore:
    1 + 1 = 4.

cf. p.61, https://fullerfuture.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/buckminster...

Thanks, I do think it's useful and practical to think about docs this way in four quadrants, and identify where your current document should live on the plane.

FastAPI's docs (recently front page on HN) are a great example of focused, concise documentation that knows exactly its purpose.

Just want to say, what a great example of how to do documentation on mobile. Clean, legible, responsive, concise and human.

I can also highly recommend Critical Path. In my experience, his invented words are designed to politely reprogram the way you think, and give you a tabula rasa frame of mind about the subject. The act of voluntarily interpreting the meaning of his words rewires you a bit.

I love how in the beginning of Synergetics he spends pages building an argument to justify the statement "1 + 1 = 4." He was insistent that we reformulate our most basic notions about value and equivalence.

Thanks for this insight, can you expand/give examples about the compelling stories you've been asked to write?

[citation needed]

I agree, the current iteration of Firefox on Android feels half baked, and it makes me sad. I wish they'd make it a first class citizen

This may be why interrogative programming never caught on.

Best feature of BBS software (WWIV, Telegard, etc.) - the "fake line noise" button, which feigned data corruption as if someone picked up the phone. It displayed garbage characters to the logged in user, and then you could disconnect them.

To me reading this article it was striking to consider the relationship between language and (mathematicsl/logical) truth this way. In my mind it correlates with the quantum phenomenon that observing something fundamentally alters its state.

That's a fair point that I hadn't considered, and I appreciate it. But I still feel like "ability to use your computer as a service" is not something I signed up for.

Apple built the computer; I exchanged money for the computer; now I own the computer.

Apple does not own the computer.

If Apple wants to own the computer, they can pay me instead.

I second this. Catalina runs great on my 15" mid-2015 16GB/1TB, and it even runs shockingly well (bootstrapped) on my (unsupported) 13" mid-2009 8GB/512GB.

The 2009-2015 era of Macbooks are, not were, truly phenomenal machines.

Thank you. Phrased perfectly.

It's an invasive restriction, cynically designed, poorly engineered and improperly managed, that impairs your ability to function.. masquerading as security.

macOS is my favorite OS, but I don't need to use it. I was so psyched reading about the new Macbooks, and I've had to walk all that excitement back now. I cannot invest in a computer that locks me out of my job if a cable gets cut by a maintenance crew in Cupertino.

That reminds me, I need to re-read Survivor Type by Stephen King...

Absolutely. Working on this for a rural area near me with many local artisans. A simple "Our Friends" section that rotates and encourages users to explore artisans in the area.

The Start Menu tips work great, never thought to try arrow keys first. And resizing the menu is brilliant, thanks for this!

Now if I could just stop the games from magically re-appearing in my Start Menu after a Windows Update...

This part of the description really hit home:

"Never again waste time hunting for applications in poorly organized menus."

The Windows Start menu is terrible, and it's the most iconic part of MS Windows, or it has been to me since the "Start me up" campaign for W95 (one of the best tech ad campaigns not made by Apple in my opinion). And now it is a place where I struggle to activate (?!) the scrollbar. It's an alphabetized list, but I can't tap a keyboard letter to jump down the list, which kills me a little every time I do it and nothing happens. I use the Start menu primarily for locating items to drag to my Taskbar, so I never have to unwillingly scroll past Candy Crush Slot Machine Simular Redux or You Didn't Install This! Saga.

cut rate freelancer here. whenever i feel blocked, i bring my laptop to Starbucks and situate myself with my back to the room. without thinking about it, I'm automatically more productive. it's not for show, just having my screen be public knowledge liberates me to not impulsively check aggregator or newspaper sites. Call it environmentally enforced focus. i gighly recommend it for anyone who works physically isolated from a team.

Post links to front page. Direct link to article:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/02/heat-your-house-with...