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No worries. Before your comment, I didn’t even know about this type of computer. This is my new rabbit hole. Thank you for that.

Can you expand on your paper computer? It sounds fascinating.

Isn’t protection from retaliation by the government the point of the First Amendment? This wasn’t Facebook banning someone, this was the Secret Service saying “We know where you st…

I don’t see why I would switch from iA Writer, which is already a refined Markdown editor (and is cross platform). What did I miss on the landing page?

There’s the “unlocking the commons”[0] model used by Tim Carmody and Craig Mod. [0]: https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/unlocking-the-commons/

There are some forks of it that seem more recent: 1. Candlestick https://github.com/Candlestickers/Candlestick 2. StickmanRed’s Fork https://github.com/StickmanRed/wick-editor 3. T…

I occasionally write at https://www.ishanmahapatra.com

My major pain point is that Google requires me to use the YouTube app to authenticate when I sign. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have it on my phone at all.

Unfortunately, Winterbreak doesn’t work on Kindles with the latest firmware (5.18.1 or 2). And there’s no way to downgrade the firmware to an earlier one without having previously …

This looks really cool! Do you have any plans for an Apple Music integration for those who use that over Spotify?

I think it’s 125 hours of OT in 3 months. Also, paid vacation isn’t as liberal in India as it might be elsewhere.

The location is voted on by fans at the WorldCon held two years earlier.

Which podcast?

Man, I _really_ want to play a Nobilis/Chuubo’s/Glitch game. But I can’t seem to wrap my head around the system(s), and it’s incredibly hard to find an AP that will help me underst…

For me, the reason I keep a Chromium browser around is because government websites sometimes just don’t work on anything other than bog standard Chrome.

Agreed. iOS integration is really key for me. But I can understand that the developer doesn’t have an Apple device and isn’t interested in personally supporting it because of the c…

As much as I loved Hannibal, the sound mix for it was atrocious. It was a meme in the fandom while the show aired, and nothing was done to correct it.

I have a 12 Mini, and I feel no reason to upgrade. I'm disappointed that they seem to given up on the smaller sized phones almost entirely.

I think that Fury Road is a great example of purely visual storytelling. As for the Mad Max franchise, I think of it (I can’t remember where I first saw this idea) as the same lege…

That's a very comprehensive list. Thank you so much!

Adding on to this question: a lot of the (really excellent) recommendations here are quite focused on the Western cannon. Are there similar suggestions for reading other schools of…

The foreign unions are all looking to see how this plays out. The shape of the deal for SAG and WGA lays the groundwork for what they will be able to negotiate for.

Did you name your SSG Ursus after the bear on Berlin’s flag?

https://ishanmahapatra.com/ This should be a little different from everyone else's pretty technical blogs :). I write in fits and starts (and just by looking at it right now, it's …

Location: Mumbai Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: I'm not fluent with languages (I'm a hobby programmer at best), but I do write a lot for blogs and social media c…