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mroll

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About mroll

https://matthewroll.com/

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    very cool that you are writing tcl :) if you haven't found it already, the tclers wiki is a font of wisdom about the language and so many other cool topics. https://wiki.tcl-lang.o…

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    This looks awesome. I’ve known for a while that I will eventually have to support organizations and teams for https://canopycharts.com and have been dreading writing all that code …

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    > the original engineer of Google's search engine you mean Larry Page?

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    Yep. I use a dedicated paper notebook for journaling. Once or twice a month I spend like 30 minutes or an hour writing down what’s been going on, what’s on my mind, what I’m workin…

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    I love this. Have had the idea myself, but am not committed enough to make it really work. Have been hoping someone makes it happen. I think if done right it has the potential to u…

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    Haha of course this already exists! Thanks a lot for the pointer, I will for sure start playing with it this week :)

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    Oh wow this is great. I’ve been wanting an org mode integration with GitHub for a while, and this tool might make it easy enough for me to hack together this weekend. Basically I w…

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    Hah, yeah. I used spacemacs for 2 years from summer 2018 until about two weeks ago. And you're right! It does incredible things for discoverability with the built in hydra integrat…

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    I don't think Emacs is suitable for mass usage. I think it's suitable for power users who are willing to invest time into learning to use a powerful tool. And I also think more peo…

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    Emacs. I'm responding to the prompt in the OP, not the title. > What's a piece of software you find essential that you wish you could replace or rewrite? Emacs is the most essentia…

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    Is checklist software something people pay for? I recently wrote https://checkfox.app as a toy, inspired by Atul Gawandes “Checklist Manifesto”. I’d love to know if there’s a marke…

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    I wrote a little web app for making and using checklists. https://checkfox.app/

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    Hah! Thanks

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    The first book is actually called “The World of Null-A”. I picked it up at a local used book store last year and enjoyed it. Haven’t read any more of the trilogy yet.

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    Hey Ivan, this looks great! What are the privacy implications for my data that I want to label with your tool? I’m assuming I upload it to your servers?

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    I also did not find org-roam super easy to set up, but after a second try I have it running and am enjoying it. Edit: I tried it a month ago - before installation was more than jus…

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    Yeah, I agree that is something that pretty much is not considered in the public conversation. But it seems like at least having the ability to control CO2 levels is much better th…

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    Fun read. Also reminds me that I wish I knew of a better password management strategy. I’m currently using an rsa encrypted text file on my laptop

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    I wish I could see the API docs w/out signing up. Like what endpoints are available, etc.

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    The last point about players in their thirties appearing in more professional matches needs more clarity. It’s not that “older players are dominating the sport.” It’s that “the two…

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    emacs org mode. with a heavy customization inspired by bernt hansen ( http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html ).