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As a non-developer who really only uses computers to write and produce documents, why would I use typst over org-mode or $your_fave_markdown + pandoc?

When there is a large portion of society that realises this is a way to say, "what if I had every social interaction in the setting I want, with the characters I want, with the res…

This way of encoding numbers is great. I knew the 7-4-2-1-S way to get 1-9 from 5 holes, and it is more intuitive to use, but once you write out the pattern for yours it is also ea…

You could also use Zatocoding, or superimposed codes ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superimposed_code ) as a way to 'tag' cards. For example, many research facilities kept a stack…

What does that really mean though — ten more years of data centers exploiting local communities for their resources will mean that a computer might be able to teach people to tie k…

I mean only that I see no use for it myself, in my own work. I'm sure there are people working in roles around me who believe they get some use out of AI doing their work for them,…

> AI is a tool. Use it appropriately Yes, but no room is made for people who see no use for it. There is a forced-consensus that this technology is useful, which I have to combat a…

I am an instructor who helps deliver an apprenticeship. My new boss has been in our industry for about 20 years and is one of the most respected people in our company. They've just…

Well in the 90s and early 2000s you really could make money as a small local artist in a niche genre. Think of the people who could cut 500 white labels of their new UK Garage tune…

You just need a tickler file.

In a completely different field, navigating ships at sea, the Collision Regulations which define how people must conduct ships at sea, they use the words "Shall" and "May" to diffe…

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Replying for anyone reading this comment: Le Guin was a Daoist, but also, and concurrently, an anarchist. So much of her writing, especially The Word for World is Forest, parts of …

I believe this is a solved problem and you were closest with the analog system. I'll outline my system so people might find it: You'll need: - A physical diary to track your appoin…

The forecastle of a ship is in the forward part of a ship — at the front, not the back. Looking at renderings of cogs, the 'castle' at the stern seems more to anticipate the modern…

> I wasted several hours on occasions where Claude would make changes to completely unrelated parts of the application instead of addressing my actual request. Every time I read ab…

I work as a merchant seaman and for our regular day's work everyone basically exclusively uses bowlines, round turn and two half hitches, and clove hitches. We'd use reef knots or …

I think most often people have some vibe coded stuff that kind of does what they want but they don't really understand what it all is and how it works, or any confidence it can be …

I think this is a good point because "cheating at the work I have to do, as quickly as possible, well enough to not get fired" is the actual use case for AI for 99% of people. All …

Tell us more about the kitchen timer system!

If it would have taken you days to learn about the topic well enough to write a bad implementation, how can you have any confidence you can evaluate, let alone "correct", one writt…

Am I being a completely delusional sceptic or do tools like this make no sense to anyone else? If you need AI to tell you about a guest and tell you what to ask them, why are you h…

Looks like a great project, and one sorely needed by people like me who find themselves trying to get hold of old books they can't get in their local library and that are too expen…

I carry 3x5 index cards and a pen with me everywhere I go. When I think of things I need to do, should do, or could do, I write them down. When I get home I see which ones are wort…