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trivialcode

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About trivialcode

Freelance IT tech/coder in Australia.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #42958061

    Exposure therapy. Just play for a very short amount of time, even 2-3 minutes, then stop for a while. Do this over and over. Always keep the duration below the threshold of your mo…

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    Comment #40973181

    For ADHD, stimulants like Ritalin have the opposite effect. Your brain goes... quiet. In a really good way. You can focus on what you want to, with ease. If you have a diagnosis do…

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    Comment #33996240

    I'm in my 40s and I've noticed a similar thing. I've touch typed since I was a teen. My advice is to make note of which words you mistype, then plug them into a flash card system w…

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    Comment #28559900

    cmd as admin, sfc /scannow followed by chkdsk /f C: then reboot the PC and try the update again. Works every time for me.

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    Comment #27136555

    I think there tends to be some confusion in this aspect of piano study. Of course people are going to make mistakes when learning. The trick is to note them, fix them, and then pra…

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    Comment #27136478

    Wow - that's really cool also. Cheers!

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    Comment #27136460

    All good, I don't know if I explained the idea clearly. It looks like this is a far better version of the idea: https://github.com/susam/texme

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    Comment #27136445

    A Soprano On Her Head is available at archive.org, and I found a seller for Bold Beginnings here: https://www.naomialdort.com/book-bold-beginnings.html

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    Comment #27018981

    Hadn't heard of that - that's way better. Cheers!

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    Comment #27014422

    I realize that's an issue. But is the web even usable without JS these days anyway?

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    Comment #27014244

    The whole point is removing the need to convert anything.

  12. story
    Using Markdown as HTML

    I had an idea a while ago. Instead of dealing with two sets of files, why not make a file that was Markdown and HTML at the same time? I found this utility, which unfortunately see…