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As a tiny and very informal experiment in metacognition, I once told ChatGPT something along the lines of "I will now ask you a question. If you are not sure you know the correct a…

Not OP, but I found a series, not a movie, titled _One Cent Thief_ that fits the description. Sounds interesting. https://archive.org/details/OneCentThiefSeries

The best frying pan I've ever owned is the cheapest-possible cast iron one I got when I moved out of my parents' house 30 years ago or so. Very rarely does anything stick and when …

I still use (KDE Plasma's) wobbly windows, but set very low. In general in GUIs I prefer a very quick animation to an instant change, perhaps because it helps make things seem more…

Something like this? https://store.planetcom.co.uk/ No affiliation, just a (mostly) happy owner of a Gemini. They don't seem to sell those anymore and I can't vouch for the other m…

> If not pure coding projects, at least for things like markdown, having a preview could help. Everybody's needs are different, of course, but I personally find that Vimwiki [1] gi…

To each their own indeed. For me, as someone who uses KDE/Plasma by choice and Windows because sometimes I have to, it has been a source of humor for years and years how an environ…

A nitpick perhaps, but I was surprised to see `cite` used to enclose the author's name in your `blockquote` example. I was under the impression that `cite` is meant to be used to m…

A very significant part of the pool of interesting projects in "my" market is only available under framework agreements for which solo consultants will not be considered (but Kvadr…

I work at a place where about 500 independent consultants/contractors have outsourced branding, training (to a degree), office admin, and, above all, sales to a shared organization…

Thanks, I'll keep this in mind. (I have given some Calf plugins some light usage in Qtractor without noticing any obvious problems.)

> Stay away from CALF even though they look pretty. Why, what's wrong with them? Thanks for a very informative comment!

> mobile web browsers provide a worse experience compared to native applications, unlike Electron or Chrome on Desktop that provides a much better experience in general Electron ap…

I've been using KOrganizer[1] for longer than I can remember. For better and/or worse, it's pretty tightly integrated with the Plasma desktop. For now at least, I use it with Googl…

I don't know if it qualifies as a "mathematical coincidence" or not, but I find it amusing to demonstrate to kids that you can multiply 142,857 by 1, 2, 3, etc., and the result is …

I got a 404 at that address but this seems to be the same article (I had to override a TLS certificate warning to get it): https://www.theessayexperiencefall2013.qwriting.qc.cuny.e…

I have not but it looks interesting so I will. Thanks!

Sure, you can SCP all the files you want but even if they're PDFs or EPUBs they won't show up in the interface. (I can't remember if I actually tried this or if I just read it some…

Yes, but the "only over USB" thing is unfortunate so I find myself mostly using the bundled cloud service, which is usually something I try to avoid relying on. Some sort of peer-t…

I bought a Remarkable 2 a month or two ago because I wanted a cool hackable e-ink Linux computer. But instead I immediately started using it as an e-book and document reader and no…

KDE -- I guess they want us to call it Plasma nowadays -- still has this feature (it's off by default, but you can enable it in Desktop Effects). It's pretty clunky to use, though:…

> Never noticed someone trying to send a email to any addresses I haven't previously used. At least a few years ago, I noticed a lot of spam to @ -- i.e., completely made-up addres…

> You don’t have to be a nationalist far-right in order to have an objective look at the situation in EU Sure, but I didn't say that. I said those are the only ones I hear making u…

> COVID showed Europeans how dependent they are from China industry and US tech. I absolutely agree with you here. > Most Europeans know that Europe is declining and sinking slowly…

Same end result though. If I randomly get medical advice by people at my local bus stop and I therefore [mostly] stop trying to get it from other sources, the randos at the bus sto…