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like Protonmail
Which has its own problems but that's another story.
What are Protonmail's problems?
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#162Alternatively, jrnl.sh. It's tiny, allows you write using your favorite editor, and can be backed up or replicated with simple git. It's even encrypted. Maybe I'm not the target demographic for services like these but I would never trust my personal thoughts with a service like this.
It is a popular conceit to assume that anyone cares about your thoughts or that they carry some significant, intrinsic value. This happens to me all the time. It takes reflection to realize that most of the crap that people generate is just that, crap. Sure, it may be crap that can incriminate you in a court proceeding or crap that could be developed into patented intellectual property, but it is crap none-the-less. Its that tendency people have to assume things like "I got super stoned in the late 90's and sketched out designs for Photovoltaic Solar Roofing systems, that Musk guy stole my idea". No, odds are that Musk guy didn't steal shit from you. Your diary wasn't hacked, your sketches were not secretly photographed and your phone isn't bugged. Your idea was in some way obvious. In the PV example it was obvious and requires money and influence to develop, two things that if you had them you wouldn't be making claims that "so and so stole this idea" or "I invented that first".
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#163Paul Graham Paul Graham Paul Graham. Paul Graham Paul Graham Paul Graham Paul Graham? Paul Graham Paul Graham Paul Graham Paul Graham!
Paul Graham.
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#164I uses good old terminal and vim, with a single command to enter current diary:
https://github.com/Aperocky/termlife/blob/master/diaryman.sh
Writing diary has been so much easier! (though probably will be hard to extend to people who don't know/like terminal editors, or command line itself)
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This is how I use Sublime Text 3. I use it as my infinite clipboard / pastebin. After months of not using them I clear them out.
Funny I use sublime the same way. It's my go-to tool for when I need to manipulate text (ctrl+d is a godsend) for copying and pasting. It's super powerful, but uses few resources compared to vscode/intellij. Not to mention it can handle massive text files like a champ.
Yeah, I can open my notes up in an instant which is why I use it. I dont use it to dev all the time, but I do enjoy ST. If ST4 becomes a major improvement (LSP?) I may reconsider.
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I love that someone followed through and got it done. I bet a lot of people thought about it. I bet that there's even someone seeing this right now pissed off that they didn't finish first. Great design. Where'd you get your little illustrations?
Thank you a lot, I got the illustrations on https://craftwork.design
alternatively https://undraw.co/illustrations for free
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I use the Gmail "+" hack to mail myself on different topics. name+ideas@ for app ideas name+notes@ for random notes name+writing@ for article ideas (edit: formatting)
Isn’t that just an email hack?
No, not every email server supports it. For example, I know that Office 365 Exchange doesn't support it as I tried it yesterday.
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I have gotten really into using it on my Mac (writing) and my iPhone (reading/updating) but unfortunately it is insanely buggy on iPad when using a keyboard, or at least when using the Magic Keyboard. Buggy enough that I have to use something else for taking notes with iPad+Keyboard. I've found Bear[0] to be pretty good but not better for my use-case than a less-buggy Notes would be. Since "ubiquity" and "simplicity"…
i've never used bear.app, but i do a lot of writing in Ulysses[0] and selectively copy/paste back into Notes if needed. [0]: https://ulysses.app
I tried out Ulysses and felt like I'd probably use it if I were writing a lot and doing it more seriously. Might give it another try, thanks for reminding me.
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i've never used bear.app, but i do a lot of writing in Ulysses[0] and selectively copy/paste back into Notes if needed. [0]: https://ulysses.app
I tried out Ulysses and felt like I'd probably use it if I were writing a lot and doing it more seriously. Might give it another try, thanks for reminding me.
tbh i got it on a whim, thinking that i'd revive my love of writing fiction, stage plays and poetry. sort of a "recapture the heady days of my youth" thing lol. since then i've found that any editor with a minimal interface and markdown support makes me feel better about writing, in general.