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Re: New Kind of Paper

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Post by mananaysiempre »

galangalalgol wrote: post #96
franga2000 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh yeah, definitely, and so do most other programs that don't respect the standard (VS Code being the biggest exception). Still, wouldn't hurt to update things a little, although in the grander "backwards compatibility vs modernisation" debate, this is still a small and insignificant issue.

I don't think anything I use uses those paths, I'd never even heard of them. Vscode, conan, cmake, gdb, perf, docker, vim, git, any of those use it?

Git does (though it will use the old-style dotfile if one is present). All of modern GNOME and I think KDE does. More generally see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory>.

Re: New Kind of Paper

#102

Post by dredmorbius »

fortran77 wrote: post #15

> Your thought may effect a person that is thousands of kilometres away What does this mean?

Telecommunications enable conversations over space.

Recordings enable conversations over time.

There's a broader symmetry between records and signals generally that I've realised, though I don't seem to find any other notice of this:

Signals transmit encoded symbolic messages from a transmitter across space through a channel by variations in energy in time to a receiver, enabling creation of a new record.

Records transmit encoded symbolic messages from a writer across time through a substrate by variations in matter in space to a receiver, enabling creation of a new signal.

I've noodled on this in a few places, recently: https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/106388460596905072

I've no idea if this is somehow profound or mind-bogglingly obvious.

Re: New Kind of Paper

#103

Post by twobitshifter »

fho wrote: post #57
armed10 wrote: post #38

In the final example the handwriting is adapted to the application, and differs significantly from the original handwriting used in earlier examples. Then it goes on to say that the app has everything you need, while needing to learn to write in monospace for it to work. Being someone with poor handwriting, this would slow down writing for me. A possible answer for this would be to update the expected places for a ch…

Anyone still remembers [Graffiti]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_(Palm_OS) )? ;-)

Is that right that I = 1 and O = 0 ?

Re: New Kind of Paper

#104

Post by fortran77 »

dredmorbius wrote: post #102
fortran77 wrote: post #15

> Your thought may effect a person that is thousands of kilometres away What does this mean?

Telecommunications enable conversations over space. Recordings enable conversations over time. There's a broader symmetry between records and signals generally that I've realised, though I don't seem to find any other notice of this: Signals transmit encoded symbolic messages from a transmitter across space through a channel by variations in energy in time to a receiver , enabling creation of a new record . Records t…

> I've no idea if this is somehow profound or mind-bogglingly obvious

It's not.

That's an "affect" not an "effect."

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/affect-vs-effect/

Re: New Kind of Paper

#105

Post by machello13 »

satyrnein wrote: post #13

I find the current state of the art on stylus text entry so disappointing. I made a hacky prototype 7 years ago (!) and this kind of direct interaction remains a dream: https://youtu.be/So4x3Cu4WI0 I had a glimmer of hope when Apple started selling styluses, that they might succeed where Microsoft failed. But instead, they're putting mouse cursors on iPads, and the stylus is still a niche tool for artists.

> I find the current state of the art on stylus text entry so disappointing.

I think your idea of the state of the art may be several years out of date.

Re: New Kind of Paper

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Post by dredmorbius »

fortran77 wrote: post #104
dredmorbius wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Telecommunications enable conversations over space. Recordings enable conversations over time. There's a broader symmetry between records and signals generally that I've realised, though I don't seem to find any other notice of this: Signals transmit encoded symbolic messages from a transmitter across space through a channel by variations in energy in time to a receiver , enabling creation of a new record . Records t…

> I've no idea if this is somehow profound or mind-bogglingly obvious It's not. That's an "affect" not an "effect." https://www.grammarly.com/blog/affect-vs-effect/

Sorry?

Re: New Kind of Paper

#107

Post by jlokier »

ksec wrote: post #35

I wonder when can we get a Pen and Paper on a computer system with 1ms latency [1]? The Apple pencil said it has 9ms response time, which is already close to the lowest latency it could support on its 120Hz Screen ( 8.3ms per frame ). And I may be in the minority but I much prefer there is an iPad that doesn't have a camera bump so it can lay flat on the table. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvQCPLkPt4

Technically it is possible to update parts of some screens instead of the whole screen, so the screen refresh doesn't need to be the limit unless it's scrolling large areas.

Re: New Kind of Paper

#108

Post by agentultra »

If I ever get the time to work on it, I've bits and pieces put together to do something like this with a reMarkable. My goal is to make programming work on it and my angle is to use ideas from interactive theorem provers and language protocols. I just want to liberate computing from glowing screens and keyboards and be able to walk around and enjoy my garden or throw my work up on a board. Make computing more flexible for folks with different abilities. And maybe less intrusive in our lives. A computer that is there but you don't have to see it.

Re: New Kind of Paper

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Post by fnord77 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #98

Some of us ...of a certain age... may remember an ATG Night at an Apple WWDC in the 1990s. This kid comes out on stage, holding a tablet, and starts writing math formulas, which are recognized and displayed on the screen. Then he starts balancing the equation; dragging variables from one side of the equals to the other, and the program automatically does stuff like invert the operations. Then, he graphs it. A whole c…

there's a whole interesting store behind it

https://www.pacifict.com/Story/

Re: New Kind of Paper

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Post by spicybright »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #98

Some of us ...of a certain age... may remember an ATG Night at an Apple WWDC in the 1990s. This kid comes out on stage, holding a tablet, and starts writing math formulas, which are recognized and displayed on the screen. Then he starts balancing the equation; dragging variables from one side of the equals to the other, and the program automatically does stuff like invert the operations. Then, he graphs it. A whole c…

Wow. Does that app really work that way?
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