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Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

#221

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You don't have anything more to contribute than "Stop liking things I don't like?"

FYI, I’m using vim every day. If you have run vim before - you should know what I mean. About others I don’t care.

I have no idea what you mean. I cannot get enough information from the context of "OMG." There are many possible interpretations.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Vim's great. So great that I essentially use Vim on Emacs.

If vim is great why most popular question about vim is "How do I exit Vim?" - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11828270/how-do-i-exit-v...

steep learning curve doesn't imply bad UX, or useless, or not great.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

#224
For me the list is:

  - Linux

  - gcc, vim, git, make, et al

  - KDE

  - firefox

  - yakuake (terminal that drops down like the old Quake console used to)

  - libre office

  - mpv

  - Steam and Proton (which have made gaming work very well on Linux and have contributed to the complete loss of all productivity gained by any of the above programs).

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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post #105

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> saying his daughter smelled like a 'toilet' on his deathbed This requires a citation.

It's dishonest without the additional context that he was criticizing an overpowering cheap poo-pourri type-scent rather than saying his daughter smelled like shit at the very least

Shhh you're ruining their argument with pesky context.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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The last line "Sent from my iPad" was quite fitting as a device that he conceptualized :-)

Did Jobs conceptualise it or did someone at Apple?

It’s fairly well documented that the iPad was what he’d wanted to have for a while, well before the iPhone existed. IIRC biographies put his first concept of what became the iPad around when the iPod was released.

The iPhone was just a happy accident, something they decided to do with the cool tech they were playing with when working on the iPad, before it was ready.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

#227
post #8

I'd have to add Pi-hole to this list. Anytime I browse the web on another network, I'm reminded just how much crippling ad garbage it's sparing me.

If you want to avoid the rigamarole of self hosting, I recommend NextDNS. It's a paid DNS service with tons of customizability (i.e. Ad blocking) and visibility (i.e. logs)

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

#228
post #4

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The last line "Sent from my iPad" was quite fitting as a device that he conceptualized :-)

No mention of the shoulders that Apple products stand upon.

Apart from all of the message, yes, no mention of it at all.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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post #124

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You’ll have to better than the British tabloid press as a source.

Do you really expect to find that kind of info in some ‚serious‘ press?

"Serious" press covered a Russian pee pee hoax, so if you're insisting they have standards that exclude irrelevant scatlogical references, then think again.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Vim's great. So great that I essentially use Vim on Emacs.

If vim is great why most popular question about vim is "How do I exit Vim?" - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11828270/how-do-i-exit-v...

Because vim is useless for those who do not touchtype.
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