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rushsteve1 | 6 years ago | on: How to take smart notes with Org mode

I've actually been flip-flopping between Notion and Org-mode for months, and just the other day decided to finally organize myself all on Notion.

I love Org-mode, and will likely continue to use it for various things, but I agree that Notion is the only thing that (to me) surpasses it.

rushsteve1 | 7 years ago | on: Mate 1.22 released

AFAIK GTK-2 stopped being officially supported as soon as GTK was released. Though there does still seem to be activity in the git repo https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/tree/gtk-2-24

In any case MATE migrated to GTK-3 some time ago, as of MATE 1.18 https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2017-03-13-mate-1-18-released/

Oh, and GTK-4 is coming soon...

rushsteve1 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Startup failed after years of work – Can I even get a job now?

Relationships can be your biggest asset. After 7 years in the industry I imagine you made a few friends. Reach out to them see if they/their company are hiring. They will know of your experience and skill first-hand.

Other than that just get out there. Send out some resumes, go to local events, that kind of thing.

rushsteve1 | 7 years ago | on: 3D Modelling in a Browser

It claims to be for modeling not CAD. Think Blender not Solidworks.

So ultimately yes, it's for pretty pictures.

rushsteve1 | 7 years ago | on: How old is your work laptop?

Personally mine is only a year old, but I don't think it matters that much.

Like everything it depends on what you are doing. If you are doing frontend work that requires you to have 3 browsers open at a time + an Electron-based editor + a dev server you are going to need a lot more than someone who is writing low-level C code in Vim.

As an aside: newer =/= better.

rushsteve1 | 7 years ago | on: What is the PDF format good for? Nothing (2006)

While I think the author makes some good points about the PDF format itself, this article is painfully outdated with many complaints about Acroreader and Netscape which are no longer remotely relevant.

Though the article does serve as an interesting time capsule. Kinda shows you how the more things change the more stay the same.

rushsteve1 | 7 years ago | on: Impact – HTML5 Game Engine

If I remember right CrossCode[1] is using it. Fun game but another case of near endless beta.

[1]: http://www.cross-code.com/en/home

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: Time to rebuild the web?

IIRC they do have an unsubscribe button, or some other opt-out method, because I know I clicked it, and I don't receive any of the aforementioned ad emails.

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: That feel when you can't captcha [video]

Not only that but I am almost certain that they are intentionally more difficult on "shady" or lower traffic websites.

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: Godot at GDC 2018

According to the Godot docs[1] this doesn't seem to be a priority for them, though I would also love to see Switch support. Though in those same docs they point out a third-party which provides console ports. Not an ideal solution by any means, but it is still an option.

[1]: http://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/tutorials/platform/consol...

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: Sndio: a small audio and MIDI framework part of the OpenBSD project

So then would sndio be the OpenBSD native sound API?

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: Sndio: a small audio and MIDI framework part of the OpenBSD project

I know very very little about audio frameworks, but what does sndio have over it's competition? It is clearly a simpler and likely cleaner system than PulseAudio, but what about compared to ALSA and OSS?

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: Diamond – fast search across all your cloud services

Anyone know if this supports Nextcloud/WebDav? I can't seem to be able to tell from the website. That and a nice Linux version and I would use this in a heartbeat considering how all over the place things are these days.

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

Oh I didn't even notice those were links. That puts a very different spin on the article...

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

I disagree. Within the last week Cardano has gone from relatively unknown to the 6th highest market cap on https://coinmarketcap.com. There is certainly enough of a surge in interest to make this a relevant post.

rushsteve1 | 8 years ago | on: What is Cardano? An introduction to the cryptocurrency being built by scientists

While the concept of a peer-reviewed cryptocurrency is an interesting one, and certainly has merit, I can't seem to figure out what Cardano offers that existing, and well established, cryptocurrencies like Ethereum don't.