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yfefyf | 11 years ago | on: Pro Git, 2nd Edition

Thanks for all your hard work.

But why did you choose Asciido and asccidoctor? I think Markdown together with Pandoc is capable of generatring all kinds of formats too.

yfefyf | 12 years ago | on: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flashcards

I used to be a SuperMemo user for several years and accumulated more than six thousands items. It has advanced algorithms. Both Anki and Mnemosyne are based on the algorithm of SuperMemo 2(its version is 16 now). And there are several pieces of articles about human memory on its website which are very helpful.

But about a year ago, I gave up Supermemo. Because it's really buggy and bloated. I was so worried about my data that I used to back up my data into a zip file every day. Then I decided that I shouldn't trust a buggy closed source software like SuperMemo to protect my data. If it died, I would have trouble converting my data to other formats.

When I was considering the alternatives, I chose Mnemosyne instead of Anki. Because Mnemosyne seems cleaner, and its author is doing some research on human memory which made me think that its algorithm could be better than Anki.

yfefyf | 12 years ago | on: Racket 6.0: New package system, new doc CSS, JIT support for ARM

Congrarulations, the Racket team! It's really a joy to use Racket. Racket is elegant, powerful and fast. Everybody should try it. It's extremely easy to install and setup. And whenever you have any question, a fantastic community is there waiting for you.

yfefyf | 12 years ago | on: Why Go? Use Racket

Yeah. And Racket suits programmers of different levels well.

For beginners, it's an easy to learn language with an easy to setup programming environment.

For advanced programmers, there're a lot of advanced features available as 6cxs2hd6 mentioned.

yfefyf | 12 years ago | on: Why Go? Use Racket

Racket is not only a great language. It's also a great developing environment, a great community.

And unlike most other languages, it's out of box support for Windows is perfect.

yfefyf | 12 years ago | on: Google Reader is dead

Google isn't charging its users. But it couldn't make any money if it has no users.

yfefyf | 12 years ago | on: A Hacker's Replacement for Gmail

I've just registered FastMail for free trial. Its speed is amazing, much faster than Gmail. And its UI looks great, too. Thank you for your work.

It would be better if you have a more desirable .com domain name. I will probably buy an Enhanced account to use my own domains after free trial.

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