Jarkko Sakkinen
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@ActionRetro @adacosta @gabriel @internetarchive @kroc OK, so it is still updated. very cool. i'll take it back into use!
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@adacosta @ActionRetro @gabriel @internetarchive @kroc one application that I miss from these times is #xfig, which is still IMHO the best diagram editor.
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Edited 1 year ago
#typst is IMHO phenomenal! i've only used #latex for the sake of #beamer but always hated using it. this will change my life for better. yes, there is beamer alternative for this: #polylux.
i've waited something like this to happen for ages (because i neither have time nor skills to do it myself tbh).
i've waited something like this to happen for ages (because i neither have time nor skills to do it myself tbh).
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@diazona @astrojuanlu @ubuntu and there is a lot of deeply technical books that would not categorize as science books, like everything put out by my favorite publisher @nostarch. this has strong chances to grow huge from sort of disruptive angles. yet another field where this could be a greeat weapon of choice would be reports published by government departments such as Statistics Finland or VTT.
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@diazona @astrojuanlu @ubuntu
True, I do use ReStructured Text in kernel, forgot that one :-)
I'm thinking maybe something like Intel SDM or some other ISA reference with more layout than kernel documentation. E.g. RISC-V ISA manuals would be good fit. Anyway, future will tell...
True, I do use ReStructured Text in kernel, forgot that one :-)
I'm thinking maybe something like Intel SDM or some other ISA reference with more layout than kernel documentation. E.g. RISC-V ISA manuals would be good fit. Anyway, future will tell...
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@diazona @astrojuanlu @ubuntu I mean, to put it bigger context:
- There’s LaTeX for scientists.
- There’s Markdown for web (such as this comment).
- I hate to say this but at the moment there’s only applications like Microsoft Word for engineers and technical writers (unless you count, ugh, troff that is still used (unfortunately) for man pages).
So yeah super happy to see something like this.
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@diazona @astrojuanlu @ubuntu
I see a lot of sweet spots for this. E.g. for an open source developer like me Beamer is not a choice because I love LaTeX but more like that I get text based presentation, which I can put to a VCS. Having more friendly tool is level up from this.
Another field where I see potential are manuals, in a form that would come more close of great manuals of the past boxed software. Specifically I could see this being an awesome tool for creating user manuals for open source tools.
I see a lot of sweet spots for this. E.g. for an open source developer like me Beamer is not a choice because I love LaTeX but more like that I get text based presentation, which I can put to a VCS. Having more friendly tool is level up from this.
Another field where I see potential are manuals, in a form that would come more close of great manuals of the past boxed software. Specifically I could see this being an awesome tool for creating user manuals for open source tools.
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@nirbheek I use my phone to make call or share wifi mainly so with those applications it is sort of still in the sweet spot. I try to use phose as less as possible. Still I need sometimes smart phone for scanning receipts, plane tickets and such so it is sort of best compromise from security perspective.
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@astrojuanlu @ubuntu Very cool! I did not know abut this. Is there something similar to Beamer for this?
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I know many people who do something super complex at their work in science or tech, and then after the work they go to a local Chess- or Go-club and then hang out at the local Hacklab soldering stuff together.
I would do that sort of stuff if I was e.g. a factory worker to sort of balance things out in my head. In the current situation, I rather enjoy culture and arts and anything that is not too formal. I would go nuts if I did not balance out both sides of brain :-) In the end, I unscientifically believe that this will also help me to perform better also in a tech job.
I would do that sort of stuff if I was e.g. a factory worker to sort of balance things out in my head. In the current situation, I rather enjoy culture and arts and anything that is not too formal. I would go nuts if I did not balance out both sides of brain :-) In the end, I unscientifically believe that this will also help me to perform better also in a tech job.
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Jarkko Sakkinen
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I will vote Pekka Haavisto for #presidency of #Finland. There is a show called "The song of my life", and all the candidates were in todays episode. Pekka picked Leonard Cohen track, and that resonated, so the choice was obvious. He picked "Hallelujah". My favorite is from Leonard is "Everybody knows". Not being very politically oriented, I guess the music taste is a good way to select your candidate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu8u9ZbCJgQ
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@lari @vittorio_fossofino @pesasa @jonne @osma @rolle @jaoler Siihen aikaan oli helpompi ohjeistaa vaikkapa mutsia. Kirjoitin ruutupaperille ohjeet, että kirjoita nämä komennot. Nykyään se voi olla isokin homma selittää miten graafisten käyttisten läpi suoritetaan joku verrattain yksinkertainen asia.
... joskus voi olla todella vaikeaa itsekään löytää oikeaa polkua, että tähän ei sinänsä edes mutsia tai kuuluisaa "Pihtiputaan mummoa" tarvita :-)
... joskus voi olla todella vaikeaa itsekään löytää oikeaa polkua, että tähän ei sinänsä edes mutsia tai kuuluisaa "Pihtiputaan mummoa" tarvita :-)
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