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For those who want a very similar setup but don't mind the risk of a vim-plugin going unmaintained, I can highly recommend vimwiki. Its a very simple markdown based wiki all within vim. A few features that I find particularly good:

- a 'diary' function that allows you to make a page per day. Vimwiki then produces an index page of all diary entries.

- you can go to your wiki anytime from within vim with a command ( <leader>ww )

- vimwiki can generate html files from yout wiki files

- the coolest thing in my opinon: since the whole thing is just markdown, I actually just use vimwiki as my personal website hosted on github pages. You just have to add some Jekyll related files and github can process everything else as is.

A small note on obselescence: I actually don't even know if vimwiki is in active development anymore. Haven't bothered updating it in maybe 4 years and it works fine. So maybe its fine to not roll your own.

There's an article on it in NYT which provides a short list of the reaons: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/technology/north-korea-ra...

It basically comes to it looking like Lazarus Group

The WannaCry attacks used the same command-and-control server used in the North Korean hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, which wiped out nearly half of the company’s personal computers and servers.

...

Other digital crumbs linking the North Korean group to WannaCry include a tool that deletes data that had been used in other Lazarus attacks. The hackers behind WannaCry also used a rare encryption method and an equally unusual technique to cover their tracks.

I always assumed the breakfast phrase had its origin in Kafka's Metamorphosis:

The washing up from breakfast lay on the table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of different newspapers.

But then again, I guess it would have never become such a common phrase through Kafka alone. Funny would be if the above formulation only appeared in post 1944 translations.

Yep, that's what I did on my Dell 11 (wolf) with Xubuntu and almost everything working out of the box.I just created a vanilla Xubuntu USB, turned on developer mode and made a bios patch (the Dell has a bug, other Chromebooks don't require it), and installed.

After installation, I had to run something like two scripts to get the trackpad and suspend working.

Battery life is not 10+ hours as it is with chromeOS, probably closer to 7/8.

Further reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ (I didn't follow the Chrubuntu instructions, but used the community to get a touchpad fix) and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromebook

I feel like science fiction is somehow singled out in society as a special kind of crap.

Yeah, I think this is quite a common battle that many mediums/subjects have to fight. For this case, it seems like a combination a lack of interest in the themes explored in serious science fiction (the ones that get me and you excited), meaning that it does not get as much air-time in "serious" discussions; and the baseline exposure to the genre which does not grow into anything for most . For example, this is the case for me and high fantasy: I know nothing about what the genre has to offer.

I mean, I'm guessing that if I never transitioned into things like Gundam, Xenogears, Ghost in the Shell (can you tell I liked Japanese thigns as a teenager?) and onwards I would still think of sci-fi as cars with guns.

Or maybe I'm unaware of romance novels dealing with game theory and metaethics.

You are right, you probably won't find romance novels dealing with those issues, but that is not something to be surprised or annoyed by.

Each genre has some things that it is, through the tropes of the genre, naturally good at exploring. Science fiction and cyberpunk are really good at speculating about the future (and, of course, by extension, the present: everything is a mirror), because of the setting that they take place in. On the other hand, Romance novels they tend to make good mediators for dealing with different issues, such as sexuality, taboos, class, etc. Just look at Jayne Eyre.

Yes, this is the release that will get me using Ghost. I've been waiting for them to introduce multi-user blogs for a while.

At the time, the PhD was not seen very highly in the department, and in the report on the defence of the PhD Moore famously said:

"It is my personal opinion that Mr. Wittgenstein’s thesis is a work of genius; but, be that as it may, it is certainly well up to the standard required for the Cambridge degree of Doctor of Philosophy’

So, it was not seen as an achievement at all!

In the work that pretty much started the discipline of suicidology and one of the most important books in sociology, Émile Durkheim's 1897 "Suicide", it is made clear that the environment you are in does matter. Alghough the text is highly flawed (biases, sexism, logical faults here and there), but the basic idea prevails.

Up till that point, it didn't occur to people (as it does not seem to occur to you) that something as intimate as committing suicide might be deeply linked to more social factors.

People are right to point fingers, the context that one is in influences the decisions they make, the options that they think they have.

Just to be sure that it is clear, Neimaier was the architect of most of the buildings in Brasilia, but not the man who made the urban plan. That was Lucio Costa.

I'm not trying to defend him, he approaches architecture with the intent to create his own brand of ‘beauty’ which results in buildings like you experienced, but he should not be blamed for Brasilia's possible failure as a city.

Actually, that would be Chandigarh[1], a city that was designed by Corbu himself. There is a lot to be said about the city, but it is probably not what people would expect from him (I've heard from people who have been that it is actually quite humanistic). This is quite common with Corbu, since he is the favourite scapegoat in architecture.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh

I've got the unicomp 122 that I use at work, and the HHKB Pro Silence∂ that I use at home.

I only got the 122 because they were out of stock of of all the Classic and Space Saver when I was ordering, and truth be told I can't think of any intrinsic advantages that the 122 brings. I do love the layout of the arrow keys (with Home in their middle), but the singe best feature of the board is the BS switches.

Back when I bought mine there were a few more configuration options for the 122, one where the additional F keys (13 - 14) would send a "normal" F13 signal, and one where it sends shift + the F key below it. For example, F13 would send Shift-F1. Seeing how unicomp does not give you options any more, you might want to check what the default is.

Also, if you like the Natural, you might be in to ergo boards? You might like the Truly Ergonimic[1] with MX browns. Watch out of the placement of the important programming keys though, since they are a bit off (~ [ ] { } ; : / \ etc.)

1: https://secure.trulyergonomic.com/

No, it isn't.

When most people refer to a place, they refer to it by it's common name. You fly to JFK, Heathrow, Charles de Gaule, Gatwick, Luton, O'Hare, etc. There is no need to add "airport" to something which so obviously is one in the context.

The familiarity of common names is why wikipedia uses them for article names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles#Common...

It's not that simple:

CO2 in atmosphere -> CO2 in water -> Ocean acidification[1] -> Change in ocean ecosystem

The oceans absorb OC2 from the atmosphere, which you could argue is good, but it is not without consequences. Putting CO2 in the water moves the problem from having it in the atmosphere elsewhere, but it's still a problem. In some ways then, this can be seen as a good thing, because it is undoing the effects that increased CO2 in the atmosphere has on the oceans. Obviously though, I doubt that its effects would be at all noticeable.

The wiki article already linked has a chapter called 'Possible Impact'.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification

You have not disturbed the sun. You have disturbed the photons.

You disturb the thing that you are measuring, not the source source "higher up the foodchain".

There is a nice scene in the film Before Sunset where the two main characters are discussing the fact that the female lead, Celine, is working for an NGO. Speaking about what she sees around her:

I see it in the people that do the real work, and what's sad in a way is that the people that are the most giving, hardworking, and capable of making this world better, usually don't have the ego and ambition to be a leader.

An invite-only network that you can apply to[1]. Those two things don't make sense together.

[1] https://svbtle.com/apply

Architect in the making here.

I was expecting Graves's article to be some form of luddism judged by the title, but after reading it I assume that it is linkbait that was added by the editors. In fact, I don't see anything overly negative that Graves said. He correctly points out the reality: that there are certain parts of a ‘creative’ work flow that are not addressed by any software at this moment. CAD has it's place and has made drafting easier, but honestly drafting is not where the value or enjoyment lies in an architect's day-to-day. The term "CAD monkey" exists for a reason.

There is a very important distinction that Graves points out: “referential sketch”, “preparatory study” and “definitive drawing”. Each of these is very different and has different requirements.

I used to dream of something like a unified work flow for this stuff, where you could do everything in one, well integrated (digital) ecosystem. It does not exist, not for architecture, and I suspect it's mainly because an architects requirements at the first stages are almost the inverse of what they are at last stages. Compare the properties of a sketch to construction documents: in the former you don't want any friction and keep things abstract and detached from technical requirements, whereas the latter has to stand up. An analogy would be going from a fashion designer's ‘inspiration board’ to instructions for making the clothes.

The first stages are rough, contradictory, abstract, idiosyncratic. Things that software is not very good at being. I feel that especially the last word on that list is crucial, since there are some people (like me) who don't even draw that much, I much prefer to work with text and more abstract references in the stage that Graves described as "referential sketch".

CAD has addressed the points where communication standards exist, but nobody brainstorms and researches in the same way so it's difficult to build a tool around that. As an example: another architect, Steven Holl, travels frequently. He does small (A5-ish) watercolours with a pocket set, takes a picture of it with his iPhone and sends it to his studio in NY. His staff knows him enough now to understand them and can use them to develop their projects.

Note that the use case of PlanGrid is different from anything that the article addresses. The article is actually addressing the things that architects do up until the point that a building goes into being constructed, while PlanGrid is about distributing/sharing _finished_ construction documents to a construction site.

Graves points out the weaknesses that exist in software content creation tools.

There is also the multi page plugin: http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#MPAGE

I will also add that with many of these "window managers" you get the terribly annoying behaviour of one window's shadow disturbing the content of its neighbours.

Just yesterday I found ShadowKiller[1] that removes window shadows for all OSX windows, making it feel even more like a true tiling window manager.

[1] http://unsanity.com/haxies/shadowkiller

Relevant: http://youtu.be/E91oEn1bnXM

It's a recording of a very very good talk by Inktomi co-founder Eric Brewer called "Inktomi's Wild Ride - A Personal View of the Internet Bubble"

I disagree.

I think we all know that it's possible to "go rural". Many have done it.

What Paul is doing is far more interesting and valuable to him as a tech journalist. I see this as a research project, not as a rejection of the web. To quote:

> Now I want to see the internet at a distance. By separating myself from the constant connectivity, I can see which aspects are truly valuable, which are distractions for me, and which parts are corrupting my very soul. What I worry is that I'm so "adept" at the internet that I've found ways to fill every crevice of my life with it, and I'm pretty sure the internet has invaded some places where it doesn't belong.

He will still live in NYC, still write tech articles, but by disconnecting he will constantly have some distance from the material. I will be happy to read his observations on the field around him through his new perspective.

Thanks for sourcing your article!

Could you also provide a link to more information about "Honda's dark factories"? I have no idea what it is, and Google did not help me.

Is there a linux equivalent of PC-BSD[1]?:

_Programs under PC-BSD are completely self-contained and self-installing, in a graphical format. A PBI file also ships with all the files and libraries necessary for the installed program to function, eliminating much of the hardship of dealing with broken dependencies and system incompatibilities. _

[1] http://www.pcbsd.org/index.php?option=com_zoo&view=item&...

Makes sense.

I guess I just wanted a place to vent out my frustration with DWG :D.

The other comments in this thread make it very clear, you have a great product. More industries need teams like yours.

I see that on your about page you mention only supporting PDFs.

As somebody frustrated by the lack of alternatives to Autodesk products, seemingly due to the lock in by .DWG files[1] not being an open standard, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts? Did you think about/try implementing the file format? Do you have plans for others?

Last week, I told myself I'd give the OSS CAD programs a try, downloaded LibreCAD and tried to open some architecture plans from my inbox. Could not open. Then I read came across an excellent explanation of the problem of DWGs in OSS[2], this is the most frustrated I've been for a while. The industry standard is a proprietary file format with no published specifications.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwg [2]: http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/whats-up-with-dwg-a...

I found an interview with the creator:

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august082011/g-wan-intern...

and here are the discussion forums g-wan, it seems that at least some people are using it:

http://forum.gwan.com/

> And it's all the client.

I believe the "client" in this case was "customer". Getting somebody to right click on a folder and selecting 'share in dropbox' is the easiest thing that I can ask of somebody. All files within that folder will be visible to me, even if they make changes.

Another key thing with dropbox is that it made sharing files easier by allowing you to share folders. I, for one, going through the attach -> browse -> open dialogue for each photo I wanted to show to somebody.

I am a bit surprised by your and angusiguess's take-aways from DFW. For me, the technical details of IJ were absolutely uncritical parts of the story - I imagine that the setting could be changed if DFW wanted to. Much more interesting for me was the absurdity of the characters, the physical pain and nausea caused by reading the book, the mental strain, and the story itself. The most memorable things about IJ are the effects that reading the material had on me, not so much the contents of the material itself.

If anybody has not read What Happens at the End of Infinite Jest [1] by Aaron Swartz, you must.

[1] http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ijend