cauthonLuck

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by cauthonLuck 10y ago
pentadactyl add-on for firefox. Allows you to browse like you were using vim and allows you to script anything you do on the web. Vimperator isn't nearly as powerful and all the chrome options aren't even worth mentioning.
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
recent improvements in all solid state dye-sensitized solar cells show more potential for lowering the cost of solar energy.
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
That is the question. All of the materials are expensive themselves (gallium, indium) or expensive to process ( silicon) - which means these cells will never scale and replace oil. Which is why dye-sensitized solar cells are such a promisin
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
especially when you throw in citations for scientific articles. Which often require compilation of the citation database, citation order, and citation insertion. Adding 3 more steps to the process. I've recently switched to papers to h
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
I use a similar setup with vim+latex+git for chemistry articles. It works amazing for me. I feel like it is the most powerful presentation setup and most efficient editing setup currently available. I break sentences by ending with two spac
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
Scientific writers do need branches. When there are 10 authors on one paper all suggesting different paragraphs/figures/equations at different times.
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
How many of these options penflip, draft, etc are actually open source? I'm looking for very specific features on the level of Latex libraries that would never make it into a for profit application.
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
I'm using latex+vim+git for this purpose currently. I put two spaces after a period to signal the end of a sentence in Latex. Which helps me break the document up by sentences with vim. If you're using markup then encouraging the
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
Latex has line comments and since it is compiled into a document you can place line breaks anywhere. It does break the flow of the sentence though. I've used Latex+vim+git to write scientific papers recently. It is unfortunately much t
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
Scientific writers do write like programmers code. There are as many as ~15 authors on a paper. The scientific paper has intensive markup, often in Latex. And collaborative writing like GoogleDocs doesn't work b/c 3 different auth
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by cauthonLuck 13y ago
I'm an American born graduate student in Chemistry lab at an R1 school and the funding landscape has been a very hot topic throughout the department. No tenured professors have said they would move, but we probably wouldn't receiv