ecspike

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by ecspike 8mo ago
Agreed, I did a month long cultural homestay in northern Japan and got to deal with a bunch of mundane bits like laundry, grocery shopping, and trash day.
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by ecspike 3y ago
I've told folks half joking and half not that if they really want to level up their English, they should learn French. Once you know what to look for, you notice all the English words that came from French. It's something like 30%
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by ecspike 3y ago
I spent a lot of time in undergrad researching to find the books cheap online or buy the Indian paperback version that is only hardcover in the US. The oncampus bookstore gave peanuts when you sold it back and some profs were oblivious and
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by ecspike 3y ago
Chip + Signature depends on the venue which makes it really annoying. Went to a new city, one place out of the four I visited required a signature, the rest were fine with tap to pay/chip+Pin. Some places are fine until some arbitrary
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by ecspike 5y ago
I mostly use Blender recently but I've used KDenLive, Openshot, and Shotcut alot as well. GDQuest has some good tutorials on video editing in Blender.
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by ecspike 5y ago
I double dip too. My county and city both have Overdrive/Libby.
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by ecspike 5y ago
I'm pretty similar except for the digital portion software. My final work notes live as an org-roam database because it has really rich linking, export and embed options. Day to day is in paper and the pertinent stuff is "elevat
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by ecspike 5y ago
I started using a bullet journal some years back and quickly dropped all the rules and artistic spreads for regular notebooks and most recently a pre-printed planner from Japan. Just went to the Bullet Journal site, wow, there's an app
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by ecspike 6y ago
I was an originalist on Emacs and totally agree. I tried Spacemacs and then doom and got to throw away 80% of the customizations I'd acquired over the years. The only thing that pushed me from Spacemacs, which is a nice distro, to doom
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by ecspike 7y ago
Totally agree. Before starting with a paper journal about 4 years ago, I was using todo.txt for tasks with some org-mode to supplement. I stuck with it for a good while (2012-2016) but needed more flexibility. I did go through an experiment
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by ecspike 7y ago
I've always liked to write things. I got into FPs a couple years ago because it's less pressure and the color selection. Re: obsession/cost, it is what you make it. I know folks who won't buy a pen over $5, others who th
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by ecspike 7y ago
Many Noodler's inks are waterproof and have served me well even for legal docs. I've even found a bunch of other inks that aren't advertised as waterproof/resistant that ended up to be waterproof depending on the paper.
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by ecspike 7y ago
My one gripe with the Metro and it's cousin the Kakuno is that ink seems to evaporate in them much faster than other pens. I know it's my fault for having too many inked but still. I got the TWSBI Go first before the Eco, because
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by ecspike 7y ago
Esperanto is doable without an IME. Some of the media I learned from used the x-system, appending an x where a diacritic mark was needed so ĉ becomes cx. The only problem with that is the original creator preferred a h-system (ĉ becomes ch)
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by ecspike 7y ago
I was designated navigator on road trips with my dad from like 8 or 10. As a adult, I was surprised to see friends using GPS every time to get to their "favorite restaurant" (located a few blocks from their house). It's a thi
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by ecspike 7y ago
It's not that the Mickey Mouse shirt isn't, it's just that companies don't go after it (at least on the small scale in public spaces). Both are fair use. I think it might be lobby stuff and how they are consumed. Great m
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by ecspike 7y ago
I'm also a fountain pen user. I never liked pure cursive and do a mix, it's more of a print-sive where some letters are always print (F, J, G, Q, a couple others) and others are cursive depending on flow, speed, etc. I have a bit
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by ecspike 7y ago
I think that's both duolingo and more her effort to find ways to apply the language to her interests. I didn't have literature in my language classes and generally wasn't taught about the opportunity to "live" in my
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by ecspike 7y ago
Likely not. There are so many modern Parker 51 inspired pens already. The vintage P51s are priced all over the place from $60-7500 depending on the features of that pen....$7500 was a pen that Cartier commisioned to sell in their stores. Th
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by ecspike 7y ago
My favorite P51 homage is the Jinhao 51A. I love all the colors/finishes they come in and have demonstrator versions, hooded and unhooded. They are like $2-5 a pop. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jinhao-51A-Acrylic-Wood-
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by ecspike 8y ago
The answer is yes. If they have the text of their video, they can upload it and Youtube will try to match it to the underlying speech. Youtube can do some automated transcription but it can be buggy. For funsies, I recently did the transcri
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by ecspike 9y ago
I have a simple zippered pouch that I carry my pens in. It's been on at least 2 dozen individual flights including some to/from Europe. I've never had a problem with TSA in the US. And some times I've traveled with 5-6 i
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by ecspike 9y ago
If I don't like how a FP feels, I can possibly change the nib or trade it/give it away. My first thought isn't like a ballpoint where I'd trash it. I don't get as OCD but I know of some who match their FP to what th
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by ecspike 9y ago
JetPens has good guides: From this list, I can personally vouch for the Platinum Preppy and Pilot Metropolitan. Though the Preppy is a disposable, the catridges from the non-disposable Platinum pens fit it. You could could even get an eyedr
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by ecspike 9y ago
Because they work by capillary action, if you have the pen uncapped for too long, the trail of ink on the nib can dry enough that it gives you a hard start. Recapping and uncapping can be distracting to others. There are some pens that hav
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by ecspike 9y ago
As low as $3. Sometimes a touch cheaper if you order an erm "inspired" copy from abroad. https://www.jetpens.com/blog/great-beginner-fountain-pens-th...
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by ecspike 9y ago
Same here, I haven't had a problem with any modern pens. I have Jinhaos, WingSungs, and a few Pilot Kakünos and Metropolitans. I'm 2 years in and I think I'd just designate a pen to be dedicated to the known Noodler's &q
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by ecspike 9y ago
The guy uses a lot of vintage pens. Most modern pens are very low maintenance. I can refill a pen in less than 30 secs if using a converter, 5 secs if I'm popping in a new cartridge. For those that want to go the disposable route, ther
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by ecspike 9y ago
I have a big bottle of Heart of Darkness that I'm working through (the 4.5oz one) and an X-Feather sample that I think is done. The only gripes I have about Noodler's is that it isn't as vivid in EF or F, they beg to be in M
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by ecspike 9y ago
I generally trend towards flights because US trains are pre-emptible by commercial traffic. My experience has been delays are de jure versus the exception.

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