stevewillows

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by stevewillows 4y ago
I've been trying to find a good, portable impact printer for ages that has relatively easy to source paper. In a dream-scenario, I'd be able to cut A4 or 8.5x11 in half vertically and use that (or any other size) with some sort of
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by stevewillows 5y ago
When you get around to it, for the third part, watch The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Its a recut of the third part that improves on the pacing of the original cut. Its a fantastic trilogy. If you become a super-fan, ther
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by stevewillows 5y ago
Wikipedia has a good page that also includes shading [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_character
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by stevewillows 5y ago
I love yabai. I don't do anything fancy with it, but I found that its one of the few twms for MacOS that can do three up on the left with a large window on the right. I also love that it isn't locked into auto-balancing windows. F
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by stevewillows 5y ago
Might be a little slower than the estimate they're calculating. I timed myself at nine minutes, but others were faster than me. You should time it, though. I wouldn't worry about the time so much as the comprehension and retention
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by stevewillows 5y ago
it’s crazy that we need to jump through hoops. these providers should allow an opt out for specific devices or at least the ability to apply context.
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by stevewillows 5y ago
I've considered getting a spotify family account, using separate accounts for major genres and one for browsing. I have a browsing profile for Netflix so I can freely explore without messing up the suggestions. For me, I listen to a lo
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by stevewillows 5y ago
there are a handful of neat mods. For color and better waterproofing, you can tint mineral oil with an oil based dye [1] and have any color you want. With my own, I 'turned off' the beeping by applying a little electrical tape to
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by stevewillows 5y ago
I got this from samyk, actually. I wouldn't use iconic lyrics like this and you don't have to use a full line or even a natural ending. You don't even have to use lyrics from a band you particularly enjoy -- just something lo
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by stevewillows 5y ago
lyrics with spaces work well. e.g. 'God only knows what I'd be without you'
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by stevewillows 5y ago
this is my dream! I used to use a Pebble watch for grocery lists, but the display is just too small for a larger list. It would be fantastic to have something that is basically a half-sized palm pilot (say, 4" tall, 2" wide), eink
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by stevewillows 5y ago
Chrome also has it under chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode its pretty great.
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by stevewillows 5y ago
It's been suggested below, but Github Pages is a total breeze. Find a theme you like, clone the repo, add your domain (and set that stuff up) and get writing. If you go with Jekyll, it's really nice to work with. I decided to go w
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by stevewillows 6y ago
I really wish they'd bring these in for Google Sheets, too. There are times where I want to sex up a sheet but don't want to bring in external images.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
SETI coin should be a thing. It’s nice for people to fold without prompting or compensation, but the added incentive would most likely draw a significantly larger market.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
ok, a heads up. If you read the book, skip the forward. It gives away a lot of details about the rest of the book. Nothing major, but there are a few notes that I wish I hadn't known ahead of time. The forward is nice, but I think it i
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by stevewillows 6y ago
right! its way better. Especially in these times where the ferries have limited capacity. It simply isn't worth the hassle. The location of the planes is really convenient, too. I've always hated the ferries anyway, but now that I
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by stevewillows 6y ago
These flights are awesome! I had to go to the island earlier this year and wanted to avoid the ferries at all costs. Like you said, that region is goosebump gorgeous. The flights are fairly cheap, too, all things considered.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
with my catchall, I use one address per site. If they sell it off or whatever, I block the old one, update it on the site (e.g. hn2@blah.net) They're all tucked away in your password manager anyway, so there isn't any effort or tr
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by stevewillows 6y ago
like Hamuko said, there are domains like .party, etc that are cheap. However, some sites won't take them. My main junk account is a wildcard .party domain. It'll work with mosts sites, but the odd one won't take them. I ended
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by stevewillows 6y ago
I've got one domain with freenom. You have to manually renew it every year, but otherwise it's fine for totally useless projects. For anything with even the smallest bit of value, a cheap tld like .party can be had for a decade fo
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by stevewillows 6y ago
for me, wp.com was being blocked.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
This is great, but I wish it were clearer that we had to apply with a linkedin URL before actually getting to test the thing out.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
Further to this, a catch-all domain for signing up to sites is so handy. I use sitename@domain.com. I've only had one or two spam emails since, but all I do is change it on that site (sitename1@domain.com) and blacklist the burned one.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
That's awesome! Letter writing / penpal'ing is really magical -- specifically for the reasons you noted. Even with friends I speak with (digitally or in person) on a regular basis have plenty to talk about in a letter. I hadn
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by stevewillows 6y ago
I use a mix of pens. Often a Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen, Marvy Le Pen (almost felt-like), and also gel rollers from Muji (0.38, 0.5, 0.7). Overall, the Le Pen is my favorite, but I notice an improvement in style and consistency with th
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by stevewillows 6y ago
I started typing letters to people once this pandemic got going. I'm on a Selectric II and have a bunch of different typefaces. The Selectric II is such a joy to type on. Unlike Hanks, I use corrective tape, though. He mashes 'x&#
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by stevewillows 6y ago
I pay for IFTTT but mostly use it for controlling Hue bulbs via Google Assistant without any feedback from the device. That alone is well worth the cost (set the response to '¿'.) On top of that, I've got RSS feeds for some s
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by stevewillows 6y ago
I paid for 1 and 2, but switched to Barrier a few months back. It’s been great. Like the older version, it just works. Definitely give Barrier a swing.
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by stevewillows 6y ago
You should check out https://tld-list.com -- plenty of cheap domains / renewals. I really like Porkbun as a registrar, but there are others that are just as good.

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