trogdoro

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The Graph has just launched its decentralized network
10 points by trogdoro 6y ago|1 comments
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New kind of search engine: search for code snippets right from code comments(xiki.org)
2 points by trogdoro 7y ago|0 comments
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by trogdoro 8y ago
Braille has many of the same properties, and it could be worthwhile to train yourself to read it visually. If you went down that path, though, I think you'd get to a point where you'd say: hmm, if I'm going to start over I mi
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by trogdoro 8y ago
The terminal is tricky, due to the monospace aspect. It degrades readability when the spaces between the words are as skinny as the letters, but that's what a requirement of a monospace font. One (though not perfect) workaround is to m
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by trogdoro 8y ago
I tried that, as well as with color variations. The problem that arises is when you view them at small or even medium font sizes, a black dot next to a red or gray dot just looks like a blurry black dot.
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by trogdoro 8y ago
I like your mapping just about as well as the Dotsies mapping. Slightly more speckled vs angular. I wish others who are finding fault with the mapping would go down this path as well. I think they would quickly realize that one mapping is (
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by trogdoro 8y ago
> But then chinese websites have very small fonts as well Right you are. It took me a while to be able to shrink it down. You have to start large and gradually shrink it down. > If I could watch someone reading fluently in dotsies Any
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by trogdoro 8y ago
I added several characters to the Dotsies font for other languages in response to requests. They have accents above the dots.
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by trogdoro 8y ago
> It doesn't really make sense to optimize for screen space like this. However, the teaching style along with a symbol alphabet that IS trying to solve for better legibility ... Optimizing for legibility as opposed to screen space i
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by trogdoro 8y ago
> There is probably a way to come up with dot positions that yield much nicer looking shapes. Try it yourself! http://dotsies.org/design-your-own Hit the "random" link a few times and you'll get an idea of
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by trogdoro 8y ago
Grids of dots can be slightly morphed to resemble curves and slashes. Notice how some of the morphed versions of Dotsies appear visually similar to Asian scripts: http://dotsies.org/script.html Interestingly, when you read
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by trogdoro 8y ago
Part of my motivation with Dotsies was to capture the compactness and visual distinctness of Asian characters, while still keeping what's good about alphabets. I'm guessing native Chinese speakers find it exhausting to have their
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by trogdoro 8y ago
Dotsies words look kind of like letters. They have lines, corners, loops, etc. > There's going to be a high degree of uncertainty. A dot, and another dot 1 pixel higher or lower is easy to get conflated I initially thought that woul
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by trogdoro 8y ago
I appreciate the support :) Creator of Dotsies here. I've been using Dotsies to read books since 2012 (maybe around 100). At first on a Kindle and then on a Kobo after Amazon stopped letting you add your own fonts. I reached my normal
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by trogdoro 8y ago
The Changelog. The topics are pretty diverse, with an emphasis on open source. I find myself listening to about half of them. Also Technotopia from John Biggs, about "a better future". The latter is more abstract but often worthwh
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If you use the command line, you should back this kickstarter(kickstarter.com)
2 points by trogdoro 9y ago|2 comments
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Show HN: XikiHub: The Social Command Line. My Second Kickstarter(kickstarter.com)
3 points by trogdoro 9y ago|0 comments
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by trogdoro 10y ago
Btw reach out to me at @xiki on twitter if you're looking for a place...
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How to find techy roommates?
1 points by trogdoro 10y ago|1 comments
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A bunch of new shell commands that will rock your world(youtube.com)
1 points by trogdoro 12y ago|0 comments
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Xsh: The revolutionary new shell that augments your shell(xsh.org)
11 points by trogdoro 12y ago|0 comments
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The Next Big Thing in FOSS, according to the author of Linux Cookbook(linux.com)
31 points by trogdoro 12y ago|4 comments
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by trogdoro 12y ago
After some pretty brutal feedback about my video last week, this is my Hacker News focused version. It gets right to the point.
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Love shell commands? See specifically how Xiki is a better way to run them.(youtube.com)
8 points by trogdoro 12y ago|1 comments
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by trogdoro 12y ago
1. Currently supports Aquamacs and Emacs. "Xiki-enabled text editor" means a text editor with a Xiki plugin installed. Which, in turn, means you can run Xiki commands right from that text editor (or IDE). 2. Yes, you need to be
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by trogdoro 12y ago
Thanks so much sunir! I love the unixy command line. I think there's a path to bringing command line haters and lovers together, to get us all creating and sharing commands that we can use with our UI method of choice.
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by trogdoro 12y ago
The offer is still open. Let's pair! :) I want to pair with a bunch of people during the campaign. I think misc pairing on open source projects is going to be a huge part of how we devs connect with each other. What better way to get
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by trogdoro 12y ago
Indeed! Thanks so much for the support!!
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by trogdoro 12y ago
Sorry you don't like the music. I showed it to a bunch of people and they said good things about the music. The music was actually created via the xiki "piano" command (and then enhanced with garage band). I was going to em
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by trogdoro 12y ago
Hey! Project creator here! I'll answer all your questions here and try and clear up the writing. Ask away.

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