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General Software Discussion / Re: What Indexed PDF searcher (Desktop Searcher) has all of the following?

« on: March 02, 2020, 02:16 PM »

Regarding my post above, unless anyone points me elsewhere, I've narrowed the decision down to Archivarius 3000 and dtSearch for my PDF library needs

-Yatom (February 25, 2020, 02:01 AM)

i've possibly spent even more time than you looking for the optimal software for this sort of thing over the years.  I also narrowed it down to archivarius and dtsearch.

archivarius' weak point is that only shows plain text, as you mention.  otherwise it would be almost perfect.

dtsearch is the option that can actually show pdf.  you need to use "dtsearch web", not the plain dtsearch option.  And i believe there is a pdf plugin that you have to install separately.  for me, this is the best solution that i have seen.

x1 search is also a decent one, but i dont prefer over dtsearch web.

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Living Room / Re: Archivarius questions (help using)

« on: February 27, 2020, 04:39 PM »

1, no
2, not sure, these are way fancier features than i use
3, not sure, i thought no quotations are exact and if you want not exact you use asterisks like *nazarene*
4, not sure, cant you specify the extension in the actual search term?

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Living Room / Re: Do good mice still exist? Looking for recommendations.

« on: February 14, 2020, 02:06 PM »

lol at this.  so many cartoon mice.

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Skwire Empire / Re: SigcheckGUI

« on: February 07, 2020, 05:11 PM »

the latest version of SigcheckGUI is more than 3 years old. In the meanwhile, Sysinternals also provide a 64bit version of sigcheck.
Will you provide a 64bit version of SigcheckGUI ? THX.

-Mattes57 (February 06, 2020, 06:27 AM)

Is there a compelling reason for a 64-bit version of the GUI?

-skwire (February 07, 2020, 02:11 AM)

because 64bit is better man.  i can currently use ONLY 4GB ram for your gui, but I'd like to be able to use like 16GB.  i'm always sig checking very intensely.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What was a great program that's now been forgotten?

« on: January 30, 2020, 04:44 PM »

man, there are so many i'm forgetting.  software pre-iphone was so nice, generally speaking.  Before the iphone, windows software still had really nice IMO interfaces and lots of cool features.  then, as the pressure mounted to be similar to ios apps....these softwares became more cloud oriented, touch oriented (so all those nice features went away), and the whole poweruser environment we once had went away.  i mean, powerusers were already the minority back then, but now it's almost entirely gone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What was a great program that's now been forgotten?

« on: January 24, 2020, 11:59 AM »

A long lost great one(s):
Powermarks
MP3rat

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General Software Discussion / Re: What was a great program that's now been forgotten?

« on: January 24, 2020, 11:57 AM »

zaine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-mouser (January 24, 2020, 10:53 AM)

indeed...the master makes an appearance!

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Living Room / Re: Legally Buy & Download Music Easily - Is it even possible any more?

« on: January 21, 2020, 06:31 PM »

i noticed my reply was somewhat off topic as to how to get high quality music.
my preferred way is to buy used cd's and rip them losslessly to my computer.  otherwise you probably have to spend around $10 minimum for the music (per album). 

also, i don't know how legal they are, but there are a lot of nice old vinyl rips out there of things not readily available on modern formats.  i wonder if those are safe to download.

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Living Room / Re: Legally Buy & Download Music Easily - Is it even possible any more?

« on: January 21, 2020, 06:28 PM »

a nifty solution that i just found out about, that i have tried the past week and works very smoothly....
instead of actually storing the files on your mobile device, you can stream it from your own computer, but you have to install something called Airsonic.  then, for android, you use the app D-sub to play the music.  It works very well.  The Airsonic install on windows is a tad challenging, but other than that, all good.

now, you might ask, why not use other easier streaming locally solutions like plex or emby?  because they are not as good, as in, so many playback issues and buffering problems and flat out connection problems.  this airsonic/dsub thing is extremely reliable.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« on: January 14, 2020, 04:33 PM »

After a (fairly) long hiatus, I'm posting in this great forum again 

Here's a list of most of the interesting Android apps I'm using. I didn't include some I use a lot because they are either too niche or local (country)-specific

These are the ones that I think will be of most interest to other forum members:

• aCalendar+: a different user interface for Gmail calendar (needs Gmail calendar as the back end) with some great additional features
  

-city_zen (January 06, 2020, 12:55 AM)

question: why did you go with acalendar instead of digical or something else?

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: December 18, 2019, 03:52 PM »

are you talking about seeing a bunch of notes at once?  like full notes in several windows or boxes on the screen?  If so, yes, that would be an awesome feature. 

evernote is good at that, showing multiple notes at once....at least from what i remember. i can't think of others i use that can do that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: December 17, 2019, 04:46 PM »

I’ve noticed that most discussion of zettelkasten seems to be about the perfection of the process with little interest in workflow or efficiency. Apart from a frequent attraction to database options that make IDs and linking quicker. Maybe that can be justified if the zettelkasten itself is the desired endpoint. Otherwise I’d expect anyone interested in working productively to maximise effectiveness. Which means expending time and effort commensurate with the gains.

Taking the typical academic, reading a journal in his area of interest. Let’s say an experimental scientist..
If there’s a paper very closely aligned to her/his (I was tempted to write his - are most zettelkastenites male, I wonder?) own work, I’d expect detailed notes on the question, the design and methodology, the stats, results and interpretation. With a number of rounds of reconsideration, comparison with other experiments, own work etc. Probably 20-50 notes in all. With a lot of time and thinking going in to it. And all at or close to the time of the original reading.
The rest of the journal might only warrant one note. Looking at topics covered, paradigms and stats used etc. Useful for considering changing trends in the field. A bit of a reminder of what’s in it. But not immediately useful, so undeserving of more time.

Seems to me that this approach is essential if the zettelkasten is to be a useful tool rather than an albatross hanging around the users neck.

-Dormouse (December 17, 2019, 10:24 AM)

What initially attracted me to this idea is the prolific output of that guy, regarding writing books.  So I think it's ok that the process is rigorous and somewhat difficult, because the time spent on that fine-tuning and curating seems to be what makes the putting together of a book or something so much faster.  So i think the efficiency is in the ultimate output of these notes.  The process is definitely not efficient.  But i experienced decades of very efficient note gathering and archiving....and it has only resulted in a great big hodge podge of notes and ideas.  If i want to do anything with all that, I will STILL have to spend a lot of time going over and curating, etc.  So that's why I'm going to give this zettel a try.

I am currently doing two tests with it...a screenplay, and a book about basketball (analytical, not fiction).  I am finding the screenplay is more difficult to apply the zettel method to.  The basketball book is easier because they are facts and more academic in nature.  But I'm still trying both. 

Dormouse, regarding your sources...I still don't quite understand.  If you have pdf's of articles or even textbooks, you put the actual pdf file in that source directory?  and then you annontate it?  i was almost thinking you copied the text into a text file, and then annotated....but that would be crazy.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Syncovery Pro 50% off at BitsDuJour **Soon**

« on: December 17, 2019, 04:39 PM »

awesome software.  recommended here on dc years ago, and ive been using it for a long time.  Pretty complicated, but super reliable, and one of the most active developers on the planet.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: December 13, 2019, 02:21 PM »

dormouse, i am following all this closely.

I do see the value of being very selective and thoughtful about the official zettel.  I like that for a lot of reasons, mostly for the practice of being able to write concise, effective ideas.  Like you, getting to this stage will require going through a whole bunch of unorganized dump of stuff located in various places...other software, paper, notebooks, etc.  At first, i was thinking of bringing all these unorganized writings also into the zettel, and come up with a linking structure or directory structure (like you outlined previously).  However, that means i have to change the way i collect all these things, and I'm not sure i want to change any of that.  maybe i'll just leave those alone and focus on adding a proper zettel to the mix of curated, important things.

So this is what i have going on:

zettel in zettlr: this will manage the official zettel.  There might be other directories like dormouse for non-zettel things, but for the most part, this is for the actual zettel.
onenote: i like putting my clips in onenote, this is my active clip repository and non-curated notes right now.  it has a lot of stuff, most i dont really use.
rightnote: i have spent a few years dumping my notes in rightnote prior to onenote.  so that is still there since it has things the current onenote database does not.
Journal: sometimes i just want to write for no good reason.  this is where i do that, and i like it because its just organized by date, which is perfect.  mostly inconsequential stuff here.
paper notebooks: i have some good stuff here.  i dont know where everything is or how i would use it, but its there.

and then i have a bunch of writing software that helps put everything together.  Outline4D, scapple, word, indesign, etc.  i feel these are unrelated to notetaking and more for final output produced content.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: December 04, 2019, 01:42 PM »

I think a question is a perfectly OK method to focus the notes. Though not the only way. And questions don't necessarily lead to a focused thought: what is the best way from Riga (Latvia) to Sydney (Australia) should never have a simple answer - a set of directions should emerge after consideration of a wide number of issues. Of course, the question could be Note 1. the issues could be notes 2 - n and the set of directions could be linked to them all.

While I think atomicity is important for linking, I also feel that the developed thought needs to be long and developed enough to warrant an independent existence.

Ironically, and off-topic, I've found a use for OneNote. Can be structured to help conceptually, and easy to have very tiny and often temporary notes, store data and work as a shared international enterprise. Once it is complete, everything could be put into separate documents, but, as a WIP. OneNote makes it easier. And, on topic, one of the issues was tiny temporary thoughts which wouldn't warrant existence as a separate document and which shouldn't be consolidated  until there's some clarity about the final form.

-Dormouse (December 02, 2019, 06:43 PM)

thanks, helpful again.  so there's atomicity (which is all the standalone single thoughts/notes) and then the developed thought, which could be like the molecule that pulls all those pieces together.  I am close to getting there.  It has taken me some serious effort to practice making thoughts concise, but the exercise is proving to be very productive.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Request: code editor (or extension) with synced second view with filtered lines?

« on: December 03, 2019, 01:53 PM »

Well as a user of UltraEdit for last 6 years, I can vouch UltraEdit is one of the best commercial text editor.
It has too many features, which may be overkill for you if you are just looking for filtering lines. Otherwise if you use it as code editor, you may not go back to any other editor, IMHO.

Regards,

Anand

-anandcoral (December 03, 2019, 12:27 PM)

i remember UE!  i liked it, good to hear it is still good.  i remember using it a lot.  then for some reason i liked editpad pro.  then sublime text came out and now everyone likes that.  but i still use editpad when i need it.  im going to check out UE i remember liking it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: December 02, 2019, 01:42 PM »

lol!  damn!  those things hibernate half the year??  ridiculous.

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General Software Discussion / Re: IS THERE AN ADJUSTABLE "DARK SCREEN" FOR WINDOWS?

« on: November 27, 2019, 04:04 PM »

there's a program called flux or something like that, free, which can do dimming and things like that on schedule.  Maybe that's an option.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: November 27, 2019, 02:03 PM »

OK!  more updates....

So I am still struggling with one-note one-thought.  Specifically, what i think is one note ends up being a whole  bunch of thoughts.  So my method to get better at this is to call it for myself:  One question, one answer.  So my notes are now a question as the subject, and an answer (short as possible).  This is kind of working for me now.

My notes structure is:

ID (zettlr generates based on date-time, I just copy to top of the note content)
title/question (same as name of file)
tags

then the content/answer


so for my screenplay writing, it might be like:
20191118132057
Who is the Hero?
#moviename #screenplay

The hero is Dormouse, a mouse with a door fetish.
[But why does he have a door fetish?](link to door fetish note)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Request: code editor (or extension) with synced second view with filtered lines?

« on: November 20, 2019, 04:09 PM »

I would look at Sublime text.  It is extensible and people have lots of interesting plugins.  Regarding markdown, in that other thread that i am experimenting with zettel, someone made a zettel/markdown editor that completely transforms sublime text into a whole other environment, quite cool.  So it looks like sublime has the kinds of possibilities that you might be able to build on, maybe with a little development effort if it doesnt exist.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: November 18, 2019, 04:57 PM »

I'm going to do is convert them all out of their respective programs (evernote, IQ, etc.) and then bring them into some temporary area for zettlr.  THen, I'll proceed to curating these to those single notes and thoughts.  Let's see if I can hang with that.

I'm taking my prewritten/compiled writings, and breaking it into single thoughts? 

-superboyac (November 18, 2019, 03:11 PM)

I think you are right.
But also potentially wrong.

If I've taken an excerpt from a publication, my first notes may cover more than one thought (because the source is mixing a few things). The second stage will be in single, separated thoughts. But I still keep the earlier ones.

BUT there's a real question of efficiency and sustainability. There's no point spending time chopping a carrot unless you have an idea what you are going to do with the pieces; if you don't know, leave the carrot as it is. Create connections so that you can go back and find it to chop when you know what you want to do with it.

I think there's a permanent tension between the reflecting and chopping on the one side and working comfortably and efficiently on the other. And some of that is resolved by not spending extra time going through things that are not of much immediate interest.

I'm trying to get into the swing by writing a little article. This makes it easier to make a decision about what's worth working on and what isn't.

-Dormouse (November 18, 2019, 03:54 PM)

i see why you have that sources resources folders.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: November 18, 2019, 04:56 PM »

boy it would be really nice to be able to view multiple notes simultaneously somehow.
You can actually do this with zettlr.  You can open items using "Quicklook".  They open in a separate window, you can open as many as you like and just place them wherever you like.  Pretty damn nice.

-superboyac (November 18, 2019, 03:20 PM)

You can do this with separate files too 

-Dormouse (November 18, 2019, 04:07 PM)

loooooooooool
yes...well....nothing 

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: November 18, 2019, 03:20 PM »

boy it would be really nice to be able to view multiple notes simultaneously somehow.
You can actually do this with zettlr.  You can open items using "Quicklook".  They open in a separate window, you can open as many as you like and just place them wherever you like.  Pretty damn nice.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: November 18, 2019, 03:11 PM »

Dormouse, you just gave me another idea...

I was about to start just writing random notes, which I've been doing.  I'm having a hard time getting to that one note one thought discipline.  I have several notes that are like many thoughts...like, they're each whitepapers essentially.

Anyway, since this is the way ALL my notes are currently.  What I'm going to do is convert them all out of their respective programs (evernote, IQ, etc.) and then bring them into some temporary area for zettlr.  THen, I'll proceed to curating these to those single notes and thoughts.  Let's see if I can hang with that.

It's almost like working backwards.  I'm taking my prewritten/compiled writings, and breaking it into single thoughts?  Weird.  But I feel this excercise will at least get me used to using the system.  I still see value in this.  As i mentioned, I feel like i don't ever use my previous notes, not because they are not good, but because they are just dumped into these systems and they just sit there.  there's not activity around them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« on: November 15, 2019, 03:26 PM »

Makes sense. I'll be in a similar boat if I move major projects in and start deliberately using the database features. Wary of over-trusting the binding/syncing feature. I'd've been on to these details sooner if it hadn't been such a big effort understanding the UI.

-Dormouse (November 15, 2019, 03:09 AM)

regarding the zettlr tagging system and the db....i get that there's a database, but let's say zettlr is no longer around, can't you just use the formatting around tags for another program to identify them as tags?  like, if {} is a tag, then when you migrate, just say detect all those {} as tags.  wouldn't that be sufficient?  I feel like zettlr is hitting the nail on all these points.