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« Last post by wraith808 on December 17, 2020, 09:53 AM »
thanks for doing all the hard work! 
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thanks for doing all the hard work! I'd have to say I agree with the reviewers. Why make a big deal about redirecting the GPIO to enable access and then screw it up by making it non-standard? I'm also really confused about why a big company like Cooler Master would need a Kickstarter to fundraise a project like this.-Deozaan (December 12, 2020, 09:57 PM)
Tone to die for: Dave Ryan Harris with studio legend Sean Hurley on bass.
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Tech note for bass players: notice how Sean is tuned to E-flat rather than E? Consider giving it a try next time you’re rocking a Fender Precision. It’s an old trick many studio cats swear by. The improvement in tone and response can (depending on the instrument) sometimes be quite remarkable.-40hz (December 03, 2020, 06:00 AM)
This looks really useful! Thanks for bringing it to our attention.-Deozaan (November 30, 2020, 02:55 PM)
Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About The Lockdown:
http://www.wrongaboutlockdown.com/-panzer (November 29, 2020, 06:48 AM)
I'll take my pandemic advice from qualified Virologists and other scientists, rather than a historian with delusions of grandeur.-Stephen66515 (November 30, 2020, 06:57 AM)
I suspect it could be adequately handled by XMLIf XML were a contender markdown et freres would never have been invented.-40hz (November 21, 2020, 09:56 AM)
The number of commands most people need is small, it's just that markdown doesn't include them all, and some of its choices are distinctly odd and hard to use. Apart from other features which presumably fitted Gruber's original idea of purpose and target users, but aren't wanted by most WP users.-Dormouse (November 22, 2020, 04:08 PM)
With any particular outcome in mind?-Dormouse (November 20, 2020, 04:41 PM)
Why do we write and write and curate and write?Virtually all the money I've ever earned has depended on my writing. Curating too.-superboyac (November 19, 2020, 12:04 PM)-Dormouse (November 19, 2020, 02:37 PM)
As you know, I have a much more nuanced approach to databases.
I'm OK with Writemonkey 3 with its coterminous files. I have my data in files and the extra features that come from the database (which include, I assume, its very good folding). Most writing programs have some sort of database; some also have files and some save much of the data in files.-Dormouse (November 19, 2020, 04:01 AM)
Obsidian has never been totally clear about what is saved where. Some is saved in the vault folder. But a large part has been moved to a json in a system folder.
It talks about vaults, and how every fault is totally separate, but then the data from every vault is in the same system folder in readable format.
It seems hard coded to only look at one location. If it's empty it writes another set.
And it has just announced saved searches. So a reiteration of the same question in my head - 'What is saved, where?'. I'm sure the answer will be that central json, but I'll have to run a few searches and do a file check to see exactly what's there. And will only be quick because I will know what I'm looking for and can do a search.
For me, it's straightforward poor design and not thinking through the implications of choices. Fixing a small immediate problem - today easier, tomorrow harder, and just don't think about next week.
Most of the immediate problems can be overcome. I control what I use it for. I can remove and encrypt the system file between uses (though that would always irritate me). And I can to a detailed test of every update (though they are weekly, more or less; I think I'll make it less going forward, updating is starting to feel too much effort for a small gain).
The big question about any developing software is where it's going to end up and how confident you can be about both quality and direction. This is where I now favour your Frankenstein model, though my version may look completely different to yours. Obsidian might be some part of it, maybe.-Dormouse (November 19, 2020, 04:01 AM)
It’s “Wox”.-Tuxman (November 18, 2020, 11:30 PM)
As Everything is only a plug-in, it should be possible to not use it. Untested yet.-Tuxman (November 18, 2020, 11:30 PM)
wox*.exe is just the wox installer itself without everything.exe and python.exe. require everything version > 1.4.1.
You can call it Windows omni-eXecutor if you want a long name.
Why Does This Exist
Microsoft’s vscode source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking. According to this comment from a Visual Studio Code maintainer:When we [Microsoft] build Visual Studio Code, we do exactly this. We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.json that has Microsoft specific functionality (telemetry, gallery, logo, etc.), and then produce a build that we release under our license.The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft’s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to GitHub releases. These binaries are licensed under the MIT license. Telemetry is disabled.
When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a “clean” build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license
If you want to build from source yourself, head over to Microsoft’s vscode repo and follow their instructions. VSCodium exists to make it easier to get the latest version of MIT-licensed VSCode.
