benfrancom

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Comment · 14 days ago
I used both for a long time. i3 for non-terminal work, and tmux in the terminal. Loved it, and am ready to move back to Linux for better OS-tiling management. I also ran it on OpenBSD on my laptop as a daily driver for about ~9 months. Loved the security/simplicity, but made it more difficult or impossible for certain Linux only tools.
Comment · 14 days ago
It's always been a chore to keep sessions (and tmux windows) at a minimum to avoid context switching and the cognitive drag/fatigue that comes with too many. My goal is 2 active sessions to avoid context switching, but it's so easy to just take on more tasks and try to cycle between all of them, and accomplish less overall. I've had upwards of a dozen, and it is very draining. Even more panes within windows to track subtasks becomes unruly. The other problem is that work keeps ballooning as agents pick up related/unplanned work along the way all the time. I try to reign things in by having the agent create tickets that we will revisit during planning sessions later. By keeping tasks minimal, it feels slower, but then I can think deeply about the problem without the cognitive residue coming from all the other sessions.
Comment · 5 months ago
They use 3d scanning of the originals to create CNC-dies to re-create some classics.
Comment · 5 months ago
pod2book.com It converts podcasts to e-books for the deaf, hard of hearing or neurodivergent because transcripts are clunky.
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I canceled my account recently for the same reason. The two day or same day shipping would never happen even though on the product it was advertised as such.
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Being able to time shift video instruction content made all the difference in the world for me. I could rewind and watch something multiple times until it clicked. Helped me significantly with college mathematics.

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