[It’s free and I don’t feel like it’ll do any good, so I don’t fuck with the form.] Bold+strike font (tasks, KeepNotes) consolidation of tasks/events into a single object with some properties (can be unchecked, duration from-to and not just one day, differentiate/color by type/importance, display subtasks on calendar, actions as alerts (like alarm and …
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Category:IT, Computers and Programming
IT, Computers, Programming, Development
I am considering switching from Windows to Linux – opinions?
That is, on my personal laptop, which I also use for managerial and office work. I have never even used anything else on servers. As I delve into (for me new) technologies, I find that the backend (what actually does most of the work on the computer) is best supported and works best – or …
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Stupid manuals (“help”)
I’ve always thought that the old I.T.s-guy’s [I don’t know how to better translate the vernacular for IT-expert] saying “When all attempts fail, try reading the manual“, which for present purposes I’ll rephrase to the more accurate “Read the manual only when all other attempts fail“, is largely meant as a joke. It isn’t. My …
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What to program in (2)? (an update to previous article)
So, while Flutter still seems like the ideal choice in terms of creating a portable frontend, I’ll probably end up needing the Python one more. With that said, I’ll use Py+Django for the (web) frontend. For mobile apps though there is Py+Kiwy, but I haven’t studied that yet. Although I don’t have much time or …
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What to program in?
So, after a long (more than 10-year) hiatus in IT, I am thinking about what I will continue to program in. Not that I plan to make a significant living with it (although one never knows in advance), but somehow I’m addicted to it – if I don’t write hello world at least once a …
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Operating system bootable from a USB flash drive? It works, but…
not every flash drive is suitable for someone, as I found out to my unpleasant surprise. Not that it couldn’t be done in principle, sure. Basically, you “burn” the official installer on one and use the other as the disk to install the system on. I just strongly recommend that you physically disconnect the drive …
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