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So, as per usual, I like to occasionally check the pulse on the community to make sure that people for the most part are happy and satisfied with the day-to-day operation of the site. For those of you who are new to the community, first, let me welcome you and explain how these work.
When I open the floor to the community, the intent is to provide a venue to discuss anything related to site operations, content, and anything along those lines. I actively review and comment on these posts, and if one issue pops up multiple times in comments, I generally run follow up articles to try and help address issues the community feels is important before someone decides to take rehash and form a spinoff. Feel free to leave whatever thoughts you want below.
In contrary to my usual posts, I don't have that much to say to this, so to both the community and editorial team's relief, I'll cut this off right here before it becomes Yet Another NCommander Novel.
~ NCommander
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Monday November 07 2016, @05:10PM
I like the historical "I didn't know that" kind of thing (like the BBC's Connection's show). I crave knowledge (my problem is due to lack of sleep and getting old, my brain doesn't hold info well at times, so i can watch Connection's over and over and over and sometimes go "I didn't know that" when i know at one time i did know it, lol.
History info. Stories that are odd. Stuff like the rise of Pinkerton's, or the lady who killed her husbands for their money just to remarry and do it again: then when she was about to get caught, it looks like she faked her own death in a fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness [wikipedia.org]
And anything about Hitler and Churchill/WWI/WWII... like a car crash: horrible, but fascinating (how close Hitler got to winning: if only he'd stopped and listened to his Generals at some point and hadn't started the second front war with Russia (which he said they shouldn't have done in WWI). Imagine that: he could have wrapped up England and THEN headed East.
Stuff like all this.
Wish i had more time, now, to post. Maybe after Christmas. I can dream, anyways.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 07 2016, @05:27PM
I love the history, politics and economics articles where the posts are backed by some stats/quantitative analysis. If I did another PhD, it would probably be something like this...
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday November 07 2016, @05:52PM
another one:
have you heard the song "Hey man, nice shot"? It's about poor Bud Dwyer (video contains GRAPHIC/bloody material)
https://youtu.be/eVm88MX2Gw4 [youtu.be]
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Sarasani on Monday November 07 2016, @07:39PM
my brain doesn't hold info well at times
That's why I'm using DevonTHINK [devontechnologies.com] to file all the info I come across. It's by far one of my favourite tools.
I wish they'd make a version for linux though (so I'd have a way to migrate out of macOS -- which seems to be getting worse over time).
(Score: 2) by Fnord666 on Monday November 07 2016, @09:37PM
That's why I'm using DevonTHINK to file all the info I come across. It's by far one of my favourite tools.
I thought I was the only one using it. It's a great research tool and the summarize ability works well for putting together submissions.
(Score: 2) by Sarasani on Tuesday November 08 2016, @05:23AM
Yes, it is a great tool. I don't normally spruik anything to my friends (or people I get in contact with), but I gladly make an exception for DevonTHINK. The UI looks a bit dated now, but hey, the tool just works -- that's all that matters to me. And I like how it becomes more useful the more stuff you drop in there (DT is not very useful for filing 20 items, but extremely useful for filing 20 million items). I nearly always instantly find what I'm looking for and I can't think of another application that lets you search your local files with advanced search operators such as these:
Wildcards: ? * [a-z] [abc] [^abc]
Boolean: AND, OR, XOR, NOT, "phrase"
Advanced: OPT, NEAR, BEFORE, AFTER
Part of word: ~term
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday November 08 2016, @01:22AM
and i'm on linux COMPLETELY. I struggle through, i guess, by trying to be better at placing important, constantly accessible folders/files on my desktop, with less imp. on my home folder.
Better folder naming, file naming helps. AND BACKUPS!
Once i get my raspberry pi setup as a file server with my harddrives plugged into it instead of my laptop (once Christmas comes) (and if i can ever get a good desktop computer... saving is soooo hard when the money you earn isn't your own, lol)
Might have to get my pi it's own web domain name so i can set it up for streaming to myself and others in my family/extended family: something to tinker with (if i everrrrrrrr get time!!!!!)
Makes me think Dog has something against me, and keeps stealing my space-time. :(
Also want to reinstall my operating system to an SSD (maybe Arch again, dual boot with ubuntu) to try to speed up my laptop.
So many wants, so little space-time.
Aaaaannnd back to Stargate Atlantis! (amongst all the work......)
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