proto_azure @proto_azure@social.cleverlibre.org
Joined Jun 2020
@tripu so...umm...where's the Scientific American article?
@zleap I agree. Some things are best left ignored
@sda yeah facemasks are pretty useless and studies have found them to have very limited effectiveness.
However, I'm not sure if we can trust this site. It gives positive coverage to climate change deniers.
The PinePhone Is an Open-Source, Community Developed iOS and Android Competitor - VICE
@lupyuen I wonder what they're going to charge for it? Last time people did an open-source phone it wasn't cheap. The Librem 5 as of now costs $749
@globcoco that one looks pretty. I think I'm going to switch to that one.
By the way, do you stick to the one word per line rule? That's the part I'm having the most trouble with.
@globcoco I also do struggle finding a free computer mind mapping program that doesn't produce boring results. Freemind is the one I'm using right now, and its results really do look ugly.
@globcoco Hi. I'm also into mind mapping and am a fan of Tony Buzan's work on them.
On what subjects do you use mind mapping on? Even though I love using them I still struggle mapping STEM topics like math or science.
proto_azure
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I love using mind maps. It is easier to get ideas flowing.
The hard part is sometimes to deal with the amount of data i can have #overload but it is one of the tool that I find really powerful.
A few years back i used Xmind but as time went by I found their app being more and more annoying changing what you could have or not (when paying) with sometimes each upgrades. it also became quite slow as well to use (with crashing) and to download the documents made.
Then I used Freemind and then freeplane.
Good for the values I stand for (open source) but I really can't stand it anymore. It forces me to use the "Buzan Mode" every time even if I chose not to. And it is very ugly!
Of course there are really beautiful softwares out there for the windows mac users. Some are Linux friendly but of course all have gafa tech with re-captchas and not data care friendly really.
So I looked and looked and looked... and there is not much on the horizon 🏜️.
@Lwasserman They're going to teach us the basics of C programming and how to use it on embedded systems. So yeah, maybe we'll only use high level languages
@Lwasserman microcontrollers
@Lwasserman later on I'm going to use the PIC32 for my engineering courses. Those aren't as easy to use, are they?
@Lwasserman Is there a disadvantage to using Arduinos?
@BeBestBeatBeast How long did it take you?
proto_azure
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I did it ! Hahahahah Arch is installed. Next step -> set up i3
Anybody work with Arduinos? They're cool little circuit boards, aren't they?
@design_RG @Sphinx sounds right. I've had at least two professors who wrote their own textbooks, then made us buy them! 😬
@danslerush @lupyuen oh no. This video exists because of everything Microsoft has bought, then zombified! https://youtu.be/ECHndM3b-TA
@lupyuen Ubuntu has always gotten cozy with corporations. For example, Amazon
@apaoapa I used to know someone who was studying industrial engineering.
What do they do in comparison to mechanical engineers?
Joined Jun 2020
