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cac1··on LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking
Epiphany WorkFlow isn't quite what you asked for, but I do believe you would find it a reasonable fit for your needs. Its output can go into Apple's Pages for final formatting, and it's free until Jan. 1, 2021. There after just $20 for a permanent copy. Disclosure: I wrote it. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epiphany-workflow/id1490449900...

I admit that this looks like a bit of an ad, but I think it's fair use. If I offend anyone, I apologize.

cac1··on LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking
It looks very useful for projects of relatively limited scope.

Of course I'm biased. I wrote Epiphany WorkFlow for the Mac. It's similar but more practical for larger projects and it's free (for now).

cac1··on Ask HN: What does it mean if a post doesn't show up in the Show HN tab?
The Show HN heading is confusing. Those are just the posts with the highest number of responses. Look at the top of that page for a link to the newest posts which most likely aren't on the Show HN list yet if ever.
cac1··on Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside Swiss Official Maps
Whistler, the American artist, whimsically added two flocks of sea birds to his map of Anacapa Island for the US Coast Survey. He was chastised for it. Some modern wag followed his lead and cleverly inserted a fish among the kelp in the modern version of this map. You have to look twice to see it.
cac1··on Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance
This was published by NIH 6 years ago. Would someone summarize the response in the scientific literature?
cac1··on Show HN: Help for Students in Academic Trouble
Epiphany WorkFlow is for collecting all the disparate parts of a writing project into a convenient graphical environment. It’s for writing a paper or for synthesizing a study guide from your class materials.
cac1··on Ask HN: What is one question you want answered before you die?
How not to die.
cac1··on Ask HN: Any Devs with ADD got tips on how they handle it?
1) Get a professional opinion my friend. Look for a cognitive psychologist.

2) Remember the ADD is not a one-way street. It's a cycle. You will return to what your were doing. Concentrate of efforts that record your progress up to the point you were distracted and that make it easy to refresh your focus when you return. Word processors and graphic arts are wonderful for this. Visually structured programming is too. You want to complete a method at a higher level before working at a deeper level. That is, you want to define all the logical units of a method with comments before coding each unit itself. Make the effort to create logically complete camel case variable names. These programming practices will make it much easier to resume work.

3) You are susceptible to distractions, but the distractions themselves are not the problem. You are distracted because: a) you are bored. b) you are exhausted. c) you are emotionally disturbed by something. d) you are interrupted. e) you are inspired. You must recognize what is causing you to be distracted and deal with it, or you will struggle.

Good luck.

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