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surfcao··on Show HN: Powerful Org-Mode at Home on iOS
I use Org mode everyday for note-taking and time management. I found no app available that fit my needs of workflow, so I built this Orger app with native iOS interface to access the org files. It can capture a task, quick note, task or web page, manage your time (clock-in/out or Pomodoro timer). It can also integrate the iOS Calendar and Reminder into one place. Hope it can fit to your workflow.
surfcao··on What We're Working on in Firefox
As long as I can hide the address bar to have more screen real estate and vim extensions work, I am happy..
surfcao··on Turn Your iPhone into a Dumb Phone
Apple watch is a 'dumb' phone. I upgraded to watch ultra for this purpose. Just leave the iphone at home or in the car (bonus: one less item to carry). I use browser to check twitter occasionally, but it helps break the habit of keeping phone around all the time. Do miss the camera though..
surfcao··on Introducing the next generation of Mac
So what to do if a powerful working machine is needed now, buy the current MBP 16" or go to thinkpad? Disappointed they didn't even upgrade the intel CPU on MBP 16" to the newer version.
surfcao··on Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers
So what to do if a powerful working machine is needed now, buy the current MBP 16" or go to thinkpad? Disappointed they didn't even upgrade the intel CPU on MBP 16" to the newer version.
surfcao··on US blocks shipments of semiconductors to Huawei
What's the problem with China's growth? China uses to be a friend when they can only manufacture T-shirts and socks, now a threat when they can even do chips and aircraft? The foreign policy of the US is a failure, wars in mid east and anti-terrorsim has costed too much, and that gave China an opportunity to grow. You cannot blame China for this. The business practice need to be changed for sure, but let's hope there is no war.
surfcao··on Cultivate the Skill of Undivided Attention, or “Deep Work” (2019)
Great writing, enjoyed it
surfcao··on China
Agree with you. That's how free market-based economic works, seeking maximum return. Inside an economy, free market tends to increase economic inequality and monopoly, which seems to be the major source of many things going on (Trump elected, protests in HK, France). When this happens, blaming Johnny Foreigner is easier..
surfcao··on China
I received news from mainland China, Taiwan and US media. Most of the US news (even NYT) are indeed often biased toward China and of course same for Chinese media. The biases contribute greatly to the increasing animosity between the two worlds.
surfcao··on We are Google employees – Google must drop Dragonfly
I understand they want to hold the principles they value, but practically, I think it will do good to Chinese living there to have Google's presence in China, by providing a not-so-much-censored alternative/competitor to Baidu etc.
surfcao··on Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more
If you have vim fingers like me, vivaldi + surfingkeys is probably the closest to replace vimperator+ firefox.
surfcao··on Qutebrowser – a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI
Tried once, but missed the addons in Firefox that Vimperator can also have access. Too bad vimperator will stop working soon.
surfcao··on Show HN: I’m writing an ebook version of the Tao of tmux
Switched to Tmux from Screen for a while. One feature I missed most is that, in Screen, I can centralize the command prompt and hide the pane split lines. Anybody know how to get that in Tmux?