jbaber

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

vim vs. emacs

It doesn't matter if you personally like emacs more, far fewer people use it.

https://plenz.com/tmp/vi.html

App suggestions for vocab that's not Duolingo? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Busuu looked promising.

Best alternative to WhatsApp? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (4 children)

For my family member who moved out of country, signal's voice quality was not very good. WhatsApp's quality was better than a regular phone call, very impressive.

Also, outside the US WhatsApp is some kind of standard the way rich Americans think iMessage is. Companies will ask her to contact them on WhatsApp, so she'll have to have it regardless of your personal involvement.

There's also jitsi.

What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.

Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I vaguely recall there being a stereo record needle explanation for this.