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I've been using plain text for over 10 years. It's simple to use, easy to modify, has as complex of a tag system as I would like, and will be around until heat death. Why fix what ain't broke.


Instead of e-ink displays, I wish companies would try to make strides in transflective lcds [0]. If more companies invested the time and resources, I think that the potential cost savings and technological benefits (such as a higher refresh rate and no ghosting) over e-ink would make a killing.

Right now, I only know of one commercial product [1] currently being made that is taking advantage of this untapped market.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transflective_liquid-crystal...

[1] https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/product/SVD-32-Color-RLCD-C...


The Sun Vision display you linked to is purely reflective, not transreflective.


You know what has the same, and even sometimes better, precision, requires no batteries, lasts a life time, and is usually a lot cheaper? Classic analog vernier slide calipers. You really don't need anything that fancy the get some exceptionally precise measurements.


Digital calipers do have the advantage of being much harder to misread, as well as the fact that you can do some neat math tricks with em. E.g need the center distance between two same-sized holes? measure the hole diameter of one, zero the calipers, and then measure the outside-outside distance of the holes. The caliper will read the center distance.


They also have an ABS button sometimes for that trick without changing the zero point!


Clearly you own more expensive digital calipers than I do ;)

Once you get to 0.01mm, which even fairly cheap calipers get down to, you're at the limit of how precisely calipers can measure anyways, so why bother going with the really fancy expensive ones?


> Regarding their PCB design (visible on the bottom of the page, with additional details here [1], could someone explain why the optic part is separated from the rest of the board by a long, wavy connection?

I think the pcb has to be slightly bent to accommodate the angled position of the track ball. Making it like that helps alleviate stresses on the pcb.


Not just slightly bent. See here: https://ploopy.co/mini-trackball/ Clever.


Very interesting! Thanks!


Makes sense! Thanks!


Talk to a licensed therapist with a PhD or PsyD that specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). There are masters level therapist, however most of them don't have as much training as people with PhD's or PsyD's (it can be hit or miss with masters level clinicians). But really it's about finding someone that you can connect with.

CBT focuses on challenging behavior that goes against your goals and building an arsenal of cognitive tools to maintain behavior that helps you achieve your goals.

It's what most people with these kinds of problems need.



-$5 or less a month -simple web interface -accurate results -privacy oriented -NO ADS

That's all I want from a search engine. I don't care about shopping or maps or any of the other 'features' all of these alternative are trying to implement. I want a gnu style search engine. I want something that "does one thing, and does it well," and I want that one thing to be 'search.'


Not to diminish the seriousness of this post but I'm a little curious why this site is named 'so fucking agile'. If it's just for shits and gigs then it would have been great if they called it 'sofa king agile'.


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What a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing!


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