menturi's recent activity
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Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #2 in ~health.mental
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Comment on How can I organize and store my cables? in ~life.home_improvement
menturi Link ParentI have been doing something similar and can recommend painting the ends of the cable the color corresponding to the kind of end it is (not the metal part, just the plastic housing near the end)....I have been doing something similar and can recommend painting the ends of the cable the color corresponding to the kind of end it is (not the metal part, just the plastic housing near the end). My normal type-c to type-c cables are blue on both ends. Ones with type-a on one end are green on that end. Red for micro which I've fortunately have been needing less often now-a-days.
A similar system could be extended to include non-USB cables as well.
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Comment on Proposal: ADHD support thread (reoccurring) in ~health.mental
menturi LinkI would absolutely love to see something like this. I've sought out support from Discord servers before but always come away feeling like either I'm not heard or that the person responding barely...I would absolutely love to see something like this. I've sought out support from Discord servers before but always come away feeling like either I'm not heard or that the person responding barely read what I wrote. I trust the people here on Tildes so much more to read what is written and respond thoroughly (if applicable)or at the very least with thought behind the words and not so superficially.
With regards to frequently, I really don't know if once a week is too often or once a month is too infrequent. Personally and honestly, I'm mostly a lurker, I would probably only comment every now and then, so monthly would probably be adequent for what I would like to see, but of course others may have different opinions.
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Comment on Which unanswered questions do you want to see an answer for in your lifetime? in ~science
menturi LinkWhat really is emergence? Given some set of laws, how do we predict the existence of anything emerging or properties of the emerging phenomenon? I wonder if there'll be something like Gödel's...What really is emergence? Given some set of laws, how do we predict the existence of anything emerging or properties of the emerging phenomenon? I wonder if there'll be something like Gödel's incompleteness theorem.
This ties into physics: How is it possible that our laws of physics has sooo many layers, from "fundamental" particles to atoms and molecules with all of chemistry to larger scale behaviors like materials and phases. Or even larger scale, matter clamping together to form stars with nuclear fusion and planet capable of housing life, solar systems, galaxies, galaxy clusters, etc. If we were to tweak the parameters of the universe, we think it would have vast consequence on what could emerge. Perhaps even subtle changes would result in it being physical impossible for life to form. Are our laws fine-tuned or just a part of a landscape of laws where the parameters results in physics that can support life.
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Comment on Recommendations for a conference talk in ~talk
menturi LinkI have more experience with academic conferences talks than industry ones, but there are some points that I think carry over. Most of these are on designing your slide deck: Humans are good with...I have more experience with academic conferences talks than industry ones, but there are some points that I think carry over. Most of these are on designing your slide deck:
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Humans are good with making associations, take advantage of that. Speaking generally here, place similar items near each other on the screen, and add whitespace between items you want to categorically separate in your audience's mind. Keep style and color consistency. If a red circle and arrow means bad, don't also use red for good and neutral things. If blue means a particular kind of approach and green means a different approach, keep using blue and green to mean the correspond approaches through out the presentation. If dashed lines and dotted lines mean something or if squares and and circles mean something, be consistent.
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Use animations to help break down large complicated things into small easier to understand things. If you have data to show for 30 cases, don't show all 30, just show maybe 2 or 4 but then animate zooming out to get a broader trend picture. With that said, too many moving things can be hard to follow, it's better to not use animation than to overdo it.
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On the topic of moving things, videos are worth a thousand pictures in the same way a picture is worth a thousand words. But videos are also very distracting. People simply won't listen to your words if a video is playing. So use video purposefully.
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Your audience won't listen at points. Either they were talking to their neighbor or they just spaced out for a moment. Put important points as text on the screen so the audiences can still follow along even if they stop listening for a bit. It's also helpful to nail home important points by repeating them throughout the talk.
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Comment on What's your quirk? in ~talk
menturi LinkI tend to read lists bottom up. I have to put in a concerted effort to start at the top and go downwards, often times having to try again if (when) I jump ahead in the list. I'm not sure when this...I tend to read lists bottom up. I have to put in a concerted effort to start at the top and go downwards, often times having to try again if (when) I jump ahead in the list. I'm not sure when this habit started, but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember.
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Comment on What's something you were wrong about? in ~talk
menturi LinkI was wrong about how desktop computers would remain the dominant way to browse the web. To me, the browser experience on desktop is so much better than on a smartphone, yet since the introduction...I was wrong about how desktop computers would remain the dominant way to browse the web. To me, the browser experience on desktop is so much better than on a smartphone, yet since the introduction of the smartphone, it has slowly shifted. Looking today, mobile browser usage is higher than desktop browse usage, which is not something I ever would even have thought to happen. It's not like I ever claimed browser usage on mobile devices will forever be less than desktop usage, but I had that idea in my head without ever putting much thought into it.
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Comment on Going Mouseless, Or Using The Computer Without a Physical Mouse in ~comp
menturi LinkInteresting article! It's been quite a while since I last tried to navigate my browser using just the keyboard. At the time, I found it quite clunky and eventually gave up. Though the article also...Interesting article! It's been quite a while since I last tried to navigate my browser using just the keyboard. At the time, I found it quite clunky and eventually gave up. Though the article also mentions the idea of using a tablet as a pointer device. I've never considered that until now. I was able to get it working using SuperDisplay and it is surprisingly smooth, I might give it a serious try to see if I like it or not.
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Comment on PanGui - A cross-platform UI library with a razor sharp focus on performance, simplicity and expressive power in ~comp
menturi Link ParentCould you please expand or clarity? I'm not quite sure what you mean by this, why are no-incentive donations considered pitiful?historically, no-incentive donations tend to be pitiful
Could you please expand or clarity? I'm not quite sure what you mean by this, why are no-incentive donations considered pitiful?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
menturi (edited )Link ParentI was quite intimidated by the whole physical layout and soldering part. It seems like if I already have an idea on where I want the keys to be, the way to generate it is quite straightforward! I...I was quite intimidated by the whole physical layout and soldering part. It seems like if I already have an idea on where I want the keys to be, the way to generate it is quite straightforward! I am still intimitade by the soldering part, but the video certainly put my mind at ease. I think I will have to give this a try at some point, lots of room for creative freedom! Thank you so much for the link!
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
menturi Link ParentWow this is really neat! I feel like there are tons of innovative things out there in the keyboard world for both hardware (physical layout) and software (layout). I don't have a 3D printer but do...Wow this is really neat! I feel like there are tons of innovative things out there in the keyboard world for both hardware (physical layout) and software (layout). I don't have a 3D printer but do know someone who does who would likely be willing to have me use it. I don't think I'm quite ready for tackling the idea of custom physical layout and hardware, but I will definitely have to bookmark this and check it out at some point. I really like this idea of customizing the keyboard to one's heart's content, thank you for sharing!
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
menturi Link ParentYes I am. I was not aware of the expedited process, this is helpful, thank you!Yes I am. I was not aware of the expedited process, this is helpful, thank you!
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
menturi LinkI was hesitant to post this at first, but I have been procrasting renewing my passport. Just the thought gives me so much anxiety that I've been avoiding merely thinking about it. It wasn't so...I was hesitant to post this at first, but I have been procrasting renewing my passport. Just the thought gives me so much anxiety that I've been avoiding merely thinking about it. It wasn't so important back in May last year, but it is already April this year and I will be needing it it August. Even thinking about the calendar and upcoming months gives me anxiety. I really need to take care of this but the time pressure exacerbates the anxiety which makes pushing through to tackle it even harder. The frustrating thing is rationally I know it isn't that hard but emotionally it is difficult to overcome.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
menturi Link ParentWow, you definitely are giving me some good ideas to explore! I have not heard about leader, seems like a cool feature of QMK (I'm quite new to all of this). It seems much more elegant and...Wow, you definitely are giving me some good ideas to explore! I have not heard about leader, seems like a cool feature of QMK (I'm quite new to all of this). It seems much more elegant and powerful than using layers and certainly opens the door for much more than 30 macros. I'm not sure what namespaces are though, what do you mean by this?
I have explored a bit of the tap-hold of multiple keys, not for character n-grams but rather for common multi-word phrases. It's been a bit of hassle to get chording to be not only responsive but robust. I could not strike a good balance there without accidental triggers so ended up disabling it for now. The article you linked is interesting though, it brings up the idea of having modifiers to change the form of words. I really like this idea, having keys to change part of speech, tense, etc.!
Very interesting idea to use circular key caps to fit more in a smaller space. When I first explored steno and chording, I had similar thoughts by making keys snug next to each other to allow a single finger press multiple keys simulataneously. I gave up on the idea when I realize there was quite a bit of lateral movement on my key caps thinking that could be a problem - I could not find any information on lateral movement when I looked into other key switches years ago. If I ever embrace chording, I might return back and think about snug keys or fitting extra keys one day, but not any time soon. Now a foot pedal, that's certainly an interesting idea, haha.
You've definitely given me some things to think about.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
menturi Link ParentI have! I love the idea behind stenography and did try to use one of the variants of it with Plover before. The main issue I had when first trying it was with how frequent my pinky finger was...I have! I love the idea behind stenography and did try to use one of the variants of it with Plover before. The main issue I had when first trying it was with how frequent my pinky finger was needed - it was much higher than I liked and caused discomfort. I couldn't find any resources on variations on the design of chording layout/methods that explicitly consider ergonomics or comfort. Plus, the learning curve was very large, which was quite the hurdle to overcome. I did dabble with implementing my own version of chording using AutoHotkey for common phrases, and I think I might retain it, but only for sequences of words rather than characters. It's been quite troublesome with accidental triggers so I have it disabled for now but will return to it at some point.
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Comment on What's something that makes you feel like we're living in the future? in ~talk
menturi LinkThis is a pretty small thing in the grand scheme of things: I can plug a mouse, keyboard, and monitor into my phone to get a desktop-like experience. There are even dedicated products like the...This is a pretty small thing in the grand scheme of things: I can plug a mouse, keyboard, and monitor into my phone to get a desktop-like experience. There are even dedicated products like the Nexdock for this, which is much lighter than a laptop. What made me feel like I'm living in the future is that everything uses a USB type-C cable, and I could litterally plug the Nexdock into my computer to get an extra monitor!
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Comment on Ubisoft's colorblind simulation tool, Chroma, now available for public use in ~games
menturi LinkThis is amazing that they are willing to share this tool! I've been using a different piece of software to check my figures are still understandable in color-limited circumstances, but it was...This is amazing that they are willing to share this tool! I've been using a different piece of software to check my figures are still understandable in color-limited circumstances, but it was always clunky to use. I will have to check this out!
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
menturi LinkI've been designing my own keyboard layout. Most existing layouts largely assume a one-key one-character correspondence, and there's tons of info on the consequences of the placement of those...I've been designing my own keyboard layout. Most existing layouts largely assume a one-key one-character correspondence, and there's tons of info on the consequences of the placement of those keys. With seeing keyboard layouts with a thorn key or a magic key with few macros, I wanted to see what a keyboard layout could be like if I embraced the idea of one or two key press(es) entering common sequences of characters - not just bigrams like "th" but perhaps trigrams, 4-grams, etc. (think words ending in "tion" or even common words like "which"). How far can this be taken? How many key strokes can I reduce typing by? Would it even be comfortable to use? There's far fewer resources on this.
So my programming/technical project I've been working on is analyzing a dataset of already tabulated 1-grams through 9-grams. I'm in the process of identifying which N-grams I should consider as definitions of my macros. One idea is to dedicate a thumb key on my Ergodox as a one-shot layer containing the macros. This would open the door for defining something like 30 macros which can each be entered by a sequence of two key presses. I'm also considering demoting some letters to this layer so that I could have some single-key macros (think how the bigram "th" is more common than many single letters). I'm trying to be systematic and thorough though - defining a new "th" key, for example, will reduce the number of occurrences in which I need to use the "t" key. Same applies if I have 29 other macros, some which will overlap. I've been breaking my brain on how to do the math correctly on this recently without having the corpus itself.
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Comment on Block AI scrapers with Anubis in ~comp
menturi LinkWould this also effectively block archival websites like the WaybackMachine on archive.org from working properly?Would this also effectively block archival websites like the WaybackMachine on archive.org from working properly?
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Comment on Our interfaces have lost their senses in ~tech
menturi LinkInteresting read! I had a similar thought to Akir, I felt like I both understood and didn't quite understand what the author was getting at. I think this came from the lack of concrete examples....Interesting read! I had a similar thought to Akir, I felt like I both understood and didn't quite understand what the author was getting at. I think this came from the lack of concrete examples. They gave one example with the organizing tool, though details were sparse. I wanted to learn more!! It didn't help that some text was not visible hue to being cropped by the images.
The thoughts of the author are somewhat related to similar thoughts I have on a continuing interest in input perephrals for computers. Everything is a mouse and keyboard/buttons (or worse, screen taps). I have to click or press buttons repeatedly to adjust volume, where did our volume control knobs go? Those are so nice! You can even have one act as a mouse scroll wheel! Or use a SpaceMouse or trackpoint/nub as a pointer device, that's rare outside laptops. Or those IMU/accelerometer devices you wave around to move the pointer during presentations, one could have it for everyday use even. Let's bring back trackballs! Even for keyboards, there's many options out there, split, 60%, ergonomic, etc. The physical layout is so wack by being staggered, it's not great. Even button layouts like qwerty, other ones feel so much nicer to type with! There's Frogpad and others for one-handed use, so some other ways to type. There's probably good reason many of these aren't mainstream, but there's no reason to restrict ourselves to one mode of input. But still, most are meant for you to type one letter at a time. It doesn't necessarily have to be that way, one could chord their inputs! I'm sure there's mere. What if we were to start from scratch, could thece be a better way to "type"? I don't even know what that would look like.
Routines are the bane of my existence. They do wonders when I have them, but they are so hard to create and keep. After a week of not following my routines, I was able to get back on the horse (something I tend to struggle with) and return to the important ones! On top of that, I have been making a point of getting outside for hikes or bike rides as well as doing exercise on weekdays after work gasp, something unfathomable to my past self.