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Comment Re:backups (Score 1) 275

While you’re here video editing expert...

I’ve got a copy of premiere pro running on a win10 machine at work. It’s great, but I want something similar for playing with at home. Something on linux or bsd would be fantastic but I guess there is nothing. Something on win10 that has a one-time purchase price instead of a recurring sub is my next best thing. What are the best options?

It will be mainly for cutting up shadow play footage, splicing it together, simple transitions and mixing in audio.

Comment Re:I can actually hear him gritting his teeth (Score 1) 370

Sounds like the problem is where you are.

After the second explosive encounter with the easily offended and mildly retarded I found that they were removed from my way. They have been less of a problem since then. Could be horses for courses, or maybe you just don’t follow through when you double down. Lame.

Comment Re:I can actually hear him gritting his teeth (Score 1) 370

Why would this be a problem?

The goal is not to act in such a way that it avoids the possibility for anyone to be offended by it. The goal is to be polite enough that most people would shrug and say, well that person is just overreacting. Linus was a long way from that balance before.

Comment Re:nice, but... (Score 1) 171

Convergence between a laptop and a tablet would be great. Would be.

Current attempts are compromises though, which is why I still carry two. I think we are close to the end of the line though, my ideal device should only be 2-3 generations away. I want it to fold up small enough to be as portable as a phone, but with an input device / screen combo that is as productive as a laptop. It has to be real machine - that I get a shell on and can write code for. A pen interface is great for note-taking and drawing, but I would switching to an alternative that worked as well for those tasks.

I don’t know what shape it will take: folding screens might be part of the answer, but they are shit for typing. Augmented displays and a novel controller might be the solution but I don’t think it is a refinement of anything we have yet. There is still some invention work left to do.

Comment Re:nice, but... (Score 1) 171

I carry both: the ipad pro is used for reading (web / pdf) and writing. Note-taking and image construction has become 1000x easier. But it is not a computing platform. I carry a laptop (dell xps with linux) so that I have a shell and a compiler. Together they fill all my needs, but there is no single device yet that covers all those needs as well as two separate devices.

Comment Re:ALL THE TIME (Score 1) 257

Same. I didn’t realise it was such a common problem.

The only juicy thing that arrived was the internal accounts fora company that same name was taking over as CEO. That led to some fun exchanges with lawyers.

I regularly get emails about another same.name’s golfing dates. After dozens of requests for them to stop I just started sending snarky responses instead. It kind of backfired as instead of inviting him less they now think he is “lit” and want to hang out all the time.

It does get a bit GTA4...

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