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Submission + - Do Slashdotters use Markdown and Pandoc?

Submitted by BartlebyScrivener
BartlebyScrivener writes: I am a author, screenwriter, law prof, and a hobbyist programmer. I love MacVim and write almost everything in it: Exams, novels, even screenplays now that Fountain is available. I use LaTeX and WordPress and so on, but several years ago I discovered Markdown and the wonderful Pandoc. I searched Slashdot expecting to find lively discussions of both Markdown and Pandoc, but found nothing. Do Slashdotters look down their noses at these tools and do their work in HTML and LaTeX? I can't imagine computer geeks using Word instead of their favorite text editors. If not Markdown and Pandoc, what tools do Slashdotters use when they create documents that probably need to be distributed in more than one format: HTML, PDF, EPUB or perhaps even docx?
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Who Unfriended You, and Why 122

Posted by timothy from the look-to-your-left-look-to-your-right dept.
Barence writes "Given that social-networking sites like to put across a happy-clappy image of friendship and joy, it's not surprising that they're less keen to tell you when someone doesn't want to be as friendly with you any more. PC Pro reveals how to find out who really hates you on social networks. It's possible to track who's quietly dropped you from their Facebook friends list, for example, by installing Firefox's Greasemonkey add-in and running a special script. Meanwhile, there are sites that will reveal the exact tweet that turned people off your Twitter account."
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Submission + - Nanowires boost laptop battery life to 20 hours

Submitted by brianmed
brianmed writes: Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, cell phones, MP3 players and other portable devices. The new version, developed through research led by Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, produces up to 10 times the amount of electricity of existing lithium-ion batteries.
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Journal Journal: A very awesome afternoon at the fair 1

Journal by nizo

Well, as crappy as this last week was, I had a total blast at the state fair with my kids, my nephews (who I haven't seen in ages) and my mom. The day started out with a bitchfest between the SO and I, followed up by my mom ripping into my SO, which seemed to indicate things weren't off to a promising start for the day. But by the time I had picked up the nephews and arrived back home, the SO decided not to come so the rest of us went to the fair anyway and had a total blast. Every kid came a
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Journal Journal: Hindu Prayer Shouted Down in US Senate 15

Journal by metlin

Chaplains from various faiths and religions are sometimes invited to provide the opening prayer for the US Senate. While traditionally this has been done by a Christian Chaplain, this Thursday was unique in that it was the first time a Hindu Chaplain was invited to say the opening prayer in front of the US Senate. Unfortunately, this was marked by protests by some religious Christian folks who shouted

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