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Ask HN: Using the Computer without a Mouse/Trackpad

Hi everybody,For the last week, I tried an experiment. I wanted to do everything on my computer without using any pointing device at all. I used mainly terminal programs to do my work (mutt, vim and w3m to name a few), and it worked out better than expected. I really feel that I'm way faster when I only use shortcuts and not touching my mouse once. In the beginning, it was a little bit...

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Re:Ask HN: What device do you use to read academic papers with? on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @04:05AM (#13588128)
I really tried to use a 6'' kindle for that, but it just doesn't work. I tried it with .pdf, but the screen is just to small and scrolling is not really comfortable. When I tried to convert them to .mobi with calibre, all formulas just looked nasty. Today, I read them on my 14'' ThinkPad with Redshift installed. It does its job well, but it isn't as handy as a Kindle would be.
Re:Implementing a DFS and BFS with Java 8 Streams on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:20AM (#13307135)
Hello everybody, this is my first attempt of writing a blog post about programming in Java. Please let me know what you think about it.
Re:Java Magic. Part 4: Sun.misc.Unsafe on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:42AM (#13100107)
TIL that you can manipulate memory in Java. I always thought that this is a low-lewel-language (and C++) feature.
Re:Improved Authentication for Email Encryption and Security on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:28AM (#13100081)
Do you also get ads by protonmail itself or does it come from other websites? And is there any unsubscribe feature like in outlook?
Re:Improved Authentication for Email Encryption and Security on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:24AM (#13100068)
Right now, I also try to keep Google as far away from me as I can. Unfortunately, I don't own a domain myself. Have you tried out ProtonMail yourself? If so, do you think that it is a good alternative to a self-hosted server like Fastmail?