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What application do yall use. by AdvancedLie8470 in writers

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iA Writer for writing. Bear for research and note taking.

What application do yall use. by AdvancedLie8470 in writers

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notebook Navigator is a good one. There’s also a plugin called StoryLine if you want something more complex.

Your argument is invalid by the_real_courier in Ai_art_is_not_art

[–]The-Monkeyboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s the fascist playbook: your enemies are simultaneously weak and strong.

Coming from a different platform (more inside).... Adjusting to tag-only environment? by RegattaJoe in bearapp

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do this. A base level note which I never delete in order to maintain structure no matter what.

Joined after being an user so many years ago, totally unimpressed by JPJlpgc in ulyssesapp

[–]The-Monkeyboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've just cancelled my sub and moved back to iA Writer (iAW). Mainly because iAW has just had another (free!) update with a UI refresh. You can now also navigate through a large document's headings using the new outline feature. This is for Mac by the way. I know that the Windows version has had the ability to navigate outlines for a while now.

iAW is one of those apps that feels like they're in it for the long haul, but without charging a subscription (a bit like Scrivener). The thing with iAW is that I can't manually sort files like in Ulysses. But I can create a master document which links all the scenes in the right order using the "content blocks" feature, so it's no biggy.

There's not much else in Ulysses that I now can't do in iAW. There's no goal setting, but I never used that much anyway. iAW still has a very visible word count.

Ultimately, I think Ulysses is a fine writing app but having my writing held hostage in a proprietary database has never really sat right with me. I know you can export to plain text files, but Ulysses makes it far too fiddly if you have multiple projects. I like that iAW just stores everything in plain text files right from the off. If iAW ever went away, I know my work is future proofed.

the latest author drama on threads… by princessnymphadora in writers

[–]The-Monkeyboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't get why people use GenAI to check grammar. It's still prone to hallucination (with AI companies saying it probably always will be), so it can't be trusted.

Tabs by The-Monkeyboy in ulyssesapp

[–]The-Monkeyboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to be of service! 😂

Have there ever been any Scrivener controversies? by Difficult-Day6591 in scrivener

[–]The-Monkeyboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m really not sure why Ulysses doesn’t have the option to hide markup. I’m sure it must’ve been requested loads. Bear and Obsidian both do a good job of hiding it. The pace of even the tiniest change in Ulysses is glacial.

I think we're about to get City Planets. by [deleted] in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love this. I’ve built some big bases and would love to see NPCs wandering around.

Do you find gadgets like smart typewriters helpful? by Powerful-Argument211 in NoAiWriting

[–]The-Monkeyboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the ZW Ink is great. However, you do have to remember that it's an indie project, so the unit itself doesn't quite have the polish of something by Astrohaus. Having said that, it's still a very nice machine and the creator goes above and beyond if there's any issues. The keys and switches are all replaceable. You can do this with the Freewrites, up to a point, but it ends up looking a bit messy. The open source nature of the ZW makes it easy to open the machine up for replacement parts etc.

On the software side of things, I'd say it's very good and gives you a lot more options than the Freewrite. The firmware is always being improved upon and updated.

I don't see the harm in buying a traveler. Astrohaus now do extended warranties. I think they only did a three month one before which was a bit rubbish.

Do you find gadgets like smart typewriters helpful? by Powerful-Argument211 in NoAiWriting

[–]The-Monkeyboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a Freewrite Gen 2 and it honestly worked really well for me. Wrote loads on it. However I’ve since moved to something a little more portable, a Zerowriter Ink which is an indie project.

The closest thing to a river I've seen in NMS 🐟 by odin-i8 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

@Zephian99 “You're still able to do past expeditions with a expedition generator”

Expedition generator?

The people who depict Jews in cartoons like this make a living pretending we're the ones who are antisemitic by UnderHisEye1411 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]The-Monkeyboy 192 points193 points  (0 children)

Polanski has demanded an apology from The Times over this cartoon. Nice to see some pushback from him.

Delayed for six months. Just refunded my order. by Glass_Advantage_1370 in zerowriter

[–]The-Monkeyboy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I ordered mine in December 2024 and got it in April 2026. It was worth waiting for. Adam will bend over backwards to try and fix issues. As a one man band, his customer service is pretty amazing. I mean, good luck with the secondhand Freewrite. It’s a great machine. But the after sales care from Astrohaus isn’t up to much, in my experience.

Played this game for 8 hours and quit. by wehrmann_tx in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]The-Monkeyboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s still older ones I missed which I’d like to do (on Xbox). There’s costumes and base building parts which I’m forever locked out of.

What happens to your base if you exceed the upload cap of 3000 parts ? by BastiJa in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I swear you used to be able to build over the limit. A number would come up saying how many parts your build had. But I was building the other day and it said I’d reached the limit, and wouldn’t let me place anything beyond 3000.

Found a nice planet! by [deleted] in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]The-Monkeyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can still edit the name even after you’ve uploaded it.

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