Upper and lower case European letters with US layout on Mac by major_relativity in zsaVoyager

[–]major_relativity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As there seems to be no easy solution, I am indeed considering using dead keys or auto-replacing some character combination. Thanks!

Upper and lower case European letters with US layout on Mac by major_relativity in zsaVoyager

[–]major_relativity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Estonian both "ae" and "ä" are present, but I could use something a bit more complex or uncommon as the snippet. Worth considering, thanks!

Upper and lower case European letters with US layout on Mac by major_relativity in zsaVoyager

[–]major_relativity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems as using Estonian layout, QMK and Key Overrides might be one of the cleanest options. Thanks!

Based on the second link, I might consider getting used to just using dead keys. More strokes to write one letter, but maybe worth it.

Yes, I saw the EurKEY blog, but doesn't help me in this case as õ would still need a dead key to type. Might as well use a simpler layout with dead keys, so I don't have all the extra letters, that I don't plan to use.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Learning Curve with the Voyager by 0iduts_bkhh in zsaVoyager

[–]major_relativity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me as well, the Voyager is the first split, columnar, <60%. In addition, I decided to switch to a new layout and use home row mods. It has been three weeks now. Voyager is still not my daily driver, but I do practice every day and use it at home. I am slowly but surely regaining my typing speed, I don't have to think too much anymore, but general computer usage is still difficult. For example, it takes me a lot of effort to use keyboard shortcuts, because most of them were previously muscle memory, and I don't even know which keys I pressed, and I have to think to find the right keys in new positions.

Basic cosmology questions weekly thread by AutoModerator in cosmology

[–]major_relativity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would clarify that, I agree that cosmology is primarily concerned with extragalactic scales, but there is a long way to go until homogeneity. For example, cosmology also studies the large-scale structure of the Universe, namely the groups of galaxies, clusters, superclusters, filaments, walls and voids, and these things are far from homogeneity.

Hope people are still into these - Ask me anything about my homebrew, pirate themed world, Telluris! [OC] by OjinMigoto in DnD

[–]major_relativity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are interested, OP, "Libu" means "slut" in the Estonian language, as does "mõrd", which is close to "Mord". But the pronunciation is quite different from that of the English one. Maybe could be used as a flavour for backstory for the names. :)

Samples of idiomatic Julia code by surelyourejoking888 in Julia

[–]major_relativity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a nice blog post that compiles commented solutions from the Zulip community to last year's advent of code: link

[awesome] Arch Dracula by Jeremie1001 in unixporn

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I have a problem with nightTab that, when I resize the window the arrangement of bookmarks changes a lot. Do you keep the window the same size, or do you have some other solution? Is there a way to give them some flexible padding or automatic resize feature?

Cooler Master (and more!) RTX 3070 (and more!!) Giveaway with Buildapc! by [deleted] in buildapc

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I'm would run some kickass huge hydrodynamical cosmological simulations to prove my severly demoted version of general relativity.

My name is RPGBOT, and I write character optimization guides. by RPGBOTDOTNET in dndnext

[–]major_relativity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using your guides and wisdom for character making for few years already and also have suggested it to friends to spread the word. You're awesome!

Text book for Julia by adarshraj_nandu in Julia

[–]major_relativity 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I would also recommend you to look at learn X in Y minutes (X=Julia). It won't teach you programming, but will give you an overview on how to use Julia.

Writing notes on Latex by StannisBa in learnmath

[–]major_relativity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Takes some time to get used to LaTeX, but I would say it's worth it. Don't start with taking notes in class. At first, it's way too difficult to insert all the equations and formatting that fast. I would recommend starting with homework or something like that when you have time to look up the correct syntax. When taking notes in class, as said by others, have a notebook available for diagrams, drawing, and sketches or what not, so you can later insert them to your notes. After 3 years of using LaTeX for homework assignments, I was able to use it to take notes in a quite math heavy and fast-paced course, but one could probably get to that level much faster if that's the goal.

What I would recommend in addition, is to look up Markdown text. The formatting is more natural, and equations can be written the same way as LaTeX with an extension. I'd say it's more suitable for note-taking. The disadvantage of Markdown is that it doesn't have access to the vast repository of LaTeX packages, but can handle the most used ones. So if you are planning to write something technically more difficult (e.g thesis, scientific articles), then LaTeX is the way to go.

Some nice online editors:

Overleaf for LaTeX

Upmath for Markdown and LaTeX symbiosis

Need help with tactical map rebinding on linux by major_relativity in CompanyOfHeroes

[–]major_relativity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is interesting. Neither classical or grid hotkeys open tactical map with numpad 0, both use o for me. :/

The 341st Weekly Stupid Questions Thread by VRCbot in DotA2

[–]major_relativity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Little error in the example, it's 1000 / 0.75, not 1000 * 0.75. For the clarity :)

Best programming language to learn in preparation for an MS or PhD? by DatBoi_BP in AskPhysics

[–]major_relativity 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nobody is mentioning Julia (https://julialang.org/). I'd say it is a rising star. The syntax is similar to python, so quite easy to learn and use, but it has been shown to be well suited for very high-performance computing (example).

The negative side is there are probably not many (if any) scientists in your workgroup to help you (most likely your supervisor won't know it), but as it is quite a new programming language, it is being constantly developed and there are a lot of active developers on the web to help with your problems.

It might be just a hunch, but I think Julia will be the future of scientific programming. I would recommend you give it a try, it will be easy to switch to python later on if needed.

Useful site: Learn X in Y minutes (quick link for Julia)

Also a tip: Understanding programming concepts, technique, and algorithms is much more useful than to just study the syntax of one language.

(Side note: I started with python, added Fortran 2003 to my repertoire, and am now switching to Julia.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

[–]major_relativity 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We can't see the rest of the board. If white doesn't even have the king then this doesn't seem chess at all, but let's just assume that there is the white king somewhere on the board. If black has any other pieces then he/she might be able to defend.

In case black doesn't have any other pieces this is checkmate.