Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

@ryanprior Interesting, when I tried earlier I thought it was trying to manage all the `.org` files itself (not importing stuff that already existed), but I think the actual issue is that it doesn't recursively look into folders, and all my `.org` files are organized into folders.

The problem I have now is that orgzly seems to use a completely flat file structure, which is feeling a bit unmanageable to me, since I organize by folders.

Practically speaking I only really touch a few notebooks frequently, so maybe "sort by last modification" will work for now.

Thanks!

@dimentium Yes, I looked into it: https://qoto.org/@pganssle/110860523437818336

From what I can tell, they aren't in the App store because they would get rejected for having over-broad permissions.

They aren't in F-droid because their syncing thing (which I don't care about) is proprietary (I don't know why they don't supply a way to build it without that part).

The way to get it is to either download an APK from their website (no thanks) or add a custom repo to F-droid that basically downloads an APK from their website.

None of this gives me particularly high confidence in the quality and security of this app...

I wanted to try #logseq, but their release method is "download an apk from our website" for some reason?

It is unclear why they aren't on Fdroid or the play store: https://github.com/logseq/logseq/discussions/4548

I hate to link to reddit, but this is a disheartening thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/12cgnr4/quick_recap_of_the_state_of_org_mode_apps_for/?rdt=62792

There's an emacs port on f-droid, but when I tried to use it it's not exactly a native app experience. Opening a file involves typing the full path to the file!

I am really disappointed by the current state of org mode (or just note taking in general) on Android.

I really want a simple, dedicated app where I can:

1. make a simple list or takes some notes
2. have that be saved in some plain text format that can be edited in vim or emacs on my computer
3. have that file be accessible in a way that Syncthing can pick it up
4. Pick up changes made on the file system

Orgzly seems to want to do its own thing and fails at 3 and 4. orgro is read-only. Every other note-taking or list app I've seen just stores stuff in its own little database in its own format.

#android #org #emacs #linux

@andrew Please don't use the standard block lists. Qoto.org regularly erroneously gets on these things, and I suspect there are lots of other false positives, and they are annoyingly hard to roll back.

I suspect you would do well to block nothing, then ad hoc block domains that you see showing up as spam. I don't think there is as much of an arms race there as there could be.

@eric Also reading between the lines I'm guessing you or someone you care about has cancer. Sorry to hear that if true 🙁

@eric Yeah, these guys got together and even wrote a book with their weird tips! https://books.google.com/books/about/Cancer_Principles_and_Practice_of_Oncolo.html?id=Nc_LDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description

@davidism What is it supposed to be an example of? Something with a database? Something you can build in an afternoon?

Some ideas:

- Link shortener
- Simple text adventure game
- Automated prayer wheel that summons a dread god

@diji Haha, I can imagine.

Seems like my son is the first person in his friend group to lose a tooth.

How much do you think the other parents will pay me to *not* set the going price for teeth at $20?

@glyph I feel like half of my typing puzzles end in "you need higher kinded types". I can't tell if this means HKT are desperately needed or if it means HKT can be abused to solve a lot of problems and the lack of them is a useful constraint.

I have the most thoughtful kids!

They know how much I like cottage cheese, so sometimes when I give them milk, rather than drink it all, they'll save some and hide it somewhere. That way, when I am cleaning up the messes they've made around the house, I can find it and oh, look, it's turned into a papa snack!

Warms my heart every time. 😍

Just finished with my son's reading lesson (using *Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons*, which is working *amazingly*, by the way); afterwards, I was trying to looking up the history of the character "a" and was reminded of how rigged the game is.

@bitprophet @hynek Yeah I spent a few days in a hotel in Japan standing in a cramped tub that was not intended for showering (at least not for people >6').

Better than the opposite mistake, though. 😅

I'm not really a textbook reader type, anyone have a #textbook recommendation for my colleague who is a Java/Kotlin expert and looking to skill up on #Python?