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* Meta :@Meta:
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* Technology :@Technology:
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** TODO Audacity and the telemetry pull request
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** TODO Audacity and the telemetry pull request :Open__source__culture:Audio__editing:Music:Drama:
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:PROPERTIES:
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:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: audacity-and-the-telemetry-pull-request
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:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :toc true
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ edited in the future.
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I haven't been able to find /much/ information in this area so forgive me
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if I'm scant on details.
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On 30 April, a company called [[https://mu.se/][Muse Group]] acquired [[https://www.audacityteam.org/][Audacity]]. According to
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On 30 April, a company called [[https://mu.se/][Muse Group]] acquired [[https://www.audacityteam.org/][Audacity.]] According to
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[[https://mu.se][their website]], Muse is the parent company behind many musical
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applications and tools. It was founded by Eugeny Naidenov just days
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before it acquired Audacity. Before all of this, Eugeny Naidenov founded
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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ has over 300 million users. UG acquired [[https://deanzelinsky.com/][Dean Zelins
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Group was established in 2021 and it seems as if all of the services UG
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acquired were (or will be) transferred to Muse Group, as well as UG
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itself. Immediately following its establishment, Muse not only acquired
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Audacity but also [[https://www.staffpad.net/][StaffPad]].
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Audacity but also [[https://www.staffpad.net/][StaffPad.]]
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I say 30 April because that's when Muse published their [[https://mu.se/newsroom/tpost/6dhedma301-muse-group-acquires-audacity-expanding-c][press release]]
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and when Martin Keary (Tantacrul) published a video entitled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWNvwLiXIQ][/I’m now in
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@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ There are other problems with the code that include [[https://github.com/audacit
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[[https://github.https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_r628774985][styling that's inconsistent with the rest of the project,]] [[https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_r628500849][unhandled
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return values resulting in skewed data,]] [[https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_r628792423][use of inappropriate functions,]]
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and [[https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_r628818054][spelling errors in the comments.]] I believe these are less important
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that those above so they won't be discussed.
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than those above so they won't be discussed.
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*** Community opinions
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There were many strong opinions regarding both the frontend and backend
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@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ data that /was/ collected.
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Really, the only frontend here is the consent dialogue. However, there
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are /many/ comments about it, the most common of which is probably that
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the wording is not only too vague[fn:13] but also inaccurate[fn:14]. The
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the wording is not only too vague[fn:13] but also inaccurate.[fn:14] The
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assertion that Google Analytics are not anonymous and any data sent can
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be trivially de-anonymised (or de-pseudonymised) is repeated many times
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over. Below are a few links to comments stating such. I searched for the
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@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ accidentally swiping my hand through it before it's finished and
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smearing a bit of ink across the page, cursing under my breath as I dab
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it up with a handkerchief or a napkin or something else nearby. I also
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love that writing things by hand [[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614524581][has an impact on memory and improves
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retention]].
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retention.]]
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*** The problem
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Unfortunately, I don't love keeping up with that paper. Across many
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The obvious solution here is to get an iPad with an Apple Pen, right?
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Right??
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Wrong because Apple bad[fn:2].
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Wrong because Apple bad.[fn:2]
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*** The solution
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Enter the world of ... what are they even called? E-ink notebooks? Paper
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tablets? E-R/W[fn:1]? Do they even have a "device category" yet? I don't
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tablets? E-R/W?[fn:1] Do they even have a "device category" yet? I don't
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know but they solve my problem in a wonderful way.
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As the names suggest, these are devices that can /usually/ open and read
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e-books (EPUBs, PDFs, etc.), annotate them, and create standalone pages
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of notes as if they were full notebooks. The most well-known of these
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devices is likely the [[https://remarkable.com/][reMarkable]]. They had a [[https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/08/remarkable-raises-15-million-to-bring-its-e-paper-tablets-to-more-scribblers/][hugely successful
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devices is likely the [[https://remarkable.com/][reMarkable.]] They had a [[https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/08/remarkable-raises-15-million-to-bring-its-e-paper-tablets-to-more-scribblers/][hugely successful
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crowdfunding campaign]] and produced the reMarkable 1, followed by [[https://blog.remarkable.com/remarkable-2-the-next-generation-paper-tablet-91b47d0080cb][the
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reMarkable 2 in 2020]]. There are a few others by now but we'll look at
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reMarkable 2 in 2020.]] There are a few others by now but we'll look at
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the reMarkable first.
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*** The reMarkable
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remote in and tinker with it as much as you like. Because of this,
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there's a pretty awesome [[https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable][community of people creating third-party tools
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and integrations]] that add even further functionality. My favourite is
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probably [[https://github.com/bordaigorl/rmview][rMview]], a really fast VNC client for the reMarkable that allows
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probably [[https://github.com/bordaigorl/rmview][rMview,]] a really fast VNC client for the reMarkable that allows
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you to view your device's screen on any computer.
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After watching all of [[https://www.youtube.com/c/MyDeepGuide][MyDeepGuide's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSI9-gaSSmiXwb7Vjk5Vb-nB41UTnrXd][extensive playlist on the
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reMarkable]], however, I decided to go with a different product.
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reMarkable,]] however, I decided to go with a different product.
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*** Enter the Supernote A5X
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The [[https://www.supernote.com/#/product?type=SN-A5-X][Supernote A5X]] has all of the basic features the reMarkable has:
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also lacks some features from the reMarkable while adding others.
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*** Operating System
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While the reMarkable runs Codex[fn:3], a /"custom Linux-based OS
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While the reMarkable runs Codex,[fn:3] a /"custom Linux-based OS
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optimised for low-latency e-paper"/, the Supernote just runs Android.
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There are both benefits and detriments to this; on one hand, they're
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running all of Android, bloated that it is, on a very lightweight
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*** Community
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I don't usually browse Reddit but [[https://old.reddit.com/r/Supernote/][the Supernote community]] there is
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fascinating. I haven't looked around enough to know exactly what his
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relationship is with the company, but one of the members, [[https://old.reddit.com/user/hex2asc][u/hex2asc]],
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relationship is with the company, but one of the members, [[https://old.reddit.com/user/hex2asc][u/hex2asc,]]
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seems to represent Supernote in something of an official capacity. He's
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incredibly active and usually responds to posts and questions within a
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couple of days.
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after/ and said that WebDAV would be supported but not earlier than May,
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ODF would likely not be supported, and cross-note links were definitely
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a possibility. Another community member has been avidly following the
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subreddit and even put together an [[https://app-rm.roadmunk.com/publish/03e6dca3d769e2b7015f7f48a649cb3f75f44d9e][unofficial roadmap]].
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subreddit and even put together an [[https://app-rm.roadmunk.com/publish/03e6dca3d769e2b7015f7f48a649cb3f75f44d9e][unofficial roadmap.]]
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*** Interfaces
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with the editing bar at the top. It is exactly the same as what's
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displayed on the blank pages for hand writing full notes. From left to
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right is the Table of Contents toggle, the pen tools (fineliner,
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"fountain" pen[fn:5], and highlighter), the erasers, lasso select tool,
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"fountain" pen,[fn:5] and highlighter), the erasers, lasso select tool,
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undo/redo, context menu, palm rejection toggle, previous page, goto
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page, next page, and exit.
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*** Experience
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**** Reading content
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I love e-ink. I think it looks beautiful and would love to have an e-ink
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monitor[fn:4]. That said, the Supernote has an especially nice display
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monitor.[fn:4] That said, the Supernote has an especially nice display
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with 226 PPI (pixels per inch). The image below was taken with my
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phone's camera so it's not very good. However, if you zoom in a bit, you
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can see that the curved edges of some letters are /slightly/ pixellated.
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for ePUBs. A great many of my books seem to use a legacy ToC format that
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the Supernote sees and tries/fails to read before attempting to read the
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more up-to-date one. This is easily remedied by editing the ePUB in
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[[https://calibre-ebook.com/][Calibre]], going to Tools → Upgrade Book Internals → Remove the legacy
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[[https://calibre-ebook.com/][Calibre,]] going to Tools → Upgrade Book Internals → Remove the legacy
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Table of Contents in NCX format. You might need to make a small change
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to one of the HTML files and revert it before the save button is
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enabled. After that, just copy it back over to the Supernote and
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*** TODO Pong Isi and Volpeon when finished
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** TODO Migrating repositories between git hosts
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** TODO A perfect email setup (for me)
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** TODO A perfect email setup (for me) :Email:Workflow:CLI:Efficiency:
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:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: a-perfect-email-setup-for-me
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:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :toc true
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:END:
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I've never been satisfied with any of the email clients most people use.
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I've tried [[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/][Thunderbird]], [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution][Evolution]], [[https://getmailspring.com/][Mailspring]], [[https://support.apple.com/mail][Mail.app]], [[https://roundcube.net/][Roundcube]],
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[[https://sogo.nu/][SOGo]], [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary][Geary]], and /many/ more. /None/ of them handle multiple accounts
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I've tried [[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/][Thunderbird,]] [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution][Evolution,]] [[https://getmailspring.com/][Mailspring,]] [[https://support.apple.com/mail][Mail.app,]] [[https://roundcube.net/][Roundcube,]]
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[[https://sogo.nu/][SOGo,]] [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary][Geary,]] and /many/ more. /None/ of them handle multiple accounts
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particularly well because all of the emails associated with that account
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are bound within it. Sure, you can make a new folder somewhere called
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~TODO~ and move all of your actionable emails to that folder but, when you
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*** The tools
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In short, the tools we will be using are...
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+ [[https://www.offlineimap.org/][OfflineIMAP]] to download our emails
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+ [[https://notmuchmail.org/][~notmuch~]], the primary way emails will be organised
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+ [[https://notmuchmail.org/][~notmuch~,]] the primary way emails will be organised
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+ [[https://afew.readthedocs.io/en/latest/][~afew~]] to apply initial ~notmuch~ tags based on subject, sender, recipient, etc.
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+ [[https://neomutt.org/][NeoMutt]] to interact with those emails, reply, compose, add/remove
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tags, etc.
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This section just sets the defaults. It uses port 587 (STARTTLS) for all
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SMTP servers unless otherwise specified and enables TLS.
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#+BEGIN_SRC
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account user@example.com
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host smtp.example.com
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You could also just use the same method I described in [[*Repository][the Repository
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#+BEGIN_SRC
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passwordeval gpg -dq ~/.mail_pass/use_exa.gpg
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#+END_SRC
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thing: /[[https://alexsoto.dev/challenges-building-an-open-source-eink-laptop.html][Challenges Building an Open-Source E Ink Laptop]]/
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[fn:3]Taken from their [[https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006699537-About-reMarkable-2-][support page about the reMarkable 2]]; search the
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[fn:3]Taken from their [[https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006699537-About-reMarkable-2-][support page about the reMarkable 2;]] search the
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page for /operating system/ and it should show up.
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[fn:2]I dislike Apple's operating system, their hardware, business
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