When using VSCode for markdown editing, you can have your attachments separated into their own folder like this: Go to your settings under Markdown > Copy Files: Destination and click Add Item. Under Item enter **/* and under Value enter assets/ FYI: I’m using the extension called: Markdown All in Onehttps://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzhang.markdown-all-in-one
Are you tired of being FORCED to type when you want to paste? That’s right, I’m talking about those dreaded text input fields that won’t let you paste what you have in your clipboard. It’s often something that you need to paste because it needs to be 100% accurate but it’s a long string of numbers like… Read More »
We cannot protect ourselves from these ad corporations because they have eyes and ears hidden everywhere. They can see us and we can’t see them. They know who we are but we don’t know how they know. And we don’t know who “they” are.
Password Hashing Overview In the world of web development and password storage, an ongoing debate lingers on, and probably will forever. The currently accepted “best practice” for hashing passwords is called Argon2 (wikipedia link to argon2). To give a brief overview of what it is, it takes any string (like your password) and converts it… Read More »
Your debit card number is given out frequently if you regularly shop online. Every time you type it into a website you are trusting that they will handle your information properly and yet you have no way to know that they are doing so. Sooner or later, everyone seems to end up with mysterious charges… Read More »
As mentioned in my other post Date/Time Formatting Can Unite The World, dates and times should be formatted in a very specific way. They are either ordered from general to specific, or you just have a jumbled mess. Sorry, Europe, but your dd-mm-yyyy is ridiculous and completely reversed. When you give the time do you say… Read More »
The “beacon of freedom” in the world is the worst place in the world to store your documents and communications. Why? Because the government spying techniques are so advanced and pervasive that they devalue any company who stores their data in the US.
In AutoHotKey, if you have some typing shortcuts, it can be helpful to know which window you’ll be typing in to. For example, if I’m on my OneNote app, I might have one series of key presses but if I’m in AmpleNote it will be another series of key presses. While you can use the… Read More »
Let me start off with a little MS butt-kissing. They deserve it because Microsoft has amazing potential. They obviously have an amazing team of developers and amazing marketers and deal makers. They have their products all over the world and in the overwhelming majority of computers. So what’s my problem? Well, I’m a productivity nerd.… Read More »
I signed up in 2023 around June. During that time, the past year, there have been no improvements to their product. Not one. The releases page plainly shows the updates and the latest update was around June 2023. It is essentially an abandoned app, except for the people sitting by to collect the money of… Read More »