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		copperx on March 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write plain text files I agree. Google Docs is mediocre at WYSIWYG and interoperability, but boy does it solve long term storage. I don't have to worry about paying for Dropbox or having local files that I can't search quickly unless I am on a Mac with Spotlight or have full indexing on Windows or the Linux equivalent. I don't have to worry about the folder structure and the files can't vanish with an SSD failure. And, unlike text files, it's easy to insert images and tables in a Doc file.

pipeline_peak on March 2, 2022 [–]

Right, I like my raw data in the places it’s needed because the world isn’t perfect and sometimes we have less resources.

I can’t shake the ridiculous feeling that comes with typing plaintext journal entries on a gaming pc.

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