Readit Newsjopizio commented on Show HN: Stempad – Fast Online Scientific Writing stempad.io/editor/85b7f0f... · Posted by u/ralph_r
Very nice work. I'll definitely play around with it. For the use case of a digital lab notebook, it would be nice to be able to annotate (superimpose drawings, highlight, etc.) images and pdfs directly in the editor. This would be even more powerful if such annotations could be grouped or locked, so that their position relative to the annotated image remains fixed. This is something that all other note taking apps either miss entirely or implement poorly (or maybe there's something else out there that does this well?). Is this possible in Stempad, or are you considering adding such functionality?
jopizio commented on PID Controller Explainer (2022) ben.bolte.cc/pid-controll... · Posted by u/mean_mistreater
Any recommendations for an algorithm for safe online PID tuning? Maybe something involving pole placement or frequency response analysis?
I've used this successfully for some hardware projects: https://pidtuner.com/#/
Onenote has the advantage of a canvas and taking screenshots then annotating or drawing over these. Then you can edit resize canvas drag things etc as you re-edit. Mix than in with tables, flagging, check boxes and mobile device support just works and is great.
I haven't found anything in the usual markdown, git, wiki suggestions that the tech crowd here gives that works as well. Inline images doesn't do this. Too bad because I really want a self hosted open source solution.
The best other option is a decent pdf editor because you can paste in and annotate and save without collapsing layers.
I am trying pdfxchanger viewer lately with the watermarks for free editing capabilities but might actually buy the license for the editor. This syncs via nextcloud or boox to my tablet but has limitations.
This feature to add annotations directly onto the canvas is the main reason I've continued to use OneNote (despite its limitations like lacking the ability to 'group' items). I tried to mimic this functionality with various plugins in Obsidian in the past, but it didn't really work. I'll have to give it another look.
Regardless, it's definitely a realistic feature to have. I'm thinking of it as a block right now, perhaps a file block, that can be resized and annotated freely. Maybe annotations can be mini, floating, moveable and resizable editors. Would that make a big difference for you?