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In Defense of C

Posted on 2021-08-16 by jcs

I spent most of my career writing C code. I’ve also got an old-timey and grumpy outlook so I’m inclined to look on those disparaging C with a certain skepticism. Often, complaints about C are easy to dismiss as the … Continue reading →

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Prettifying Org-mode

Posted on 2021-08-15 by jcs

Peter Prevos has a nice post in his using Emacs to be more productive series. The post, Ricing Org Mode: A Beautiful Writing Environment, discusses how to make the org-mode buffer “prettier.” It’s very much like Abhinav Tushar’s post that … Continue reading →

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Apple Doesn’t Want to Hear from Me

Posted on 2021-08-14 by jcs

Following up on Thursday’s post, I thought I’d let Apple know directly of my concern about their new CSAM monitoring. I’d already signed the open letter to Apple but I thought it was worthwhile to send a personal message as … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Vim Doom

Posted on 2021-08-13 by jcs

A small incursion in the editor wars: #vim pic.twitter.com/AC7bMAYFMI — Stefano (@SteffPy) August 12, 2021 Sure, it would work equally well with the other editor but I have my Emacs hat on.

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Betrayal

Posted on 2021-08-12 by jcs

I’ve been fussing with this post for several days now. I alternate between white hot fury and heartbroken sobbing. I’m speaking, of course, of Apple’s betrayal of the users who believed them when they assured us that they had our … Continue reading →

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Org-roam Templates

Posted on 2021-08-11 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about David Wilson’s video on getting started with Org-roam. That video provided the information you need to get Org-roam set up and to start taking notes. Now he has a follow on video … Continue reading →

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The Hole Hawg

Posted on 2021-08-10 by jcs

Do you know what a Hole Hawg is? Neither did I but Neal Stephenson does and he explains it in graphic and amusing detail. Stephenson, of course, is a Science Fiction author responsible for, among other things, the geek paean … Continue reading →

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Org-ref-cite Video

Posted on 2021-08-09 by jcs

Yesterday, we took a quick look at the new Org-cite functionality. It’s been merged into Master and will doubtless see its official release with Org 9.5. In the mean time, John Kitchin is busy reimagining his wonderful org-ref package to … Continue reading →

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Org Cite

Posted on 2021-08-08 by jcs

As I’ve said before, one of the worst parts of preparing a paper for publication is dealing with the bibliography. LaTeX has reasonably efficient ways of inserting and referencing citations but there’s been no effective way of using them from … Continue reading →

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Malware Using “Exotic” Languages

Posted on 2021-08-07 by jcs

I tagged this post Security but it might just as well have been tagged Humor. ZDNet is reporting that malware authors are using “exotic” languages to avoid detection by the antivirus folks. If, like the majority of the technical press, … Continue reading →

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