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Do Biometric Sensors Decrease Security?

Posted on 2016-04-06 by jcs

Hitoshi Kokumai over at ProgrammableWeb has a rather silly article arguing that smartphone fingerprint sensors actually worsen security. Strictly speaking, the article is correct in the sense that the government could force you to provide a fingerprint while they can’t … Continue reading →

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Coming in Emacs 25: Dynamic Modules

Posted on 2016-04-05 by jcs

I like Emacs Lisp and am always adding little bits of Elisp to my init.el that improves my workflow or enhances Emacs in one way or another. Mostly, I can make Elisp do whatever I need it to do but … Continue reading →

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The Walking Dead

Posted on 2016-04-04 by jcs

Who knew these clowns were still alive? Maybe, as The Register suggests, they really aren’t. A better question is why they aren’t the subject of a RICO investigation.

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SBCL 1.3.4

Posted on 2016-04-03 by jcs

I just installed the latest version of the wonderful Steel Bank Common Lisp system. Version 1.3.4 is mostly a bug fix but there are a couple of enhancements and an optimization. You can read the details on the NEWS page. … Continue reading →

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Some Calc Features

Posted on 2016-04-02 by jcs

I haven’t written about Emacs Calc for a while but I find myself using it all the time. It’s one of the lesser known secrets of Emacs and that’s too bad. You can use it as a quick calculator in … Continue reading →

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ob-hy.el

Posted on 2016-04-02 by jcs

Just a quickie to report that John Kitchin is on a tear with Hy. Today he’s posting about his development of ob-hy.el to further integrate Hy into Org mode. It’s pretty nice. One day in and he can already execute … Continue reading →

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Kitchin: Day Two with Hy

Posted on 2016-04-01 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about John Kitchin’s post on Hy, a Lisp dialect that essentially compiles to Python allowing you to write in Lisp while still having access to the Python RTL. Kitchin has published a new post describing his second … Continue reading →

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What if Elisp and Python Had a Child?

Posted on 2016-03-31 by jcs

John Kitchin, as Irreal has covered many times, is doing a lot of excellent work with Org mode and Emacs. Most of his scientific computation is done in Python, a language he’s been using for 15 years and is very … Continue reading →

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Moving to the Next/Previous Link in Org Mode

Posted on 2016-03-30 by jcs

Here’s something I didn’t know. You probably won’t need this often but it’s a useful thing to add to your toolbox. Didn't know this #orgmode command. Have been missing it for a while. https://t.co/I37Jt2iUg7 — Nuno M. Salgueiro (@nmsalgueiro) March … Continue reading →

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Email Strategy

Posted on 2016-03-30 by jcs

As Scooby-Doo would say, RUH? My aunt has a 'winter' email address and a 'summer' email address. I want to discuss the logic of this with her, but life is too short. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) January 27, 2016

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