Monthly Archives: July 2015

Magit 2.1.0

Posted on 2015-07-03 by jcs

I just installed the new version of magit (2.1.0) and even though I’ve made only two commits so far, I really like the new functionality. One of the first things you’ll notice is that when you commit, a diff is … Continue reading →

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Flash and Security

Posted on 2015-07-02 by jcs

In an editor’s note to the SANS Newsbites piece on Flash being used as a vector for the ransomware CryptoWall, William Hugh Murray speaks the uncomfortable truth on what Flash tells us about security.

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Emacs and Data Science

Posted on 2015-07-02 by jcs

Robert Vesco has an interesting post on why he uses Emacs in his data science work. Vesco is a data scientist for Bloomberg so he’s a serious practitioner of the art. Working in data science means he uses a variety … Continue reading →

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org-goto

Posted on 2015-07-01 by jcs

I learned a really useful Org mode command from Artur Malabarba’s first anniversary post: org-goto. The idea is that you want to navigate to somewhere else in the current Org buffer. You could fold the buffer and navigate to the … Continue reading →

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