Monthly Archives: September 2019

Using R With Emacs and ESS

Posted on 2019-09-10 by jcs

With the rise of big data, the R programming language has become one of the most popular languages. Indeed, the IEEE has it rated as number 5 in 2019. Probably the most popular environment for R is RStudio, an IDE … Continue reading →

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Opening Images in Emacs

Posted on 2019-09-09 by jcs

These tweets: Expected outcome #Emacs. pic.twitter.com/fHh97DVcda — Antti Tyrväinen (@antti_engineer) September 8, 2019 reminded me that not everyone is aware that you can open image files in Emacs so I thought I’d share the knowledge. If you like, it’s easy … Continue reading →

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Curl Recipes

Posted on 2019-09-08 by jcs

There’s not much going on today so I thought I’d share this small list of Curl recipes that I recently stumbled on. If you’re like me, your first reaction when facing a problem like those on this list is to … Continue reading →

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Apple Secrecy and the Tech Press

Posted on 2019-09-07 by jcs

It’s no secret among those who have been reading this blog for a while that Irreal doesn’t hold journalists in high regard. Those that aren’t explicitly corrupt are mostly lazy and ignorant (yes, yes, of course there are exceptions). I … Continue reading →

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Emacs or Vi

Posted on 2019-09-06 by jcs

It’s Friday so it’s time for a little red meat. I usually wouldn’t release another video so soon, but I wanted to finally settle this important question in honor of Labor Day. (Plus, it’s only a minute or so long.) … Continue reading →

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The Google GDPR Workaround

Posted on 2019-09-05 by jcs

A little over a week ago in my post on Google Tracking, I remarked that nothing short of strictly enforced GDPR-syle legislation would get Google and the other adtech miscreants to behave. I ended on the cynical note that maybe … Continue reading →

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Org Mode 9.2.6

Posted on 2019-09-04 by jcs

Bastien tweets that he’s just released Org-mode 9.2.6: I released #emacs #orgmode 9.2.6, a bugfix release. Enjoy! — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) September 4, 2019 It’s a bug release so there’s no big changes, just a bit of bolt tightening.

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Tips For Working Remotely

Posted on 2019-09-03 by jcs

The other day I blogged about The Remote Work Report and how most people, given the opportunity, love working remotely. Some work from home, while others prefer coffee shops for even remote working spaces. For those of you who spend … Continue reading →

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Remembering Unix at 50

Posted on 2019-09-02 by jcs

As hard as it seems to believe, Unix is going to be 50 this year. Once Unix escaped from the Labs and became generally known and available, there was a lot of skepticism that it would have amount to anything. … Continue reading →

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Weather Alert

Posted on 2019-09-01 by jcs

Those of you in the U.S., especially the South Eastern U.S., are certainly aware of Hurricane Dorian, a very powerful Cat 5 hurricane bearing down on the Bahamas and the southern east coast. Happily, the forecast track moved to the … Continue reading →

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