Monthly Archives: October 2019

Swiper and Multiple Cursors

Posted on 2019-10-11 by jcs

As most of you know, I’m a huge fan of the Swiper/Counsel/Ivy suite and consider it one of my most important packages. I’m sure I use it more than any other package or set of commands. I’m also a fan … Continue reading →

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Ken Thompson’s Password

Posted on 2019-10-10 by jcs

Many years ago, (the old) SCO released the source for some “ancient” versions of Unix. They did that by releasing a tape dump of the file system. Included in the image was a copy of the password file. The file … Continue reading →

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Cashless

Posted on 2019-10-09 by jcs

Commenting on my Obsolete Tech That Refuses to Die post, Johnathan Mantey remarked that a technology that is having a hard time obtaining traction is cashless transactions and he pointed me to a USA Today article on going cashless. There … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 58: LSP Mode

Posted on 2019-10-08 by jcs

After a long hiatus, Mike Zamansky is back with another video in his Using Emacs Series. This time, Zamansky tells us how he got LSP mode working with Emacs. It’s not as simple as you’d like but it also isn’t … Continue reading →

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Obsolete Tech That Refuses to Die

Posted on 2019-10-07 by jcs

In my The Times They Are A-changin’ post, I passed on the news that the last pager service in Japan was quitting operations. The BBC picked up the same news and decided to look at obsolete technology that is refusing … Continue reading →

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More on the 737 MAX

Posted on 2019-10-06 by jcs

In my What Happened at Boeing? post, I recounted some of the disturbing tales told by Matt Stoller of how a dysfunctional management team of Boeing succeeded in taking what was arguably the world’s foremost aircraft design and manufacturing company … Continue reading →

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Emacs Keybindings on MacOS

Posted on 2019-10-05 by jcs

Every three or four years, I run across a tweet or post from someone who’s discovered that the Mac recognizes a few basic Emacs keybindings. Here’s the most recent example. The time before that was about three years ago. It’s … Continue reading →

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Uses This Interview with Chris Wellons

Posted on 2019-10-04 by jcs

Uses This has an interview with Chris Wellons. I’ve written about Wellons many many times and consider him an outstanding engineer. I especially liked his post on Mutable String and Emacs Buffer Passing Style, which explains a method of dealing … Continue reading →

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A Quick Tutorial on Elisp Macros

Posted on 2019-10-03 by jcs

Shane Mulligan has an interesting post in which he gives a short tutorial on Elisp macros. He does that by implementing a macro that accepts a Bash shell command and calls the shell to execute it. That boils down to … Continue reading →

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The Times They Are A-changin’

Posted on 2019-10-02 by jcs

Except for you young guys for whom they’re pretty much the same: “Japan’s sole pager provider will end its services Tuesday, with the device, first introduced in the country half a century ago, made redundant by mobile phones.” (Are we … Continue reading →

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