Monthly Archives: September 2021

Enabling Multiple Minor Modes

Posted on 2021-09-10 by jcs

Timo Geusch has a nice quickie post on setting multiple minor modes for a buffer. Often it’s convenient to have several minor modes associated with a buffer. For example, when I’m writing blog or prose text I like to have … Continue reading →

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Embedding Images in Text Files

Posted on 2021-09-09 by jcs

Yuan Fu likes to take notes in which he can embed images. You can do that with Org, of course, but Fu doesn’t like that Org’s solution boils down to a link to a file. That means you have to … Continue reading →

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The Technical Problems with Apple’s CSAM Scanning

Posted on 2021-09-08 by jcs

I’ve written several posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) about Apple’s planned CSAM scanning project but those posts have always focused on how Apple was betraying their long held promise to protect our privacy and not allow random … Continue reading →

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Apropos Library

Posted on 2021-09-07 by jcs

Recently a post by jao, who’s written a whole bunch of excellent software, popped up in my feed inbox. It’s just a very short (15 words) mention of apropos-library, a function that lists all the variables and functions in a … Continue reading →

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Covid Warnings

Posted on 2021-09-06 by jcs

Another datum for those of you following the origins of COVID-19 debate. Josh Rogin, writing over at Politco notes that US diplomats were warning about problems in the Wuhan labs as early as 2017, a good two years before the … Continue reading →

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Some Prerequisite Reading

Posted on 2021-09-05 by jcs

As I said in my last post, I’m planning to write a bit about some of the technical aspects of Apple’s CSAM scanning project. Happily, Apple listened to the avalanche of criticism and put their plans on hold. I hope … Continue reading →

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Apple and Backdoors

Posted on 2021-09-04 by jcs

In the ongoing Apple CSAM saga, Irreal has mostly been concerned with Apple’s betrayal of their promise to protect their users’ privacy but there’s also the issue the long term security consequences of Apple’s decision. We’ll take a look at … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Win For Open Access

Posted on 2021-09-03 by jcs

For those of you, like me, interested in open access, there’s more good news. There’s good evidence that the scales are finally tipping to the side of open access. If things continue, we could soon see open access considered the … Continue reading →

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Melpa Reaches a Milestone

Posted on 2021-09-02 by jcs

As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of Melpa and its proprietor Steve Purcell. It’s an extraordinary resource run strictly as a public service. The site is not monetized and yet Purcell devotes huge amounts of time to running … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2021-09-01 by jcs

A funny thing about human beings is that once they’re out of their young adult years they tend to like things the way they’ve always been. In the tech world, that often takes the form of preferring the text editor … Continue reading →

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