Monthly Archives: October 2021

Rant: Entering Credit Card Numbers

Posted on 2021-10-31 by jcs

The other day, my bank texted me to say there was a suspicious charge on my credit card and did I make it. When I responded that I didn’t, they invalidated the card and sent me another. I hate when … Continue reading →

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If You Collect It, They Will Come

Posted on 2021-10-30 by jcs

Here’s another case, this time from the Netherlands, demonstrating the Iron Law of Data Collection. Modern cars all collect information on the car’s operation. Accident investigators love this type of information because it tells them the vehicle’s speed, braking, and … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Shakespeare Was Right

Posted on 2021-10-29 by jcs

Article 16 of the GDPR says, among other things, that The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. A normal person would take … Continue reading →

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Keyword Warrants

Posted on 2021-10-28 by jcs

The Daily Mail has an article that serves as a nice coda to my previous post on how to avoid search warrants and DuckDuckGo not logging searches. In case you thought that concern over keyword searches was overblown, the Daily … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 80: Completions and More

Posted on 2021-10-27 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is back with another video in his Using Emacs Series. This one is about completions, Marginalia, and Embark. As he said in his last video, he’s refactoring his Emacs configuration and trying to make it simpler so he’s … Continue reading →

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Remote Work Offers

Posted on 2021-10-26 by jcs

Via Paul Graham, he have this: This looks like a permanent shift, and a really big one too. From 30% to almost 80% just like that. A change on this scale is bound to have all sorts of interesting consequences. … Continue reading →

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Another COVID-19 Shoe Drops

Posted on 2021-10-25 by jcs

Another shoe has dropped in the on-going drama of the origins of COVID-19. For the last 18 months, Anthony Fauci has loudly and emphatically denied that the NIH ever funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He went … Continue reading →

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The Scimax Channel

Posted on 2021-10-24 by jcs

As I noted previously, John Kitchin has been busy making and posting videos about Scimax, his Emacs starter kit targeted at scientists and engineers involved in programming and publishing. There are so many videos that I can’t hope to comment … Continue reading →

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Florida Digital License Coming in November

Posted on 2021-10-23 by jcs

It’s been a while since I’ve written about my quest to ditch my keys and wallet and be able to leave the house with nothing but my iPhone. All the blocking is due to automobiles. I still don’t have a … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Emacs Appearance

Posted on 2021-10-22 by jcs

WebDev Tory makes a point that many long time Emacs users can relate to: Lately there has been a little chafing at #emacs appearance. I’m quite happy with my low-distraction working environment, though, and don’t care for file-trees or LSP … Continue reading →

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