Tag Archives: RMF

Red Meat Friday: Props For Elon

Posted on 2023-02-24 by jcs

Say what you want about Elon Musk but Irreal holds him in special regard because of a whimsical decision he made for SpaceX. Most observant folks know that Irreal is an admirer of Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels. Indeed, the … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Exiting Vim (Again)

Posted on 2023-01-27 by jcs

One would think—I certainly did—that the “exiting Vim” meme has been exhausted by now and only invoked by the type of people who inspired the eternal September joke. But, it turns out, there is some new wine for the old … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Life Of An Emacser

Posted on 2023-01-13 by jcs

As anyone who has ventured into the event horizon of their Emacs configuration knows, it can be extraordinarily difficult to get out. As the cartoon suggests, sometimes it can even suck up every available mental cycle leaving no time for … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: You Can’t Code If…

Posted on 2022-12-23 by jcs

Here’s some red meat that’s sure to exercise more than a few people: Some #IDE have nice features. But if you can’t create a non-trivial software project in #vim (or whatever capable text editor you prefer, might even be *shudder* … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Where Your Editor Runs…

Posted on 2022-12-16 by jcs

…and what it says about you. #Emacs pic.twitter.com/L63frIZxOA — William Méndez (@MrWMENDEZ) December 12, 2022 I’m sure we Emacers can all agree on the conclusion that “We are not the same.”

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Red Meat Friday: eMacs

Posted on 2022-11-25 by jcs

You guys always jump on me and accuse me of being cantankerous when I go off on a rant like this but, really, it’s too much to bear. I’ve noticed lately that some people are referring to Emacs as “eMacs” … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: JavaScript

Posted on 2022-11-18 by jcs

With all the Sturm und Drang about Twitter, it’s time for Irreal to provide a little red meat—not about Twitter but about JavaScript: BREAKING: JavaScript has been banned from Twitter for impersonating a real programming language. pic.twitter.com/ukInCxvf1B — Lukas Eder … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Copilot and Copyrights

Posted on 2022-10-21 by jcs

Three weeks ago I wrote in Red Meat Friday: VS Code As A Venus Flytrap about Geoffrey Huntley’s post on how VS Code is all part of Microsoft’s plan to destroy open source and pull everyone into software as a … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Europe Brings the Regulation

Posted on 2022-10-14 by jcs

There’s an old joke about some proposed device that would benefit the world. The U.S. said, “We’ll bring the design.” China said, “We’ll bring the manufacturing.” Europe said, “We’ll bring the regulation.” That’s a bit unfair, of course, but like … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Is The FSF Fighting The Previous War?

Posted on 2022-10-07 by jcs

This is a bit genuine red meat and perhaps a little sensitive for some people but it does raise a point that deserves discussion. A shorthand for that point is the title of today’s post. A more descriptive way of … Continue reading →

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