Tag Archives: RMF

Red Meat Friday: Unix in the Browser

Posted on 2022-01-07 by jcs

No. Just No. Semiserious afterword I get that there’s some great engineering behind this but why would you want to “run” Unix in the browser? And why, in the name of all that’s holy, would you want an OS built … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: The Oxford Comma

Posted on 2021-12-24 by jcs

There’s a particularly odious type of reprobate who refuses to use the Oxford comma. A subset of the type can claim ignorance as a mitigating factor but, sadly, the majority of the transgressors do so with full knowledge and understanding … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Cursive’s Last Stand

Posted on 2021-12-10 by jcs

It’s been a while since I’ve ventured into the emotional minefield that is cursive handwriting. Here’s a couple of tweets from Paul Graham that make two very good points: They should start by at least not making kids learn the … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: See? This Is Why We Needed The Revolution

Posted on 2021-12-03 by jcs

As a nice coda to yesterday’s post, Liam Proven offers this bit of heresy: I became a double-hyphener years ago and it’s a hard habit to break. But while the em-dash *is* great — let’s do it the British way, … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Take That, Neovim

Posted on 2021-11-19 by jcs

PSA: Any title that starts with “Neo” is either superfluous or misleading. — Kontra (@counternotions) November 12, 2021

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Read Meat Friday: Chrome Is Not Your Friend Either

Posted on 2021-11-12 by jcs

A few months ago, I noted that Google is not your friend. You’d think everyone would know this by now but apparently lots of folks don’t. As a corollary to that truism, we also have, “Chrome is not your friend … 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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Red Meat Friday: Spaces After a Sentence

Posted on 2021-10-08 by jcs

Today’s Red Meat Friday is about the “correct” number of spaces after a sentence. Irreal has written about this before, most recently here, but all of you were familiar with the controversy long before Irreal opined on the matter. Oddly, … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Dark Mode, Like It Or Not

Posted on 2021-09-24 by jcs

I should have been suspicious. The Minions have been uncharacteristically quiet lately and behaving themselves; until they weren’t. Then, of course, they sprung another light-mode/dark-mode post on me. It turns out there are a lot of sociopaths out there. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Vim Doom

Posted on 2021-08-13 by jcs

A small incursion in the editor wars: #vim pic.twitter.com/AC7bMAYFMI — Stefano (@SteffPy) August 12, 2021 Sure, it would work equally well with the other editor but I have my Emacs hat on.

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