Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
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Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
I’m beginning to suspect Andon Labs, the startup that keeps creating businesses run entirely by AI models just to see what happens, is actually a subversive anti-AI art project.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Considering writing about moving my email to mu4e, the Emacs-based mail client, which is ugly and difficult to set up and, if you aren’t happy with any other mail client, might actually be what you’re looking for in spite of yourself.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
It’s always fascinating when a service I don’t remember ever using lets me know it’s shutting down. “Salesforce will be retiring Quip, which means your free Quip account will not be available after March 31, 2027.” Oh no! What the hell is Quip?
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
This flu, or perhaps Covid that has managed to return three negative tests, has really messed with my appetite. You know what? I wish I still had some damn Soylent. (I’ve ordered vegan Ensure that’ll get here tomorrow morning.)
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
When Rosetta x86 emulation ends on Apple Silicon, won’t that effectively kill all techniques for running x86 Windows programs on those chips, too?
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Okay, while these are still infection-like symptoms, I discovered my heart rate has been around 90 bpm since Sunday. Making an urgent appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning. Yikes.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Yesterday was one of those days that simultaneously felt incredibly exhausting and like I did nothing.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
The Mayo Clinic has surprisingly good restaurants. (Taking mom here for a consultation.)
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
New post: "Soylent Confessions" https://coyotetracks.org/blog/soylent-confessions/
Soylent is frequently held up as a poster child of everything wrong with Silicon Valley, which makes it hard to admit that I liked it.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
VCs, I am waiting for your call
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Every pollen forecast in Florida: “Is there a plant nearby? It’s trying to kill you.”
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
@mdhughes@appdot.net re: Mac IRC clients (a bit late), did you ever try Textual? That was my go-to until I gave up and started using weechat on my VPS.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
It occurred to me while I was writing my most recent blog post that we don’t talk nearly enough about how and why PayPal incubated so many of the worst people in tech and technofascist politics. What the hell was going on there?
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
New post: "Ready for the revolution" https://coyotetracks.org/blog/ready-for-revolution/
Technology needs another revolution. It's just not the one the industry seems hellbent on delivering.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.
Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.