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> Obsessive hacker tools like Emacs are not a productivity enhancer. Emacs wouldn't survive if it didn't provide a net benefit to its users.

another example of people inventing something that Emacs already has.

Has anyone here read Lanczos 1952 book on variational mechanics? It is beautifully written.

me too! The peace of mind of getting any computer, cloning my config and feel at home.

> I didn't even know the major scale at that point, but by trial and error That is not productive. Sure, you can do that once or twice. But it gets painful quickly. > but I wouldn'…

Berkeley + iosevka = https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono

I'm I the only one who gets headaches after some time with light mode? Edit: I underwent LASIK eye surgery, and I don't recall experiencing headaches beforehand. Or maybe, just get…

Have you tried a tiling window manager? All I want is an empty black screen and an app launcher.

> Defending Matlab code in 2025 is like defending Emacs I feel attacked.

In theory, it is nice; however, valuing assets is not easy, especially for the whole population. This arbitrariness clashes with the principle of equal rights in most constitutions…

I’ve been a long-time user of (h)ledger. I use a custom script to generate a cost basis when computing capital gains for selling transactions. Are there any recent updates or tools…

Besides being a markup for structured text with special syntax for links/tables/math, here are my highlights that I use: 1. Code blocks that can be executed have their result captu…

This is the way for developing in a remote computer. Alternatively one could start an emacs as daemon on remote and use regular ssh. For quick file transfer/check, it is faster wit…

have you tried aider? Using it with magit to see the changes is a good workflow. the aider integrations to emacs are also worth it, you can easily add/remove files and send highlig…

Traveling to big cities certainly loses its appeal after a while. Nowadays, I tend to prefer little adventures involving nature/sport.

I also use ledger/hledger to process a decade of finances. I reconcile once a year when doing taxes. I have multiple python scripts orchestrated with org-mode to generate reports/p…

I learned from the structural engineering perspective. What are you struggling with? In my mind I have this logic flow: 1. strong form pde; 2. weak form; 3. discretized weak form; …

I have also used hledger and ledger (specifically the lots feature) for many years. One nice feature of hledger is its csv rules system, which is very flexible. I extended it with …

Do you get headaches because of your dry eyes? (specifically, after staring at screens for a long time)

emacs has existed for many decades already.

I use that, it is useful for small drawings, not so much for handwriting. When using it with a tablet, maybe with some algorithm improvements, it can be as good as Inkscape.

I used to do this. But now I only register cash expenses. The rest I rely on the bank to keep track of transactions and just use hledger csv rules to create ledger journals. I find…

Well, income getting the negative number only makes sense if you know that it is a credit account that increases with credit.

In summary for me: hledger has better csv importing system and ledger has support for lots. I use both.

On the note of TRAMP. One nice use case is to analyze a large dataset in a remote location and see the result figures on an org-mode buffer in your local emacs instance.