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brewski··on Zed AI
Emacs + gptel supports this: https://github.com/karthink/gptel/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-...
brewski··on The Jury Is In: Monolithic OS Design Is Flawed [pdf]
This is like saying Linux is more secure than Windows because not all of Window's critical vulnerabilities appear in Linux.
brewski··on Champions of the 401(k) Lament the Revolution They Started
Some towns in California come close: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-el-monte-pensions/
brewski··on Show HN: A Web-to-RSS Parser in Common Lisp
I use rss2email. Have it running as a nightly cronjob on my raspberry pi.
brewski··on Emacs 25.1 RC1
I have an elisp function that opens every file in the projects I'm currently working on. I run it when I start a new session.

  1790 buffers        20295782                  1774 files, 1 process
brewski··on The 10x Engineer and Delegated Responsibility
"They take ownership..."

Reminder: Unless you have an actual stake in the company, you do not own anything you produce for the company. Keep that in mind the next time code you worked on causes a 2am production server crash or is responsible for increasing revenue x10. It is not your code that caused the events but the owner's of the company.

brewski··on Leaked Samsung exFat driver relicensed as GPL
I have never heard of a female being addressed as "guy". Phrases such as "hey guy", "what's up guy" and so on have always been directed to a male.
brewski··on Leaked Samsung exFat driver relicensed as GPL
For a different point of view see http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html
brewski··on Growing Like Bamboo
Supposedly bamboo has also been used as a form of torture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_torture
brewski··on Let's just use Emacs
For linux environments, instead of darkroom-mode you can put this in your .emacs file to toggle fullscreen:

  ;;; Fullscreen
  (defun switch-full-screen ()
    (interactive)
    (shell-command "wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -btoggle,fullscreen"))

  (global-set-key (kbd "<f12>") 'switch-full-screen)
brewski··on How to detect a toxic customer
After poking around his site, I laughed a little after he described Emacs as a "stripped down, no frills text editor".

http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2005/09/05/better-developer-don...

brewski··on Why Common Lisp Bothers Me
Here's an example of building an executable using CLISP on windows: http://grault.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/common-lisp-gui-appli...
brewski··on Google Dashboard: This is a brief of how much Google knows about you
Under Account I clicked on "Websites authorized to access the account" and saw that clickpass had access to my Google Contacts. Why do they need access to that?
brewski··on Guitar Hero without a guitar
Also in this post is a video demonstrating multiple people using the same surface table with different keyboards. I find most of the projects in Johnny Lee's posts to be innovating.
brewski··on Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO
I once heard Enron used a similar strategy, although I can't recall the source. They would annually cut their most "unproductive" employees. It turned out that those who remained knew how to work the system and to win at any cost. Hopefully Facebook will fare better.
brewski··on First class graduates Kurzweil's Singularity University
I think the vast majority of possible non-human intelligences would simply leave earth
brewski··on [dead]
I agree with this. Dating multiple girls improves your judgment, so when you want to settle down you'll often make the right choice. You won't get "oneitist" and fall for the wrong type of girl.

It's also a big confidence boost too.