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uutangohotel··on What's new in Emacs 31.1
> As always, my book, Mastering Emacs is 31% off for the next week to celebrate the release also.

Eventually, Mastering Emacs will be free!

uutangohotel··on A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline
f*** around and find out
uutangohotel··on Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance
oops accidental surveillance machine
uutangohotel··on Show HN: Backlog – a public repository of real work problems
The wall around viewing an item is too heavy handed IMO.

Use verified email (or magic link) to auth for posting and actions (validating). The posts themselves should be public.

You’d also get some SEO opportunities from more public pages.

uutangohotel··on Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment
Is there any reason why I'd want this release instead of waiting for 26.04?
uutangohotel··on Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?
https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d is a great starting point for owning your config.

On macOS: Install from emacs-plus in Homebrew

On Linux: Install from your distro’s pkg manager.

uutangohotel··on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
I can’t say I’m surprised; but I am disappointed.
uutangohotel··on Firefox Is Finally (Re)Adding Support for Web Apps
Too little too late?
uutangohotel··on It's OK to hardcode feature flags
Would you mind expanding on the usage of enums for the feature flags table? Why not use a boolean?