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by faustlast 2mo ago
> 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.
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by faustlast 2mo ago
another example of people inventing something that Emacs already has.
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by faustlast 3mo ago
Has anyone here read Lanczos 1952 book on variational mechanics? It is beautifully written.
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by faustlast 4mo ago
me too! The peace of mind of getting any computer, cloning my config and feel at home.
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by faustlast 5mo ago
> 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't say it's a prerequisite. I firmly be
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by faustlast 6mo ago
Berkeley + iosevka = https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono
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by faustlast 8mo ago
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 getting old?
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by faustlast 8mo ago
Have you tried a tiling window manager? All I want is an empty black screen and an app launcher.
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by faustlast 9mo ago
> Defending Matlab code in 2025 is like defending Emacs I feel attacked.
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by faustlast 11mo ago
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. On the other hand, taxing income is very easy since the nu
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by faustlast 1y ago
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 that improve cost-basis tracking or capital gains handling
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by faustlast 1y ago
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 captured 2. Links to everything 3. Drawing vector image
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by faustlast 1y ago
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 with Tramp.
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by faustlast 1y ago
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 highlighted parts of your buffer.
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by faustlast 1y ago
Traveling to big cities certainly loses its appeal after a while. Nowadays, I tend to prefer little adventures involving nature/sport.
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by faustlast 2y ago
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/plots. I run them in separate processes since they
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by faustlast 2y ago
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; 4. compute integrals (numerically) over each element; 5. ass
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by faustlast 2y ago
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 simple python scripts to add extra information for registeri
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by faustlast 2y ago
Do you get headaches because of your dry eyes? (specifically, after staring at screens for a long time)
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by faustlast 2y ago
emacs has existed for many decades already.
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by faustlast 2y ago
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.
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by faustlast 3y ago
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 it more convenient and since I deal with many bank accounts
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by faustlast 3y ago
Well, income getting the negative number only makes sense if you know that it is a credit account that increases with credit.
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by faustlast 3y ago
In summary for me: hledger has better csv importing system and ledger has support for lots. I use both.
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by faustlast 3y ago
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.
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by faustlast 4y ago
I would like to see Taleb's reaction to this.
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by faustlast 4y ago
I wish org-mode was standard and more appreciated. It is so good, but I feel that I'm the only one using it and it is hard to sell emacs to others.
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by faustlast 4y ago
anyone fishmans long season?
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by faustlast 4y ago
All Perry Mehrling books are also great. The Fischer Black biography is fascinating for anyone who studied a bit of finance.
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by faustlast 5y ago
have you read their page? it is really good https://orgmode.org/ .

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