scarlet
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· Oct 18
Every productivity app is doomed to create a lesser version of Emacs Org Mode
I don't want to hear about defunding, I want to see it abolished.
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I don't want to hear about defunding, I want to see it abolished.
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This is fucking lunacy. Unprovoked undeclared unilateral invasion of a sovereign country for literally no reason at all
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
This is fucking lunacy. Unprovoked undeclared unilateral invasion of a sovereign country for literally no reason at all
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Don't overthink the Trump admin's reasoning here. They don't have a grand scheme. They are willing to upend the international order because they think everyone else will be too scared to fuck with them. And whatever terrorist attacks this inspires against us will just help them electorally.
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Don't overthink the Trump admin's reasoning here. They don't have a grand scheme. They are willing to upend the international order because they think everyone else will be too scared to fuck with them. And whatever terrorist attacks this inspires against us will just help them electorally.
So like fuck Maduro, but this is classical American imperialism. What the fuck.
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
So like fuck Maduro, but this is classical American imperialism. What the fuck.
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TIL "Serial Experiments Lain", an #anime from 1998, features some real Common #Lisp code 🤯in its Episode 7: youtu.be/Infs7wG6eKY?...
December 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
TIL "Serial Experiments Lain", an #anime from 1998, features some real Common #Lisp code 🤯in its Episode 7: youtu.be/Infs7wG6eKY?...
Grav is a CMS that seemed perfect in theory: flat file storage, straightforward theming, sensible defaults™.
But as I get more and more into it, it starts getting convoluted. Like, flex objects are cool! But why do I need to write my own routing if I don't want the ugly urls? (e.g /author/id:key)
But as I get more and more into it, it starts getting convoluted. Like, flex objects are cool! But why do I need to write my own routing if I don't want the ugly urls? (e.g /author/id:key)
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Grav is a CMS that seemed perfect in theory: flat file storage, straightforward theming, sensible defaults™.
But as I get more and more into it, it starts getting convoluted. Like, flex objects are cool! But why do I need to write my own routing if I don't want the ugly urls? (e.g /author/id:key)
But as I get more and more into it, it starts getting convoluted. Like, flex objects are cool! But why do I need to write my own routing if I don't want the ugly urls? (e.g /author/id:key)
Just found out about the declarative shadow DOM. I think this basically addresses one of my old beefs with web components: I do not want to rely on JavaScript for rendering.
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Just found out about the declarative shadow DOM. I think this basically addresses one of my old beefs with web components: I do not want to rely on JavaScript for rendering.
Angelmaker has been my favourite band discovery of the month.
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Angelmaker has been my favourite band discovery of the month.
I hear and I see Org Roam, but it just kinda feels like too much overhead if all I want is just linked notes. I think I'm sticking with org-super-links for now.
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I hear and I see Org Roam, but it just kinda feels like too much overhead if all I want is just linked notes. I think I'm sticking with org-super-links for now.
Lmao I'm really tired of open source rug pulls.
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Lmao I'm really tired of open source rug pulls.
I wanna watch more programming content on YouTube. But man, seems a lot of creators I've come across thread the line between dog-whistling alt-righters or "I only read Wikipedia as my source."
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I wanna watch more programming content on YouTube. But man, seems a lot of creators I've come across thread the line between dog-whistling alt-righters or "I only read Wikipedia as my source."
Accidentally started maintaining a library because an Emacs package I wanted to use uses it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Accidentally started maintaining a library because an Emacs package I wanted to use uses it.
Lisp has clicked in a way that no other programming language has.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Lisp has clicked in a way that no other programming language has.
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I became an AI skeptic bc the only cogent use cases AI boosters gave were, "a better search engine". but regular search engines already worked fine for 99% of people. the few folks who needed something more were like, me and my colleagues, none of whom found tremendous value in AI search tools
Anthropic is aggressively hitting me with ads on instagram for Claude and it’s all people being like “I use Claude to brainstorm” or asking Claude where they can find two colors together in a city. What a pile of crap, how does anybody still believe this is the future? It’s Search 2 and it sucks
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I became an AI skeptic bc the only cogent use cases AI boosters gave were, "a better search engine". but regular search engines already worked fine for 99% of people. the few folks who needed something more were like, me and my colleagues, none of whom found tremendous value in AI search tools
Like, I don't *hate* Markdown (the last 13ish years worth of my notes/posts have been written in some flavour of it.)
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Like, I don't *hate* Markdown (the last 13ish years worth of my notes/posts have been written in some flavour of it.)
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
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These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.
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If you’re hoping a political party that committed genocide is going to save you from fascism you’re going to have a bad time
July 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you’re hoping a political party that committed genocide is going to save you from fascism you’re going to have a bad time
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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It’s not about “purity politics” or whatever the current buzzword is, it’s about making sure that, at critical moments, you didn’t put up a popular coward who’ll fail every trolley problem they’re handed
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s not about “purity politics” or whatever the current buzzword is, it’s about making sure that, at critical moments, you didn’t put up a popular coward who’ll fail every trolley problem they’re handed
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If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.
Fuck Durbin and fuck this goddamn party.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Fuck Durbin and fuck this goddamn party.
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The dems won a huge victory last week which means they immediately have to turn around and shoot themselves in the dick
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The dems won a huge victory last week which means they immediately have to turn around and shoot themselves in the dick
They're fascists. Call them what they are.
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
They're fascists. Call them what they are.
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Cuomo ran a campaign, got his ass kicked, looked at himself in the mirror and said we have to get more racist, and then lost again lol. World Historical ass-kicking
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Cuomo ran a campaign, got his ass kicked, looked at himself in the mirror and said we have to get more racist, and then lost again lol. World Historical ass-kicking
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028