Doctorow on POSSE and AI usage
Cory Doctorow reflects on his blogging experience and advocates for embracing technology like AI, despite its controversial origins
I love how Microsoft makes its products less and less useful.
In Teams chats, there used to be a tab for the chat itself, and then Shared for files (it used to be called Files, which makes more sense, but whatever).
Now we have Chat, Recap, Attendance, Breakout Rooms, Q&A, and Meeting Whiteboard, none of which are removable.
I’m glad I have an Ultra Wide screen, because my project layout in Excel is all the way to the right, shoved out of view, while the default tabs above are empty and useless.
At Gregory’s for some coffee after a quick doctor appointment. Working from coffee shops is fun, though it’s not always doable.
About living in Madhattan
A year ago, we moved to this apartment. Time to reflect and assure you all that I’m crazy.
Switched to emacs-plus to try it again for a few days. Darwin version is now up to date. Let’s see what the differences are, if there are indeed any - and of course, if things keep crashing.
That was a big squash, so cooking it took a while, but it was worth it. Such good soup. I love that I can make that now on a regular basis.
To follow up on my post from yesterday, it seems most Emacs folks on macOS use emacs-plus from Homebrew. It seems emacs-plus also has the most recent Darwin version.
Meanwhile, my new Emacs install crashed on me once (again, I am using emacsformacosx). I think I will switch to emacs-plus when I get the chance, just to be sure, but the crashes will probably keep happening.
Emacs for macOS and Darwin versions
Why is the Darwin version of Emacs for macOS behind macOS’s own version, and is it a problem?
Thinking about why I stopped working on the micro.blog wiki again, it’s the same old problem. Maybe I need to embrace the friction. Editing is a critical part of writing, especially when you write for an audience. Instead of trying to resolve the friction, understand it’s part of the process, and give it the space and time it needs. Still consideringm
Lately, Emacs on my Mac has been crashing more frequently. I don’t know for sure what it is, and I can’t get much from the logs, but it seems to be somewhat related to images. Perhaps some memory issue.
My research has led me to suspect that perhaps emacs-plus from Homebrew would be better (I’ve been using Emacs for macOS), but I’m not quite sure yet.
Right now I’m too tired to tackle it, so I’m going to crawl to bed. I’ve been too tired and too busy in the evenings to do much of my personal projects, which sucks. Hope to get some stuff done this weekend, but it’s going to be a busy one.