Setting timezone of org-mode
I'm just getting started with org-mode, and really like it so far. I work in London with xemacs running on OpenVMS based on the East Coast US. Is there any way to get org-mode to use a timezone otherStack Overflow
Newsletter: Independent writers are an important facet of the media ecosystem, but a recent legal threat helps to remind me that it’s not the path for everyone.
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#newsletter #CitationNeeded #journalism #IndependentMedia
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.Molly White (Citation Needed)
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One of the big benefits of being your own legal department is that you actually have your own interests at heart.
Anyone who thinks a corporate legal department or a corporate HR department is looking out for the interests of the employee is living in fantasy land.
HR and Legal are there solely to protect the corporation. Never think otherwise.
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Imo, this is not about taking down Bezos (although I do think billionaires care about maintaining their aura of brilliance and invincibility).
It’s about refusing to co-sign on cowardice and collusion.
It’s about striving for a media diet that isn’t suffused w lies and bullshit.
It’s about living in truth, as Havel once said.
So, for the last few days, #Emacs has been glitching out on me. When I'd try to do certain things, it'd complain about an undefined variable and then just refuse to do the thing I asked it to do. Today, it started doing this when I tried to list the manuals.
I deleted the cache files and restarted it. Everything's fine now. I'm glad it's fixed, but... really?
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org 9.5.5 built-in Outline-based notes management and organizer
So no reason to install it
Our garbage can broke. It's one of those ones with a foot pedal and a soft-close lid. They're normally over $100, so obviously I'd rather fix it than replace it, but the damn thing is deliberately designed not to be repairable.
I've identified the issue though. I'm going to try to design and 3D print a brace to reinforce the broken part. It won't be a pretty fix, but I think it'll work, and it'll be on the underside so nobody will ever see it.
I'll have to get some epoxy to fasten it, though. I hope it works and I don't make it worse.
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@buoou Is your Gemini capsule down? I'm getting an error 53.
Maybe it suddenly doesn't like my VPN?
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Yup, it's been a long day 😢
Honestly, I have a script that tells me when I should be tired. And it was pulling from that online data. And I was without internet for a while so I made it all offline and forgot to get back to uploading.
Was only really useful for people who can just ask me anyway 😁
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PSA for whatever threat model you may have (IE domestic abuse): Google Chrome now has an opt-in Microsoft Recall-like AI feature where every page you visit is scraped locally (and also submitted to Google's servers) for you to be able to search through later. Easily toggled via browser settings, no clue what on-disc storage looks like.
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TIL that #Emacs' built-in web browser is named eww.
That seems an appropriate name for a web browser, tbh.
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One of my favourite marketing weasel words (weasel phrases?) is "clinically studied".
It really means nothing.
"This product has been clinically studied.""Neat, what results did those studies yield?"
*crickets*
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We have a word for someone who pursues their own obscure, non-prosocial goals while skillfully pretending to be a prosocial person. That word is “psychopath”.
When we make anthropomorphic AI agents, we’re making psychopathic systems.
Worse, these systems do not fear the retribution of society like human psychopaths do.
Happy Friday!
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TBH, most of the moo programming I do is directly through tintin++. I'm considering switching to using emacs as a moo client, but I'd have to find a way to port over the rather heavy customizations I've made to tintin++. Things like managing the sushi bar are done via local scripts.
The org-mode stuff I'm doing right now is kind of separate from moo.
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Links to a lot of the background on the many, many discussions that happened around the GFDL and its compatibility with the DFSG:
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I've been an #Emacs user for a long time because it's just what I got used to. I had no particular loyalty to it.
The more I dig into org-mode though, the more I see it as its killer feature though. This alone is enough to keep me from ever switching to another editor.
Please note: if you like another editor better, that's perfectly fine. Use what works for you. For the love of God, I'm not trying to spark an Emacs vs. vim flame war.
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I keep not-quite fully embracing org-mode because I spend too much time outside of Emacs (e.g. on mobile devices). I probably just need to work out some scripting to dump into an inbox queue.
Plus work being absolutely inflexible about not letting work sync to anything else, though it helps enforce life boundaries. 😀
Since we broke the pens out of storage, Katy's been taking up calligraphy. She's rather good at it too.
Anyhow, I cautioned her against using cheap paper with a #FountainPen because I've found it to be an unpleasant experience. Despite this, she's using a notepad from the dollar store. As it turns out, the paper is surprisingly good quality. No feathering or bleed through whatsoever.
Colour me impressed.
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@Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧📰🌱☕ IMHO, mastodon.social is a perfectly fine instance for someone just getting started on the fedi and trying to figure things out. Eventually though, I recommend finding a smaller instance more suited to one's individual preferences.
If you're just sticking with a big server, you've kind of missed out on the whole point of the fedi.
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@Seven ✨🍂✨ For me, it's part practical, part just because it's cool. I have ADHD and sometimes my brain runs faster than my hand can write. I tend to type notes, but I don't always have a keyboard handy.
I also like being able to write notes without having someone read over my shoulder... unless of course they happen to be a British journalist, which is unlikely in Canada.
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ngl, I don't get it. It feels to me more like an understanding that buoyancy is a function of mass over volume, but maybe it makes more sense if you understand something specific about it (like what it's actually floating on? Seems like a strange material. Some sort of plastic? Thin material that could break?) Not quite sure what the hubris part is exactly.
Though, that said, there is indeed a 0% chance that any existing safety regulations standard would allow this.
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Over 25 years ago I came to peace with the fact that federal elections are a scam. If voting would truly change anything substantive or truly empower the common people the elites would install a monarchy tomorrow morning.
I've decided to just make fun of the crumbling system of empire we slave under. It is all going to fail just like Rome failed, and then a few generations later a mad rush of power-mad psychos will start the process all over again. Democracy is not what we are told it is. The rich rule, the poor slave, and the sellouts fight each other for scraps from the master's table. and that is the real heart of the matter.
If you think that people like Trump, Biden, Harris, Vance, Pence, or anyone in those circles of power cares about you, you're deceived. Not only do none of those people care about the common man--they don't even have the moral, spiritual, or intellectual capacity to care about the common man--because in their cult mind they think we are beneath them. Their public contests are just a show meant for our consumption--bread and circuses.
So my campaign is simple: VOTE HARDER. Maybe then things will change.
I know some object to being cynical about this subject. However in my view the only counter-view is delusional. Federal elections in the USA are, and for some generations, have been largely a show that distracts from who is really running the circus behind the sock puppet candidates the people get to choose from.
#VoteHarder #ThatWillShowThem #MaybeThenThingsWillChange
My #ADHD moment of the day:
Eat a snack specifically because I have a medication that needs to be taken with food.
Forget to actually take the medication.
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Is there an easy way to collaboratively work with org-mode files (especially from mobile devices)?
Note: I said easy. It can't involve git.
@mms :runbsd: :emacs: I like this idea, but I can't get Emacs on my partner's iPhone.
Edit: typo
Giving qutebrowser another go as my default browser.
Now I just have to remember how in the hell to use it.
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@Judy Anderson Yeah, I've been looking into a continuous glucose monitor. They need to be changed every two weeks or so (which is a definite improvement). The ones currently on the market need to be synced with your phone using a proprietary app that doubtless feeds all that information into a corporate cloud where they do God knows what with it.
There are apparently standalone readers that can be air gapped, but my local pharmacy doesn't carry them.
@ajroach42 Might a Robert Smalls biopic be an idea, for when you're able to / if someone else picks it up? (See thread.)
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SDF (Super Dimension Fortress) is a long-standing public access UNIX system that has provided users with access to a range of computing services since its creation in the late 1980s. Today, it stands as one of the most enduring examples of a "community computing" platform, offering a diverse and active user base access to both modern and vintage technologies.
Read More: machaddr.substack.com/p/sdf-pu…
#SDF #UNIX #Shell #Computer #Science #OpenSource #Retro #Computing
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@André Machado :debian: Great article, though the history is a tiny bit off, for example: SDF was created by Ted Uhlemann. smj was involved from the very early days, and eventually did take over as head honcho (though he's been more behind the scenes of late).
All the stuff about SDF as it is today is pretty accurate though.
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Hi everyone. My wife and I are trying to raise money again to hopefully get us out of the cycle of perpetually borrowing against our paychecks and from friends and also to get things like groceries, gas, and my wife’s medication.
My wife had a rough transitional period between jobs after leaving a job that wasn’t paying them properly (i.e. they went an entire month without pay) which is what got us to this spot of constantly borrowing money and owing it back to people as well as taking advances from their paychecks.
We’re hoping to raise roughly $600 as that is what my wife has estimated will help us out of this mess. I’m a full time student so I don’t make very much money myself, so anything helps. We currently have no money for groceries or gas.
You can send money to help us with the following information:
Cashapp: Bxnshy
Venmo: Bxnshy
PayPal: payment@rubymayvalentine.net
I also have Zelle which would be a preferred option if you also have Zelle and are willing to DM me to exchange numbers so that you can send funds through Zelle since there are no platform fees associated with it.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •In was using the Mull fork of #FennecFdroid
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in reply to R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: • • •I've been using mull. That's affected by this security issue as well?
Chevron Spacegoat
in reply to Chevron Spacegoat • • •Ah, I guess so. Did not receive a notification about that.
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in reply to Chevron Spacegoat • • •Mull its affected. I got a prompt to remove it in the f-droid update screen
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in reply to R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: • • •I guess I'm back to stock Firefox for the time being then.
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Make sure it's Firefox 132.
AFAICT, 131 and below are vulnerable
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in reply to R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: • • •@RL_Dane
Is this a new vulnerability that isn't down on this page? I'm currently on 131.0.3, which appears to be the latest available in the play store.
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Security Advisories for Firefox
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