Improved Ctrl-p/Ctrl-n macOS movement. #apple

In many ways memory capacity is more important than clock frequency: a program won’t run unless enough memory is available but people can wait for a slow cpu. — Memory capacity growth: a major contributor to the success of computers

Racket Templates: Unofficial collection of racket app templates. #racket

Since I became an Apple user back in 1989, I’ve always felt there was more to it than just being a returning customer of a tech company. There was a sense of belonging to a common set of principles that went against the mainstream. That was extremely appealing for someone like me who always moved countercurrent to everything. There were the Mac user groups, places (whether physical or online) to share a passion with like-minded people. There was the idea of ‘thinking differently’ way before it was formalised in 1997 by Apple itself. Apple products weren’t just computers and peripherals, but specialised tools made for people with a creative, think-out-of-the-box mindset. — This nine-year chasm

Comprehensive guide on handling long lines in Emacs (via Irreal). #emacs

In March I bought a 16" MacBook Pro, reasonably well tricked out: 2.3GHz 8-core Intel i9, 32G RAM, Radeon 5500M with 8G, 4T of disk. I hate it. It is slow and buggy enough that I wonder if maybe it’s a lemon? Herewith the gripes, for no particular reason other than it makes me feel like shouting at the world. — I Hate My MacBook

Before I get into the strategy, I want to congratulate the Notes team for making what may be the only Apple app that has been unambiguously improving over the past few years. While it still shows evidence of the limited and ugly app it started out as, Notes is now one of the best note-taking apps on iOS, with features that nicely balance simplicity and power. — What is Notes good for?

I started updating my stata-sk notes and I’m now using jupyter instead of ESS to process Stata code (because I couldn’t compile the project with my old setup). Looks great so far. I will write a full blog post once I get some time.

Now I get this annoying message regarding battery status on my Macbook (only 331 cycles out of the 1000 expected for this model).

The new platform is a winner. Everything is clean, quick, and configurable. When I ps uaxww, I’m not hogging ‘gigs’ of RAM just to have things up and running. There’s no black magic that derails me at every turn. In short, my sanity has been long restored. — Bye-bye, Apple