I believe in the privacy and control of data that comes from community supported services, self-hosting, and a less corporate internet. — dctrud @ sdf.org

TIL about the Universal Numerical Fingerprint. R package on CRAN.

lsp-mode 7.0 released. #emacs

Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach.

But there is one language that seems to inspire a peculiar universal reverence: Lisp. Keyboard crusaders that would otherwise pounce on anyone daring to suggest that some language is better than any other will concede that Lisp is on another level. Lisp transcends the utilitarian criteria used to judge other languages, because the median programmer has never used Lisp to build anything practical and probably never will, yet the reverence for Lisp runs so deep that Lisp is often ascribed mystical properties. — How Lisp Became God’s Own Programming Language

Hack: Trial and error is the only way we learn anything. — Unix rules for life. (via Irreal)

It looks like new fonts released by Apple are mostly reserved for 10.14+ users; sadly, the SF Symbols 2 are Catalina only.

What I learned from 6 months with VS Code. #emacs

Three built-in neovim features. #vim

Here’s a common piece of advice from people who create things: to make better things, make more things. Not only does it give you constant practice at making things, but it gives you more chances at lucking into making a good thing. — 2500