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sachac

@sachac@emacs.ch

Interests include: #Emacs, #OrgMode, #elisp, #nodejs, #python, #sketchnotes, #parenting, #cooking, #gardening, #knitting, #sewing, #lego, #captioning, #plover #steno, and #stoic philosophy. Originally from Manila, now in Toronto. Married to a Vim guy (go figure) and raising a 7-year old (editor preference unknown), along with two very loud cats.

Blog: https://sachachua.com (mostly Emacs News these days), sketches: https://sketches.sachachua.com. I also maintain planet.emacslife.com and subed.el

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bounga, to random
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Hi @sachac just to let you know that your website seems to be down.

sachac,
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@bounga Thanks for letting me know! Should be up now. Does it work for you?

sachac,
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@bounga aww, thanks! You're welcome. I love how people share what they're learning!

sachac, to random
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2024-05-27 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/05/2024-05-27-emacs-news/

sachac,
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@gnomon hahaha, someday I might start up my livestreaming/video thing again and then you or someone else can come up with a jingle

sachac,
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@screwtape @gnomon @ramin_hal9001 @adanskana amusingly, someone has actually written one: https://github.com/cnngimenez/sachac-news

sachac, to emacs
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I'm reading Naomi Fisher's book "Changing Our Minds: How Children Can Take Control of Their Own Learning." The discussions of adult self-directed learning and also Peter Gray's theory about (play + curiosity) * sociability = learning reminds me of how much I like the #Emacs community.

sachac,
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@ctietze it's actually mostly geared towards parents considering homeschooling or unschooling, but I think it's useful even for supporting kids who are in more traditional school. Our kid is in virtual school, so we have a lot of flexibility in supporting her interests. For example, I found it useful to learn that mastery learning (focusing and persisting, learning more effectively, managing emotions better, becoming less distractible) generally develops around age 9, so I don't need to worry too much about our 8-year-old learning in short bursts and exploring different interests.

dziban, to emacs
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What do you people use for budgeting and finance tracking?

sachac,
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@dziban I use ledger (https://ledger-cli.org) with ledger-mode and an Org Mode file. Plain-text for the win!

birv2, to emacs
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Whoa. I feel like I've just arrived. My blog post on my learning in public adventures (https://bob-irving.com/117-2/) was reposted by @sachac ! I've been following her weekly emacs updates and found myself there. Like I said, whoa!

It's nice to be part of a pretty technical community that supports stumbling bumbling n00bs like me.

sachac,
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@birv2 I like your notes. Keep learning in public! :)

birv2, to random
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Looking for recos for Linux screencasting software for uploading to YT. This might be one of the last things I'll actually need Windows for. I currently use ScreenPal (formerly Screencastomatic). It's simple enough for me, but they don't have a linux version.

And I know OBS is awesome and everything, but I like simple a lot better than awesome.

sachac,
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@birv2 In a pinch, I've used straight-up ffmpeg to screencast to YouTube: https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/01/quick-notes-on-livestreaming-to-youtube-with-ffmpeg-on-a-lenovo-x230t/

jtr, to emacs
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I've updated my Microsoft Edge notes after working with it for a couple of weeks. If you use Office 365 for work like I do, here's a tip: Maximize (but don't go full screen!) when working with Edge. Read more in the full article linked above.

For Emacs org-mode users, two tips in two new notes: linking to other org-mode headers and plain lists to checklists in org-mode.

https://taonaw.com/2024/05/22/ive-updated-my.html

#emacs #orgmode #edge #office365

sachac,
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@jtr I think your https://gitlab.com/taonaw/taona/blob/master/public/20240519T070338--checkboxes-toggle-in-org-mode__emacs.org is not public

sachac, to random
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2024-05-20 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/05/2024-05-20-emacs-news/

sachac,
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@gnomon Thanks!

abcdw, to emacs
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EmacsConf 2023 Stickers came to my forest 🥳

Luckily enough, because today is my last day here (in this climbing season), going to Georgia now.

#emacs #emacsconf #stickers #gnu #linux

sachac,
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@abcdw glad they made it!

sachac,
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@abcdw @corwin gets all the credit for the legwork for the stickers =)

sachac, to random
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2024-05-13 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/05/2024-05-13-emacs-news/

slackline, to emacs
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Looking to expand the Emacs section of my Elfeed RSS subscriptions.

Recommend me your favourite Emacs bloggers please.

Already subscribe to...

EmacsAir ( @tarsius )
Prot (https://protesilaos.com/codelog.xml)
Scaha Chia ( @sachac )SystemCrafters ( @systemcrafters.net )
EmacsRedux
Mastering Emacs
LucidManager
@christiantietze.de@rss-parrot.net
@RSSBot for Irreal and other things from Reddit

sachac,
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@slackline You could take a look at the RSS or OPML from planet.emacslife.com

sachac, to random
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2024-05-06 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/05/2024-05-06-emacs-news/

sachac, to random
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2024-04-29 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/04/2024-04-29-emacs-news/

oatmeal, to emacs
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/ Audio transcription with listen

I was trying to use alphapapa's 'Listen' package, which was already installed, for audio transcription, but I struggled to find an intuitive way to skip forward or backward w/o leaving the working buffer. Also challenging was the fact that my keyboard only has a play/pause key.

But since 'listen' seemed to default to , I decided to use playerctl to control it, regardless of how it was launched. It's a command-line tool that works with MEPRIS players, and I could bind custom shortcuts in GNOME Shell to the play/pause key + a modifier.

sachac,
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@oatmeal subed.el has some keyboard shortcuts for controlling mpv, so that's another option

sachac, to random
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Unexpected bonus of working on learning how to solve the 2x2 cube blind: I can practise any time, anywhere, including when the kiddo borrows the only cube I have handy.

sachac, to random
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2024-04-22 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/04/2024-04-22-emacs-news/

sachac, to random
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Starting to learn 2x2 blindfolded following J Perm's tutorial. Day 2: I'm slowly getting the hang of moving pieces and moving them back during a sighted solve and I can sometimes close my eyes for one or two pieces in a row. Let's see if I can get the hang of it and if I can keep my brain on-task that long...

sachac,
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@ramin_hal9001 For algs, I haven't found anything better than just doing the alg slowly and then speeding up as they enter muscle memory. For pattern recognition, the tutorials tell you what colours to look for (ex: look for two corners of the same colour on one of the sides, put them in the back, then do this alg).

sachac, to random
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I haven't been able to access git.sr.ht URLs for a while, so I finally got around to looking into it. I can access it from my phone if I turn off wifi. I still can't access it from my laptop if I disable the Pi-hole ad-blocker. I think Sourcehut's blocking a range of IPs that my Internet provider uses, which is inconvenient.

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