scarlet
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Hi, I'm Dan. I like to play Magic, make music, write, and spread the gospel of Emacs.
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scarlet
@scarlet.fm
· Oct 18
Every productivity app is doomed to create a lesser version of Emacs Org Mode
I wanna watch more programming content on YouTube. But man, seems a lot of creators I've come across thread the line between dog-whistling alt-righters or "I only read Wikipedia as my source."
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I wanna watch more programming content on YouTube. But man, seems a lot of creators I've come across thread the line between dog-whistling alt-righters or "I only read Wikipedia as my source."
Accidentally started maintaining a library because an Emacs package I wanted to use uses it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Accidentally started maintaining a library because an Emacs package I wanted to use uses it.
Lisp has clicked in a way that no other programming language has.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Lisp has clicked in a way that no other programming language has.
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I became an AI skeptic bc the only cogent use cases AI boosters gave were, "a better search engine". but regular search engines already worked fine for 99% of people. the few folks who needed something more were like, me and my colleagues, none of whom found tremendous value in AI search tools
Anthropic is aggressively hitting me with ads on instagram for Claude and it’s all people being like “I use Claude to brainstorm” or asking Claude where they can find two colors together in a city. What a pile of crap, how does anybody still believe this is the future? It’s Search 2 and it sucks
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I became an AI skeptic bc the only cogent use cases AI boosters gave were, "a better search engine". but regular search engines already worked fine for 99% of people. the few folks who needed something more were like, me and my colleagues, none of whom found tremendous value in AI search tools
Like, I don't *hate* Markdown (the last 13ish years worth of my notes/posts have been written in some flavour of it.)
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Like, I don't *hate* Markdown (the last 13ish years worth of my notes/posts have been written in some flavour of it.)
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
But why has the side-pane rendering been the adopted paradigm to display it over WYSIWYG in a lot of editors?
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These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.
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If you’re hoping a political party that committed genocide is going to save you from fascism you’re going to have a bad time
July 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you’re hoping a political party that committed genocide is going to save you from fascism you’re going to have a bad time
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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It’s not about “purity politics” or whatever the current buzzword is, it’s about making sure that, at critical moments, you didn’t put up a popular coward who’ll fail every trolley problem they’re handed
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s not about “purity politics” or whatever the current buzzword is, it’s about making sure that, at critical moments, you didn’t put up a popular coward who’ll fail every trolley problem they’re handed
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If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.
Fuck Durbin and fuck this goddamn party.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Fuck Durbin and fuck this goddamn party.
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The dems won a huge victory last week which means they immediately have to turn around and shoot themselves in the dick
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The dems won a huge victory last week which means they immediately have to turn around and shoot themselves in the dick
They're fascists. Call them what they are.
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
They're fascists. Call them what they are.
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Cuomo ran a campaign, got his ass kicked, looked at himself in the mirror and said we have to get more racist, and then lost again lol. World Historical ass-kicking
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Cuomo ran a campaign, got his ass kicked, looked at himself in the mirror and said we have to get more racist, and then lost again lol. World Historical ass-kicking
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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a crab is crawling on a sandy beach
ALT: a crab is crawling on a sandy beach
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A corpo/VC supported decentralized internet will not work. It will be no different than the corpo web we already have.
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A corpo/VC supported decentralized internet will not work. It will be no different than the corpo web we already have.
Lol, I thought The Word Alive was done with metalcore. Didn't Telle say he hated it? 💀
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Lol, I thought The Word Alive was done with metalcore. Didn't Telle say he hated it? 💀
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By extension, this means that Zohran has also received the highly coveted, rarely awarded, nigh-unachievable endorsement from Bodega Cats of America
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
By extension, this means that Zohran has also received the highly coveted, rarely awarded, nigh-unachievable endorsement from Bodega Cats of America
Bro, put the "productivity hacks that make you more productive" video down and actually get to work
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Bro, put the "productivity hacks that make you more productive" video down and actually get to work
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An understated reason figures like Newsom are so dangerous is because what really advances the most violently reactionary parts of the American state aren't just the openly far-right rulers, it's their successors entrenching what they did. Newsom types aren't an end to fascism but its completion. 🧵
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
An understated reason figures like Newsom are so dangerous is because what really advances the most violently reactionary parts of the American state aren't just the openly far-right rulers, it's their successors entrenching what they did. Newsom types aren't an end to fascism but its completion. 🧵
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I cannot express to you how much I want the most controversial thing I do to be saying "here's why you should program in assembly language on a C64 Ultimate". I miss the biggest flame war being emacs vs. vi.
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I cannot express to you how much I want the most controversial thing I do to be saying "here's why you should program in assembly language on a C64 Ultimate". I miss the biggest flame war being emacs vs. vi.