Related: a cool blog from a year or two ago from a participant in this program: https://brr.fyi

I read every word on this site, last time it was posted.

The footage of the Rodriguez well (and TNT explosions), in 320x480 glory, are a time capsule of human ingenuity.

Another fun blog from Funranium Labs: https://www.funraniumlabs.com/category/antarctica/

Reading the post about how a lot of tech breaks because of the slow internet https://brr.fyi/posts/engineering-for-slow-internet makes me think "Kids these days" (stupid kid coders who can't take into consideration slow or latency-filled connections) and want to take a bat into the "open space" where these dumb devs are siting around...

> They're all using it.

Not really. Go talk to anyone who uses the internet for Facebook, Whatsapp, and not much else. Lots of people have typed in chatgpt.com or had Google's AI shoved in their face, but the vast majority of "laypeople" I've talked to about AI (actually, they've talked to me about AI after learning I'm a tech guy -- "so what do you think about AI?") seem to be resigned to the fact that after the personal computer and the internet, whatever the rich guys in SF do is what is going to happen anyway. But I sense a feeling of powerlessness and a fear of being left behind, not anything approaching genuine interest in or excitement by the technology.

Because then you'd have to do that.

Not much you really have to do though.

Take your standard Linux distro…

Make a new user. Login. Uninstall the apps you don’t want. Uninstall the web browser.

You don’t really even have to set up an autostart script to turn off WiFi for this user, but you can if you want. The user not having a web browser installed should be enough.

That’s it, you’re done.

Or pull the wifi chip out of the m.2 slot

On my Moto G, Glance keeps getting re-enabled every month or so even after I disable it every time. Annoying.

What does "re-enabled" mean in this context? Does it mean you disable the app at the Android OS level and then later it becomes not disabled but still inactive? Or does it mean that this feature/app actually becomes your lock screen again without you turning it on?

It means that every now and then, the Glance weather widget will pop up. I'll click on it, then it will bring up the full UI and ask me if I actually want to use it. I click "Disable Smart Lock Screen" instead, then it goes away from my lock screen. For a while.

I think it's fine. Better than purple on dark-grey that I've seen posted here.

The setup UI has no option for you to proceed beyond this point without internet access.

Having been through interviews lately for mid-level CS internship positions, I'd say that having FOSS contributions on my resume that I was able to discuss extensively was indeed a factor in both attaining an interview and ultimately an internship.

As a CS undergrad in my final year of study, a 5-year contract with guarantees with regards to employment, benefits, promotion etc. would appear to me and think would also appeal to many of my peers.

The god-mode minor mode that is linked is also mind-boggling: https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode

I have god-mode installed, but I've basically forgot about it as Emacs have a different model of editing than Vim.

With Vim, text editing feels like playing the piano. For every action, you compose a sequence of bindings and execute on it. It is really a language of editing.

Emacs feels more like blacksmithing, hammering the text into a proper shape. There's no composition, you just select the correct tools and applies it. And emacs have a lot of those tools.

god-mode is my modal editing of choice. I usually use it to scroll and read through and select files. It works especially well with read-only buffers in my experience.