1:1s as a people leader
I was doing some mentoring this past weekend and staff issues came up - as they always do. ...
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Quickly find a number between two others
How quickly can you find a number between 27/97 and 27/98? Without using a calculator?
Removing functions and variables in lisp
How to remove definitions and why the lisp namespaces are preferable to other languages’ approaches.
Including equations in my notes
Including beautifully rendered equations is easy in Org Mode. ...
Money laundering, buying elections and housing affordability
How do you buy a federal election? Through money laundering, by confusing correlation and causation and mindlessly parroting collective wisdom around housing affordability. View the post at LinkedIn, or Vifortech Solutions - Blog.
Update list of local projects for Quicklisp
I always forget how to update the list of local projects for Quicklisp. ...
Leaders versus managers
Leaders inspire you to follow; their actions make you aspire to be like them. ...
Pretentious? Moi?
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Getting yasnippet to work with Org mode
There are various discussions around the conflict between Org Mode and yasnippet and how to fix it. This is how I got them to play nicely together. You can read about my other Emacs configurations . (use-package yasnippet :init (defun yas/org-very-safe-expand () (let ((yas/fallback-behavior 'return-nil)) (yas/expand))) :hook ((emacs-lisp-mode . yas-minor-mode) (python-mode . yas-minor-mode) (org-mode . yas-minor-mode) (org-mode . (lambda () (make-variable-buffer-local 'yas/trigger-key) (setq yas/trigger-key [tab]) (add-to-list 'org-tab-first-hook 'yas/org-very-safe-expand) (define-key yas/keymap [tab] 'yas/next-field)))) :config (setq-default yas-snippet-dirs `(,(expand-file-name "snippets/" user-emacs-directory))) (yas-reload-all)) GNU Emacs 28....
Loops in Lisp
There are two type of lisp coders. Those that love the loop macro and those that don’t. ...