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EmacsConf 2019 - Videos
Videos from the 2019 online EmacsConf
How to remove condescending language from documentation
Interesting post talking about how we can improve language in documentation so that it's more inclusive. The tool that it links to is new to me. I've tried it and there's a lot of false positives, but as long as you don't take a "this should be totally lint-free" approach to using it it could help with tweaking things.
python - PyLint "Unable to import" error - how to set PYTHONPATH? - Stack Overflow
Very handy solution to the problem of making a project you're working on available to its own tests. While this tends not to be an issue for linting from the command line (I use a Makefile and sort the PYTHONPATH when doing the linting), but from within Emacs with flycheck it can be more awkward.
awesome-for-beginners: A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.
A great repo that contains a list of projects that encourage beginners (in programming, in some language, or perhaps even in a problem domain) to work on issues. All have some sort of "low-hanging fruit" tag for issues that would be a good place to build confidence in contributing.
jgraph/drawio: Source to www.draw.io
Client-side diagram drawing app. Open Source.
Talk to Transformer
Hilarious machine-learning-based tool that takes some text that you give it, and completes it.
Journeys: A fun coding challenge.
A fun little coding challenge; ideal for getting to know a new language, or testing someone's knowledge of a language.
Seq language
A high-performance, Pythonic language for bioinformatics
Seq: A high-performance language for bioinformatics
Paper about a language, that is pretty much a twist on Python that's aimed at getting higher performance for bioinformatics applications.
emacs-piper
Package for using Emacs in a more shell-like way, but while doing it in a very Emacs-like way. Contains interactive tools for pipeline manipulation, as well as a scripting language, of sorts
Getting Boxes Done
Useful essay on how one person manages their data with Org.
Ultra-minimalist presentation minor-mode for Emacs org-mode.
Nice simple presentation mode for Emacs and Org.
Enable Sidecar on Unsupported iPads and Macs running iPadOS 13 and macOS Catalina
Information on how to get Sidecar working with unsupported Macs and iPads.
node.js - How do I uninstall nodejs installed from pkg (Mac OS X)? - Stack Overflow
Method of uninstalling nodejs from macOS if it has been installed from a package. (the idea being that you may want to manage it via Homebrew instead)
Confused by DNS Records? A, CNAME, ALIAS...
Little Twitter thread that briefly documents the key components of DNS, aimed at web developer types.
osx - How to Restore File System Access in macOS Catalina - Emacs Stack Exchange
Solution to the problem of Emacs being denied access to the likes of ~/Documents on macOS Catalina.
A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev
List of online tools and services that are useful for software development, and which have a free tier that allow for testing things out.
Relocated Items in macOS Catalina Explained - MacRumors
Handy explanation of the relocated items directory thing post upgrade to Catalina.
coded4: Time-based statistics for Git/Hg repos
Handy little tool that can be used to get a flavour of how long you've spent working on a particular project. While it's not going to be 100% accurate, it will give a vague sense of duration.
Set the hostname/computer name for macOS
I've had an issue with a Macbook Pro on one particular network where, even though I've set the computer name via system preferences, in the terminal (and via hostname) it's showing as the network-generated name.
This seems to help tidy things up.
Save data from Twitter to a SQLite database
Tool to save data exported from Twitter into a SQLLite database. Could be very handy.
23andMe Tests Reveal Undetected Genetic Anomalies - The Atlantic
How the likes of 23AndMe are making it more clear that even the obvious things about genetics aren't actually that obvious.
Men. Abuse. Trauma. | Philosophy Tube
Very compelling video detailing one person's experience of abuse within a relationship, and connecting it to wider issues of mental health.
Placeholder support for contentEditable elements, without JavaScript
Handy method of adding placeholder-a-like text to contenteditable elements in a document.
Monologue: A Future Message From Generation X’s Reverse Mortgage Pitchman, Trent Reznor
I don't know; but I know I sniggered.
YAML: Probably no so great after all
Article that details some of the problems with YAML
fselect: Find files with SQL-like queries
Handy-looking alternative to
find, which a SQL-like language for querying what's found. Handles .gitignore files so there's no going into places you don't want it to.Turn off macOS screenshot floating thumbnail
The floating thumbnail thing that's how macOS screenshots work now is really quite annoying. This tweet contains handy information on how to turn it off.
MySQL and storing emoji: proper utf8mb4 with Django | exana.io
The MySQL unicode issue as seen from a Django point of view.