I’m actually using Emacs and messing with both the C++ and JSON from the FOSS game Cataclysm DDA while compiling and hacking around. I’m also working on integrating AI with llama.cpp into Emacs. I’ve never been able to break into the whole IDE space effectively. I can easily mess with VSC and other easy stalkerware options, but when I actually watch my internet logs, I refuse to accept that kind of traffic and connections as normal.
Emacs is a Text Editor mostly used for coding. It has a very steep learning curve, pretty hard to master but very powerful
C++ is a programming language
FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software
Cataclysm DDA (Dark Days Ahead( is a video game, and because it’s FOSS you can modify it (programming) if you know what you’re doing.
Llama.CPO is a C++ library providing ChatGPT like features to a program. In this case Emacs.
IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment. Basically text editors but optimized for coding, like Emacs.
VSC stands for Visual Studio Code, which is another IDE owned by Microsoft. Hence the complaints against their internet logs. Microsoft collect too much data with VSC.
If you’d like a spyware free alternative, you can try vs codium: https://vscodium.com
I have tried it, but had trouble when every project and example relies on stuff that only works with the m$ version. Emacs is the exact opposite with real people sharing in a free and open public commons.
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Red over 12 books this year. The goal was 12 by the END of the year.
I’ve rad maybe 5 in the previous decade. Feels good man.
Congrats! Started a book yesterday. First in a couple of years. Not great writing, but now, 48 pages in, i feel like i need to finish it.
We spent the whole day cleaning my elderly mom’s plant-filled patio. Pressure-washed, repotted, and pruned everything. Even got the little cherub fountain working.
It was a while back but I released an extension for Cinnamon, Linux Mint’s desktop environment, that lets you change the opacity of any window on the screen: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/extensions/view/101
More recently, I’m working on importing bus stops in my country to OpenStreetMap but that’s not done yet.
