manithree

GNU Emacs really didn't start until 1984, but I keep thinking it would be interesting to compare Emacs' resource usage to Zed (or Gram). Then I realize I can't be bothered to run either of those long enough to do it.

Compared to VSCode, Eight Meg And Constantly Swapping does sound ridiculously parsimonious in 2026.

Any car can fly. Once.

Or mainland China is occupied west Taiwan.

I don't see how that's possible. It's clearly stating that zig is not in the static (compile-time) safety checking camp. The message is, don't ensure correctness at compile-time, find your errors in the debugger. C++ doesn't force you to use RAII. C has nothing of the sort. Only Rust (of the major, currently fashionable languages) has a borrow checker that has a well-deserved reputation for having a steep learning curve, and no easy way around.

> I was not aware of the antagonism from the Zig .. people to Rust, but it makes absolutely no sense.

Lol, have you ever watch Andrew Kelley speak? I've only seen 3 or 4 talks he's given, but he frequently makes not-so-subtle digs towards Rust. Zig's home page prominently displays "Focus on debugging your application rather than debugging your programming language knowledge" which sounds horrible to me, but is clearly an anti-rust statement. Competition is good, and Rust and Zig cater to different people, but when the primary personality behind Zig is leads the way, it shouldn't be a surprise that some tribalism-influenced followers lean hard into it.

I'm pretty sure he's just finding the most condescending way he can think of to "correct" people who have a lower tolerance for paper cuts than he has.

The author's message is really "You idiots that can't just ignore the friction you can't fix, and change your habits and workflows to match what the corporate overlords know you really need should just STFU with your tips and tricks for how to customize your power tools, because I don't do that, so why should you?"

They may not right now, but the whole point of Microsoft's Copilot+ PC standard (even though it's somewhat anemic) is to run models locally. Apple Silicon with enough unified memory is capable. Not to mention modern iPhones and Pixels have fairly capable NPUs and routinely run local models. So, we may not be to the point where most normal people have the hardware to run local models, but it is rapidly approaching.

That's a lot of words to leave me completely unconvinced that Chrome is better than Firefox for an open www.

I like the idea (hate the site), but what does it do to my battery life?

This is the kind of advertising I can appreciate. Useful, even some uncommon information showcasing purchasable products.

I'd never buy a font advertised here (I've never needed a font that wasn't free bad enough to pay money for one), but it's pull, not push, so kudos.

As a big fan of WordPerfect on my first DOS machine (286 clone), I agree. I respect authors like GRRM for sticking with WordStar, but whenever I get nostalgic and wondering about WordPerfect in DosBox, I remember I use emacs and typst. All the good things about WordPerfect, but vastly superior.