Earlier, I wrote a post about how I enjoy using Emacs as my text editor of choice. Obviously, I cited its extensibility as one of the main factors. However, I did not really elaborate on what that brings to the table in terms of actual functionality. So, in this post I would like to make a little showcase of a thing about Emacs which I absolutely love; namely, org-mode.

Clickbait titles aside, I actually think that Emacs is a terrible editor out of the box. So, how come I use it anyway? In this post, I will contrast Emacs with VI(M) in order to point out some important factors in choosing the perfect text editor.

I think we can all agree that the internet is a fantastic invention that has shaped both the 20th and 21st centuries; for quite a while it was the wild west of innovation. Nevertheless, what once was a great variety, has now declined into a monolith wherein only a few companies have monopoly: Google, Amazon and Facebook, among others, dominate practically every possible service. If you want entertainment, you watch YouTube; if you want online shopping and hosting, you go to Amazon; if you want social media, you go to Facebook and Instagram; if you want communication, you go to WhatsApp, Messenger and G-Mail. Suffice it to say, almost everything you do is enabled by “Big Tech”. And although it is fair to argue the fact that these services may in some ways simplify our lives or make them better, there are certain issues with the way in which they and the internet are currently operated. Namely, the model employed in this new era raises questions about privacy, sustainability and efficiency. This especially in the wake of the recent Facebook server outage that took Facebook itself, Messenger and WhatsApp along with it

“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” by American author Philip K. Dick is known for a multitude of reasons; aside from the combined science fiction prevalence and influence of its great film adaptation, as well as general critical acclaim, it is a deep novel with a multitude of advanced themes. Thereamong, the issue of simulacrum is raised together with a meditation on the bane of the human condition—that is: entropy and mortality. Even though the latter in particular is not central, the story of Rick Deckard taking prime focus, it is precisely that which has fascinated me about the novel and thence it is this element which I will discuss in the article following.

Alright, so this is a kind of a quick post on the topic of centralised and decentralised file synchronisation, and why you should care about which type you use for your files.

Let’s introduce some basics: