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Fri, 10 Apr 2020

Debian has released security updates in recent days for @firefox and #Chromium https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4655 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4653 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4654

A little more Clojure - Uncle Bob/Clean Coder Blog http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2020/04/09/ALittleMoreClojure.html

Mathematics for the adventurous self-learner | Neil Sainsbury https://www.neilwithdata.com/mathematics-self-learner

The software industry's greatest sin: hiring | Neil Sainsbury https://www.neilwithdata.com/developer-hiring

The @GNOME desktop just crashed. Doesn't happen often. Firefox and Chromium saved my tabs, and Vim saved almost all of my changes, but still ...

I am using the Dark Theme Toggle @GNOME Shell Extension https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1518/dark-theme-toggle/

Updating your @GNOME Shell Extensions in @firefox from the GNOME web site can be dicey in @debian stable. An update broke Tray Icons, so I replaced with TopIconsFix. Don't update extensions that are not broken. https://extensions.gnome.org/

I speak Vim. Sort of. I probably can order in a Vim-speaking restaurant. https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki

To make a long story short, I am trying to manually install a GNOME Shell extension using this LinuxConfig.org tutorial https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-shell-extensions-from-zip-file-using-command-line-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux

Thu, 09 Apr 2020

FuryBSD is a desktop system powered by FreeBSD https://www.furybsd.org

Wed, 08 Apr 2020

Twitter lets you turn off "personalization and data" settings. Do this to blunt @twitter's ability to "personalize" ads, track you across the web and "share" (aka sell) that data to its "business partners." https://twitter.com/settings/account/personalization

It won't cure coronavirus, but LAUSD sweetens your life with the recipe for its famous coffee cake http://passthejoe.net/post/2020_0408_lausd_coffee_cake_for_coronavirus/

There are just about 2,500 entries in my microblog of short posts. http://updates.passthejoe.net

I installed @racketlang in @debian Buster. sudo apt install racket brings in the whole thing, including the DrRacket IDE. https://racket-lang.org

I added the Dark Theme Toggle GNOME Shell Extension. Happy to say that it works. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1518/dark-theme-toggle/

Tue, 07 Apr 2020

I tried to use emacs today. That is all.