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agigao 2021-06-26T07:59:27.218800Z

Yeah and also if I provide a var alias in exec-path-from-shell-copy-env then Emacs GUI loads the variable, but the project has dozens of such vars, and I wonder why the library doesn’t automatically load login shell env-vars.

agigao 2021-06-26T08:01:33.219Z

+1 to Prelude. Migrated from Spacemacs/Doom.

dominicm 2021-06-26T08:03:12.219300Z

Morning 🙂

djm 2021-06-26T08:04:04.219400Z

Presumably macOS doesn't make those available to applications. Doesn't exec-path-from-shell start a shell process to get them?

djm 2021-06-26T08:07:50.219600Z

If I had a lot of variables, specific to one project, I would put exports for them in .envrc in the project directory, run direnv allow in there in a shell, then use envrc

agigao 2021-06-26T08:11:35.219800Z

Surprisingly enough I encountered the same issue in Emacs GUI in Manjaro Linux machine :thinking_face: I thought MacOS/M1 was to blame

agigao 2021-06-26T08:12:28.220Z

Yeah, me too, but that’s how the client has it done across all projects.

agigao 2021-06-26T08:13:08.220200Z

Regarding shell process - not sure, is there a way to check?

djm 2021-06-26T08:14:38.220500Z

On Linux, I think it depends on where you set them. Possibly /.profile is sourced when Xorg starts, but not /.bashrc (or the latter might exit early when not being used in an interactive shell).

djm 2021-06-26T08:14:55.220700Z

Use the source, Luke 😁

borkdude 2021-06-26T08:24:04.222200Z

@otfrom is this the Clojure equivalent of “finally got my sound card working on linux”? :satisfied:

borkdude 2021-06-26T08:24:20.222400Z

Morning

2021-06-26T08:24:57.222600Z

Morning

2021-06-26T08:24:59.222700Z

Lol

2021-06-26T08:26:15.224200Z

If I buy Linux hardware the way I buy Mac hardware then I don't have that problem.

borkdude 2021-06-26T08:26:31.224800Z

What way is that?

dominicm 2021-06-26T08:26:42.225200Z

hehe

2021-06-26T08:26:51.225500Z

I just check that things are compatible

dominicm 2021-06-26T08:27:14.225900Z

I can't remember the last time I had hardware problems with Linux tbh, seems like a thing of the past.

borkdude 2021-06-26T08:27:57.226700Z

I had a video card issue but it works beautifully in WSL2 👿

dominicm 2021-06-26T08:28:29.227200Z

Oh that's true, Nvidia+video cards is a bit balls. I do buy AMD because of that.

borkdude 2021-06-26T08:29:05.227800Z

Eventually I got it working though

pez 2021-06-26T09:05:09.228Z

Morning!

2021-06-26T09:35:57.229100Z

I look at the pain my wife goes through on her work Windows machine and count my lucky stars

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:37:27.230400Z

what would be a nice, relatively light, linux compatible and very performant laptop with 64gb of memory in 2021? I'm waiting for the new 16" macbook pros + m1(x) processors to appear, but I'm keeping an eye on alternatives too. not buying right now, just looking.

2021-06-26T09:39:09.230500Z

I tried prelude for a bit, and it is good but more than I needed but not hitting what I wanted, and I felt there was too much for me to get my head around to configure it as I liked

2021-06-26T09:39:42.230700Z

I recommend it to people who aren't old and crusty like me tho as it is pretty good

dominicm 2021-06-26T09:40:06.231300Z

64gb of memory? What are you doing? Running slack and spotify?!

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2021-06-26T09:40:35.231700Z

What size?

2021-06-26T09:40:43.232100Z

Of screen

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:41:06.232700Z

I've upgraded laptops 3 times in the last 4 years for work, because one component is very memory hungry. Also GraalVM is faster if you give it more memory.

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:41:16.233200Z

15"

2021-06-26T09:41:21.233400Z

I've been finding recent Macs developer antagonistic lately

dominicm 2021-06-26T09:42:17.234400Z

Dell XPS 15 is what comes to mind @borkdude. I don't think they ship with Linux, but I've known many people use them happily with Linux.

dominicm 2021-06-26T09:42:39.235100Z

Have you considered buying a desktop? 😄

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:42:49.235700Z

I have a desktop with 128GB and Ryzen processor

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:43:10.236400Z

but I find myself working on my laptop more just because I like to sit around the house in different spots

solf 2021-06-26T09:43:12.236600Z

ThinkPad is always my go to for Linux laptop. They get worse over time, but the keyboard is still the best

djm 2021-06-26T09:43:28.236700Z

I liked Prelude as it's less work than starting from scratch, and there's less that I wanted to undo compared to Doom. The end goal may be to get rid of Prelude one day, but not yet.

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:44:05.237100Z

I do use the desktop for heavy duty work in the background

dominicm 2021-06-26T09:44:15.237400Z

@borkdude that was my next suggestion 😄

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:44:50.238Z

I've tried all kinds of "remote REPL" stuff, RDP, etc, but there's just always that network in the middle

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:45:00.238300Z

which doesn't make it as convenient as working directly on the machine

dominicm 2021-06-26T09:47:13.238700Z

Is the RDP latency that bad? Or some other problem?

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:48:36.238900Z

it's doable

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:49:31.239400Z

but it's just more convenient to have everything on the same machine. e.g also when traveling

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:50:00.239700Z

(what's traveling again btw?)

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:50:05.239900Z

I'm getting my second jab today...

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borkdude 2021-06-26T09:50:20.240200Z

last time I almost passed out, hopefully it's better today ;)

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2021-06-26T09:51:27.241300Z

Dell precision 7550 can come with Ubuntu pre installed and does 64gb

2021-06-26T09:52:06.241700Z

And is 15"

2021-06-26T09:52:11.241900Z

And thin

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:53:33.242400Z

@otfrom wow it even has 96gb mem

dominicm 2021-06-26T09:53:44.242800Z

@borkdude Yeah if you travel a lot then I get it 🙂

borkdude 2021-06-26T09:53:58.243Z

even 128gb

2021-06-26T09:55:32.243400Z

All the gbs

dominicm 2021-06-26T10:11:43.243800Z

You can always just use http://downloadmoreram.com ofc

pez 2021-06-26T10:14:05.245600Z

Anyone know of a way to syntax highlight code to SVG? I can only find very cumbersome ways to do it.

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RAMart 2021-06-26T10:40:32.246Z

Next :clojureD 2021 talk by Nicole Rauch now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ulbfjwh45Y

RAMart 2021-06-26T10:40:45.246300Z

This is also the last :clojureD 2021 talk that @martinklepsch has hosted and I would like to take the opportunity to thank you, Martin, for all your work and support for the conference for so many years! 💝 I roll in the dust before you, screaming "Thank you so much!" while raising glasses. 🍻 (All at the same time and leaving quit a mess, but I'll clean that up later.)

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borkdude 2021-06-26T10:47:26.247200Z

Funny enough the precision, with similar memory, ssd and CPU config, is almost equally expensive to the Macbook Pro 2019 I bought, which has similar specs but a much better screen and trackpad (admitted, the keyboard sucks, but it hasn't given me any problems so far)

reefersleep 2021-06-27T11:52:43.288200Z

@chokheli I doubt I could even live as remote as you do in Denmark! My “in the country” vision is much more lightweight than what you’re experiencing.

reefersleep 2021-06-27T11:54:05.288400Z

I imagine being 1 km 🙏 from the nearest neighbour or something like that. Could be closer, too. The important bit is being free from other humans’ noise, and being able to be as noisy as we want ourselves (the latter being less important 🙂, but still)

reefersleep 2021-06-27T11:57:13.288600Z

Green surroundings would be great, too.

reefersleep 2021-06-27T11:57:56.288800Z

Apart from actually finding a suitable place, I imagine our lack of handyness being the biggest obstacle. We’re both keyboard jockeys, not wrench wranglers.

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:00:17.289100Z

same here :)

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:00:33.289700Z

You want to move out, too?

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:00:47.290Z

no I mean, I'm not a handyman, more a computer man ;)

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:01:15.290200Z

@chokheli sounds like it’s really good for you, even with the challenges accounted for 🙂

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:07:00.290400Z

@borkdude how about the wife? We both regret not having learned more handy stuff yet, and not having partnered up with a practical person 😅

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:07:54.290600Z

hehe. well, if I really must I can do some stuff, but I'd rather let it handle by someone professional if it has to look good

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:08:12.290800Z

we live an apartment and have very little to care about, luckily

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:08:25.291Z

but naturally you don't get the benefits from a garden, etc

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:09:32.291200Z

we just go into the city's park or sit on some terrace if it's sunny outside (like today)

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:09:48.291400Z

so we have a free garden experience without the actual work of it :P

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reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:10:52.291700Z

I got tired of living in apartments some years ago, actually, but we didn’t get around to moving to a house before this year.

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:11:48.291900Z

we stayed in my parent's house while they were on vacation last year for a week

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:12:03.292100Z

I continually lost where I kept my stuff because the house was so big (much bigger than our apartment)

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:12:05.292300Z

It’s weird how preferences change. I mean, it’s logical, from how your experiences impact you, but going through the change yourself is kind of odd. My parents live 2km from the nearest neighbour and 5 km from the center of the shitty town where I went to school. I thought it sucked back then, but now I’m kind of envious.

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:12:46.292500Z

yeah, when I was 18 I was glad I could leave the shitty town of my parents and to be honest, didn't look back ever since

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:12:52.292700Z

We just visited them yesterday, and they have huge forests, fields and lots of trees in their gigantic garden, all surrounding them.

borkdude 2021-06-27T12:13:03.292900Z

whenever I'm back there I wonder: how could I have lived here for so long, it's such a boring town

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:13:03.293100Z

hehe

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:13:08.293300Z

hahaha

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:14:11.293500Z

When I used to work in the supermarket in the shitty town, I sometimes talked to a talkative, cool guy. And once, he said “I bet you’re wondering why I moved here.” I can’t remember what he answered, but I’m still wondering. Whyyyyyyy would you move there.

reefersleep 2021-06-27T12:15:04.293700Z

Still, I’m aiming to move to a house outside of what I expect to be an equally shitty place. I mean, I’d love for it to be better, but odds are it’ll be small and boring, that kind of comes with the distance and quiet that I’m aiming for.

RAMart 2021-06-26T10:53:52.247500Z

> the keyboard sucks "You're holding it wrong!" 😂

borkdude 2021-06-26T10:54:58.247700Z

I mean the mac 2019 keyboard

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:00:17.248300Z

It's super heavy tho

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:00:25.248500Z

And quite large

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:01:33.248700Z

My wife has a 16inch mbp, we hate having to carry that monster when traveling

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:01:50.248900Z

The power adapter is also heavy

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:02:26.249100Z

which one is super heavy? I don't have the 16", I have the 15" 2019, with the still sucky keyboard. it's 1.85kg

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:03:07.249300Z

I9 16inch, it's over 2kg i think

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:03:08.249500Z

yeah for traveling I usually take a macbook air (1.35kg)

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:03:18.249700Z

yeah that one is 2.05kg or so

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:03:44.249900Z

My xps is 1.2 with a tiny adapter that i can also use for everything else (phone headphones etc)

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:04:00.250100Z

13" ?

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:04:04.250300Z

Yes

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:04:21.250500Z

16gb mem or so?

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:04:25.250700Z

Yes

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:04:44.250900Z

It's not the most recent

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:04:52.251100Z

I think 2019

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:04:57.251300Z

that's about what I'm getting with the new macbook air too with super battery performance... it's quite attractive for traveling...

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:05:13.251500Z

but probably more expensive too

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:05:44.251700Z

Yeah same, I don't think I ever ran out of battery after a full day's work on battery

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:06:04.251900Z

oh really, that sounds good

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:06:19.252100Z

(are you still talking about the xps 13?)

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:06:24.252300Z

Yes

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:07:32.252500Z

I have the fhd non touch version as a personal laptop, it's even better on this one

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:08:22.252700Z

But the screen is not as good as the work machine, but it's semi-mate

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:08:46.252900Z

Anyway, it's all about trade offs

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:09:05.253100Z

My wifes mbp screen is gorgeous

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:12:29.253300Z

I think if cpu/ram becomes a bottleneck you might as well offload that to a vm somewhere

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:13:23.253600Z

yeah, I have a huge desktop computer for the heavy work

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:14:59.253800Z

Similar, I can spin a monster vm with up to 225GB of ram for free'ish potentially. Never had to do it

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:16:44.254Z

because you're at exoscale right

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:16:52.254300Z

Yes

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:28:34.254500Z

I would love to dumb down even more the Client (laptop) and run everything on the cloud really. Even if I wasn't workin for exo. That's somewhat imaginable with the phones/connectivity we have now

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:29:54.254800Z

The only downside would be in planes, but I hate working in planes.

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:30:47.255Z

Oh I just noticed I could get 1000 euros of the Precision machine by selecting a lesser video card. I'm not playing games on this thing anyway

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:31:37.255300Z

@mpenet well, I have tried such a setup with the huge desktop I have while working remotely on it from coffee bars, etc on my laptop

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:31:50.255500Z

it works, but it's not perfect

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:32:14.255700Z

I mean, there's always a certain delay no matter what

mpenet 2021-06-26T11:33:41.255900Z

For some things it's ok. I d be ok with a delay on my repl, but not on general editing responsiveness

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:34:21.256100Z

true

borkdude 2021-06-26T11:36:34.256300Z

@mpenet btw, if you're interested, you could try: https://twitter.com/joel_kuiper/status/1407097109539663874 :) but exoscale is probably a better deal for you

pez 2021-06-26T12:37:56.256900Z

This was cumbersome to do the manual way, I tell ya.

reefersleep 2021-06-26T18:22:17.258300Z

Footie’s on here. The Danes are going up or something. I don’t mind or care, except people are being loud about it 😞 Looking forward to move to the country eventually.

reefersleep 2021-06-26T18:44:02.258700Z

Any country dwellers here? How are you finding it?

pez 2021-06-26T18:44:37.259Z

I wish!

gklijs 2021-06-26T18:56:44.262900Z

About the laptop thing. I'm working for a consulting company, if wfh stays as normal as it is, might opt for 'company desktops', you could build a really nice one for 3000 euro (roughly the price of MacBook pros). But if you occasionally do need to visit clients it's becomes a problem through.

borkdude 2021-06-26T19:10:04.265Z

just buy an extra macbook air 16gb for client visits?