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The Problem At my day job, we use the Jira ticketing system, so it’s very useful to link to tickets in Org-mode files, to the point where I’ve defined a shortcut, [[jira:ABC-12345]], and an org capture template for tickets.

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The Problem At my day job, we use the Jira ticketing system, so it’s very useful to link to tickets in Org-mode files, to the point where I’ve defined a shortcut, [[jira:ABC-12345]], and an org capture template for tickets.

There’s a trope I’ve run across a couple of times in conservative fora, that of voluntary charity, the idea that charitable giving should be a personal decision, not something forced by the state.

Some years ago, I started managing my home machines using Ansible, an effort that continues to this day.

I’ve written before about themes in Emacs, and in particular about using them for something other than just colors.

Ansible roles aren’t functions, so they don’t actually return values.

There are lots of Emacs themes out there.

Some people have project cars—cars that don’t work, that they put up on blocks or in the garage, and then lovingly restore to working order.

I’ve written before about literate programming, and how one of its most attractive features is that you can write code with the primary goal of conveying information to a person, and only secondarily of telling a computer what to do.

Writing this down before I forget, somewhere where I won’t think to look for it the next time I need it.

In theory, this post should show up in the Fediverse as a thing you can read and/or interact with.

In Iowa’s Gazette, one John Hendrickson has an editorial on the importance of preserving the Electoral College, as opposed to electing the president by popular vote.

A while back, I became intrigued by Donald Knuth’s idea of Literate Programming, and decided to give it a shot.