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New comment by joshuablais in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

joshuablais — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:54:11 +0000

I theorize it is going back to the protocol layer. The "web" for most people is a bunch of social media frontends.

New comment by joshuablais in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

joshuablais — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:53:01 +0000

and 1MB is "small" for the modern web!

Using the internet like it's 1999

joshuablais — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:14:29 +0000

Article URL: https://joshblais.com/blog/using-the-internet-like-its-1999/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47881198

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New comment by joshuablais in "We're Getting the Wrong Message from Mythos"

joshuablais — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:08:02 +0000

So we are just going to take companies at face value now while this model is not publically available? OpenAI literally said the same thing about their next model a day later.

Both companies have models "too dangerous to release". Both companies' girlfriends go to another school.

New comment by joshuablais in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

joshuablais — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:21:43 +0000

I personally use Doom because there are a lot of out of the box optimizations, some don't like how hlissner has brought nix ideas of declarative package management into the mix, but I am a nix user so it makes sense. I also am an evil (heretic) user - Doom is configured from the get go as a gateway from vim/neovim into emacs, and it does that job very well.

I would say use both. You can run multiple emacs configurations, and you could have your vanilla config which you slowly build as well as Doom/spacemacs where you can see what is possible.

New comment by joshuablais in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

joshuablais — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:18:39 +0000

I do have a wandering eye for EXWM, it probably would require my skill with emacs to increase and an optimization of my config so as to defer heavy tasks etc. If you have any suggestions on how to get there, I am all ears! The more I use emacs, the more I want to make my entire computer emacs.

New comment by joshuablais in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

joshuablais — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:15:14 +0000

Some people want to just "do work" and not build a toolchest over the years. I think if I find myself doing something once, I will probably be doing it again, therefore the environment can help me greatly with achieving that goal in far less time. There is a diminishing return for some tasks, but some things I have written in emacs save me minutes of time each time they are run daily.

New comment by joshuablais in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

joshuablais — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:13:16 +0000

This is the thing people forget about emacs - it is primarily a lisp environment, entirely programmable. Something one can make their very own. Nothing else comes quite as close, even if the keyboard ergonomics (at least for me) do help to sell it. You can change the workspace to better the workflow in real time, that's the biggest selling feature.

New comment by joshuablais in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

joshuablais — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:11:27 +0000

I entirely agree - we could have had a completely unified computing environment, and we got... apps.