Protesilaos
Protesilaos
Protesilaos
I am a philosopher living in the mountains of Cyprus at a house I built myself which I affectionately call “the hut.” I spend my free time programming on GNU Emacs, writing essays on a wide range of life issues, and doing infrastructure work around my house. My background is diverse and reflects my intellectual curiosity as well as consistently high work ethic.
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The idol is a reflection. In Greek, from where we get the English word, we say that “I am staring at my idol in the mirror” («βλέπω το είδωλο μου στον καθρέπτη»). The idol is a representation: it consists in indirectness. When we think...
The built-in completion-preview-mode lets us expand what we type in a minimalist, distraction-free way. It can also be combined with the default Completions buffer to show all the available options. The Completions buffer has several...
Quand nous apprenons quelque chose, nous faisons souvent l’erreur de vouloir parvenir l’expertise rapidement. Mais le monde n’est marche pas comme ça. Si nous n’avons pas de patience, notre projets serons manqué. L’expérience est...
Bravely Default II is a modern Japanese Role Playing Game that pays tribute to the artstyle of JRPGs of yore (spoilers throughout). As is the case with practically every entry in this genre, you are in control of a bunch of kids, or...
Le jeudi 27 août 2026 à 14:30 Sacha Chua, Fabrice Niessen, et moi nous réunirons une deuxième fois pour parler d’Emacs. Sacha a déjà écris l’article pour cet événement:...
Je ne connais pas des chanteurs francophones. J’aime écouter à la musique de Ibrahim Maalouf, qui est Français, mais la genre de son spécialisation est jazz. Avant d’écrire cette note, j’ai écoute à un de chansons par Lhasa de Sela qui...
Like the falcon I shall live in cliffs and wild mountains there I will build my nest on the land that rejects the opportunists Through my everyday life I will demonstrate to people that honour cannot be sold integrity cannot be bought...
This is an excerpt from my journal. People who visit me make the same kind of remark: “quiet, huh?”. Their ears are used to a different environment. Their first impression is informed by their prior conditioning and is true given that...
This is an entry from my journal. I have had several false starts with reading fiction. The stories are interesting, I know, but I never feel invested in them. A friend recently persuaded me to read Anton Chekhov. I though it was time to...
Reading the leftist Jacobin magazine article with the title Toward Simp Liberation? led me to the remarkable investigative journalism piece from The Cut by Ezra Marcus titled Revenge of the Simps. Its subtitle is how a community of porn...
Partitioned life you seek of joy minus the suffering Homesick you thus are for a land that never is aspiring to a state you shall not be present in This rugged boat of yours can sail to the furthest edges where glaciers never melt and...
Mechanical keyboards give you the power to be maximally opinionated about your keyboard configuration. You can choose keycaps, switches, layout, firmware-level settings, and even materials to affect the overall touch and sound. All...
In this ~2-hour video I talk to Per Nordlöw about some of his custom extensions for Emacs. I learn from Per how he approaches Emacs as a tool that can be extended to meet the requirements of one’s workflow. In the process, Per shares his...
Cet jeudi, 20 août 2026, Sacha Chua, Abdallah Maouche, et moi nous allons avoir une discussion sur le sujet d’Emacs. C’est encore une opportunité pour moi de écouter et parler en français. En plus, je peux apprendre plus sûr Emacs: c’est...