My question is just... any advice for a friendly non-technical low-vision new linux guy? or, kind of embarrassing to admit but I'm also hungry for encouragement: is this worth the effort? any cheerleaders care to cheer me on? so far, the emacs journey has felt like it's absolutely rewarded the hours of wilderness-wandering... is it safe to assume that the same dynamic with Linux will reward those timesunk dividends? Is Emacspeak more stable over there? (7/8)

**Chris McCormick** · Jun 24, 2025, 19:25

Chris McCormick boosted

**Andrew Leland** @andrewleland@mas.to · Jun 24, 2025, 19:25

Jun 24, 2025, 19:25

Andrew Leland @andrewleland@mas.to

I wrote a post that opens a tiny window onto the terminally nerdy shit I've been distracting myself with lately
https://vilejelly.substack.com/p/onoff
with acknowledgment to @blindscribe ’s good influence even if I haven’t migrated to ghost yet

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 24, 2025, 09:13

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 24, 2025, 09:13

Jun 24, 2025, 09:13

Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

Pure Data Color Themes
https://youtu.be/QlEhy0vVPRI

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 19, 2025, 05:39

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 19, 2025, 05:39

Jun 19, 2025, 05:39

Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

Watch Later is an app I built to keep a list of YouTube videos to watch later without having to log in. It's a decentralized "backendless" web app written in ClojureScript that runs 100% client side and uses the Nostr protocol for storage and sync.

https://youtu.be/JIkNpttOIHE

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 10, 2025, 13:00

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 10, 2025, 13:00

Jun 10, 2025, 13:00

Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

Write less code.
https://youtu.be/ooutr2SyFfs

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 05, 2025, 03:50

**Chris McCormick** @chris@mccormick.cx · Jun 05, 2025, 03:50

Jun 05, 2025, 03:50

Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

@simon Strange behaviour from Sonnet 4.0 - in the claude.ai chat interface it correctly identifies itself, however through the API or Anthropic console it consistently thinks it is Sonnet 3.5 with April 2024 cutoff.

> I'm Claude, an AI assistant created by Anthropic. I'm Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and my knowledge was last updated in April 2024.

Mode: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Prompt:
> Which LLM am I speaking to? What is your model version and knowledge cutoff date?

Maybe it's just my account?