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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Un aspect de ma personnalité est l’introversion. Ça veut dire que j’ai le disposition de me renouveler par l’introspection ou, autrement, par minimiser les stimulais externes. J’écris beaucoup parce que ça me donne la chance de diriger...
Aujourd’hui je parle français pour la première fois depuis ~10 ans. Je lisais et commentais sur un article que Sacha Chua a publié la semaine dernière:...
These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics. If you want maximalist themes in terms of colour,...
Writing for Jacobin, the leftist magazine, in an article titled Norway’s Vikings Are Reclaiming Valhalla at the World Cup, Mímir Kristjánsson notes: The fundamental requirement of multiculturalism is a diversity of cultures. For...
On this summer night frogs appear to retell the story of days gone by In water they stay yet never ride the waves to the farthest reaches where fire and ice are one Here they reside a creek as their habitat Content with what they have...
Open a window to sunbathed Olympos where three eagles guide mountaineers to the slopes of serenity Pause and marvel as the doves take flight from the ancient oak tree to reach the golden grapevines that bee-eaters now call home
For the present entry, I am picking a piece from the works of Lavrentis Maheritsas. Lavrentis was at his peak before modern audiovisual technology became the norm, which means that it is hard to find any of his songs rendered in high...
This Sunday I am meeting again with Christian Arzu from the @linkarzu YouTube channel. We will look into the basics of Org mode. How to use it to write documents and organise your life. Our previous meeting about getting started with...
In this video I demonstrate how to define key bindings that have a global overriding effect so that major modes cannot change them. This is important if you want to redefine keys that are not meant to be configured by the user. Below is...
For the present entry I have picked this wonderful rendition of a traditional song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_TywytZvdw. It is nominally about fishers at sea and thus pertinent to everyday life in many parts of Greece. The...
[ The video will be recorded. ] I will do a live stream together with Christian Arzu, a NeoVim user, who is now trying out Emacs. In this meeting we will go over the basics. The idea is that I will do some handholding at this early stage...
J’écris pour pratiquer la langue et je lis pour apprendre de nouveaux mots. Maintenant c’est plus facile d’écrire une note peut-être philosophique parce que il y a plusieurs termes qui ont les mêmes entre grec, français, et anglais. Je...
This Sunday I will do a live stream with Christian Arzu. The details are not finalised yet, so I will make the announcement separately. Christian is a NeoVim user who is Emacs-curious. He is trying out Emacs and needs someone to guide...
Remember me While you drown in ancient waters lured by a shadow's promise of comfort remember me Whenever bitter frost shortens your breath and the hierophant's teachings ring hollow remember me Once nobody recalls your brave foray into...