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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I am not a genius. If you compare me to Leonardo Da Vinci, who was elite at everything he did, I am not even good enough at all the things I do. If you judge me relative to the skill of a Paco de Lucía or the insight of an Isaac Newton,...
Κάποιος φίλος με παρέπεμψε σε άρθρο του CNN που καλύπτει κάποιες από τις θρησκευτικές πρακτικές της Ελλαδικής πολυθεϊστικής ομάδας Λάβρυς: These people say worshiping ancient Greek gods is a route to modern happiness. Υπάρχουν πολλές...
Substitute provides a set of commands that perform text replacement (i) throughout the buffer, (ii) limited to the current definition (per narrow-to-defun), (iii) from point to the end of the buffer, and (iv) from point to the beginning...
From sea you come to sea you go on this summer day as sun and horizon touch take the initiative to find your people and live with the hope that the dryads will let you join the golden dog on another hike
When you act, strange things happen. Yesterday I wrote Religion and theology in light of the Greek gods and now I have the chance to meet relevant people. This Sunday I will join a group of Greek polytheists (ethnic Greek religion) from...
This is a small Emacs package that automatically highlights the current line after certain functions are invoked. It can also highlight a line or region on demand. The idea is to make it easier to find where the point is, what was...
A friend of mine told me about this CNN article which covers the religious practices of a polytheistic group in Athens. These people say worshiping ancient Greek gods is a route to modern happiness. There are many such groups, including...
Sacha Chua m’a mentionné hier dans son article titré Tisser des liens personnels pour mon apprentissage du français. Elle écris: J’ai remarqué qu’au cours de mon apprentissage du français, j’apprends aussi à renforcer ma motivation par...
What follows is a lengthy comment on the unscrupulous interests that benefit from the endless war in Ukraine as well as a critique of certain narratives about masculinity. Writing for UnHerd, Marta Havryshko comments on Why Ukrainian...
In this ~22-minute video I explain how Emacs performs completion in a buffer. I cover what happens behind the scenes with the variable completion-at-point-functions. Then I also go to the frontends, which affects the modalities of...
J’ai la confiance de faire des erreurs en public, pas seulement sur le sujet de pratiquer mon français mais sur tout ce que je fais. Je ne suis pas parfait. L’acceptante de ce fait simple me libère de la pression. Ce n’est pas facile de...
I have been working on two new themes for my minimalist doric-themes package. The original plan was to publish them together as part of the version 1.2.0 from a few days ago (the version that also brought doric-tiger and doric-lion), but...