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| 1 | ;@@title: it works on my machine@@ | ||
| 2 | ;@@date: 2022-06-09@@ | ||
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| 4 | I keep seeing things that I wish there were comprehensive tutorials for | ||
| 5 | – I'm thinking, now, of | ||
| 6 | <code>gpg</code> | ||
| 7 | and | ||
| 8 | <code>tramp</code> | ||
| 9 | – but I realize that really, all computer problems break down to that dreaded phrase: | ||
| 10 | |||
| 11 | > Well, it works on my machine. | ||
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| 13 | Computers are great big balls of state, aren't they? That's why rebooting fixes so many problems. I guess you could say life is a great big ball of state, though we can't reboot it easily. | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | Anyway, this is all to say that things are complicated, I suppose. | ||
| 16 | And while it'd be nice to have simpler things, I think that trying too hard to simplify actually creates more problems than it's worth (see | ||
| 17 | => https://applied-langua.ge/posts/here-is-a-loud-announcement.html Applied Language | ||
| 18 | for other ideas). | ||