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Guix turns ten! We celebrate Guix's first decade by highlighting ten great things about Guix! Hear all about functional package management, time-traveling operating systems, and why "Composable DSLs" are great!Links:GuixStories about 10 years of Guix, from the Guix blogNixCool Guix features highlighted in this episode:Grafts (for security updates)guix challengeguix shell and guix environmentguix packNonguix (Proprietary! Nonfree! But sometimes some users need these things to...

This week we’re talking about Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI). Christine and Morgan tell their stories bout over-using their wrists from programming (prodded along by an injury) and writing academic papers respectively. We discuss what you can do to treat or minimize the effects of these injuries then cap it off with a discussion of RSI gloves including Morgan's Free Soft Wear RSI glove pattern.Repetitive...

Christine finally overcomes her fear of the sewing machine and we talk about Christine and Morgan's respective experiences learning it, and how you can pick it up too!Links:Morgan's article on Basic Sewing Patterns. Includes pictures of the dicebag and skirt! (More tutorials coming soon!)You probably know what a sewing machine is, but isn't there always more to learn?A Cultural Perspective on Gender Diversity in...

Morgan finally overcomes her fear of Emacs and we talk about Morgan and Christine's respective experiences learning it, and how you can pick it up too!Our talks tomorrow at FOSDEM's Declarative and Minimalistic Computing room:Lisp but Beautiful; Lisp for EveryoneSpritely Goblins Comes to GuileSwitching capslock and ctrl stuff: (it's a great idea even if you don't use Emacs; many keyboards used to have ctrl...