Prot Asks: Greg about Emacs, Android, dogs, fishing, cycling, and Pennsylvania

2025-09-07

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In this video, I talk to Greg about a number of topics ranging from the technical work one does in Emacs to outdoors activities in Pennsylvania. Our discussion starts with the topic of Emacs, where I learn that Greg has been working professionally with software for twenty years. In Greg’s experience, one of the advantages of using Emacs for work is that you do not need to change your tools when you switch jobs or work with different programming languages. We then discuss Greg’s attempt to use Emacs on Android, as there now is an official build for that platform. We briefly touch on the Clojure programming language and also talk about ways of learning to program. Once we cover these technical issues, we switch to the outdoor activities that Greg enjoys: cycling, fishing, and just being outside with his dog. I learn from Greg a few things about fishing and we eventually comment on a lot of more profound insights about natural experiences in general. Our final comments revolve around the appreciation of the comments, in light of a politics essay I published recently titled “When your country is a theme park”: https://protesilaos.com/politics/2025-09-02-when-your-country-is-a-theme-park/.

About “Prot Asks”

In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/.