Page:Sacha Chua - Emacs Chat with Carsten Dominik.djvu/23

 – so that you can't use your system to procrastinate. But on the other hand, I really came on to the side that I actually want my computer to work exactly how I want it.

Sacha: Yes.

Carsten: You know what my prompt is on my terminal window? It's, “Sir?” Like an English butler, it would ask you what to do next. I like this kind of attitude of my computer towards me, to just stand there, and wait, and then do exactly what I want. That's how it should be.

Sacha: It is very tempting to just spend all of that time customizing Emacs and looking at other people's stuff, writing all those little hacks for your packages or whatever. But it pays off because then you don't have to think about it so much. You just work the way that you work.

Carsten: Yes, exactly. There are days where you have to self-censor and stop yourself. But normally, I agree. I just use this stuff in downtime when I couldn't really do something else otherwise anyway.

Sacha: As you said, it's your form of relaxation.

Carsten: It totally is. It's my hobby. Like other people would knit or something like this.

Sacha: That's awesome. I've never quite thought about it like knitting, but I can see how it is.

Carsten: I think it's very close to knitting.

Sacha: Yes. I can see that now.

Carsten: Pretty much like it. It keeps your brain engaged that maybe knitting doesn't so much. I don't know. I'm not a big knitter.

Sacha: Yes and then you get the benefits whenever you're working too. So, it's very productive work. That said, I could probably spend hours just going through the random pages in Emacs Wiki. Yes, there are temptations.

Carsten: Sounds like fun.