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00:00:00 - Highlights  
00:01:15 - "Neovim vs Emacs" video is how I heard about Prot  
00:01:40 - VIDEO: Neovim vs Emacs  
00:02:24 - Wildfires in Cyprus July 2025  
00:04:42 - Prot's Legendary Intro, and where did it come from  
00:05:44 - Where is Cyprus in the world map?  
00:06:42 - Are you originally from Cyprus?  
00:07:20 - Football, university, working in politics, website  
00:10:01 - What are you, a philosopher, programmer or what?  
00:12:05 - What is your main medium, website or youtube?  
00:13:45 - Why did you decide to get started with YouTube?  
00:14:51 - Did you receive formal education as a programmer? How did all this computer stuff got started  
00:16:44 - Thoughts on Windows and macOS?  
00:18:39 - Prot asks me if I prefer macOS or Linux  
00:19:37 - Prot uses Debian, like a real chad. He was in Arch before  
00:22:00 - Any issues with outdated packages in Debian? What about security updates?  
00:23:07 - Thoughts on flatpaks  
00:23:57 - What's the difference between open source and free software  
00:27:40 - Thoughts on supporting open source maintainers  
00:29:07 - I (linkarzu) feel open source like a 1 way relationship in which the maintainer has to give and not expect anything in return?  
00:33:18 - Remove the stigma when a free software maintainer asks for money  
00:34:45 - What are your thoughts on Neovim?  
00:36:05 - Images in Neovim, variable font size in terminals hopefully soon  
00:36:30 - VIDEO: Kovid Goyal (Kitty and Calibre creator)  
00:37:42 - The importance of having an integrated computing environment  
00:38:55 - What are the different ways of working with emacs? Evil, space, traditional, what do you recommend?  
00:42:02 - What about using the ctrl key with emacs?  
00:42:52 - Give default emacs a fair chance  
00:44:38 - Did you remap your Ctrl key?  
00:45:40 - Thoughts on homerow mods, Prot's keyboard  
00:46:54 - VIDEO: Kanata keyboard mapper full config  
00:48:13 - The delay in homerow mods and false positives  
00:50:44 - The long spacebar on laptops does not make sense  
00:51:32 - Why a light theme if we live in a dark theme world? Demo modus-operandi, modus-vivendi and other themes  
00:56:05 - In a video you mentioned you prefer taking notes in plain text and switch to org when needed  
00:58:57 - Let the dogs out, thoughts on Markdown and org  
01:02:11 - Paste images in AVIF inside Neovim, also view images  
01:02:48 - Some folks think that viewing images in Neovim is not useful  
01:05:04 - Create private or public GitHub repo from within Neovim and extending outside to your Operating System  
01:08:58 - Prot demo on org: email, calendar, and way more  
01:14:55 - How long is your emacs config? 18,000 lines  
01:15:51 - Magit git client, allows you to also merge, issues, PRs  
01:16:57 - How do you get notifications in Emacs, for example for emails? notmuch-indicator  
01:19:56 - Packages for auto-formatting and moving around parentheses  
01:23:36 - Neovim demo on how I manage tasks and fold headings, emacs demo as well  
01:26:52 - VIDEO: Theena betrayed the Neovim community (just kidding, I love Theena) and switched to Emacs  
01:28:00 - Prot uses multiple emacs frames  
01:30:28 - Are emacs frames like tmux sessions?  
01:32:12 - How I navigate projects with tmux on the neovim side  
01:34:37 - You can put emacs frames in different workspaces  
01:36:09 - The beauty of organizing your life in org mode, email and calendar  
01:40:53 - What is LISP?  
01:42:00 - Fennel to write LISP but convert it to Lua  
01:43:00 - I have heard about issues with Single threading in emacs, can you elaborate on that?  
01:45:04 - One potential problem could be if you use emacs as a window manager  
01:46:49 - What are your thoughts on alcohol and substance abuse?  
01:55:47 - What are your thoughts on a supreme being?  
02:10:03 - People who are really loud about their values, usually are compensating  
02:11:00 - Thoughts on physical activity  
02:13:18 - Thoughts on material objects  
02:16:10 - Let's see the puppies  
02:16:42 - Thoughts on AI  
02:18:29 - Do you use qwerty or colemak?  
02:19:00 - What is the best way to support you monetarily?  
02:20:45 - Be mindful on what you are doing on your computer but also in life

Deep-Dive with Prot: Emacs, Philosophy, Debian, Life & Open-Source Ethics