SystemCrafters IRC Hardware Editors and Corporate Frustrations

The SystemCrafters IRC channel discussed hardware limitations like soldered RAM, editor preferences between Emacs, Helix, and mg, and frustrations with corporate "security" practices in Microsoft Teams and antivirus software.

• Hardware & Gaming: talos joked about destroying glenneth in Virtua Tennis. antti noted the AMD Ryzen AI Halo dev kit is expensive (€4000) with only 128GB RAM, comparing it to Nvidia's offering. trev lamented his AMD ThinkPad has soldered RAM, which antti attributed to Lenovo's tendency to sell models with non-upgradable options to save costs.
• Editor Wars: EndureAhead recommended Helix editor for being lightweight out-of-the-box compared to Emacs or Neovim. trev prefers mg and finds Helix's modal editing style different; antti enjoys the "fun" of crafting a Neovim setup. antti shared an ALSA commit adding support for Pioneer DJ DJM-S11, noting trev had previously asked about emacs2 support from Eli Zaretskii.
• Emacs Updates: Lionyx announced that kusanagi-theme is now available on MELPA and MELPA-stable. antti confirmed its availability.
• Corporate IT & Security: Lionyx complained about Microsoft Teams links undergoing a slow "security check" via scraping, which delays CI message resolution. The group discussed how corporate security (like antivirus scanning PostgreSQL folders) often prioritizes certification and slowing down approvals over actual performance or protection. antti noted Anthropic is "pancaking" prices for no reason, while trev joked that Emacs2 needs support for only $2/month to have one's name in the source code.
• Miscellaneous: knighthk announced becoming a "YouTube trevver," prompting trev to ask for his timestamp in a video featuring a sauna. antti shared a kernel commit for ALSA USB audio support.