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Jeremy Cherfas

Maybe: Hoping to have time.

Jeremy Cherfas

Top Album Artists last week

1. Willie Nelson 14
2. Cowboy Junkies 12
3. Levon Helm 12
4. Oscar Peterson 11
5. John Coltrane 7

Jeremy Cherfas

2025-05-05

Eat This Newsletter 269

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“Salt is a powerful thing. It ensures well-being, it cures, it pleases guests, and it attracts males. And it was brought from a mystical garden. To teach girls how to manage this power must have been an ongoing challenge for the elders.”

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Jeremy Cherfas

TIL about the -c flag in rsync, which skips files based on checksum. The big benefit to me is that it preserves modification times, making it easier to find what I’m looking for. They say it takes more processor time; I don’t care. Hope there are no gotchas.

Jeremy Cherfas

Got to be a win all round.

Jeremy Cherfas

2025-04-28

Latest episode: The Paradox of Plenty

1 min read

Food has become cheaper and more abundant over the past 70 years or so by ignoring external costs. As a result, our planet and our health have suffered untold damage. Is it even possible to turn the food system around? Listen at https://eatthispodcast.com/paradox

Jeremy Cherfas

Top Album Artists last week
1. Bill Frisell 14
2. Calexico 13
3. John Hiatt 10
4. Tres Chicas 10
5. Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton 6

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