diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-generic.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-generic.el
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+(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)       ; Disable the splash screen
+;; (when (version<= "26.0.50" emacs-version )
+;;   (global-display-line-numbers-mode)); show line numbers; use this instead of linum if you can
+
+(global-visual-line-mode t)          ; turn on word-wrap globally
+(menu-bar-mode -1)                   ; disable visual menu on emacs
+(tool-bar-mode -1)                   ; disable toolbar
+
+(setq case-fold-search t)            ; ignore case when searching
+(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)        ; make it easier to answer qs.
+(set-frame-font "Consolas 12")       ; set default font
+(transient-mark-mode 1)              ; Enable transient mark mode (highlights)
+(load-theme 'manoj-dark)             ; loads my favorite default theme
+(global-hl-line-mode t)              ; highlights the line you're on
+
+(setq indent-tabs-mode nil)                          ; always use spaces when indenting
+(setq require-final-newline t)
+(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/.saves")))
+(find-file "~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/personal.org") ;open primary org file on launch
+(electric-pair-mode 1)                               ; create paired brackets.
+
+;; lets you find all instance of string @ point with C-;
+(use-package iedit
+  :ensure t)
+
+(when (eq system-type 'darwin)
+  (setq mac-command-modifier 'meta)
+  ;; Make emacs use a different default than the OS
+  ;; only really useful on work computers, but there we go.
+  (setq browse-url-browser-function #'browse-url-generic
+	browse-url-generic-program "open"
+	browse-url-generic-args '("-a" "Firefox")))
+
+(if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+    (message "i am windows and suck") ; deal with mac command key problems
+  (exec-path-from-shell-copy-env "PATH"))
+
+;; (if (string-equal "darwin" (symbol-name system-type))
+;;    (setenv "PATH" (concat "/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:" (getenv "PATH"))))
+
+(defun find-user-init-file ()
+  "Edit the `user-init-file', in another window."
+  (interactive)
+  (find-file-other-window user-init-file))
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c J") 'find-user-init-file)
+
+(setq user-home-file "~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/personal.org")
+(defun find-user-home-file ()
+  "Edit the `user-home-file' in this window"
+  (interactive)
+  (find-file user-home-file))
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-j h") 'find-user-home-file)
+
+;; Custom frame management chords
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x O") 'other-frame)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x T") 'make-frame-command)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x W") 'delete-frame)
+(global-set-key "\M-`" 'other-frame) ; mimic the way macosx switches
+
+
+(use-package smex
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    (defadvice smex (around space-inserts-hyphen activate compile)
+      (let ((ido-cannot-complete-command 
+	     `(lambda ()
+		(interactive)
+		(if (string= " " (this-command-keys))
+		    (insert ?-)
+		  (funcall ,ido-cannot-complete-command)))))
+	ad-do-it))
+
+    (global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'smex)
+    (global-set-key (kbd "M-X") 'smex-major-mode-commands)
+    ;; This is your old M-x.
+    (global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-c M-x") 'execute-extended-command)))
+
+(use-package try
+  :ensure t)
+
+(use-package which-key
+  :ensure t
+  :config (which-key-mode))
+
+(use-package ace-window
+  :ensure t
+  :init
+  (progn
+    (global-set-key [remap other-window] 'ace-window)))
+
+
+;; I don't remember what this does or why i have it
+;; an emacs story
+(use-package outline-magic
+  :ensure t)
+
+
+(use-package multiple-cursors
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    (global-set-key (kbd "C-S-c C-S-c") 'mc/edit-lines)
+    (global-set-key (kbd "C->") 'mc/mark-next-like-this)
+    (global-set-key (kbd "C-<") 'mc/mark-previous-like-this)
+    (global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-<") 'mc/mark-all-like-this)))
+
+(use-package flycheck
+  :ensure t
+  :init
+  (global-flycheck-mode t))
+
+(use-package markdown-mode
+  :ensure t)
+
+(use-package pdf-tools
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (pdf-tools-install))
+
+(use-package org-pdfview
+  :ensure t)
+
+(use-package magit
+  :ensure t)
+
+(require 'desktop)
+(desktop-save-mode 1)
+(defun jlj-desktop-save ()
+  (interactive)
+  ;; Don't call desktop-save-in-desktop-dir, as it prints a message.
+  (if (eq (desktop-owner) (emacs-pid))
+      (desktop-save desktop-dirname)))
+(add-hook 'auto-save-hook 'jlj-desktop-save)
+
+
+(setq org-reveal-root "http://cdn.jsdelivr.net/reveal.js/3.0.0/")
+(setq org-reveal-mathjax t)
+
+(use-package ox-reveal
+  :ensure t)
+
+(use-package web-mode
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.html?\\'" . web-mode))
+  (setq web-mode-engines-alist
+	'(("django"    . "\\.html\\'")))
+  (setq web-mode-ac-sources-alist
+	'(("css" . (ac-source-css-property))
+	  ("html" . (ac-source-words-in-buffer ac-source-abbrev))))
+
+  (setq web-mode-enable-auto-closing t)
+  (setq web-mode-enable-auto-quoting t)) ; this fixes the quote problem I mentioned
+
+(use-package powershell
+  :ensure t)
+
+(server-start)
diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-golang.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-golang.el
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+;; this is an intermediary golang config. my goals are to:
+;; - have gofmt run on save
+;; - have good syntax highlighting
+;; - compile, test, run gocode through emacs:
+
+(use-package go-eldoc
+  :ensure)
+
+(use-package gotest
+  :ensure)
+
+(use-package company-go
+  :ensure)
+
+(use-package go-guru
+  :ensure)
+
+(use-package go-mode
+  :init
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (add-hook 'before-save-hook #'gofmt-before-save)
+
+  ;; stolen from luipan.pl/dotemacs/
+  (defun jlj-go-mode-hook ()
+    (go-eldoc-setup)
+    (set (make-local-variable 'company-backends) '(company-go))
+    (company-mode)
+    ;; Customize compile command to run go build
+
+    (let ((goimports (executable-find "goimports")))
+      (when goimports
+	(setq gofmt-command goimports)))
+    
+    (smartparens-mode 1)
+    (flycheck-mode 1)
+    (setq imenu-generic-expression
+          '(("type" "^type *\\([^ \t\n\r\f]*\\)" 1)
+            ("func" "^func *\\(.*\\) {" 1))))
+
+    (setq compile-command "echo Building... && go build -v && go test -v && go vet")
+  (add-hook 'go-mode-hook 'jlj-go-mode-hook))
+
+(with-eval-after-load "go-mode" (define-key go-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-c") 'compile))
diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el
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+(use-package org
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    ;;Org mode configuration
+    (require 'org)                                       ; Enable Org mode
+    (setq ispell-program-name "/usr/local/bin/ispell")   ; set flyspell's spellchecker
+    (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)          ; enable flyspell-mode in all org-mode enabled files
+    (setq org-src-fontify-natively t
+	  org-src-window-setup 'current-window
+	  org-src-strip-leading-and-trailing-blank-lines t
+	  org-src-preserve-indentation t
+	  org-src-tab-acts-natively t
+	  x-selection-timeout 10 ;; this fixes a freeze when org-capture is called. lol.
+	  org-edit-src-content-indentation 0)
+
+    (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook
+	      (lambda ()
+		(visual-line-mode -1)
+		(toggle-truncate-lines 1)))
+    (org-babel-do-load-languages
+     'org-babel-load-languages
+     '((python . t)
+       (matlab . t)))
+
+    
+
+    (setq org-babel-python-command "/usr/local/bin/python3")
+    ;; org-agenda configs
+    (setq org-habit-show-habits-only-for-today nil)
+    (setq org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all nil)
+    (setq org-deadline-warning-days 1)
+    (setq org-global-properties
+	  '(("Effort_ALL". "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
+    (setq org-columns-default-format
+	  '(("%25ITEM %TODO %3PRIORITY %TAGS")))
+
+;;;; custom org mode hotkeys 
+    (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
+    (global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
+    (global-set-key "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
+    (global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)
+
+;;;; search across agenda files when refiling:
+    (setq org-refile-targets '((nil :maxlevel . 9)
+			       (org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 9)))
+    (setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)         ; Refile in a single go
+    (setq org-refile-use-outline-path t)                  ; Show full paths for refiling
+    (setq org-agenda-files '("~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/"))           ; add files to agenda:
+
+
+    (setq org-directory "~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/")                 ; define generic org capture shit
+    (setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/refile-beorg.org"))))
+
+;; org-capture templates
+(setq org-capture-templates
+    '(("c" "Context-include Todo" entry (file "~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/refile-beorg.org")
+       "* TODO %?\n%U \n '%a'" :empty-lines 1 :prepend t)
+    ("t" "Todo" entry (file "~/Nextcloud/Documents/org/refile-beorg.org")
+       "* TODO %?\n%U" :empty-lines 1 :prepend t)))
+
+
+;; Set up bullets
+(use-package org-bullets
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-bullets-mode 1))))
diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-python.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-python.el
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+;; pylint is required (pip install pylint)
+;; pep8 (pip install pep8)
+;; don't use python-mode because JESUS. CHRIST. it throws everything off.
+;; using jedi requires virtualenv to be installed
+;; pipenv is mostly acceptable but i could not make a full IDE experience happen
+
+(use-package pylint
+  :ensure t)
+
+
+(setq python-shell-interpreter "/usr/local/bin/python3"
+      python-shell-interpreter-args "-i")
+
+(use-package py-autopep8
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    (add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'py-autopep8-enable-on-save)))
+
+(use-package jedi
+  :ensure t
+  :init
+  (add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'jedi:setup)
+  (add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'jedi:ac-setup))
+
+(use-package pipenv
+  :ensure t)
+
+(use-package pyvenv
+  :ensure t)
diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-rust.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-rust.el
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+(use-package rust-mode
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    (add-hook 'rust-mode-hook 'cargo-minor-mode)
+    (add-hook 'flycheck-mode-hook #'flycheck-rust-setup)
+    (add-hook 'rust-mode-hook
+	      (lambda ()
+		(local-set-key (kbd "C-c <tab>") #'rust-format-buffer)))
+
+    (setq racer-cmd "~/.cargo/bin/racer") ;; Rustup binaries PATH
+    (setq racer-rust-src-path "~/gitshit/rust/src") ;; Rust source code PATH
+
+    (add-hook 'rust-mode-hook #'racer-mode)
+    (add-hook 'racer-mode-hook #'eldoc-mode)
+    (add-hook 'racer-mode-hook #'company-mode)))
+
+(use-package flycheck-rust
+  :ensure t)
+
+(use-package racer
+  :ensure t)
diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-social.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-social.el
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+;; This is such a pain in the dick. Its really nice to be able to chat within emacs
+;; - but i think i regret not using weechat 
+
+;; The bit about ~;(setf epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback)~ is important:
+;; - uncomment if you want to only use emacs to input/manage the gpg key
+;; - comment out if you want gpg to be handled through seahorse/gnome keyring.
+
+(when (eq system-type 'darwin)
+  (setf epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback))
+(use-package znc
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    (custom-set-variables '(epg-gpg-program  "/usr/local/bin/gpg"))
+    (setq auth-sources `("~/Documents/projects/agares/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-secrets.gpg"))
+
+    (require 'epa)
+
+    ;; handle annoying gpg shit.
+    (defun lookup-password (host user port)
+      "Lookup encrypted password given HOST, USER and PORT for service."
+      (require 'auth-source)
+      (funcall (plist-get
+		(car (auth-source-search
+		      :host host
+		      :user user
+		      :type 'netrc
+		      :port port))
+		:secret)))
+
+    (setq znc-password(lookup-password "bouncer.awful.club" "blindidiotgod/OFTC" 5000))
+
+    ;; by default, erc alerts you on any activity. I only want to hear
+    ;; about mentions of nick or keyword
+    (custom-set-variables
+     '(znc-servers
+       `(("bouncer.awful.club" 5000 t
+	  ((freenode "blindidiotgod/freenode" ,znc-password)
+	   (OFTC "blindidiotgod/OFTC" ,znc-password))))))
+     (setq erc-current-nick-highlight-type 'all)
+     (setq erc-keywords '("security"))
+     (setq erc-track-exclude-types '("JOIN" "PART" "NICK" "MODE" "QUIT"))
+     (setq erc-track-use-faces t)
+     (setq erc-track-faces-priority-list
+	   '(erc-current-nick-face erc-keyword-face))
+     (setq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
+     (setq erc-hide-list '("PART" "QUIT" "JOIN"))
+     (setq erc-join-buffer 'bury)))
+
+
+;; the only thing that isn't pretty much stock is
+;; - i rebound C-c C-o to open links, so it would mimic org-mode's layout.
+
+(use-package twittering-mode
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (progn
+    (setq twittering-icon-mode t)
+    (setq twittering-reverse-mode t)
+    (setq twittering-enable-unread-status-notifier t)
+    (with-eval-after-load "twittering-mode" (define-key twittering-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-o") `twittering-view-user-page))))