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I'm not sure if I would define it as a "talk" (and the details are more meaningful if you know how to use Emacs), but Jay Dixit explains how he uses Emacs for writing instead of programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtieBc3KptU

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." --Stephen Jay Gould

I feel like I'm missing out from just the regular life that most people on HN seem to have. I work as a baker at a food chain, I make less than $20,000 a year, and I don't have a college degree. Hell, I don't even have a smartphone because I still can't afford one. And yet, here I am trying to stay in the know as I self-study to maybe become a programmer one day. But I certainly feel like I'm looking from the outside in, not really a part of the world that is embodied in this site.

You can try the /r/haskell subreddit. They'll have more detailed information there, and on the subreddit you can browse some of the topics and projects currently going on in the haskell world, which may give you a better idea of what haskell is capable of.

Also, if you haven't been getting traction with the #haskell IRC channel, try the #nothaskell channel. The title is a little confusing (it should be called something like #notjusthaskell), but they try to be more helpful there than the regular #haskell generally is.

You may also want to check out this recent post about the quality of various haskell resources: http://bitemyapp.com/posts/2014-12-31-functional-education.h...