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Comment · 9 years ago
The emacs tutorial: ”Just type shit. Seriously. It’s a text editor. It works like you think it should. No autistic screeching required to enable edit mode to actually, you know, edit fucking text in a fucking text editor.”

Do you know the command to quit vim?

CTRL-Z

sudo killall vim

sudo apt uninstall vim

Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah, even just <> would be better.
Comment · 9 years ago
> I chose the lozenge as the command character because a) it appears in almost every font, b) it’s barely used in ordinary typesetting, c) it’s not used in any programming language that I know of, and d) its shape and color allow it to stand out easily in code without being distracting.

> If you’re using DrRacket, you can use the Insert Command Char button at the top of the editing window to — you guessed it — insert the command character.

> If you’re using a different editor, here’s how you type it:

> Mac: Option + Shift + V > Windows: holding down Alt, type 9674 on the num pad > GNU/Linux, BSD: Type Ctrl + Shift + U, then 25CA, then Enter

> For more information on entering arbitrary Unicode glyphs, see Wikipedia.

Jesus Christ that's a terrible design.

Comment · 9 years ago
Except St Louis isn't coming back.
Comment · 9 years ago
That's a conservative straw man. Skyscrapers have much more impact and no one notices.
Comment · 9 years ago
I wouldn't describe lending club and prosper as junk loans.

I have money invested there because I feel it's a better social use than gambling on the stock market. I see good solid 5% returns. Most of the loans are repaid quickly.

Comment · 9 years ago
I wouldn't. Most workplaces automate the first few passes because of how much resume spam they get hit with.

Now I'd have a hard time imagining a good workplace rejecting him if an actual human saw his resume.

Comment · 9 years ago
Can you offer proof of said credentials? I've heard of him. That's his credential. His work speaks for itself.

Have I heard of you?

A top school isn't a guarantee of success, but it's a credential that might mean something more than simply your ow personal self opinion.

Comment · 9 years ago
At a certain point you get to the post friendship stage of life. :-/
Comment · 9 years ago
> They usually do not care about the benefits of open source and sustainability anyway.

What market does? Do you have any evidence such a market exists?

Comment · 9 years ago
But Fukushima was a minor incident...

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