Mastodawn

Well fucking shit motherfuckers. Vim & Neovim are both contaminated with LLM slop.

I mean, I can just use ed. Or roll back Vim to an old version and never let it update? Fuck.

I do have a new Mac coming, so I could just commit to BBEdit, tho that's less optimal for code editor. Assuming siegel hasn't done something stupid?

Ha ha I could finally switch to emacs with vile binds and then NOTHING will work.

Fucking fuck darkest fucking timeline.
https://hachyderm.io/@AndrewRadev/116175986749599825
#vim #butlerianJihad

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Jyrgen N Mar 9

@mdhughes @cstross Homebrew has nvi. And Emacs, of course.

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Charlie Stross Mar 9

@jyrgenn @mdhughes Emacs, consistently over a 30 year period, has given me RSI *within a week* every time I've tried using it as my main editor. It was designed for a keyboard layout that no longer exists (outside weird homebrew builds).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard

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LisPi Mar 9

@cstross @jyrgenn @mdhughes I do have to remark that the ergonomics of most keyboards until fairly recently were sorely lacking.

I can't imagine doing much of anything with them without getting RSI or other postural issues over time. (Yes, even the space cadet & others.)

(Nostalgic as that beige IBM keyboard may be, it was still terrible for ergonomics.)

Model M keyboard - Wikipedia

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Charlie Stross Mar 9

@lispi314 @jyrgenn @mdhughes The good thing about the Model M wasn't it's layout, but the buckling-spring key mechanisms, which current mechanical keyswitches have only recently caught up with. Mind you, adjusted for inflation a circa-1986 Model M would probably cost US $500-1000 today.

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Hugo Mills

@cstross @lispi314 @jyrgenn @mdhughes For reference, the Model F I'm using right now was on the lower end of that price range.

I was enthusing about it to our Chief Operating Officer when I got it, and he cheerily said "well, if it's for work, we can buy it for you -- send me the receipt". I pointed out how much it cost, and he backtracked a bit. Still offered to pay for some of it, though...