Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Mar 7

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

Show threadJyrgen NMar 9
@mdhughes @cstross Homebrew has nvi. And Emacs, of course.
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 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

Show threadLisPiMar 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

Show threadCharlie StrossMar 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.
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Mar 9

@cstross @lispi314 @jyrgenn For decades I relied on Northgate keyboards, which were slightly-improved-Model-M. Then got an Avant Stellar improved-Northgate for $250-ish which was *amazing*. But these days KeyChron mechanical keyboards are under $100, and come in less oppressive sizes, and a range of keyswitches (I like these Gateron Reds, but YMMV).

Keyboard tech almost died out in the '00s but it's good now.

Show threadCharlie Stross
@mdhughes @lispi314 @jyrgenn Yeah, I use a Keychron K5 red (full size layout but low profile with red gateron keyswitches)
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