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The Hole-Hawg drill is the IDE equivalent. Recently discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28015229 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28015229
by 9front 5y ago
The Hole-Hawg drill is the IDE equivalent. Recently discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28015229 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28015229
- the_third_wave 5y agoNo, a Hole-Hawg [1] - made famous in these circles by Neal Stephenson's essay 'In the beginning was the command line' [1] - is just a powerful drill without any bells and whistles, a "lump of metal with a handle sticking out of it". It would be more sort of an 'ed on steroids', trading off ease of use for raw power. [1] https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Drilling/Right-Angle-Drills/1675-6 https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Drilling/... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20180218045352/http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180218045352/http://www.crypto...