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A) why is this irrational, and if so, why is irrational sub-optimal given that the issue involves a non-(fully)-rational system (you)? B) The habit seems very

A) why is this irrational, and if so, why is irrational sub-optimal given that the issue involves a non-(fully)-rational system (you)? B) The habit seems very effective, why would you want to 'shake' a very efficient process? C) DRY is an end-state which makes sense for (some) code. It is not at all clear that it makes sense for i.e. yaml config files, where it is expected that numerous items may have many similarities. Sounds to me that by internalizing that bits are colored you have improved your engineering skills.

function_seven 5y ago
A, B) I'm not sure I did a good job illustrating with my example. But there are times when the new text needs to appear above the text I copied. In that case, I'll take extra effort to paste the section to edit above the existing, to make sure I'm editing the "new" text. Even if it takes a bit more effort to position my cursor above the copied text. So in vim, I might yank an entire line and paste it immediately ("yyp"). This automatically pastes below the yanked line and positions the cursor on the new line. But let's say I want to make the edit above the existing. This situation is wrong. The new line was just pasted below the existing. Even though I'm looking at a pair of perfectly identical lines in the file, and could make my edit wherever I choose, I have this idea that one of those lines is the original and the other is the copy. And I don't want to edit the original. In other words, whether I "do it wrong" or "do it right", the end result will be bit-for-bit identical. But one of those edit paths bothers me and the other one doesn't. So in the yanking and pasting process, I'll take the extra time to move my cursor above the copied line, then paste it in so as to preserve the "lineage" of the text. This has nothing to do with version control or any other actual efficiencies. It's just my brain being weird. I don't gain any actual benefit, just a calm mind :) C) Yeah, I was just heading off any nitpicks about my comment.

function_seven 5y ago

A, B) I'm not sure I did a good job illustrating with my example. But there are times when the new text needs to appear above the text I copied. In that case, I'll take extra effort to paste the section to edit above the existing, to make sure I'm editing the "new" text. Even if it takes a bit more effort to position my cursor above the copied text. So in vim, I might yank an entire line and paste it immediately ("yyp"). This automatically pastes below the yanked line and positions the cursor on the new line. But let's say I want to make the edit above the existing. This situation is wrong. The new line was just pasted below the existing. Even though I'm looking at a pair of perfectly identical lines in the file, and could make my edit wherever I choose, I have this idea that one of those lines is the original and the other is the copy. And I don't want to edit the original. In other words, whether I "do it wrong" or "do it right", the end result will be bit-for-bit identical. But one of those edit paths bothers me and the other one doesn't. So in the yanking and pasting process, I'll take the extra time to move my cursor above the copied line, then paste it in so as to preserve the "lineage" of the text. This has nothing to do with version control or any other actual efficiencies. It's just my brain being weird. I don't gain any actual benefit, just a calm mind :) C) Yeah, I was just heading off any nitpicks about my comment.