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System Crafters youtube channel driving me towards Emacs I really don't get how watching a PM-type struggle with emacs for two hours at a spell is compelling o

System Crafters youtube channel driving me towards Emacs I really don't get how watching a PM-type struggle with emacs for two hours at a spell is compelling or instructive. I can struggle with emacs all by myself.

ParetoOptimal 4y ago
> I really don't get how watching a PM-type struggle with emacs for two hours at a spell is compelling or instructive. I can struggle with emacs all by myself. Because it's a lot scarier to struggle alone. Plus as his videos progress and his knowledge progresses he frequently teaches you things that come up and practice a lot as a matter of course. It's kind of like when you start programming you have to build up your endurance for feeling like you're always in a dark room feeling around... and you convince yourself that it won't be like this one day. A decade or two later you realize you've become accustomed the darkness...
- scombridae 4y ago
  you convince yourself it won't be like this one day In case you're considering a career in software, no, the feeling of groping around in the dark never disappears.
  - lanstin 4y ago
    But it's a feature, not a bug :) and occasionally one gets to imagine multi-dimensional diamonds and then build them.
  - FredPret 4y ago
    This helps my imposter syndrome no end
- qorrect 4y ago
  > A decade or two later you realize you've become accustomed the darkness... Nice one.
- teddyh 4y ago
  > you convince yourself that it won't be like this one day. http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/i-think-so http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/i-think-so Also: http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/whew-now-im-done http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/whew-now-im-done http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-infinite-loops http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-infinite-loops