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I lost it at the idea that there are more poor souls trying to figure out how you exit from vi[m] than there are alcoholics looking for advice on quitting. Alt
by vezzy-fnord 13y ago
I lost it at the idea that there are more poor souls trying to figure out how you exit from vi[m] than there are alcoholics looking for advice on quitting.
Alternatively, one could argue that using vi[m] is equivalent to a harmful addiction and the only cure is Emacs.
Otherwise, the issue is more accurate when you do 's/Facebook/web/'.
- dasil003 13y agoEverything you said here exactly mirrors my response to this article. I understand intellectually how addictive Facebook is, but for me personally it's nowhere near as addictive as HN, or countless other intellectual stimuli on the web. But the addiction is more like a food addiction than cigarettes, because I need to consume a certain amount for my career. It's just a question of reigning in excess and focus when I need it.
- singron 13y agoGoogle search autocompletions are not a great way to gauge public attitude. To start, they are personalized, which is probably why vim was on the author's list at all. Secondly, they lack context. For instance, when Google auto completes "women shouldn't " with some sexist completion such as "drive", the resulting search is often full of blog articles orating _against_ sexism.
- adsche 13y agoHa, as a long long time vim user, it didn't even occur to me that people meant "how to exit vim". I honestly thought there are people out there, trying to quit their vim-addiction :)