Derbasti

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by Derbasti 14y ago
Actually not paying your taxes however is illegal, no matter your motivation.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
In my experience, fluidity of simple commands is not much of a problem, because muscle memory will take care of that eventually anyway. However, C-x C-S-8 is certainly a more complex move than qq. And the one for recording a macro to a regi
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Because you use single keystrokes instead of chords. Most editing actions are single keystrokes im Vim. This is especially true for complex things such as macros or command repetitions. In a way, this lends itself better to muscle memory. A
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Frankly, not quite as fast. But much faster in a lot of other interactions such as note taking, organizing stuff, writing structured text, interacting with git, using REPLs, using shells and many more.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Well, you have something like 21 electrodes wound around the hearing nerve. Of those, usually four or so do not work. The rest is all you have available. Simplistically said, you can encode only 17 distinct frequencies. There are some more
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by Derbasti 14y ago
There is that vision of the Unix with a nice UI.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I feel exactly the same way. And just like the author. I don't quite fully understand why. By the way, I don't think the author is really criticizing Apple much. He just recognizes that Apple's vision is no longer in line with his own.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I am keeping a keen eye on Linux. I'm not quite disgruntled enough with OS X, but I'm getting there. If Apple and Microsoft will continue on their current trajectory, I am confident that I'll switch over to Linux in two or three years. An
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I used to be all about portability, too. Worse, I was worried that other people needed to be able to work on my computer. So no Vim or Emacs, and always keep things simple. You know what? I don't care any more. My computer is my computer.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
It is a solution for me.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
That reminds me just how awful iTunes is. About a year ago, I switched to RDio/Spotify and I have not looked back. I do not have any local mp3s any more. Just some flacs for audio testing purposes. It has been months since I last used iTune
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I used to think so, too. But then, IDEs and developers are kind of special. IDEs are mostly just big rectangles full of text, which are eminently platform independant. Developers are special in that that we are very used to staring at termi
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Nothing at all. Emacs is wonderful. But that says nothing at all about Ninja.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Does ST2 have a REPL? (This is no value statement. I honestly want to know.)
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by Derbasti 14y ago
But, PEP8, man. It's the LAW! /kidding
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Maybe quality is distributed naturally among apps. That would imply that a certain percentage of apps will always veer towards the high quality while a similar percentage will always be rubbish. This would mean that more apps equal more qua
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Interesting point. However, what I would really like to know is the number of non-trivial apps. Sadly, that is impossible to count. But every platform has its equivalent to fart apps that add no value to the platform whatsoever.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I came here to say this, too. On the Play Store and App Store, the combination of the icon and the name usually gives me a rough idea about the quality and purpose of the app. On the MS Store, all I see is colored rectangles and I really ca
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by Derbasti 14y ago
That does not seem to explain why 64 bit is apparently more problematic on Windows than on other platforms. Could you elaborate on that?
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Could someone enlighten me why 64 bit seems to be so hard to do on Windows as compared to other platforms?
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I wish they implemented OSX Lion style scroll bars already.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
That is actually a big gripe I have with ST2. I would love ST2 to have its config files in an easy Unix-like place. Like dotfiles, or better yet, dot-directories. (why dot-dirs instead of dot-files? Because while Windows does support symlin
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Watch the video lectures, too. I actually liked them better than the book.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I always found the book too dry. Then I discovered the video lectures and they blew my mind. I suggest you give them a try.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Can't get it to work on OS X. The provided app bundle does start, open the Last.fm website, then does nothing. No window, no dock dropping, no (meaningful) menu bar.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
In my experience Metro apps work well in cases where I do not need to multitask or where I do not like distractions. I like to read my feeds in Metro and I like to write personal email in Metro. Also, I quite like pinning things like twitte
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by Derbasti 14y ago
If only they sold retina desktop monitors. Without a big monitor, any amount of pixels on the laptop will only serve as an exceedingly high resolution twitter stream most of my day. That said, I welcome they day when I can buy a >= 24 i
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Most times I value my time higher than my money and hence skip the research and enjoy my tea. And don't care one bit if there is a cheaper brand of tea out there that would be of higher quality.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
If you get enjoyment out of expensive stuff and you don't need the money otherwise, what's the harm? Retail therapy works, sadly. I personally think that anything that gives you enjoyment and does not harm others is a good thing. Seeing tha
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Funny, my use is very similar to yours, just with a different software stack. I use Firefox bookmarks for frequently visited pages, Pocket for read-it-later articles and Pinboard for (tagged) future reference.

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