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matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Movies & TV@hexbear.net•We expect more from Janeway.English5·11 months agoJaneway was 100% right.
This falls squarely under “play to find out,” so it sounds pretty great.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.ml•How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use2·1 year agoIt’s because my job involves managing and operating systems that are only accessible through ssh or tty sessions. I spend hours every day in a terminal, on a remote session, frequently editing files for stuff: crontabs, configs, etc.
I learned vi because when I was coming up, university systems only had ed, vi and emacs, with pico on the servers that had pine for email. I learned vi because it was more powerful than pico (and because I couldn’t get the hang of emacs key combos). I read the help files and learned how to use it, because it was foundational.
Every Unix-like system has a variant of vi. Many of my container images don’t, but it’s trivial to install and use anywhere if needed.
It’s just a more powerful tool than nano, and consequently more difficult to use. Which is fine, man. It’s okay for you to use a basic text editor on the rare occasion you have to edit something in a terminal. You don’t have cause to learn how to be productive in an advanced editor, and that’s fine.
For what it’s worth, when I’m writing and testing python, I use VS Code.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.ml•How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use2·1 year agoSee, you’ve realized your blunder, now. Tell us what editor you use in the terminal, ReCursing, the one that is better than vim. We’d love to know.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Trees@lemmy.world•Marijuana Is Too Strong Now - The Atlantic332·1 year agoThis is such bad reporting about cannabis that it makes me think The Atlantic probably has very poor standards for all their articles.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.ml•How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use3·1 year agoWhat’s the superior choice to vim, then?
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto [Dormant, move to !television@lemm.ee] Shows and TV@lemm.ee•Rings of Power is introducing moral grayness to a series that doesn’t need itEnglish51·1 year agoFwiw, I see Jack Black and Renee Elise Goldsberry for these roles.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.ml•How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use91·1 year agoStockholm Syndrome was never real, it was made up to explain a situation where hostages recognized an injustice and refused to perpetuate it, so cops called them crazy. So sure, if you call me crazy for my affection for a tool that has served me well for decades, I’ll consider you a cop.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Company creates "solution" to address school "vaping incidents".451·1 year agoThis sounds about right. My only quibble is about sick computers and web apps. Twenty years ago I felt good because all I needed was a text editor and a web browser. Nowadays, the hungriest apps on my desktop are Firefox and VS Code.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.ml•How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use121·1 year agoI use VS Code on the desktop nowadays, but vi will always be my editor of choice in a terminal. Many of the reasons it was powerful and ubiquitous 30 years ago are still valid, so it’s still powerful and ubiquitous. And I’ve been using it for thirty years, so why would I switch to a training-wheels editor?
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto World News@lemmy.ml•For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity. Here's how long they lasted - ABC News8·1 year agoGet a good dehumidifier with a drain hose option so that you don’t have to keep emptying the tank. It will produce some heat, so placement is important, but it will pull moisture from the air more efficiently than the AC and that will improve the cooling.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto [Dormant, move to !television@lemm.ee] Shows and TV@lemm.ee•‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Canceled After One Season at NetflixEnglish5·1 year agoSame as everybody else, I think, it’s a case by case basis, weighed against my own baggage and preconceptions, balanced as much as possible with not compromising so far on morals, ethics or principles that I agonize over it.
I haven’t gotten rid of my Gaiman books yet, but I’m not going to be able to read them again without thinking about him, so eventually I’ll figure out how I want to dispose of them. I got rid of anything by Rowling years ago.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto [Dormant, move to !television@lemm.ee] Shows and TV@lemm.ee•‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Canceled After One Season at NetflixEnglish131·1 year agoIf Gaiman could be separated, that might be okay, but I don’t want to buy his shit anymore. I don’t want to support projects that make him rich. I don’t even like having his books in my house now. Gross.
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto politics @lemmy.world•Russia’s deadly overnight barrage of missiles and drones hits over half of Ukraine15·1 year agoIt’s about a poll that concluded in August 8th, though? Do you think that’s useful now?
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto Technology@lemmy.world•BMW Adaptive Suspension Can Be Added via Subscription. Suspension As A Service (SAAS)English67·1 year agoYou wouldn’t download a car
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto[Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world•Terraforming Mars could be easier than scientists thought1·1 year agoYou don’t understand that I don’t believe these clowns are capable of doing either?
matthewmercury@reddthat.comto politics @lemmy.world•Jill Stein on America's democracy crisis, movement building and ending Israel's war on Palestinians101·1 year agoBuddy, I’m not the one trying to convince anybody of anything. All I did was read your comment, then read the article you linked to justify your comment and saw that it just paraphrased the campaign flack. You’re the one in here hollering around about how Stein isn’t a transparent plant. If you think it’s not obvious to any serious person, okay, cool. Enjoy that.
It sounds like they hired some magazine crews, the scumbags that entrap teens into door-knocking for subscription sales. The tactics of withholding food, lodging, and pay are well documented in that kind of scam.