I think I get what you are intending to imply by the word “intuitively”; it’s that it eventually becomes as reflexive and fluid as touch-typing itself.

Exactly like that!

It’s also another source of the many “I can’t exit Vim” jokes, because it is now genuinely disorienting for me to try to edit text without Vim key bindings.

Gosh you make it sound almost like you play Vim like an instrument more than use it…!

That’s a great analogy. It does very much feel that way.

Honestly that sounds cool ^_

It is pretty cool.

Wether it’s really worth the learning curve is probably unique to each person that tries it. But for folks who need to edit a lot of text a lot of the time, it’s pretty great.

It’s intuitive if your previous editor was ed(1) and you’re using an ADM-3A-like keyboard.

Exactly! Ha!

Nice.

I’ve been using Vim daily for about 20 years, it saves me 30 minutes at a time regularly.

I’m approaching break-even on the learning curve!

I’m kidding…mostly.

Doesn’t matter we will tell you either way.

• Instead of simply shortcuts, vim uses “chords”. Every new shortcut I learn can be combined intuitively* with all the other shortcuts I know.
• Because of this there’s no faster way to edit files than Vim in the hands of an experienced user.
• this let’s me spend almost no time editing code, freeing up the rest of my time for swearing at piss poor documentation.

* I use “intuitively” here in a way that not merely stretches, but outright abuses the definition of the word.

That’s a sell cue, for any shareholders reading along.

Yep.

I’m a die hard Linux nerd, but I would still Rather have a console.

But what I really want is a console that just runs Linux so I can keep it updated and fix minor issues without all the bullshit.

Just gotta pause faster!

Oh. This is seriously cool. Thank you.

Oh! You meant Moore’s Law is asymptotic!?

Yes! That is key to the joke I was making.

When I say Big O, I’m talking about the slick jazzy anime about rejecting true love and living with heartbreak because we believe a lie about our own superiority. This is always true, no matter what the discussion context. If I happen to say anything remotely relevant to mathematical Big O, that is just a deeply weird coincidence.

Sweet.

Fantastic summary. For anyone wondering how to get really really valuable in IT, this is a great write-up of why my top paid people are my top paid people.

Write more robust code.

Sure, I could read a book about best practices and Big O…but…What if we just table the idea for a few iterations of Moore’s Law instead?

As a SteamDeck player, does this mean I can start saying I use Arch, by the way?

This gives off a strong “I have black friends.” vibe.

Ubuntu was a big part of my path to full time Linux use. I adore everyone who has contributed to Ubuntu.

But also, Snaps are bullshit, and are why I replaced all my Ubuntu installs with Debian.

Canonical doesn’t get to pretend to be surprised by the backlash for pushing an unnecessary closed proprietary platform on their freedom seeking users.

I still adore everyone at Canonical and in the Ubuntu community, for all they’ve done for the Linux community. Y’all still rock. Thanks!

Real world experience can help, but what we have now is also too stupid to recognize when it’s succeeding or failing. It just greedily gobbles up inputs and feedback indiscriminately.

There’s currently no way to know if the necessary advancement, to advance independently of humans, is 2 years and 2000 years away.

Even so, nature tells us that advancement probably isn’t coming at all. It’s not needed, so long as there are billions of humans available to partner with.

Yeah. That’s the difference people don’t seem to understand.

AI is perfect for stuff that’s just made up bullshit anyway.

We’ve made their point…a person can survive fireball by making the three death saving throws. Exactly how a fine pile of ash and dust can!

The screenshots sell it well. That’s some funny stuff. I’ll check out the demo.