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Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by executesorder66 »

isoprophlex wrote: post #20

Not related to this, but since we're talking trolls... I noticed that n-gate.com hasn't been updated in more than half a year. I always enjoyed reading their over the top critiques of HN posts... anyone know if they're okay and maybe just burnt out -- or that something else is going on?

Apparently they are not dead.[0] They posted this a bit after their last update on their website. But yeah, probably got tired of doing an update every week.

[0]https://twitter.com/webshitweekly/status/1450563491069247489

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by jandrese »

isoprophlex wrote: post #20

Not related to this, but since we're talking trolls... I noticed that n-gate.com hasn't been updated in more than half a year. I always enjoyed reading their over the top critiques of HN posts... anyone know if they're okay and maybe just burnt out -- or that something else is going on?

I think he just got bored with saying the same things over and over again. The point was made, and so on.

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by dotancohen »

dvdkhlng wrote: post #10
math-dev wrote: post #2

Xah Lee’s tips on elisp were super useful to me. A relic of the usenet era (an infamous troll on comp.lang.lisp), but someone who has added a lot of value to a lot of lives Long love ergomacs!

> Long love ergomacs! I recently stumbled over, and started using (and modifying) Xah's "xah-fly-keys" emacs bindings, which are a somewhat more radical implementation of the ideas behind ergoemacs (e.g. use Emacs without any "chording", i.e. without ever having to press two keys at once apart from shift+letter). [1] https://github.com/xahlee/xah-fly-keys

Why not just use Evil, the VIM emulation layer.

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by dotancohen »

NeutralForest wrote: post #15
marvel_boy wrote: post #11

I did not know about how terribly is that: Famous Programers with Repetitive Strain Injury http://xahlee.info/emacs/emacs/emacs_hand_pain_celebrity.htm... Seems that Emacs is no good in excess!

The risk is overstated, many people have used without any issue and there is no control group as well, those programmers might have issues either way, Emacs or not.

  > there is no control group as well
VIM users?

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by NeutralForest »

dotancohen wrote: post #25
NeutralForest wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The risk is overstated, many people have used without any issue and there is no control group as well, those programmers might have issues either way, Emacs or not.

> there is no control group as well VIM users?

Maybe, now there needs a case for significant differences in pain levels among Emacs vs Vim users.

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by eckza »

isoprophlex wrote: post #20

Not related to this, but since we're talking trolls... I noticed that n-gate.com hasn't been updated in more than half a year. I always enjoyed reading their over the top critiques of HN posts... anyone know if they're okay and maybe just burnt out -- or that something else is going on?

Perhaps now that you've violated the Prime Directive, he'll re-appear.

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by zasdffaa »

math-dev wrote: post #2

Xah Lee’s tips on elisp were super useful to me. A relic of the usenet era (an infamous troll on comp.lang.lisp), but someone who has added a lot of value to a lot of lives Long love ergomacs!

> an infamous troll on comp.lang.lisp

Are you perhaps confusing him with Erik Naggum, cos there just happens to be a post on HN about Erik right now. And Erik could be something special when a fuse blew!

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by isoprophlex »

executesorder66 wrote: post #21
isoprophlex wrote: post #20

Not related to this, but since we're talking trolls... I noticed that n-gate.com hasn't been updated in more than half a year. I always enjoyed reading their over the top critiques of HN posts... anyone know if they're okay and maybe just burnt out -- or that something else is going on?

Apparently they are not dead.[0] They posted this a bit after their last update on their website. But yeah, probably got tired of doing an update every week. [0] https://twitter.com/webshitweekly/status/1450563491069247489

Great! And understandable... it's a miracle the site kept going as long as it did.

Re: ∑ Xah Code

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Post by ori_b »

zasdffaa wrote: post #28
math-dev wrote: post #2

Xah Lee’s tips on elisp were super useful to me. A relic of the usenet era (an infamous troll on comp.lang.lisp), but someone who has added a lot of value to a lot of lives Long love ergomacs!

> an infamous troll on comp.lang.lisp Are you perhaps confusing him with Erik Naggum, cos there just happens to be a post on HN about Erik right now. And Erik could be something special when a fuse blew!

Erik was also a famous troll on comp.lang.lisp. There were multiple famous trolls on usenet.
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