This guy is unhinged in like the best of ways. First found out about him on /g/
http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Personal_dir/mi_pixra/mi_lunbe...
A NSFW flag would have been nice :P
∑ Xah Code
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
VIM started flirting with giving me RSI issues (mostly : and esc keys; yes, even on capslock. I have small hands) after some years. It's a comparison certainly but not a control.
> esc key You may use Ctrl-[ instead. What do you mean about capslock? Mapping capslock to esc?
As a heavy VIM user, that combo never made sense to me. ESC is a single pinky or other finger (I personally move my entire left hand forward and out from the elbow, and press ESC with my middle finger). Using Ctrl-[ requires using _two_ weak pinkies.
Re: ∑ Xah Code
#64Xah writes some of the most readable guides and doc I've found anywhere. Specifically, readable in the sense that meaning is efficiently conveyed. In technical contexts it's clear nothing else matters to him. He also isn't reluctant to speak his mind about ... well, just about anything, for better or worse. Usually better, I think, even when it's wordvomit, seeing someone else willing to talk about or criticize somet…
As a fair warning to folks who go reading Xah's work:
His style can be somewhat... Esoteric and while not abrasive, controversial in tone on occasion.
He can occasionally sound rather creepy, especially in his occasional discussions of his personal life and/or relationships with others. Nothing terrible, and remember: he's a human like the rest of us.
Re: ∑ Xah Code
#65Xah writes some of the most readable guides and doc I've found anywhere. Specifically, readable in the sense that meaning is efficiently conveyed. In technical contexts it's clear nothing else matters to him. He also isn't reluctant to speak his mind about ... well, just about anything, for better or worse. Usually better, I think, even when it's wordvomit, seeing someone else willing to talk about or criticize somet…
As a fair warning to folks who go reading Xah's work: His style can be somewhat... Esoteric and while not abrasive, controversial in tone on occasion. He can occasionally sound rather creepy, especially in his occasional discussions of his personal life and/or relationships with others. Nothing terrible, and remember: he's a human like the rest of us.
> he's a human like the rest of us.
Goes on racist rants while on livestream, publishes creepy AF posts about dating, women and sex. Ah, yes. A human. Just like the rest of us.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Truly Your Superior I've often wondered why programmers seem to have such big egos. I've come up with a possible explanation: It is nearly impossible to explain your program to a non-programmer. Therefore you easily get the feeling that you are smart and they are not. You understand something they don't and most of them seem to be incapable of understanding it even if you try your best to explain it.
Programmers aren't the only ones doing intellectual work or that requires some kind of talent or knowledge, making them feel smart. Thus they are not the only ones with big egos (I could think of doctors, artists, musicians, physicists, university lecturers, politicians, celebrities, etc.) Unless thinking only programmers have a big ego is a result of this big ego :-)
No doubt about the others too. But programmers are in a special position I think, because of this:
Programmers solve problems in their head which nobody even knows they are solving. Other people don't even know they are problems.