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What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Re: What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Post by erezsh »

jakobegger wrote: post #137
jakobegger wrote: post #96

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> one hours is defiantly enough to get to know the main Vim bindings I'm going to do an experiment. I've been struggling with Vim for a long time. I need to leave in about one hour. Instead of wasting time here on HN, I'll now spend an hour learning Vim. I doubt that this will get me very far, but I'll let you know how far I got.

OK, it's been about an hour. I learned the following: - there's a visual mode for selecting text - I can now yank and paste text in normal mode - I learned to use :split and :vsplit to open new files, and ctrl-w to switch between them - I learned a few new navigation commands - I learned that there's a replace mode (R) Definitely useful, and I hope I remember everything the next time I open vim! But I still feel like…

I've been using Vim and vim-derivatives almost exclusively for the past 15 years, and I think none of the things you mentioned are important to use vim.

The first and most important things to understand are:

- Normal mode is the default mode. Only leave it when you already know what you want to write.

- Movement follows the [] model. The most used verbs are: d, y, p

The most used targets are j, k, f, F, /, w, W, e, b

Other useful keys to know and use: a, A, o, O, *, ., %

And lastly, learn how to use macros! (q, @)

If you just learn everything I listed here (and it isn't much), until it feels natural, you already know 90% of what you need to boost your editing speed and use vim like a pro.

Re: What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Post by Dowwie »

ethanbond wrote: post #14

Taking this also as a bit of an Ask HN: Easily the Tiny Habits habit formation regime created by Stanford researcher BJ Fogg. A lot of the addictive design patterns you see in apps like Snapchat, Instagram, etc. are built off his research. Quite nefarious use of psychology for advertising/“engagement”, but the plus side is you can use the same strategies to build habits you want to build. Step 1: Consider the habit y…

I can confirm that this is one of the best uses of one's hour to acquire a valuable new skillset. I was part of the first batch of test subjects back when BJ was just starting the tiny habit experiment on Twitter. I used it to help me make running outdoors a viable exercise, despite not even being able to run a mile. A long series of small victories later, I ran a marathon. Then, I ran another. Etc. Now, I just maintain 3-4 miles five days a week.

I highly recommend everyone buys his new Tiny Habits book and gives the program a try.

Re: What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Post by jakobegger »

erezsh wrote: post #321
jakobegger wrote: post #137

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OK, it's been about an hour. I learned the following: - there's a visual mode for selecting text - I can now yank and paste text in normal mode - I learned to use :split and :vsplit to open new files, and ctrl-w to switch between them - I learned a few new navigation commands - I learned that there's a replace mode (R) Definitely useful, and I hope I remember everything the next time I open vim! But I still feel like…

I've been using Vim and vim-derivatives almost exclusively for the past 15 years, and I think none of the things you mentioned are important to use vim. The first and most important things to understand are: - Normal mode is the default mode. Only leave it when you already know what you want to write. - Movement follows the [ ] model. The most used verbs are: d, y, p The most used targets are j, k, f, F, /, w, W, e,…

I already knew some basics of vim, as I've been semi-regularly using it for a long time to edit files on the command line. Everytime I ssh into a server I use vim to edit text files. I can get everything done that I need to do.

My struggle with vim is that it just slows me down. I'm used to the way that text editors work on the Mac, and I'm really fast with them. Working in Textmate or Sublime or Xcode or even BBedit feels natural to me. But as soon as I switch to Vim, everything feels difficult.

I think a big problem with Vim is that it's really hard to learn when it's not your primary editor.

Re: What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Post by theNJR »

rwnspace wrote: post #38

Take an hour to sit in a quiet room without any stimulation. You'll learn a lot about your mental situation, and understanding where you are is really helpful for understanding where to go (if anywhere).

Related - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21921462

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Post by capableweb »

F147H34D wrote: post #170
seisvelas wrote: post #116

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I worked for years as a sysadmin grepping through history because I'm just learning this from you. Thanks!

I had a coworker who was having some issues. I chuckled when he had an alias for history | grep when I was checking out his env

To be fair, I also have that alias and use CTRL+R. They are useful for different scenarios. CTRL+R when I know what command I'm looking for, but can't remember the full one. `history | grep -i $TERM` when I remember some part of the command, but not exactly sure. With that, I get a list of possible candidates to choose from, instead of having to do CTRL+R repeatedly to find the command I was looking for.

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Post by mandeepj »

mathieutd wrote: post #94
alpaca128 wrote: post #53

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In my case the flossing problem was solved by trying out certain rubber sticks made for that purpose. They're MUCH more convenient to use than the classic dental floss and make the whole process quicker, to a degree it took me almost no effort to consistently do it every day.

Do you have any brand to recommend?

I use Oral-B's floss picks (mint flavor). Way more easy to use than a thread. I also use an inter-dental brush.

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Post by OGWhales »

yesenadam wrote: post #318
OGWhales wrote: post #165

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My dad gave me very similar advice growing up, as I love for things to be factually correct. To me, it didn't bother me if someone corrected me. However, most people don't appreciate it and it isn't worth upsetting them 90% of the time. This is something I didn't understand. Another thing he told me was not to be a know it all. One example would be when people said something and I had learned before, instead of dimin…

>when people said something and I had learned before, instead of diminishing their statement by saying I knew that, I should say something like "wow that's cool" Sure, "I know that" isn't great either, but hopefully there's some way of dealing with that situation (which happens constantly in everyday conversation) without lying like that. Seems like manipulating the other person to me, not treating them as a person j…

Maybe I didn’t phrase it well but the idea was to not phrase it in a condescending way like “I already knew that” or “I’m not stupid” and instead be like “right, isn’t that awesome”. Those are probably better phrases and was the idea that my dad was trying to teach me

Re: What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Post by OGWhales »

tcoff91 wrote: post #275
OGWhales wrote: post #251

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I'm trying to learn vim, thanks to this thread. How do I "drop the cursor to any character I see damn near instantly." I'm digging moving things around quickly and all that. But I don't know how to get my cursor where I want it quickly.

First of all, I recommend that you turn on relative line numbers AND also normal line numbers. This means that the line the cursor is on will show the absolute line number, but lines above and below will show how many lines away they are from the current line. :set relativenumber :set number This makes it really easy to get to the line you are looking at. You look at the relative line number, see it's 9 lines above,…

Super awesome! Thank you so much, this is extremely helpful.

Re: What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

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Post by amiga_500 »

ActsJuvenile wrote: post #305
amiga_500 wrote: post #145

Watch this 5 times then spend ten minutes passing it on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_dZvPwAj0 Questions in this thread about real estate, "investing" etc. Comprehend it with the above.

Some sincere feedback: LVT sounds a cooky concept that might solve inherited / ossified land ownership problem in the UK, but it seems to have little relevance to the USA. Land is plentiful here. LVT might also reward families with liquid assets, while burdening lower-income families whose main asset is their house.

Major economists like Friedman disagree with you.

It has huge relevance in the USA. George was American.

Read this essay on raised land values by proxy (railroads or today tech or infra):

http://www.wealthandwant.com/HG/what_the_railroad_will_bring...

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Post by SuoDuanDao »

tempsy wrote: post #54
Moodles wrote: post #52

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Hence why I said to follow the flowchart.

I also think the reddit personal finance crowd is way too focused on how to invest their existing money when almost everyone would be better off figuring out how to make more money from their day job than worrying about whether they can make 4% here vs 5% there from their existing savings. Perhaps less true if you have a large savings of over $1M already, but otherwise no.

Is there a flow chart for figuring out how to make more money from one's day job? I've heard this line of thinking before but people are always frustratingly vague about the income side of things.
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