August 2011
8 posts
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Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi →
onethingwell:
This run-though of some vi and Vim essentials has been doing the rounds over the last couple of days—well worth reading if you’ve taken either editor for a spin and ended up confused or frustrated (which is usually what happens when anyone tries vi/m for the first time!).
The section on the insane flexibility of copy ‘n’ paste in the two editors is particularly good—the moment I...
Steven Poole: Goodbye, cruel Word →
For the first time, I no longer have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on either of my computers. That’s some change. I wrote my first two books, and many hundreds of articles, in Word. But I’m writing my third book in an inexpensive yet wonderful piece of Mac-only software written by a single person instead of a “business unit” at Redmond. Scoured of Word, my computers feel clean, refreshed,...
“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its...”
– H.L. Mencken
“If the US Government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year, they...”
– Dave Ramsey (via aslongasitsconsensual)
*Big* fan of Dave Ramsey. He doesn’t venture into politics very often on his shows, but when he does he’s usually pretty clear headed about it.
Watchbrighteryellow:
If I made a list of simple things that bring me joy, Colbert breaking character would certainly appear.
kittykittybangbang / drunkonstevphen
the size of tiny changes in the heart: Let's stop →
brighteryellow:
Let’s stop
putting limits on the term “writer.” You’re not a writer unless you’re being paid to write says one person. (The other option is, of course, you are a writer if you actually write.)
Here’s the bottom line: you are only trying to define the word because you are threatened by others. If the six-year-old neighbor drafts a letter to her mother and calls herself a...
Rep. Paul introduces bill to cancel $1.6T in debt... →
coeus:
Rep. Ron Paul on Monday introduced legislation that would lower the federal government’s debt by canceling the roughly $1.6 trillion in debt held by the Federal Reserve.
Paul has argued for the last few weeks that the idea represents a quick way to make the growing fiscal crisis more manageable. Under his bill, H.R. 2768, the $1.6 trillion that the Treasury owes to the Federal...