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Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast [Colorized]
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Kai Lentit's comedy sketch parodies a retro documentary interview with an Emacs enthusiast, joking about Emacs's endless configuration and devotion.
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Shared as a joke whenever Emacs obsession and configuration come up.
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Obligatory video "Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023 Colorized" [VIDEO] . "Emacs is a part-time job". I agree.
Read original comment ↗I knew mentioning EMACS would get the HN crowd riled up, that's the point. :) For laughs: Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023: [VIDEO] And to keep things fair and balanced, an Interview with a VIM Enthusiast: [LINK] "I actually wrote a vim versus IDE comparison. Do you know how much faster vim was? 4.3 seconds! 4.3 seconds I saved every day! All those months learning were totally worth it."
Read original comment ↗No exactly on topic, but I enjoyed this parody, Interview with a VIM Enthusiast: [LINK] also, Interview with a Emacs Enthusiast: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I know this is a joke, but people should really give Emacs a try. Check out this interview about Emacs if you’re not convinced: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I'm basically this guy once I sit down at the computer. [VIDEO] So I've invested more times in Emacs than I'll probably ever get back in timing savings from ripgrep'ing through my notes. However, they're nice to have when I need them.
Read original comment ↗Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023 [Colorized]: [VIDEO] Interview with a GNU/Linux user - Partition 1: [LINK] Deldo - Vibration Control and Teledildonics Mode for Emacs: [LINK]
Read original comment ↗>Functional + universal data structure + homoiconic = power >It everything used TSV or tabular data, But is not the case. With lisp you can always be sure. basic unix kit is built around line-separated lines which are field-separated and you even get to choose your own separators and not get locked into tab. You can use this kitset, a common one, or other different kit. But with this kitset, yes, everything is indeed a table Re: emacs [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I think Emacs definitely has a certain uncool vibe about it. Like, this comedy video from "Programmers are also human" sums it up pretty well: [VIDEO] . And I think this mental image would have to give way for Emacs to become more popular. Now whether or not popularity for popularities sake is a good thing is another question.
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