JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

I absolutely get not wanting to leave the terminal, I'm the same. And I wanted to like Emacs for that. But it's just really slow, and the moment you have a number of buffers with lots of content it's hardly usable. And don't get me started on its terminal emulators, anything with lots of outputs will show on screen at x0.5 speed. I compare with tmux for changing context and it's night and day.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

> Maybe we're all just getting old, and the dream of "one text editor for everything" is becoming one of those quaint old notions of yesteryear.

I mean, that's only ever been a dream in the emacs community. Vim might have toy plugins for other stuff, but by and large people use it to edit period. As it should be, isn't the whole UNIX philosophy to do one thing well? If I want email or a text browser in the CLI (I don't) I'll use dedicated, better, faster programs, each on a tmux pane that I can use instantly with a keyboard shortcut, rather than wait for a slow emacs buffer to load.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

IIRC a single-thread, slow userland that is. Emacs is the only CLI program I've ever run that would take a second or two to render when quickly switching tmux panes. I'll never get the "use emacs for everything" mantra.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Here's something these posts never touch on: dealing with the inevitable routine and the boredom that comes with it. You always read that life is short, seize the moment, etc. and I call BS. I like to think I did all that, I'm well under 40 and have really travelled the world, succeeded professionally, lived in 10 countries, did everything I ever wanted to do. And now what? The problem with achieving things is that you run out of goals. I find it harder and harder to find things that excite me. I have no desire to network aggressively with "smart people" like these posts tell you to. What's the point, ultimately more opportunities i.e. money? That doesn't motivate that much anymore. I want that feeling back, the anticipation when I was about to go to a new place or have a new experience. That's the most precious thing there is and I miss it.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

There's a saying in my language that goes like "he'll be the richest person in the graveyard". Spend that surplus money, have fun, enjoy it. What else are you going to do with it anyway?

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

I was talking about Ryanair specifically, have nothing against low cost. Ryanair lures you with low prices and then applies abusive policies on everything else.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

It's sad to see the UK as the non-EU, police state that it is today. Just 15 years ago it felt really free. I spent half of my 20s there and have great memories, but it's really gone downhill since then.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

I wish airports didn't do that and Ryanair had to close down. One can only dream.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Yes but security is done at each individual gate which makes a massive difference. And the staff is nice and polite. I don't remember ever queing for anything at Changi and I've used it so much. It's about the only airport I don't hate these days.

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

It's almost like building a company slowly, within your means, and focusing on improving the product, is the wrong way to do it these days. Better go with some BS that's flashy, make big claims and promises, and try to get some of that sweet VC money!

JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

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JadedEngineer

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

So containers run on air I take it? No, RHEL isn't being killed, but you're not going to see it as base image for your typical GitHub project. In the enterprise though, where security is tight, no one is going to build containers based on Alpine which is maintained by what, 10 people? Their customers are banks, governments, etc. which will happily pay for what they provide.

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