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[–] [email protected] 128 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago

Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get that joke and those who don't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And those who weren't expecting a ternary joke.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I used Vim once. I still do, mostly because I don't know how to quit it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Asking someone that doesn't know how, to close vim is my favorite password generator.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It’s my band name but all the members quit when I told them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"What's this machine do?"

"It is a dedicated word processor."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

"Ah sweet that's some sick retro tech!"

"Haha yea...retro..."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

I know you are not joking because it was only a week ago really good tech journalism site The Register did a walk through on making a dedicated Word 5.0 bootable USB

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free_writing/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can always close vim but you can never quit >:3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

"We are programmed to receive."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

My brain is too smooth for modal environments. I require one mode or fewer.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

"Theres also a emacs plugin"

Truly heresy against the lord Linus Torvalds, Vim is the only correct option all else is unholy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well obviously neovim is also a correct option, does that really even need to be said?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My dad probably takes the cake as he used the OG VI back in the day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sonny, we wrote it Vi back in the day. Capital V, lower case i. Now get off my lawn! Isn't it cold? Policemen look younger and younger every year.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Linus uses emacs. Not GNU emacs, but still emacs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nano is for people posing at using Linux

You have to commit to a side in the war

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Absolutely bloated (kate) and nano isnt vim therefore it sucks

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have to be honest I thought OP was being 100% serious until the last line.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

That last line is why I shared it with others who have no idea what half the things it's referencing are.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

This is true because NetBSD runs on the actual Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Jokes aside, is Mastodon still tech nerd dominated in 2025? This was from 2022.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, yeah, there’s loads of tech nerds, but it’s the internet so there’s always going to be.

But honestly, the vast majority of the people I follow are just regular folks who like to chat about regular stuff. Like how they use Arch, btw.

[–] ICastFist 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why can't we contain all those tech nerds inside a dock or something?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey! I know some of those words!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

This is my favorite thing this morning. FreeBSD ftw.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My lack of knowledge about whatever an emacs plugin is proves #4 wrong.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is most likely a joke akin to xkcd 2501

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Linux community in a nutshell and also way too many developers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's a type of sausage that's famous in the Netherlands

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

The concerns on using Mastodon and the likes is probably propaganda to dissuade people from using open source and defederated social media.

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