haha what

You’re right, we probably should’ve noticed sooner.

Very relatable. One thing that I find helps me is ‘unintentionally’ starting with a tiny goal. For example, I might decide to fry some smoked tofu. Adequate on its own, so the deception is compelling, but while I’m here I should probably cut an onion, some peppers … hey, broccoli would be good, and suddenly I’m into it and I’ve completely forgotten about the overwhelming inertia from three minutes ago.

It sort of reminds me of trying to see faint objects in the sky by looking away from them.

Yeah, it doesn’t make a lot of sense. People talk about “when Linus dies”, and obviously that will be devastating, but in my mind Bram just was. I wish I’d made a point of meeting him, or at least sending him an email to say thanks. Not for vim specifically, though I will probably use it until my fingers quit working. As with countess others, Bram inspired me to learn about ICCF Holland, and from there I had the privilege of supporting a child in Uganda through school. That’s what I’d want to thank him for. And vim.

and then Bram died :(

No worries, it seems like you understand perfectly - I was just reflecting on the downvotes above.

I like it here because the people often seem real, and the voting generally seems (to me, anyway) to follow more of a meritocratic pattern than whatever the fuck has been going on at the other place for the last ten or more years.

We should probably try to really understand these differences so we might get better at designing communities that are actually sustainable. Maybe I am just getting old - I’m tired of starting over, I’m tired of watching great communities self-destruct.

One of these at a time, that’s how it all works.

Agree, but I wasn’t talking about privacy.

Privacy aside, but just for a second - if we don’t hold ourselves to a higher standard, our standard will just be lower. That’s all that will happen.

Why is this being downvoted?

There is an ‘s’ in Microsoft, friend. It’s the one shaped like a ssssnake.

Mercator would like a word.

and then what is the thing that will happen to us next

Aren’t they all beautiful?

dG

If you store extinguisher where fire goes you might not be able to get when fire. Careful.

Doesn’t seem like a bug then, does it…

Do it!

It seems this will only be useful for people who have subscribed to smaller communities - it’d just fuck up the default view if implemented there.

Mindfulness. Don’t resist the urges, but every time you smoke, practice being present - literally just try to keep your attention on what you are doing. Don’t judge yourself for doing it, just notice. If you are able to do this, it will help with much more than just quitting smoking.