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Re:CLI: Improved on Thursday August 30, 2018 @03:22PM (#17879890)
Yeah, I stopped reading when the author blithely disregarded grep alternatives, yet praised _syntax highlighting_ of all things.
Re:Open source RISC-V implemented from scratch in one night on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:29AM (#17868044)
A lot of the conveniences of the modern computing landscape are anything but.

Laggy response times in aforementioned text editors, frivolous UI animations on certain OSs, terrible web apps like JIRA...

The complexity doesn't necessarily mean better software. It's quite often worse along many dimensions: performance, usability, maintainability, portability.

Re:Why HP Fell on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:03AM (#17799246)
Have a MacBook Pro for work and a much, much preferred HP laptop when I can get away from the MacBook.