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nastygibbon | 8 years ago | on: Vim Anywhere

> ... if you start with selected text, does it fill the buffer with it

> There's an outstanding PR that does preciesly that

Just to be clear, I believe that PR will fill the newly-opened Vim buffer with text from the clipboard - not selected text.

nastygibbon | 8 years ago | on: Simple note taking from the command line

This looks interesting. I'm going to assume that you add whatever temporary buffer you use while editing the files to your gitignore? E.g. Vim will use .swp files.

Does this get annoying if you want to commit something specific? Let's say you edit an old note and save the file. Then, in the time it takes for you to write a commit about this new edit, your cron script has added your change as a 'wip'.

Also, is there a nice way to set this up with a cron script so that you can use git via ssh (rather than https) but still keep a passphrase on the key? I seem to remember having problems with cron and git regarding ssh keys.

nastygibbon | 9 years ago | on: Study finds links between swearing and honesty

Yeah. This is the classic example and obviously is interesting to think about. Some people still defend telling the truth if you're hiding Anne Frank and the Nazis are at the door.

We might go down a rabbit hole here but your example (mad man, Anne Frank, whatever) doesn't clearly demonstrate that honesty isn't a virtue. It's a clear example of a real life situation, sure, but it doesn't show that telling the truth wouldn't be virtuous.

nastygibbon | 9 years ago | on: Study finds links between swearing and honesty

Yeah. I understand that. But by telling your boss the truth you gave him a real gift in that he could trust you. If he (or the higher-ups) thought about that a little bit they would realise that your honestly was valuable.

You could come up with similar examples where you take days off to interview at other companies. Obviously telling your boss will probably anger them (and might be seen as a breach of your contract if you do it during work hours) but the moment your boss actually thinks about it they would realise that your honesty provides them with much better evidence about what to do next. That might include finding out why you want to leave, how to keep you, ending the relationship on good terms, hiring someone else sooner than if you lied, etc etc.

Now, it's very difficult to tell the truth in these situations and people aren't expected to do so. But honesty is still a virtue, perhaps even more so, in these situations.

nastygibbon | 9 years ago | on: Study finds links between swearing and honesty

> Straight honesty isn't always a virtue.

I find this an interesting statement. Would you mind providing some clear examples of a real-life situation where honesty isn't a virtue?

I often find that lying is convenient (for the person lying) in the short term but its damage can be far reaching and difficult to predict. If you want to have meaningful and effective relationships (at home or at work) straight honesty is always beneficial.

I do remember working with someone who had Alzheimer's disease. I stopped being honest with her quite quickly as I figured that repeatedly reminding her of her husband's death was wrong. But I can't think of any other examples of my life when straight honesty wasn't a virtue. What about you?

nastygibbon | 10 years ago | on: Why It Pays to Be a Jerk

As a so called 'European', I'm kind of shocked/dubious that this would also be acceptable in American culture.

My guess is most people would agree that if you put your feet on the table and take credit where it isn't due then you're probably an ahole. But this is a stereotype of the typical 'jerk'.

It's the jerks that 'play the game' and aren't necessarily blatant that do (perhaps unfairly) well.

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