@neil neovim 🤩

@neil As long as you're not out here saying "systemd isn't all that bad actually", you're probably fine.

@avatastic @neil Ooh, oooh! I love systemd. 😅

@avatastic @neil

in fact, I learned to love systemd in the end...
it's too easy to create multiple instances of the same services and inotify jobs too <3

but also... emacs ftw <3

@neil Vim or Neovim? 🧐

@neil we need your opinion on pineapple on pizza next!

@neil vim is great, even more with some plugins to extend functionality. I can recommend vim-gruvbox, vim-rainbow and vim-autopair (Debian packages). I don't judge people though, everyone should use what they prefer.

@neil I’m honestly not sure.

When I first decided to try Vim the book I was reading recommended Neovim as a more community-lead version with better plugins and more innovation. I started using it but still use Vim on remote servers and for my level of usage they are pretty much identical.

I’m sure there are all sorts of ‘politics’ around which one to use but I’m just here to post provocative questions.

@neil I prefer Wayland to vim.

@neil blocked and reported

@neil how can you like someone who clearly is extremely serious about mass murder by way of trebuchet, Neil, you absolute monster

@interpipes trebuchets are fine.
@neil

@babe @neil I mean if you have a large enough trebuchet you can just get everyone all at once, think of the cost savings

@interpipes @babe @neil May I suggest pairing the trebuchet with a guillotine? Just trebuchet the heads into the sun, use the remaining parts for composting.

This way, you can fit more onto a smaller trebuchet, and is also environmentally friendlier.

@neil I have no idea what doot is. And I'm not about to go finding out.

@neil you sure like chaos today, eh?

@neil I'm not sure if the fediverse has just mellowed down a lot but last I said publically that I like systemd I got some people foaming at their mouths to tell me how bad and terrible systemd is and how it's ruining everything

@neil Thank you, if not even you want me to be cut down a notch than means a lot :P
It might just have been the people I was around at that time, a lot of people I knew back then used suckless stuff as well (that was *before* I knew that org was filled to the brim with nazis). Certainly made it easy to know who to avoid :P

@neil I prefer vi to vim

@neil Blink four times if you need help.

@neil

in the mood to start trouble, i see.

systemctl start trouble

@paul_ipv6 @neil a unit of, as a target, or (most likely) as a service?

@neil no no no NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO

@neil tabs though?

@neil thank god thank god.

But hang on, 8 space tabs and spaces for indentation right?*

I've risked my career mentioning this before in a workplace

* yes kernel style

@neil yaml is like a troll that went mainstream

I have to say I have a lot of time for toml after a colleague recommended it (I'm really not much of a python guy)

JSON would be good if not for the fucking stupid 53 bit number bullshit and the fact that every implementation deals with this brain dead nonsense differently

@ljs @neil +1 for toml 🙂

2 things I hate about JSON:

1. No trailing commas allowed, why?
2. No comments allowed

@ljs @neil :slides xml under the table without breaking eye contact:

@gunchleoc @ljs @neil

If you're sick and tired of JSON, may I introduce you to KYLI?

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/03/kyli-because-it-is-superior-to-json/

@level2wizard @neil YOU ARE SICK!

EDIT: *Secretly takes the XML and uses it*

@gunchleoc @ljs @neil It always confuses me when people say JSON has no comments. That's only *technically* true.

Any field that the target program is not expecting is, functionally, a comment. If you're using a JSON schema, you can just define a key to use as a comment.

Sure, it's inelegant. But it works.

@fishidwardrobe @ljs @neil Good point, but ugly as hell is a better description than inelegant. Hard to read too if you want to use it for close-to-the-code documentation.

@neil @Edent @gunchleoc @ljs surely it should have been called KLIE?