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smacktoward on Aug 25, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vim on a Mechanical Typewriter

A good start, but I will not be satisfied until I can get a workstation like the ones in Terry Gilliam's brilliant movie Brazil: http://www.oilempire.us/oil-jpg/brazil-lime-computer.jpg

systemtrigger on Aug 25, 2015 [–]

If you do get one, I suggest making a cover for it to prevent squashed bugs from falling in and modifying keystrokes.

cnvogel on Aug 26, 2015 | [–]

Mister systembrigger, I can assure you that there's no problem with bugs...

(for anyone who has not seen the movie:) http://writelephant.com/2015/06/26/typo/

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