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    [–] poinck@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I see at least two problems here:

    1. Don't pull on the cable, pull on the plug.

    2. Use EU power sockets, it is safer, more like :q! when existing vim and unsaved changed you made to the file are lost for sure.

    [–] paholg@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ah yes, I'll just replace all my power sockets, get rid of all my electronics, and only buy imported European electronics from now on.

    It's so obvious, why didn't I think of it before.

    Oh yeah, and rewire my whole house to 240 V. Easy peasy.

    [–] Steve@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    To be fair, switching to 240v is pretty easy, just move the neutral to a hot leg in the fuse box.

    [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Wouldn't that hot leg need to be 180 degrees out of phase with the other?

    [–] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yes but I was’t trying to write a book this morning.

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    [–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    use UK power sockets it's ever more safe

    [–] hollunder@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 year ago

    That's how you brexit vim tho. Takes years to complete, no coming back and bricks everything else in the process.

    [–] XEAL@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
    [–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    dammit it was refusing to send the message so I kept retrying it's never done that to me before

    [–] XEAL@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    It has done it to me before lol

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    [–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

    Instructions unclear, electrocuted while replacing outlets.

    [–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    See, that's why I just flip the circuit breakers to ensure a successful exit

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    [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Exiting Vim is for beginners.

    Veterans stay in Vim till the end of time. Probably for the same reasons why the meme in post was made.

    [–] morethanevil@lemmy.fedifriends.social 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Start a second shell and kill the process πŸ˜‹

    [–] rmuk@feddit.uk 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Rookie. I have a shell script on my phone that SSHs into my computer and reboots.

    You (might be) joking but I did this for my home server and I absolutely love how powerful I feel controlling my entire network from a terminal app on my phone.

    My old man energy is showing because I'm so used to looking for a laptop/PC to do this.

    [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I see they reused the instructions for ed, great to see how intuitive Linux is between different programs

    [–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Well ed is the standard text editor after all

    [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago

    My point exactly, I am just happy Vim follows the standard (:

    [–] TheGingerNut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Glad ubuntu defaults to nano. One of the few decent choices that distro ever made

    [–] daniskarma@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

    The laughing comes when you are so used to vim that you begin using :q in other programs and wonder why doesn't it exit.

    [–] bali10050@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

    For the more advanced, there's a button(the more sophisticated may call it a β€žswitch”) for that(on the wall(the fuse))

    [–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    I really don't get the exit vim meme anymore. It's just two key presses, trivial. When you hit <C-c> it tells you exactly what to do. Anyone stuck in vom either does not read or has no idea how to use a terminal.

    Edit: I'm German, I meant vim.

    [–] hollunder@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah vom is easy. Have you tried exiting vim tho?

    [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

    Whenever I have to edit a text file when nauseous, I just vom it.

    [–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

    I mean how hard could it be, you just press some random letters until it exits

    [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

    Vim is unintuitive. If you are a new linux CLI user and follow some tutorials that tells you to run vim, modify something then save and exit, it can be daunting.

    [–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    ^^ The kind of person who doesn't remember what it's like being new at the CLI.

    or…

    Linux is so easy, n00b. You're just stupid.

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    [–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    :x simple as. Vim was the first terminal text editor I used so I'm biased.

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    [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
    [–] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    then disassemble the laptop and remove the battery connection

    [–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

    Maybe that's why Linux users enjoy old ThinkPads so much, you can just pull out the battery without opening the laptop.

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    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Don't pull plugs out of the wall by the cord. Grab the base of the plug firmly and pull perpendicular to the wall

    [–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    So you're saying I shouldn't pull the socket out of the wall to unplug?

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    [–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

    Just click the X on your terminal window.

    [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

    I simply avoid this issue by not starting vim in the first place.

    [–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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    [–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

    I use arc, btw.

    [–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    C'mon guys. Escape, colon q bang. It practically exits itself.

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    [–] thechadwick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

    Why would you exit vim tho? Are you being forced under duress or something?

    [–] rem26_art@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Better turn off all the breakers in your house. Just to make sure you've really closed it

    [–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Burn down the sub station to be sure...

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    [–] garzaza77@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    it's just too many keys to press at once i cant do it

    See how the socket looks like a V?

    That's how you remember it's meant to be used to exit vi.

    [–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

    First boisterous laugh of the day. Thank you!

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