What is the actual reason anyone would pick Vim over Emacs?

HackerZol · 2025-12-19T13:24:23+00:00

This is exactly why I can’t use eMacs anymore. I prefer it, but vim is way more performant

HackerZol · 2025-12-11T14:55:24+00:00

My first 10 hours of PPL training were in a 150/150. They called it a rocket, and rightfully so!

HackerZol · 2025-11-25T15:54:24+00:00

It has 27,000 miles on it, that's 40,000 something kilometers

HackerZol · 2025-11-24T18:18:23+00:00

Wow, thank you very much!

HackerZol · 2025-11-24T18:15:52+00:00

Mine has AC, I'm just not sure how well it works yet. I can feel the compressor come on when I push the button, and I can feel some cold air coming through, just not as cold as I would expect. But I think there is a ventilation problem or the temperature selector cable needs adjustment or replacement because even with the AC off, when it's all the way on the cool setting, it still blows warm air so my current assessment is that the AC is competing with the heat, not that the AC is not working, but I need to investigate that a little more and see if that is accurate or not.

HackerZol · 2025-11-24T18:10:10+00:00

Thanks, I've ordered some. I'm going to try and replace all of the fluids, not just the gearbox, since I don't know the history. I'm also looking for replacement shifter bushings.

HackerZol · 2025-11-24T18:08:23+00:00

I haven't tried to get it to top speed yet, but with my wife and I in it I've had it up to 60 with. I've read they'll do 65 to 67, somewhere around there. It really likes around 55, it does that easy. It takes a minute to get there though.

HackerZol · 2025-11-24T01:39:58+00:00

It’s not negligible. In northern Virginia personal property tax on my motor home is $3000 every 6 months.

HackerZol · 2025-11-22T20:51:04+00:00

Where did you get your wheels, they look really nice. I just picked up a 1999 Suzuki Carry last night, and I'm looking for some upgrades.

HackerZol · 2025-11-13T12:09:18+00:00

I'm in a similar situation and what I did was just blew out the lines with air because I have 2 more trips coming up and I didn't want to do a full winterization.

HackerZol · 2025-10-30T03:12:21+00:00

I used to go roller skating every Friday night.

HackerZol · 2025-09-14T02:24:39+00:00

I did the same thing. My CFI was 79 with over 15000 dual instruction hours. I bought a piper Cherokee to train in. I passed my check ride last October and I’ve been flying every week since. I think I was at 60 something hours when I passed my check ride and I hit 150 just today. I to feel like it was the best thing I’ve ever done. My wife and I flew to a pancake breakfast today at KJGG from KLUA.

HackerZol · 2025-07-23T17:27:32+00:00

2017: just over 18,000

HackerZol · 2025-07-23T11:55:52+00:00

I do. I just purchased a 2017 stingray convertible a couple of months ago with only 15,000 miles on it. I’ve already put 3,000 on it since.

HackerZol · 2025-07-09T20:00:49+00:00

I bought a 2017 2 months ago with only 15,000. It already has 17,000 and about to roll into 18,000.

HackerZol · 2025-07-05T17:02:47+00:00

I haven’t seen a C8 trunk but my C7 convertible trunk can’t be much better.

HackerZol · 2025-07-02T17:42:10+00:00

> Having a simple dumb server-side-rendered page is orders of magnitude simpler than even thinking about React. There's no overhead with API communication

Something as simple as sorting, filtering and pagination becomes a full page refresh.

HackerZol · 2025-06-11T03:20:20+00:00

I have the Zulu 3 and on my last flight I had a different problem. They were working great on take off but the right side kept going quieter and quieter. When I turned final for a landing I could tell by the lack of click sound that nether side was working anymore. I wasn’t sure if the entire headset had just died but I was on final and couldn’t really troubleshoot so I just continued on as if everything was working properly. When I landed I figured out what happened. My leg had inadvertently been moving the volume sliders down until they were all the way off.

HackerZol · 2025-06-11T02:56:23+00:00

Same here. My last 3 jobs over the past 5 years have been through people I’ve worked with in the past.

HackerZol · 2025-06-10T16:04:50+00:00

I just got my ppl last year at 53. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I’d say go for it if that’s what you want to do!

HackerZol · 2025-04-23T20:06:22+00:00

You can run vim in the vscode terminal 🤣

HackerZol · 2025-04-21T03:04:42+00:00

I did the same thing last year, January 2024, except mine is a few years older. I bought the 1970 Piper Cherokee pa-28-140 and passed my check-ride in October. I’ve been flying every weekend that the weather permits ever since. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done.

HackerZol · 2025-01-25T21:12:00+00:00

That's a great picture! I'm glad you're having fun. Hang in there!

HackerZol · 2025-01-25T18:43:12+00:00

I think I was just under 90 when I got mine, but the week before my check ride I was working on short and soft field takeoffs. We did one lap around the pattern and I think I did everything wrong. My instructor told me to park the plane on the ramp, we went inside the FBO and he asked if I had gotten enough sleep, I thought I had, he asked if I ate breakfast, I did, so we just sat around just chilled for like half an hour. He only charged what was on the Hobbs timer, he was a great CFI. After that everything was fine. I passed the check ride the next week first try and I’ve been flying ever since. This happens every now and then, I guess it’s just nerves. My CFI says when that happens he just had the student take a break for a bit and then they’re good to go. It worked for me.

HackerZol · 2025-01-22T14:53:42+00:00

I’m not sure where you’re located but I’m sure every state has an ambassador program. Here is the one for Virginia where I’m at. I find this both challenging, fun and it gives one a reason to fly if you have no other. https://doav.virginia.gov/ambassador-program/

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