Meillo says, he uses vi for daily programming (german posting[1]). An
interesting aspect is the lack of syntax highlighting.
Today, syntax highlighting feels like an essential feature of any
editor. In fact, I favour Vim over vi because of that.
Meillos point is that the lack of syntax highlighting can lead to
better code quality. You, as a programmer, are more careful. You take
a closer look.
Having written a lot of code in DOS and BIOS basic interpreters, I
wonder: Do I really need syntax highlighting? Does it do any harm? Am
I careful enough with my code?
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About a year ago, I stopped using an alarm clock. For some weird
reason, I have the ability to wake up at a specific time -- even
without an alarm clock.
Only recently have I discovered how this works. And this discovery
made me use an alarm clock again. It's trivial: I regularly wake up
during the night and check the time. Of course, this results in
reduced sleep quality. You never really *rest*. It's, in fact, very
stressful.
When you use an alarm clock, you go to bed and don't worry about
anything. You just sleep. The device takes care of waking you up. You
don't have to do that yourself.
All the time, I thought that it's "healthy" not to use an alarm clock:
If you can wake up "all by yourself", without any external influence,
then surely you get enough rest and sleep. Your body knows best,
right?
Well, yes. But the human body is also very powerful and robust and can
survive under harsh conditions. It won't buckle down just because of a
little sleep deprivation. It takes much more than that. You'll still
*survive*.
Your brain, on the other hand, will perform with reduced efficiency.
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https://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=155658&p=1043997#p1043972
