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		spekcular on May 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Org Mode – Organize Your Life in Plain Text Besides "yank," calling alt "Meta" is another silly thing, too. And yes, I'm aware of the reasons. It's still silly in 2020, as was discussed in the recent HN topic on why Emacs isn't attracting new users.

mr_spothawk on May 25, 2020 [–]

if you happen to remember the headline title on that, i'd be interested to read about why Emacs isn't attracting new users.

in the last year i know two new developers who have written their own emacs configs.

stevekemp on May 25, 2020 | [–]

I suspect it was this piece:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23107123

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