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   Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 20:46:09 JST Alexandre Oliva

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   • maroc
   I can relate with that. the other day I saw a post that mentioned some emacs keybinding and I went "oh, nice, I didn't know about this one, I'll make a note so I don't forget." then, not long afterwards, I realized I not only knew it, but used it very often. I just didn't connect the name to the person, so to speak ;-)
   the description in the post didn't quite match my mental model, too, but once I realized the keybinding was something I used often, the description and my mental model collapsed into one. it was funny to witness that mental process from inside ;-)
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     maroc@cons.ivy.io's status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 20:46:14 JST maroc

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     • Sacha Chua
     • Mark Watson

     @mark_watson @sachac
     My brain is permanently wired (after 39 years of Emacs) to maybe a dozen key bindings. I don't think I can retain any more, but it's interesting how I muscle memory works -- I can't *tell* you what key bindings I've internalized, but I can *show* you, lol.

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     Mark Watson (mark_watson@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 20:46:21 JST Mark Watson

     • Sacha Chua

     Ooops, oh no! After 40 years of using Emacs I missed about 1/3 of the shortcuts on Emacs Beginner's Cheat Sheet (linked on Sacha's (@sachac) always excellent Emacs newsletter): https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zi9gea/ultimate_emacs_cheat_sheet/

     I think it is true that for most of us, we learn what we need to get done what we want to get done and then stop learning.

     That is why I enjoy writing so much. When I start writing a new book I have preconceived notions (often incorrect) that I already really understand a subject.