- we are presented something

"I would be (pleasantly) surprised if the algorithm is novel. Further research after posting reveals the paper Efficient Feature Extraction for 2D/3D Objects in Mesh Representation by Cha Zheng and Tsuhan Chen, which appears to describe the same algorithm, although the derivation is different. It was fun while it lasted!"

- there was an initial expectation, though slim, that it may be novel. then on the discovery that it wasn't, related fun time was insinuated to be over.

are we reading the same text?

anyhoo, it's always a great skill to review the state-of-the-art BEFORE investing in a work/write-up/article - one of the very first things that a post-graduate program would teach you.

ideally, we would see a stronger legal reaction to the biggest IP heist in history but clearly it's not what's happening. it's only natural for people to criticize the current system until a change for the better materializes, while doing so draw attention to extreme cases such as Aaron's.

https://docs.appimage.org/reference/best-practices.html

I hear you about WINE though.

"Swindle said that CoreCivic's total revenue went up by just over 27% this spring compared to the same quarter last year, for a total of $684.9 million."

So regarding proficiency. I bet you weren't as proficient with multiple cursors and all the things you can do with it when you first used it. (15 years is a long time to remember how it all started.) I could argue that all the key shortcuts and other bits you need to make multiple cursors work effectively doesn't come to everyone instantly. But with time you could and would hit that level.

Overall tho, vim is an interesting comparison to make also because sublime text also has a 'vintage mode'. I personally use it with vim shortcuts enabled. it lets me use vim motions on top of everything sublime offers. Does sublime + vim make it more 'invisible' to me than it is to you?

I generally have issues with arguments like this. It starts with a sexy phrase that projects some earned wisdom but then the rest of the supporting arguments are forced into the narrative most of the time by selectively ignoring important information. You could have just said I love sublime and I prefer it over vim because of this and that. or it could have been a direct critique of linux desktop. they would all stand on their own, even better I would argue, without being shoehorned into an overarching, simple, catchy phrase.