Of course, it was great to have exactly the features I want, and I enjoyed learning some new things.

The last sentence of your comment sounds quite condescending.

Garages in duplexes typically are not big enough to fit an average car comfortably.

Knock down three adjacent homes and you can get maybe 6-8 levels, which would be no more than 40 families.

I want to know why you are keen to become an Australian citizen if you’re not enthusiastic about contributing your share.

Constructive discussion about appropriate levels of taxation is important, but let’s at least agree that the things we rely on (roads, hospitals, schools, defence, …) cost something.

I wonder how it truly factors into productivity, though. How is productivity measured, and does that measurement capture what is true?

You mention automated car washes as a baseline. I never used those in the past because I figured they’d be rubbish or would scratch the car or whatever. So I’d occasionally wash the car myself, and that’s it. Now that we have manual car washes available, I use them from time to time. They clearly (I assert) do a better job than anything automated. And they do it inside and out.

So I find the comparison interesting, but in need of elaboration.

(Every second day is fine, and better for their skin.)

Switching between sessions with fuzzy finding, and creating new ones when needed, is a wonderful feature.

Many people these days, including yours truly, have caps-lock mapped to ctrl if held or esc if tapped. That’s good ergonomics and worth considering for any tech-savvy person.

Instead of the 3b I would type bbb (because I agree with you that typing numerals is a pain).

So (caps lock)bbbcw isn’t bad. It’s better than it looks, because if you’re a vim user then it’s just so automatic. “cw” feels like one atomic thing, not two keypresses.

And importantly, it doesn’t involve any chords.

That dude shouldn’t be turning it down; he should be turning it off.

My go-to line is: “Excuse me, do you have any earphones?”