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Ask HN: Why do people tend to slam on the return/enter key?

5 pointsby vsaxover 7 years ago

2 comments

invalidpathover 7 years ago
It&#x27;s the equivalent of yelling &quot;DONE&quot; to each line. I mean really, the satisfaction of hitting that carriage return is like crossing a finish line over and over....it doesn&#x27;t get old? I think we need to go back to having a margin bell to ring at the edge of 80 columns :) (see: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Punched_card" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Punched_card</a> why this is so) so we know exactly when to hit the return.
ian0over 7 years ago
Because it would be too tiring to slam on all the others.