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by OutsmartDan 2415 days ago
Imagine you are in a cave, for no apparent reason, and your computer is no where to be found. The only computer there is a n old school terminal that is somehow running IE11. Your colleague commits something with tabs instead of spaces and you get the notification on your phone. Now you can easily login to VSCode online to re-indent everything with spaces, commit and push it back up, all through your web browser.
3 comments

> Imagine you are in a cave

I thought you were going with a Platonic parable here, but then you threw in IE 11 into the mix :-(

Obviously the way to Captain Kirk yourself out of this Kobayashi Maru situation would be to use the ancient terminal to bash your head in.
I seem to recall that one ending differently. But I guess since we're mixing & matching...fair play
in this cave you need internet access :)