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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Oct 2016

    They removed the escape key? Don't they have any programmers left at Apple?

    2:05 PM - 27 Oct 2016
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      2. Will Charczuk‏ @willcharczuk 27 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        yeah they all use emacs

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      1. Joe McCann‏Verified account @joemccann 27 Oct 2016
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        Joe McCann Retweeted Joe McCann

        I got you famhttps://twitter.com/joemccann/status/791025999819313152 …

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        Joe McCannVerified account @joemccann
        No ESC key? No problem. pic.twitter.com/mIG7o8DyPr
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      1. Peter Sharkey‏ @iPeterSharkey 27 Oct 2016
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        Peter Sharkey Retweeted David Frampton

        I thought this was on point:https://twitter.com/majicdave/status/791020578677268480 …

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        David Frampton @majicDave
        No worries. pic.twitter.com/e1TwwSiSCr
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      1. Volhan Salai‏ @volhansalai 27 Oct 2016
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        Courage! :D

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      2. Jordan Thoms‏ @jordan_thoms 27 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Map caps lock to escape!

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      3. Dave Dittrich‏ @davedittrich 29 Oct 2016
        Replying to @jordan_thoms

        .@jordan_thoms @paulg What? That's already mapped to Ctrl, like God intended it to be.

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      4. Jordan Thoms‏ @jordan_thoms 29 Oct 2016
        Replying to @davedittrich @paulg

        Then map ctrl to escape 🤣

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Vova Petrov‏ @VovaPetrov 27 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        and good luck using your new lightning headphones on your MBP🤖

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      1. Arthur Ulfeldt‏ @derarthur 27 Oct 2016
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        Apple had the courage to finally settled the Emacs vs. vi debate. removed Esc, kept Ctrl.

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      1. Shashi Singh‏ @_singhshashi 27 Oct 2016
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        Its always the Sith Lords who have said "There is no escape!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJFDGCg_sc …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NCm_-GZ-Dc …

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      1. Steven Irby‏ @StevenIrby 27 Oct 2016
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        yes, but soon they'll have to switch to windows machines to get anything done.

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      1. Leonel Nunez‏ @leonelnc 27 Oct 2016
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        some say they will sell you a keyboard with only the ESC key

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      1. Kevin‏ @kftaba 27 Oct 2016
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        they escaped to use vi somewhere else.

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      1. Vova Petrov‏ @VovaPetrov 27 Oct 2016
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        and you need to buy a new cable to connect your iPhone to your new MBP🌵

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      2. Timothy B. Lee‏Verified account @binarybits 27 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        There's a software escape key.

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      1. Ajay Pal Singh‏ @ajaypalnitj 28 Oct 2016
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        it's the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever #FML

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      1. 0×4a6f4672‏ @jofr 27 Oct 2016
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        and how do you quit VIM now without ESC key ? :-/

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      1. Mehrdad Afshari‏ @MehrdadA 27 Oct 2016
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        macOS text fields have always supported emacs keybindings. This was just the final nail in the coffin.

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