feat: orig of vi

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+title = """
+  Useless things you may want to know: on the origin of "vi"
+  """
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-11-25T23:44:00+01:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+image_dir = "blog/images"
+image_max_width = 600
+Abstract = "Where did vi(1) came from?"
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+
+We all know, that `vim(1)` stands for "vi improved", but what the buttocks is "vi"?
+
+Well, in the ancient times, a great editor was born - `ex(1)`.
+While `ed(1)` still is _the_ standard editor, it's lineage is not that simple.
+The `ex(1)` editor expanded on `ed(1)`'s line-oriented text editing.
+In short: `ed(1)` was designed before computer displays were common, but `ex(1)` came out later.
+
+Therefore, `ex(1)` added a visual mode, where changes were displayed on the display.
+Like in Star Trek!
+This mode was enabled by calling the `:visual` command, or (in short) `:vi`.
+
+There you go, cyberpalls.
+You're now armed with a bulletproof story for the upcoming X-Mass parties!
+
+`vim(1)` stands for `visual mode of ex, the improved standard text editor, improved`.
diff --git a/content/blog/2024/re-self-hosting.md b/content/blog/2024/re-self-hosting.md
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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Threads, while still being Meta, is available from the Fediverse.
 It's not self-hosted, but your self-hosted instance can be accessed from it.
 And Zuck sure earns a lot from it.
 
-In fact, a lot of _centralized_ services stared as _decenrtalized_.
+In fact, a lot of _centralized_ services stared as _decentralized_.
 Remember when Slack was accessible from IRC clients?
 When Google Talk was just an XMPP?
 It worked much better than it does now.
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ It's the centralization of the web which is the outlier.
 Privacy is a side-product of decentralization, of self-hosting.
 While it the essential, it's not the whole picture.
 GDRP is a bare minimum, it's tax _we_ pay for the web of today.
-It's not a cure for anything.
+We should have never needed it.