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(a while ago I needed to contact support to get an IPv6 allocation at home, but that was a very quick interaction at the time)
(or I could pick up the mouse, I know, but that's not why we're here)
(I haven't actually done them myself yet, but they look great. Not a standalone resource, but good for practice)
I'm pretty sure when he wrote all of that stuff that he'd only been using Emacs for around a year. The benefit of someone that talented, or groks Emacs immediately, and is familiar enough with the outside-ecosystem to know what he wants to borrow, I suppose.
(Now that I write that, I assume honeybees are too, but perhaps the honey industry is well entrenched)
Edit: Huh, he did produce it, played on the original recording, and then released his cover before the original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso_(song)
Switched and started paying when Reader shut down, haven't regretted it.
I've been subscribed ever since they offered them. A few years ago while starting up a business I realised that I hardly ever found or made the time to read them, and reluctantly let it slip. Jonathan emailed me personally to say thanks for being there from day one, and if I had any feedback. I explained, he said thanks anyway and then renewed my subscription! I've automatically renewed every year since then.
Edit: and topically, free for the weekend! https://twitter.com/MarkusWinand/status/1199982940471607297