I try to name my git remotes as 'github' where applicable. It really helps readability of commands.
This is so common that I wish I could make this default (apparently the default remote name 'origin' isn't configurable in git).
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The Emacs Problem: https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/the-emacs-problem
A good discussion of lispiness, the inherent structure in many text formats, and editors that are dynamically configurable.
"'Configurable' is the opposite of 'usable out of the box'."