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Do you demand a shrubbery?

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

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:Ni!

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:Ni!


Do you demand a shrubbery?

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Solutions

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300 active golfers, 1158 entries

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#151 - ~ben / @nebsirrah

02/27/2019 at 07:47PM

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#152 - Ariel Miculas / @ArielMiculas

09/24/2019 at 03:12PM

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#153 - russellzhaomao / @russellzhaomao

05/26/2022 at 02:12AM

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#154 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

07/12/2022 at 05:55PM

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#155 - Remus Dalrymple / @bornintheflames

12/26/2023 at 09:21PM

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#156 - Petro Mudrievskyj / @petemud

07/02/2024 at 01:42AM

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#157 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/28/2024 at 05:42PM

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#158 - Carlos López / @morrizon

07/03/2014 at 01:37PM

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#159 - Adrien Canuel / @AdrienCanuel

11/20/2014 at 01:59PM

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#160 - Matt / @mcr05

05/24/2015 at 08:35AM

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#161 - Chenut Ludovic / @7Brwa7

04/05/2016 at 11:56AM

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#162 - Shadowclysm / @shadowclysm

08/17/2016 at 05:13AM

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#163 - Erik Vesteraas / @evestera

04/22/2017 at 08:49PM

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#164 - Dax / @zacoxi

11/16/2018 at 06:10AM

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#165 - b / @bprkrprkr

07/11/2014 at 02:27AM

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#166 - CJ Avilla / @cjav_dev

07/11/2014 at 04:28AM

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#167 - Sebastian Korten / @FlashKorten

10/22/2014 at 02:29PM

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#168 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

10/28/2014 at 07:37PM

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#169 - Michael Daffin / @James14790

11/10/2014 at 03:06PM

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#170 - we’re going to need a bigger bot / @assaflavie

04/22/2015 at 07:10PM

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#171 - Benjamin Espey / @bennyty

11/21/2015 at 06:24PM

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#172 - RiccardoSven Risuleo / @riccardosven

07/10/2014 at 05:39PM

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#173 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

01/12/2015 at 10:48PM

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#174 - RobertT / @techrt2050

07/03/2014 at 04:58PM

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#175 - Laurent Indermühle / @HoniixCH

07/06/2014 at 12:19PM

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#176 - Robert Siemieniec / @rsiemieniec

07/08/2014 at 09:36AM

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#177 - iamevn / @iamevn

07/08/2014 at 05:01PM

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#178 - Joakim Hansen / @gnofs

07/30/2014 at 12:18AM

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#179 - Roger Duran / @roger_duran

08/02/2014 at 10:21PM

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#180 - Lance Olsen / @muirbot

08/07/2014 at 12:08AM