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What does your template for a new project look like? Here's mine:
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/615 ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── wretched doesn't necessarily imply miserable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/616 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ To program in C, or to disassociate into the world of video games, where a │ ║ single magical kingdom of heroes and adventurous persons might fight against │ ║ the dark of chaos and decay? To strive for order and a semblance of peace, or │ ║ to fall to the terrors of the night and ravages of horror? War, in all it's │ ║ forms, is abhorrent, yet a fight for survival is honest and just. What perils │ ║ have we, the warriors that seek the light? How zealous, how impassioned, how │ ║ guided as such~! Perhaps you are misinformed, perhaps your cause is false, │ ║ perhaps you derive true satisfaction from imperfect delights - alas, that our │ ║ will be universal. BUT should that plight be alight, we'll wander until the │ ║ night lit by starlight be cast upon our shadowed form. Absoleth! Thine │ ║ countrospect? Didst thou caress thine marked circumspects? fare thee well, most │ ║ cherished of adamants. │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? Oh yes I've been working on this program that utilizes a │ ║ particularly interesting data structure that- whats that? Oh, it doesn't do any │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/617 ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/618 ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Can't stop thinking [the rest is left blank, as a testament to the inability of the author to express their thoughts in a temporally contextual way. Presumably the previous text would be followed by an "about..." with the rest dedicated to a particular thought that felt important enough to share with the internet.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/619 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: drunken-ramblings-about-bash │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Most of the functionality of most consumer programs could be accomplished with │ ║ a bit of BASH scripting... For example, shuffling a music library, or writing a │ ║ text document, or downloading the text of a web page, or sending a message to a │ ║ friend, etc... │ ║ │ ║ All accomplish-able with fewer than 10-20 lines of code in clear, POSIX │ ║ compliant and easily understood text that even a beginner could understand. │ ║ │ ║ Well, it would be understandable, if we actually taught our children how to │ ║ compute in school. Why are they not taught BASH? It's not like it's │ ║ complicated. With it, a sufficiently motivated high school student could │ ║ develop skills that rival or exceed many of the university graduates we │ ║ currently develop for our industry... Such a shame. │ ║ │ ║ Even an unmotivated student would be prepared for the world with the ability to │ ║ solve problems logically. Break down the problem, identify relationships, │ ║ understand procedural ordering of mechanics, and develop solutions to problems. │ ║ Its not too hard │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/620 ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Computers are one of the few pieces of mechanics that have the documentation built in. Well, sanely built computers do. Such as Linux, with it's man pages. EDIT: other types of computers, like Windows, tend to simply lack the capability to accomplish the same kinds of tasks that a sanely built computer would possess. EDIT2: ah yes but you can do all kinds of things with Powershell and it's it just so amazing that you can do X while also handling Y and gee isn't that listen, all that Powershell can do BASH can do better. 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