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If I can’t type the program into my TRS-80 from a computer magazine I don’t trust it.
I’m just this guy, you know. Except on Lemmy.
If I can’t type the program into my TRS-80 from a computer magazine I don’t trust it.
The closed-source devs I’ve worked with also lack it.
This is why the humanities are important.
You can’t automate away all the unpleasant and technical bits.
But it’s our job to try
Is this some GUI thing I’m too CLI to understand?
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Exactly, except like all computer metaphors they break down when you get into the details. I can’t put a document in more than one folder and update them at the same time IRL like I can do with a symlink.
Directory is the older term, but when they started making computers user friendly they needed a friendlier word for it. Folders make sense because people understand putting files in folders in real life.
Imagemagick is basically command-line GIMP. It’s very handy for doing server-side image processing, like scaling down profile pics or adding watermarks.
make_meme_with_imagemagick.sh --text "How CLI memers look at GUI memers" --template twilight-snobs | upload_meme_to_lemmy.sh
I’ve helped plenty of non-technical folks install Linux on older machines and they have zero problems using it for basic computing stuff, especially since so much of it is just websites.
Machines will always do what you tell them to do, as long as you do what they say.
My first Linux experience was trying to install Yellow Dog Linux on my Power Mac G4 in college
When I was a kid some family friends had put an air-moving fan in the floor from the basement to the first floor. On hot summer days it would pull the cool air from the basement, and in the winter it would circulate the air from near their woodstove in the basement to the upstairs.
Maybe that would help? Wiring would be the hardest bit to figure out. After that it’s just cutting a hole in the floor.