Exactly, this feels like one of those things you see in politics where someone claims that because one group is slightly bad then they’re just as bad as the incredibly bad obviously evil alternative. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, and don’t get the doomers drag you down to their level!
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I use whatever the machine gives me when I type
vi, I assume it’s usually vim
14·1 month agoWhere’s the Linux? Is this “Windows Bad” memes?
Saw one earlier today where the “community support” person opened with “please make sure you have applied all Windows updates”. Given that it was a web page issue and I was on my phone I didn’t mark this reply as helpful.
No clear line, but to me a script is tying together other programs that you run, those programs themselves are the programs. I guess it’s a matter of how complex the logic is too.
Yep, in my mind piping together other commands is scripting not programming, exactly what shell scripts are for!
Wouldn’t something interpreted like python be a better solution?
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should
Shell is great, but if you’re using it as a programming language then you’re going to have a bad time. It’s great for scripting, but if you find yourself actually programming in it then save yourself the headache and use an actual language!
ACE on a WiiU is just as easy, at least with the Wii you had to use a game!
You’re right, I must have been thinking of something else. Happily I can’t find any chatter about actual malware in QR codes (it’s all redirecting to malicious websites), though obviously there’s always the possibility of a new exploit being discovered.
This was a few years ago (so I hope there have been patches since then) but I watched a video which was trying to make an entire game within a QR code: they don’t have to just be links, they can be binaries that some devices will immediately run without question!
I assumed this meant reproducing the same functionality in a new editor instead of contributing to Emacs, the reality is so much better
I guess it’s still true if you want to get that perfect Arch install, but I’d imagine most people still saying that now had a bad experience many years ago and are unaware of how simple and smooth it can be nowadays.