• @Pensi
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    322 years ago

    I actually take the time to type everything out, but I still have no idea what I’m doing.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 years ago

      You know, my students do this. It’s freaking hilarious when they inevitably have a typo and get an error. I chuckle every time. 😄

      • @madwifi
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        182 years ago

        it is actually a good thing to do. helps in learning stuff faster. it’s good to hear that there’s still people who don’t mindlessly copy and paste

        • @[email protected]
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          42 years ago

          I realize my post sounds like I’m against students typing out commands, but I’m not. I’m against them mindlessly typing out commands they find on the internet without taking time to understand what the commands actually do. I encourage them to be intentional with their commands and really understand them.

      • @mvirts
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        102 years ago

        Omg I tell people at least 3 times a day about bash’s tab completion. Cli proficiency should be taught before programming

        • @joshron
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          42 years ago

          Mindlessly mashing tab > copy paste any day brother

        • @cmbabul
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          Thank you, whenever people ask me how to start learning and get rolling in tech related things I’ve struggled trying to articulate this exact point. I’m not a sysadmin or anything but knowing how to navigate CLIs across OS’s makes everything so much easier to learn and do

        • @[email protected]
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          22 years ago

          Tab completion is the main way I check that I’m using a valid file path in the command, especially when I’m deleting something. (and even then I double and triple check the path when I delete something lol)