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1. Libre Lounge (librelounge@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 31-May-2019 10:31:58 UTC Libre Lounge

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber
   • Emacsen

   In the most recent episode of our podcast, @cwebber and @emacsen take a walk down memory lane about 8 bit computers, DOS and Unix command lines and the way that the imagery and mystique of the terminal may be holding us back.

   https://librelounge.org/episodes/episode-21-command-line-culture.html

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   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jun-2019 06:21:14 UTC Strypey

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     • Christine Lemmer-Webber
     • Emacsen

     @librelounge great episode! I've been often thought it would be great to develop interpreters that allow users to enter commands and get responses in more natural language. The standard #UNIX CLI was designed for a time when every byte of RAM and hard drive space was a precious resource and I definitely don't want to lose that sense of econony from computing, quite the opposite. But there's no harm in adding trainer wheel layers that make using CLI more like playing a MUD.
     @cwebber @emacsen

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   • see shy jo (joeyh@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jun-2019 17:00:52 UTC see shy jo

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     • Christine Lemmer-Webber
     • Emacsen

     @librelounge @cwebber @emacsen great episode, wish it was longer because there is a lot to unpack there

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