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Re:The Art of Command Line (2015) by schwurb on Thursday May 23, 2019 @09:21AM (#19991485)
> If one doesn't care that the carpenter building his house is using a hammer upside down, that's a whole 'nother bunch of issues I won't go into here.

I'd love to see at least a small allusion to what nature the issues are made of. Because, to iterate, I'd rather have a well-built house build by an absolutely unconventially working carpenter than a mediocre house build by someone that knows how to use a hammer according to the textbook.

If I want to see nice processes and fantasies fulfilled, I watch movies. In real life, I care about results.

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Re:The Art of Command Line (2015) by sureaboutthis on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:03AM (#19992390)
You are basing your story on the competence of one who doesn't know the correct way to use his tools and can then build a house well. That's not going to happen or it will take far longer to complete.
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