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Another stupidly trivial reason: I can type 'wget' and then do command-V entirely with my left hand, keeping my right hand on the mouse. Having to type 'curl'
by rix0r 17y ago
Another stupidly trivial reason:
I can type 'wget' and then do command-V entirely with my left hand, keeping my right hand on the mouse. Having to type 'curl' would require me to move my hand back and forth, slowing me down.
- Groxx 17y agoI love reasons like this, they make non-geeks look at us like we're insane. I've only used curl personally, so this wouldn't be enough to switch, but it's an excellent point.
- technomancy 17y agoWhereas the true geeks look at you like you're crazy for still using crufty old QWERTY. =)
- oconnore 17y agoBash fu? alias qwer='curl -o'
- godDLL 17y agoI'm guessing QWERTY? Dvorak and Colemak are not too good for single-hand typing.
- danudey 17y agostupid unix tricks: curl http://somesite.com/download/latest.tar.gz http://somesite.com/download/latest.tar.gz | tar zx (saves having temporary files lying around everywhere)