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> Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"? Why would you call a script that actually changes things and doesn't actually show you a cheat sheet a "cheat

> Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"? Why would you call a script that actually changes things and doesn't actually show you a cheat sheet a "cheat sheet?"

mrtksn 6y ago
Because the lines that do something are nicely categorized with documentation included. Instead of running it all, you can take a look what’s possible and apply it individually.
- moistbar 6y ago
  > Instead of running it all, you can take a look what’s possible and apply it individually. That's true of any script. The fact that this one is well commented doesn't make it not a script. A cheat sheet is something you hang on a wall and glance at every so often. A script is something you run to make changes to a system. You can't run a cheat sheet.
  - mrtksn 6y ago
    How do you tell that it's not a really long string or a web page but a script? Maybe it's just a pattern of dots projected on LCD or 1s and 0s stored on a computer. I don't see any more concrete proof that it's not any of these but a script.
    - moistbar 6y ago
      > How do you tell that it's not a really long string or a web page but a script? `#!/usr/bin/env bash` is a bit of a dead giveaway.
      - dhosek 6y ago
        I just see dots on my screen
    - melq 6y ago
      How can you tell that a tall man in a trench coat isn't just a kid with a second kid sitting on their shoulder? How can you tell if the series of dots you perceive as an LCD isn't just a photorealistic painting glued to the front of the screen? How do know if your nervous system isn't just your bain in a vat connected to a matrix-esque electrochemical system? How can you tell that anything you believe to be real isn't just a sophisticated simulation? How can you tell if someone on hackernews isn't just making a specious argument just for the sake for arguing?
Rebelgecko 6y ago
If you don't want to make changes like turning the highlighter color to green or set the TZ to Belgium, it's a great template for making your own version of the script, and it does the useful work of collecting a bunch of 'defaults write', 'pmset', and 'nvram' commands

> Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"? Why would you call a script that actually changes things and doesn't actually show you a cheat sheet a "cheat sheet?"

mrtksn 6y ago

Because the lines that do something are nicely categorized with documentation included. Instead of running it all, you can take a look what’s possible and apply it individually.

moistbar 6y ago
> Instead of running it all, you can take a look what’s possible and apply it individually. That's true of any script. The fact that this one is well commented doesn't make it not a script. A cheat sheet is something you hang on a wall and glance at every so often. A script is something you run to make changes to a system. You can't run a cheat sheet.
- mrtksn 6y ago
  How do you tell that it's not a really long string or a web page but a script? Maybe it's just a pattern of dots projected on LCD or 1s and 0s stored on a computer. I don't see any more concrete proof that it's not any of these but a script.
  - moistbar 6y ago
    > How do you tell that it's not a really long string or a web page but a script? `#!/usr/bin/env bash` is a bit of a dead giveaway.
    - dhosek 6y ago
      I just see dots on my screen
  - melq 6y ago
    How can you tell that a tall man in a trench coat isn't just a kid with a second kid sitting on their shoulder? How can you tell if the series of dots you perceive as an LCD isn't just a photorealistic painting glued to the front of the screen? How do know if your nervous system isn't just your bain in a vat connected to a matrix-esque electrochemical system? How can you tell that anything you believe to be real isn't just a sophisticated simulation? How can you tell if someone on hackernews isn't just making a specious argument just for the sake for arguing?

Rebelgecko 6y ago

If you don't want to make changes like turning the highlighter color to green or set the TZ to Belgium, it's a great template for making your own version of the script, and it does the useful work of collecting a bunch of 'defaults write', 'pmset', and 'nvram' commands