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"The site is based around how git works, and git is pretty old. It runs via the command line and has no fancy graphical user interface." Wait, we're using soft
by Isamu 14y ago
"The site is based around how git works, and git is pretty old. It runs via the command line and has no fancy graphical user interface."
Wait, we're using software first released in 2005? Holy crap, we may as well be using quill pens.
- bad_user 14y agoGraybeards and their command-line interfaces ...
- yareally 14y agoLifehacker saying such things does not surprise me as their quality of writing and target audience is much less hacker news in 2013 and much more mainstream. It would almost be more suitable to just relink the article to help.github.com as some others have mentioned.
- csmattryder 14y agoGawker now exists as a network that posts articles designed to get that advertising revenue in, the whole Reddit witch-hunt a while back serves a point. If you're learning Git from a Lifehacker post, you're not going to learn much. Massive shame, it used to be a great site for productivity tools. Kotaku too, now that's reduced to the low hanging fruit of gaming news, and don't get me started on Gizmodo.
- tommorris 14y ago"witch-hunt". Here's the thing: unlike witch-hunts of old, modern day witch-hunts do actually sometimes find witches.
- caffeinewriter 14y agoAnd every so often, they do actually create a useful article. However, it's true. They're like a smooth looking eHow nowadays.