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A cute tool, but seems incredibly limited. Why would I use any of these commands more than once if I can just alias them? While some of them might be useful I r

A cute tool, but seems incredibly limited. Why would I use any of these commands more than once if I can just alias them? While some of them might be useful I really just don't see myself using a tool like this.

jdc0589 12y ago
for real. everything you can do with this you can do with aliases for the most part. Plus, this actively prevents you from actually learning all the various core *nix cmd line utilities.
- chrisrhoden 12y ago
  by printing them before it executes them?
singularity2001 12y ago
And just for the kicks: function genie(){ query=`printf "%s+" $@` echo $query result=`curl -s "https://weannie.pannous.com/api?out=simple&input=$query"` https://weannie.pannous.com/api?out=simple&input=$query"` echo $result say $result 2>/dev/null } alias hey=genie alias how="genie how" alias what="genie what" alias when="genie when" me:~$ what is the root of pi It is approximately 1.7725 me:~$ how old is obama Barack Obama is 52 years old
- hidden-markov 12y ago
  A PR implementing that for Betty: https://github.com/pickhardt/betty/pull/4 https://github.com/pickhardt/betty/pull/4
- lukeholder 12y ago
  me:~$ capital of australia answer: Sydney. hmm this is wrong, how to submit a fix for this?
source99 12y ago
From what I gather the developer is allowing users to use natural language so they won't have to remember arcane commands. I have looked up how to do _____ multiple times because I don't remember the command or syntax. Creating an alias is nice but then I still have to remember my own alias or look it up. This tool makes it so you don't have to remember anything. Assuming it works well it will yield a great user-experience.
- afternooner 12y ago
  It's some pretty basic regex, so you're going to have to remember the correct phrasing anyway,
  - iaskwhy 12y ago
    For now. The idea seems to make it English-like so that could simply be a matter of time.
    - andrewguenther 12y ago
      the jump from simple regexes to "English-like" is quite the leap.
      - iaskwhy 12y ago
        Sure, I'd say people should look at this like a MVP. If there's value there I'm sure someone will find a better way to reach that English-like goal.
ppod 12y ago
http://xkcd.com/1168/ http://xkcd.com/1168/
hidden-markov 12y ago
The idea is awesome though.

jdc0589 12y ago

for real. everything you can do with this you can do with aliases for the most part. Plus, this actively prevents you from actually learning all the various core *nix cmd line utilities.

chrisrhoden 12y ago
by printing them before it executes them?

singularity2001 12y ago

And just for the kicks: function genie(){ query=`printf "%s+" $@` echo $query result=`curl -s "https://weannie.pannous.com/api?out=simple&input=$query"` https://weannie.pannous.com/api?out=simple&input=$query"` echo $result say $result 2>/dev/null } alias hey=genie alias how="genie how" alias what="genie what" alias when="genie when" me:~$ what is the root of pi It is approximately 1.7725 me:~$ how old is obama Barack Obama is 52 years old

hidden-markov 12y ago
A PR implementing that for Betty: https://github.com/pickhardt/betty/pull/4 https://github.com/pickhardt/betty/pull/4
lukeholder 12y ago
me:~$ capital of australia answer: Sydney. hmm this is wrong, how to submit a fix for this?

source99 12y ago

From what I gather the developer is allowing users to use natural language so they won't have to remember arcane commands. I have looked up how to do _____ multiple times because I don't remember the command or syntax. Creating an alias is nice but then I still have to remember my own alias or look it up. This tool makes it so you don't have to remember anything. Assuming it works well it will yield a great user-experience.

afternooner 12y ago
It's some pretty basic regex, so you're going to have to remember the correct phrasing anyway,
- iaskwhy 12y ago
  For now. The idea seems to make it English-like so that could simply be a matter of time.
  - andrewguenther 12y ago
    the jump from simple regexes to "English-like" is quite the leap.
    - iaskwhy 12y ago
      Sure, I'd say people should look at this like a MVP. If there's value there I'm sure someone will find a better way to reach that English-like goal.

ppod 12y ago

http://xkcd.com/1168/ http://xkcd.com/1168/

hidden-markov 12y ago

The idea is awesome though.