transistordad

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   by transistordad 3y ago

   Forgot to mention that I use a CLI on a daily basis and think it's amazing for some tasks. So if my post came across as CLI == BAD!, that wasn't my intention
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   by transistordad 3y ago

   I mean, it seems like we agree more than you might realize, and only seem to differ on where the line should be drawn between CLI and GUI. I'll totally grant that the place I decided to draw the line was arbitrary. I don't know th
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   by transistordad 3y ago

   What you're saying makes sense, and I think it highlights that these days the line between a CLI and a GUI is less clear than it once was. Specifically, if an interface allows you to organize things spatially on screen in a way that&#x
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   by transistordad 3y ago

   It's nice to see some more rigorous thinking about what command line interfaces are good at, but the findings in the research paper are limited to certain kinds of tasks. The authors describe these as "problem-solving situations w