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How I use my terminal

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538 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pjmlp ◴[24 Jun 25 05:59 UTC] No.44363232[source]▶
As someone that was happy that I could finally afford owning computers with a graphics display on them, this going back to the terminal doesn't stop surprising me.

We still do horses, but hardly anyone is favouring them for travelling around the continent delivering mail.

Kudos to the people that would rather experience that, I guess.

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1. oneeyedpigeon ◴[24 Jun 25 08:57 UTC] No.44364156[source]▶
> We still do horses, but hardly anyone is favouring them for travelling around the continent delivering mail.

Most alternatives are much faster, easier to use, and more reliable than the horse. Just like the terminal, in fact: your metaphor was prefect, you just had it the wrong way round :)

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2. hbn ◴[24 Jun 25 15:18 UTC] No.44367173[source]▶
You can't possibly argue that a terminal is easier to use than a GUI.

It's literally what brought computing into the mainstream, so you can click options that are presented to you rather than memorize a bunch of incantations.