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Philip Guo

@pg@hci.social

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url	https://pg.ucsd.edu

Philip Guo 5h ago

Onion article?
https://archive.ph/ejC53#selection-499.0-514.0

“I want to talk to people,” said Sellers, who runs a content agency for entrepreneurs out of Birmingham, Alabama. “I don’t want to talk to a bunch of [AI] note takers,” he said — before adding that he has occasionally himself sent an AI note taker to meetings in his place.

Philip Guo 1d ago

@kaflurbaleen ha yeah like can't compile or run anyone's code that was written even 2 years ago without pulling hair out

Philip Guo 3d ago

@kaflurbaleen that 70s show -> that 90s show

Philip Guo 4d ago

@chrisamaphone that could make for a cool book or seminar class! reminds me of some projects like: https://aosabook.org/en/

for me, maybe some core part of an OS? like virtual memory or process scheduling?

The Architecture of Open Source Applications

Philip Guo 4d ago

@kaflurbaleen been really loving these updates!!

Philip Guo 5d ago

i can tweak/edit design files in figma decently well if someone else does the hard work of creating an initial draft, but i can't create much of anything on my own since i have no visual design training ... seems to mirror how a lot of people can tweak/edit code well once the basic infrastructure/boilerplate has been built (either by a human or AI tool), but it's a much higher load to be able to build from scratch

Philip Guo 5d ago

Julia Evans 5d ago

we've already sold 1000 copies of The Secret Rules of the Terminal since it came out on Tuesday!

so to celebrate I'm giving away 1000 copies to anyone who can't afford to buy one. You can use code BUYONEGIVEONE at checkout to get a free PDF copy if $12 USD is a lot for you.

https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal

The Secret Rules of the Terminal

wizard zines

Philip Guo Jun 26

Julia Evans Jun 26

If you want to get "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" (or any other zine!) and you're in a country with a weaker currency than the US (India, Brazil, etc), there's a discount to make the zines more affordable. You can see it in action here:

https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal/

If you're in a country this applies to, you should see something like this:

Philip Guo Jun 26

@chrisamaphone yeah that was like my least favorite question throughout childhood

Philip Guo Jun 26

Julia Evans Jun 26

this blog post is largely about how writing about the terminal was a slow descent from

this can't be that complicated right?
into
oh no
oh NO
OH NO
OH NOOOO

anyway the point of "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is to explain the Cool Useful Parts of how the terminal works where understanding them is pretty straightforward and can help you do useful stuff and carefully avoid the many Cursed Parts

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Julia Evans Jun 24

delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!

You can get it for $12 USD here: https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal

Julia Evans Jun 24

The reason this zine is called "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is that I learned more useful things while writing this zine than when writing any other zine, even though I've been using the terminal every day for 20 years.

It really left me feeling like the terminal is full of hidden secrets -- because "the terminal" is made up of so many different pieces, there's no single terminal manual you can read!

Here's the table of contents (which as a bonus shows the components of the terminal!)

Daniel Landau Jun 24

@b0rk I've used the terminal for a long time too and know quite a few of its secrets, but back when you did the (a?) survey a while back I went to answer it fully expecting to learn some new secrets and was happy to indeed learn.

Paul Emerson Jun 24

@b0rk purchased. Thank you for your hard work on this!

@b0rk congrats on the zine. Can't wait to read!

@b0rk it looks so cool 😎

João S. O. Bueno Jun 26

@b0rk I plan in the next few months to resume working on my Terminedia ASCII art/ Terminal framework.

I feel confident the information in this zine will teach me a lot and allow me to include some nice features and behaviors there

Mark Dominus Jun 24

@b0rk OMG this illustration is SO clever!

Julia Evans Jun 24

@mjd the illustrator (Vladimir) is SO good, often he puts in fun little touches that even I miss until much later

@b0rk @mjd out of curiosity, did you only "outsource" the cover or do you have all your drawings done by (other) professionals? Can you share details of Vladimir, is he available for other projects too? I like your work and this cover is also amazing.

Julia Evans Jun 24

@svenk @mjd yeah I draw everything except the cover (though often with a lot of help from Marie https://marieflanagan.com/)

this is Vladimir's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_vlo3y_/

MCLF

Designing and building play experiences, experimental games, installations, events, and spaces for people.

Mark Dominus Jun 24

@b0rk It reminds me of Gary Overacre's “Unix Magic” poster. https://archive.org/details/unix-magic-poster-gary-overcare-1

UNIX Magic Poster by Gary Overcare : Gary Overacre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The classic UNIX magic poster by Overacre was distributed at past USENIX conferences and featured a white bearded wizard with UNIX related things around him,...

Internet Archive

Julia Evans Jun 24

@mjd that was definitely an inspiration

@mjd @b0rk oh I definitely worked with that guy in college (the one depicted I mean, not the illustrator)

P.J. Meisch Jun 24

@b0rk Bought it. Now I must find where I store the other (git) and put it alongside.

Moss (the τεχie) <(fsm)>{{Jun 24

@b0rk
Has this been approved by The Elders of the Internet?

∴ esoterik ∴Jun 24

@b0rk A=awesome; printf "\\r\033[35m${A} ${A} ${A}\033[0m\\n"

@b0rk congrats on launch! I love how many zines you've made. zines are the best (this is pam btw from cegep)

Julia Evans Jun 24

@blueberryjams aw nice to see you on here!

rgegriff (On a new server)Jun 24

@b0rk instant buy decision! Amazing work!

Nathan Schneider Jun 24

@b0rk Yay just bought mine!

Zaͩnͦsͤt̀́rͤa̅̆̈Jun 24

@b0rk Cool cover! The middle woman looks a lot like Franka:

https://franka.nl/product/franka-magazine-2/

@b0rk just picked up my copy! I remembered excitedly that I actually own a color printer now, so I'll be printing this and other ones that I've picked up previously 😁

abadidea Jun 24

@b0rk we need more of this cover’s energy in the world

Parsnicketty Jun 24

@b0rk yesss I love your zines. I have debugging, bite size command line, and oh shit git. <3

WordCamp Canada Jun 24

@b0rk Does this solidly Canadian product have a bulk rate for meetups and conferences? Asking for a friend. 😃

Julia Evans Jun 24

@WordCampCanada very happy to set something up for you! just email support@wizardzines.com

Tony Papoušek Jun 24

@b0rk ordered - excited for the print!

Raven667 Jun 24

@b0rk got it, thanks for all the hard work compiling all this info. I'm digging the cover art, trying to catch every piece of visual language, like the obvious fish in the bowl but also the glob in a globe, color pallete and other fun details.

Power_to_the_People (he/him)Jun 24

@b0rk Wow, this looks great, & it's probably exactly what I need! I'm an old codger who's been using Linux for years, but limited to GUI. Now there's a program that I want mucho, but its package isn't in my distro's repositories. Tried "winging it" via the terminal, but no joy and I don't know why. I think you may just have saved the day! Ordering the zine asap! Many thanks!

@b0rk as a real nerd I prefer plain text documents …

Neville Park Jun 25

@superketchup @b0rk try pdftotext $file | less!

@nev @b0rk
^_^
( o o )
\_O_/

@b0rk Ordered!

manchicken Jun 25

@b0rk this looks so friggin’ cool, I had to buy it in print too.

Ejner Borgbjerg Jun 25

@b0rk the table of contents is sort of short... how many pages is the publication actually?

Julia Evans Jun 25

Lars Christiansen Jun 25

@b0rk Just bought / discovered this zine, a delightful moment for me who is at best an occasional terminal user. It will help preventing me from procrastinating myself away from the terminal. An instant buy and a steal at $12.

@b0rk Just purchased a copy!

leberschnitzel Jun 25

@b0rk all of those Zines look great! Will order the printed ones once I moved :)

Matt Zagaja Jun 25

@b0rk this is the best $12 I've spent this month

@b0rk just bought this - looks excellent. Can't wait to have a thumb through this evening.

@b0rk aaand printed too! After debugging why my printer kept saying "Out of Memory". Love it!

@b0rk
Congratulations! Proud to be a small part of this as a beta reader. Will order a print for my collection.

Vaishali Thakkar Jun 26

@b0rk Wow, that illustration is amazing 🤩

@b0rk I don't know if this code is from you or from the platform, but it has made my day.

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Jun 26

@b0rk I am a bit confused; why does the store demand that I supply a full billing address, including a valid phone number, when I am just buying a download link to a PDF, and you already get my email address 'in case you need to contact me about my order'?

Julia Evans Jun 26

@sindarina your email address is so you can get a confirmation email with a link to the PDF

but the phone number part is silly, i wish i could turn that off, you can just enter a fake phone number

Sindarina, Edge Case Detective Jun 26

@b0rk Yeah, I understand why you need the email, I guess the rest is just the shop SaaS, heh.

Awkward Turing Jun 26

@b0rk best cheatsheets