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I like bash, and use it as often as possible. Sometimes the projects become large. I needed a tool to help generate documentation. Makes it easier to step away, come back after som…

> The whole point of scripts is for them to be dead simple. To that end, would it not make more sense to always use `[[ ... ]]` for conditions, when I know my .bash scripts will al…

Easy. declare -A outer=( [inner]="_inner" ) declare -A _inner=( [key]="value" ) Access inner elements via a nameref. declare -n inner="${outer[inner]}" echo "${inner[key]}" # value…

> go back 2 minutes in time. Honestly this is single-handed my favorite thing about vim. Not the ability to fluently traverse through text (and apparently time). But that you can u…

Obvious disclaimer: not a historian. Though I can absolutely provide an simplified summary of both the development of present day cursive script. European calligraphy was principal…

I find it very hard to buy into the core premise of this article. Namely: > Sassoon’s analysis of how we’re taught to hold pens makes a much stronger case for the role of the ballp…

> Cursive is the sloppy form of latin characters that you use when you have to write by hand a lot, the reduced specification on word separation and form really help the letters ge…

> I think this is something of a debate on "is it good to get some exercise?" vs "is walking or swimming or weight lifting a better exercise?" This is an astute comparison, and I t…

It's a surprisingly big field. Largely divided into: 1. More artistic, commissioned works 2. Wedding calligraphy, envelope addressing 3. Teaching I principally taught. Was too much…

> Zaner-Bloser or D'Nealian, which both derive from Palmer. This is not accurate. Zaner predates Palmer. > Both of them are terrible. They have indistinct letter shapes that degrad…

Yes and yes! It's due to the way penmanship was written. Consider the arm position [0] of proper penmanship. The page is at an angle to the left, such that it is similar to the ang…

Qualifications: former professional penman, focusing specifically on American Penmanship from ~1860-1920. Spencerian script, and the Palmer method both fall into this time period. …