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Re: Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free

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Post by bdupharm »

jwilk wrote: post #42
ubercow13 wrote: post #40

>By default the echo command takes the input (standard input or stdin) from the keyboard and returns the output (standard output or stdout) to the screen. This isn't right is it? Echo doesn't read anything from stdin: echo Does this command makes any sense? $ ls | grep *.txt /tmp grep: /tmp: Is a directory I found the whole text-fu section quite confusing...

This doesn't work either: $ echo The quick brown; fox jumps over the lazydog > sample.txt The quick brown bash: fox: command not found

You're terminating the command at ; so bash is looking for the fox command, which it can't find. Quote the text.

Re: Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free

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Post by kkoomi »

NeutronBoy wrote: post #44
0x6c6f6c wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$11/year? Certainly not bad, but there are hostable solutions that would work on $15/year VPSs, and that's at consumer pricing and supports multiple users. On the other hand, this is just penny pinching and <$1/mo is phenomenal.

There's a story behind it - apparently there was a better response from consumers with annual pricing. People often didn't understand the concept of a one-off fee for a web service, and got confused between the once-off and the recurring options > Right now, users pay a one-time signup fee that grows by a fraction of a penny with each new signup. At the moment, this fee is $10.55. Pinboard also offers archiving accou…

So he changed it from a one-time cost of ~$11, to a recurring annual cost of $11? That seems like a pretty big change.

Re: Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free

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Post by syngrog66 »

This is one of those HN 'anti-exemplar' posts where I can't tell if the people are serious and sincere or whether they are all involved in a satirical group troll or a self-promotion ring. Or both.

In broad strokes:

"Finally! After 20+ years now there's a way I can learn Linux!"

"If only a way I could 'save' this and revisit later... or a way to 'share' it with others... hmmmm..."

and someone just asked how to wipe a hard drive (?!)

etc

and 415 upvotes?

It is not April 1st, and I'm not on The Onion. If everyone is sincere, great, and good for you, but I'd love to know that.

Is it because school is out for the summer now? At least here in the US.

And I'm curious: did any one else have a similar reaction?

Re: Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free

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Post by roninb »

metasean wrote: post #30
roninb wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a lot of little typos (such as stating '..' and '-' arguments for 'cd' labeled as "previous directory" or suggesting Ubuntu uses Debian because it's made by Canonical). I wonder the best way to contact the author about revising these small but obviously not terrible errors.

There's a "Contact Us" section in the footer that points to - contact@linuxjourney.com

Thanks! I need to up the contrast on my monitor because I totally glossed over that light gray on lighter gray.

Re: Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free

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Post by mercer »

idlewords wrote: post #54
mercer wrote: post #33

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I'm a/was fan of Maciej and the 'fight' he's fighting, and signed up for the full-archiving solution (that indexes saved pages) in part because of this. So far I'm rather disappointed in the whole thing. For some reason I get an error message when I try to do a full-text search, and I've 1) approached the pinboard twitter account, 2) sent two emails to support spaced > 1 week apart, and 3) asked multiple times in the…

Oh crap, I forgot there even was an IRC channel! I'll fix this and credit you for a year due to the fact that you had to come to HN for actual support. The underlying issue is sometimes I burn out and flee to the woods/southern ocean for a while. But my bad work habits shouldn't be your problem.

Ha, thanks for responding. And my apologies, I was frustrated and not in the best of moods, and I don't really stand behind what I said (completely). The truth is that I think a big 'problem' in my society is not just the business-side, but the consumer-side expectations/demands too.

I don't actually mind that sometimes things don't run as smoothly as they would for a product that has an entire team and/or dedicated support behind it (or appear do so to at least), and in fact I think it's part of the agreement, in a way. If I like the fact that you're a one-man shop, I should also accept some of the downsides.

Anyways, things are working now, thanks! I'm curious: what happened there? Was it just my account?

Also, turns out pinboard does index notes. Awesome!

Re: Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free

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Post by pwd_mkdb »

idlewords wrote: post #54
mercer wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a/was fan of Maciej and the 'fight' he's fighting, and signed up for the full-archiving solution (that indexes saved pages) in part because of this. So far I'm rather disappointed in the whole thing. For some reason I get an error message when I try to do a full-text search, and I've 1) approached the pinboard twitter account, 2) sent two emails to support spaced > 1 week apart, and 3) asked multiple times in the…

Oh crap, I forgot there even was an IRC channel! I'll fix this and credit you for a year due to the fact that you had to come to HN for actual support. The underlying issue is sometimes I burn out and flee to the woods/southern ocean for a while. But my bad work habits shouldn't be your problem.

that quote from the economist on the pinboard site is great. cheers.
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