[lug] 14 Characters

[Maxwell Spangler]

On Wed, 2021-06-16 at 17:55 -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On 6/16/21 5:22 PM, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
> > 
> > It prompts me to think: how on earth did we manage with such 
> > limitations, but I know.. we made it work. And now, in a lot of
> > ways 
> > we're much more productive because challenges like this have been
> > removed.
> 
> I do like the freedom. I'm serious. Even when I can do things like
> this:
> 

I like the freedom too.

I think I interact with a computer in two modes: non-technical 'human'
mode and technical 'coder' mode.

In human mode, I want to use a GUI file manager and skip the step of
restricting and conforming what the computer allows in order to name a
file.

In coder mode, I want to make the files as easy to work with using a
CLI script (usually Bash), so no spaces, more lowercase, more
consistent naming of repeated files and no characters that might be
interpreted by a script incorrectly.   This seems pretty natural if you
follow the 'just keep it simple (only basic text)' style.

Having to seriously slow down and think, OK I've only got 8+3 filenames
and pretty much only uppercase text, how do I keep this stuff
sensible...

Seems like such a waste of time and productivity.

The more I think about this, its more about how our expectations change
as we're exposed to better things and how we can't comprehend the past
once we've gotten beyond it.

-- 
Maxwell Spangler
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Denver, Colorado, USA
maxwellspangler.com
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