From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30145 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2020 00:40:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Nov 2020 00:40:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2B07E9D4B9; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 10:40:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5203A9D4B3; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 10:39:52 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kev009.com header.i=@kev009.com header.b="Z5INFaHp"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 721859D4B3; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 10:39:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-yb1-f178.google.com (mail-yb1-f178.google.com [209.85.219.178]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 400E09D4B2 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2020 10:39:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-yb1-f178.google.com with SMTP id s89so2965937ybi.12 for ; Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:39:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kev009.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=HXsimaqTOifObtTyRwQR0yfk0mCpspL1R3ftPqPVAI0=; b=Z5INFaHp2fB7tfwNUfdRQyp5u1KZaJik+UNU2UzFmOpO54tdClepQc/95POMY0rkE1 RXac3HjZ5r22fo4EpUhXdcl5JsB/ubvlSyCtXmeQZ0GdW0SdEhX/eTH8ZM2KfgPpVUPP G8uyyG4fGD4yPkbA0Z6DRQilT9OXFaSti9X5A= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=HXsimaqTOifObtTyRwQR0yfk0mCpspL1R3ftPqPVAI0=; b=M6qx/4ddHZhRQvK+eMrghXqcC5phJ3Pqx+JxpLZ5MfnadNhDi8vnx4zSSCX+0zltbQ hQnyfXBLtl5NFBro0zTBZRnTkC9E08eD5r1ykkI4EKsGjhq49PnscVezghiqQIhpeqtp 966y9BV7xi69KdVyLxF4yMNjH+SSZbgWvb7eeFlLNQcPeL2bMv3RzUfyTLsYg+Muu5RR 5P5+T+wtpnBxraM9Jdm+fZXzZfwDIroDRpcD/u5wJuMJy/L5CMz22+obrXD4JpT1bhKH qWffwpKj10TP3coulk5MiXCtEGVQW4JnqbqiiNBHRzX0d4FRiUaEh31vBlZOPun/ZzgC 8mBQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5337V17GAWGXZ0jEB37i5MBYi0iOYj9C9cMVo1jH/sibAVNyJVon KyijqGu0dW8U6gJznugUdTiMopKvYU6hLdfohZgp6A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyjin3NFIEXo66EHILDjvwkz6/aYVSaMWKphLc3qK151VqBcTbmaaRFBHo9rIelLDiQw8w21U7SnRFxewztH38= X-Received: by 2002:a25:3847:: with SMTP id f68mr8286401yba.330.1604623185945; Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:39:45 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Kevin Bowling Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 17:39:35 -0700 Message-ID: To: Tyler Adams Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ff3cef05b36572f2" Subject: Re: [TUHS] The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000ff3cef05b36572f2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 3:11 PM Tyler Adams wrote: > Fun read and it's totally wild that people's emotional comfort with *text= * > drives a lot of their love or hate of unix. > > http://theody.net/elements.html > > Tyler > I would concur with the adaptation that the modern predictor of unix aptitude is attention span (which is lessened for a number of societal changes). It takes a fair amount of delayed gratification to get comfortable with unix. I was able to intuitively use Mac OS Classic at age 3, and I can see modern youth have the same young intuition for touch devices. But unix takes a bit more discipline and only rewards those who persevere. I suspect that=E2=80=99s why modern tech employers like it. Th= ey=E2=80=99ve learned to pick up the cues for people that will perform well in roles that require perseverance and holding a lot of mental context. --000000000000ff3cef05b36572f2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 3:11 PM Tyler Adams <coppero1237@gmail.com> wrote:
Fun read and it= 's totally wild that people's emotional comfort with text dr= ives a lot of their love or hate of unix.


=C2=A0Tyler
I would concur with the adaptati= on that the modern predictor of unix aptitude is attention span (which is l= essened for a number of societal changes).=C2=A0 It takes a fair amount of = delayed gratification to get comfortable with unix. I was able to intuitive= ly use Mac OS Classic at age 3, and I can see modern youth have the same yo= ung intuition for touch devices. But unix takes a bit more discipline and o= nly rewards those who persevere.=C2=A0 I suspect that=E2=80=99s why modern = tech employers like it.=C2=A0 They=E2=80=99ve learned to pick up the cues f= or people that will perform well in roles that require perseverance and hol= ding a lot of mental context.
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