Whoa, you're a hacker!

jeff 👨‍💻@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev – 28 points –
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You use terminal because you know what you are doing.

I use terminal because I want to feel like a hacker in a 90's movie.

We are not the same.

You use the terminal because you like the UX experience.

I use the terminal because the best IDE I can install on my work server is vim7.4.*

We are not the same.

*VHDL and SV. I can't install python for TerosHDL

People know what dropdown menus are called :O

Yeah, my mom would say "Where's all the stuff" to refer to buttons, drop-down menus, etc.

Terminal is even more impressive if used in full screen

If you want impressive, you have 4-6 seperate terminal windows that take up the whole screen collectively. The laymen assume you're hacking the NSA or something if they see that.

I've lost count of the amount of times my terminal has been referenced as being the matrix. Hasn't happened much since WFH though.

sees a monospaced font

omg is that hacking????!?!?!?!11

Yes, I use PowerShell with garish colors. Yes, I have to Google every step. No,I don't understand the Microsoft docs.

To be fair, I used to work there, and not even Microsoft understands their docs.

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