> This application is not built for doing any practical work on your system; it just makes your device or computer feel insanely geeky.
A high signal to noise ratio makes my screen feel insanely geeky. This is the opposite of that, with random crud scattered around a cramped terminal window. That would make me feel like a poser wannabe geek. Wearing a Superman costume wouldn't make me feel Super either. I guess it's just my poverty of imagination. Bah humbug and stay off my lawn.
> why can't we have moderation of these kinds of comments that are just negative/critical and contribute nothing?
> are you like totally in capable of experience Joy/having fun?
Please pick your words with a little less irony next time. Also bear in mind that just because something isn't positive, that doesn't mean it's a negative worth silencing. An opinion is an opinion, and people are allowed to express them. GP didn't do so in a way that demeans anybody, but you did.
>GP didn't do so in a way that demeans anybody, but you did.
umm how about this from GP?
>This is the opposite of that, with random crud scattered around a cramped terminal window. That would make me feel like a poser wannabe geek.
but re:
>Please pick your words with a little less irony next time.
i think too many people get away with being mean under the guise of being critical when there's actually no value to their criticism (since as i pointed out the particular criticism of use value of this tool was already anticipated by the author). i think it's valuable to point out that these people are simply being mean so that someone that suspects that's the case doesn't doubt themselves.
>Also bear in mind that just because something isn't positive, that doesn't mean it's a negative worth silencing. An opinion is an opinion, and people are allowed to express them
there are many things we're not allowed to express on hn (jokes and etc. for example). GP didn't contribute anything to any discussion. so while some negative claims are valuable ("x thing doesn't have y feature") and shouldn't be dismissed purely because they're not positive GP's is not and should be pruned so as to prevent having threads turn into "negative feedback loops" (note the double quotes and the colloquial use of "negative feedback loop").
> GP didn't contribute anything to any discussion.
I believe I did and was not attempting to be mean. You are being mean in assuming that I was trying to be mean, so nanner nanner.
My non-mean point is that to me geekness is the opposite of pretending and pretension. It means being reality adjacent to the point of social opprobrium. Maybe that definition is too idiosyncratic for you. But consider that if it is true, that sentence is self contradictory.
Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? It seems to me that this terminal is an art project worthy of inspiring such a question.
And now you're tone policing. I said just what it makes me feel like. You interpret that as a baseless attack on the author. I interpret it as honest feedback, how I feel about my inner geek. You are projecting your malice on me.
If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not do that disservice to me. Thanks for that. Why shouldn't we give the artist behind this project the same privilege?
My office mates and I have taken to a habit of calling out what we labeled "low effort criticism". Like when the criticizer uses in-specific language ("crud") or or points at obvious issues (UI on internal tool, rev 0.1). Months later we can mock our old selves, but getting called on it still stings. Sharpen the discourse skills
It was love at first sight, when I discovered terminator. I can have as many small terminal sessions as I like. Maybe screen is generally more useful, but sometimes you just want (for example) to see htop on many machines.
> A high signal to noise ratio makes my screen feel insanely geeky.
That's an interesting point.
Before (approximately) my sophomore year in college, having a tricked-out, signal-noise-ratio-be-damned setup would have seemed like the pinnacle of geekiness to me.
Once I tired of the bling and the low SNR, but still felt a strong need to prove myself and make my mark in the world, I'd be proud to have the ultimate tweaked-for-results environment.
And now, I'm just happy for something that lets me get work done, and then spend time with my family and on my hobbies.
Haha! This really works. I downloaded the MacOS release and tried it out. As they said, it used a lot of CPU (25%), but it looks great. I'm going to pull this out the next time I need to impress some kids with my job.
I occasionally like using a very different terminal just to break out of mental ruts. In the past I’ve used Cool Retro Term for its funky looks.
this could be used to convince some poorly impoverished mind that you are uber ultra elite, or that the $89.95 they paid for the "l337hax0r" software was worth it. for a short time at least. This is similar to a lot of movie/tv depicted GUIs being surfed by the infamous likes of penelope garcia!
Does anybody else remember running the "bb" demo on knoppix back in the day? Was so cool that they included that with the distro. Blew my mind as a teenager!
I know some people are saying how this isn't super useful and all sorts of stuff. Nonsense! It's fun, and fun is almost always useful. Can't wait to install this on some machines at the hackerspace.
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A high signal to noise ratio makes my screen feel insanely geeky. This is the opposite of that, with random crud scattered around a cramped terminal window. That would make me feel like a poser wannabe geek. Wearing a Superman costume wouldn't make me feel Super either. I guess it's just my poverty of imagination. Bah humbug and stay off my lawn.
it's just a fun thing. are you like totally in capable of experiencing joy/having fun?
why can't we have moderation of these kinds of comments that are just negative/critical and contribute nothing? they're everywhere on hn lately.
> are you like totally in capable of experience Joy/having fun?
Please pick your words with a little less irony next time. Also bear in mind that just because something isn't positive, that doesn't mean it's a negative worth silencing. An opinion is an opinion, and people are allowed to express them. GP didn't do so in a way that demeans anybody, but you did.
umm how about this from GP?
>This is the opposite of that, with random crud scattered around a cramped terminal window. That would make me feel like a poser wannabe geek.
but re:
>Please pick your words with a little less irony next time.
i think too many people get away with being mean under the guise of being critical when there's actually no value to their criticism (since as i pointed out the particular criticism of use value of this tool was already anticipated by the author). i think it's valuable to point out that these people are simply being mean so that someone that suspects that's the case doesn't doubt themselves.
>Also bear in mind that just because something isn't positive, that doesn't mean it's a negative worth silencing. An opinion is an opinion, and people are allowed to express them
there are many things we're not allowed to express on hn (jokes and etc. for example). GP didn't contribute anything to any discussion. so while some negative claims are valuable ("x thing doesn't have y feature") and shouldn't be dismissed purely because they're not positive GP's is not and should be pruned so as to prevent having threads turn into "negative feedback loops" (note the double quotes and the colloquial use of "negative feedback loop").
I believe I did and was not attempting to be mean. You are being mean in assuming that I was trying to be mean, so nanner nanner.
My non-mean point is that to me geekness is the opposite of pretending and pretension. It means being reality adjacent to the point of social opprobrium. Maybe that definition is too idiosyncratic for you. But consider that if it is true, that sentence is self contradictory.
Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? It seems to me that this terminal is an art project worthy of inspiring such a question.
>Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing?
if that was your intent you should've said that instead of using the language that you did (words like "random crud" and "poser wannabe").
If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not do that disservice to me. Thanks for that. Why shouldn't we give the artist behind this project the same privilege?
> are you like totally in capable of experience Joy/having fun?
If it's actually appropriate to silence such negative comments, the HN's down-vote mechanism can be used for that purpose.
(The stories of someone getting accused of "hacking" just because of opening a command prompt are quite believable.)
That's an interesting point.
Before (approximately) my sophomore year in college, having a tricked-out, signal-noise-ratio-be-damned setup would have seemed like the pinnacle of geekiness to me.
Once I tired of the bling and the low SNR, but still felt a strong need to prove myself and make my mark in the world, I'd be proud to have the ultimate tweaked-for-results environment.
And now, I'm just happy for something that lets me get work done, and then spend time with my family and on my hobbies.
(but really, what's the best way to emulate this in Emacs? I tried M-x movie-sci-fi, but surprisingly it was a no go)
I occasionally like using a very different terminal just to break out of mental ruts. In the past I’ve used Cool Retro Term for its funky looks.
https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
Why does it need Chromium?
Does anybody else remember running the "bb" demo on knoppix back in the day? Was so cool that they included that with the distro. Blew my mind as a teenager!
I know some people are saying how this isn't super useful and all sorts of stuff. Nonsense! It's fun, and fun is almost always useful. Can't wait to install this on some machines at the hackerspace.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18509828
Great way of encouraging participation.