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Girard442

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31. GUIs are useful, but if the command line interface had never existed and was recently introduced...

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 12:46 PM

Oct 2022

...people would swoon over it. Really, is it that much harder to remember a command than to search for an icon of a chipmunk holding a pipe wrench?

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Welcome to hell, Elon [View all] LiberalArkie Oct 2022 OP

He knew he made a mistake based on emotion when he tried to pull the offer back Walleye Oct 2022 #1

Seems it's the perfect example of be careful what you wish for. nt Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #2

"You just bought yourself for $44 billion dollars." Hotler Oct 2022 #3

I'm guessing he will flip it before long Shermann Oct 2022 #4

take a big ol write off samnsara Oct 2022 #10

Oh, yes, bragging about cutting the staff Warpy Oct 2022 #25

Probably did it because trump asked him too then trump formed truth social Fullduplexxx Oct 2022 #5

Or Putin mahina Oct 2022 #20

The LOSS of Advertising revenue will see to the demise of Twitter. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2022 #6

i like twitter....its much better than facebook which is a giant cesspool... samnsara Oct 2022 #11

+1 Native Oct 2022 #21

Well you probably will PXR-5 Oct 2022 #19

Don't need them. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2022 #22

It's not going away LeftInTX Oct 2022 #38

Twitter is essentially an updated version of unix "talk" lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #7

It is popular because you don't need to grow a Unix beard to use it nt Shermann Oct 2022 #9

I never had a unix beard. plimsoll Oct 2022 #13

I dabbled in AIX and SunOS back in the 90s Shermann Oct 2022 #18

It caught on with media because of the 128 character thing LeftInTX Oct 2022 #39

I written a lot of kernel code for both various Unix and Linux systems lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #40

I don't believe the NYT posted breaking news on My Space LeftInTX Oct 2022 #41

As SNL aptly put it: GreenWave Oct 2022 #8

well i vote that we as DU collectivey offer ten bux for it samnsara Oct 2022 #12

Let's not be cheap, I'll chip in a buck to make it 11. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #30

This man spent 44 billion dollars on basically artificial air🤷🏾‍♀️ Heather MC Oct 2022 #14

Similar to this Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #16

Wait people buy Diet Water, That's it, I want off the planet Heather MC Oct 2022 #24

Oh, it's true. I tried drinking tap water with my Pop Tarts and Big Macs and now I'm big as a house. Girard442 Oct 2022 #28

Omg! AllyCat Oct 2022 #35

Damn, that's funny. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #43

Yeah, but that would also go to the poorer people in each state and giving money to poor people 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #34

It seems to me if you give money to the poor, and they spend it on large corporations Heather MC Oct 2022 #37

actually, would probably be a bottle of Gutter Buddy 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #42

Musk Old Okie Oct 2022 #15

Doesn't add up..Musk gave satellites stations to Ukraine to fight off fascism, then has RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2022 #17

I vividly recall a salesman saying "But DOS is so much more USER FRIENDLY than the mac interface" usonian Oct 2022 #23

GUIs are useful, but if the command line interface had never existed and was recently introduced... Girard442 Oct 2022 #31

I started out with CP/M. But I have compassion for others. usonian Oct 2022 #36

And when THE PEOPLE GO, Twitter will be WORTH NOTHING !! n/t TeamProg Oct 2022 #26

Another billionaire sociopath inserting himself in our lives. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #27

LIKE republianmushroom Oct 2022 #29

Elon, Kanye .... Who's next live love laugh Oct 2022 #32

Very clear observation. JohnnyRingo Oct 2022 #33