Julia Evans on Nostr: a small meta-thought on education: a statement like "you can use the mouse in the ...
a small meta-thought on education: a statement like "you can use the mouse in the terminal” is much less helpful than "here are 6 specific programs you might already use (tmux, htop, neovim, less, lazygit, …) and specifically how you can use the mouse in them”
choosing the right specific examples is pretty hard but it makes a huge difference, I sometimes feel like half my job is picking the right examples
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