Yes. The only things I use regularly that aren't aliased to or replaced by a rust-built tool are mkdir, ln, and rsync.

• cd: zoxide
• ls: eza
• cat: bat
• grep: ripgrep
• find: fd
• sed: sd
• du: dust
• top/htop: btm
• vi: helix
• tmux: zellij (or wezterm mux)
• diff: delta
• ps: procs

Probably some others I'm forgetting

9 times out of 10, what I want is tldr (https://tldr.sh/). There are a bunch of terminal interfaces for it, I use tealdeer.

Oops, thanks for the heads up! No idea where that came from

I can understand why it seems the way. But the people doing academic research by and large could make a lot more money working less hard at some company, but choose instead to try to advance human knowledge.

The incentives are just terrible. When I was a PhD student, I railed against this system, but when it came time to publish, I was overruled by my PI. And I know now that he was right - success is built off publication, and the best journals have this shitty model.

I used to think that when I became boss, I wouldn't participate in the bullshit, but if any of my trainees want a career in academia, that stance would be screwing them over. The rules need to come from the top, but the people at the top, almost by definition, are the ones that have prospered with the current system.

Species don’t evolve to solve a problem, they evolve randomly and sometimes that solves a problem for them.

Eh... they mutate randomly, and then selection acts. If there is variation that solves a problem, selection will promote that variation.

Evolution is very much not random, it is a direct consequence of variation and selection. This does not mean that they evolve to solve problems, but problems often drive evolution.

Upgrading/tinkering doesn't void your warranty. Explicitly.

And their customer service is top notch. I thought I bricked my gazelle when I upgraded the memory, but their customer service walked me through how to fix it - didn't even bat an eye.

"backing up" biospecimens and other physical samples is not as easy as baking up data. Freeze/thaw often degrades things, and volumes maybe be quite small and not amenable to aliqoting.

The man has a way with words and is righteous about giving credit where due.

The problem with poverty is easily solved: people just need to earn more. Easy!

The problem of depression is easily solved: people just need to be happier. Easy!

The problem of obesity is easily solved: people just need to eat less. Easy!

I can solve war too - people just need to fight less! And death: people just need to age less!

Man, someone get me a McArthur genius grant already!

Wait, you're saying that there are nuances and subtleties that my simple solutions don't take into consideration?!?

/s (I didn't think this was necessary, but given your response...)

Clinical depressionObesity, on the other hand, is caused by various complex chemical imbalances influenced by various environmental and social factors, so you can't simply disentangle yourself from those chemicals and circumstances

Yep, exactly!

Do you seriously think that eating - arguably one of the most fundamental and instinctual things that living things do - is not subject to complex chemical, environmental, and social factors? Really?

The solution "don't eat so much" really is as naive as telling a clinically depressed person "just be happier" or telling a poor person "just go earn more" or telling Israelis and Palestinians "just don't fight do much".

Yes, the solutions really are that simple, at one level, but pretending like the knowledge of this solution gets us anywhere in terms of actually addressing the problem is just silly.

This is an interesting perspective! Don't think I've looked at it quite this way - I want to believe that one can be a kind and also realistic mentor - that's what I strive for. But the people who manage to get faculty positions are, by definition the ones who don't heed all of the signals telling them that academia is a mug's game.

Here too - where do I sign?

This is real. I'm a white guy with every advantage, a PhD from Harvard and nearly 10 years of research after my PhD,, but it's still rough out there.

I'm geographically limited - I'm sure if I were willing to move anywhere, things would be a bit easier, but still.

Your plan can only help people on the lower end of the economic distribution. What we need is technology to let rich people live longer so that they can continue to enjoy the fruits of what can only be their completely deserved and meritorious wealth.

/s

I did not know that - my point is that system76 is not at all sketchy about it. They actively encourage tinkering, make it clear that you won't void your warranty, and have extensive technical documentation to explain how to do upgrades etc

This is the way. And if you don't own The Art of Fermentation, it's highly recommended.

they either don't improve upon or add functionality that's not available, or simply add eye candy. Gaining pretty colors is nice, but not worth losing familiarity with ubiquitous tools.

The thing I like about a lot of these is that I don't lose familiarity with existing tools. When I end up on a cluster that doesn't have them, I'm a bit annoyed, but I can still operate just fine.

The principle exception to this is actually fd - I now find find (har!) almost unusable without having a man page open in a separate terminal. But that's because fd is so much more ergonomic and powerful, I would never give it up unless forced.

I've also got a gazelle, nearly 5 years old - no complaints! I occasionally need to use it on battery and it's pretty power hungry, but if you turn off Nvidia graphics for those times, it's quite a bit better.

Interesting... That may be in my future:

Lol - fitting that my first post has a typo in the title 🤦

Edit: also neat that I was able to edit the title! (It originally said "I'm keving")