[Cialug] Back to Linux Basics Series

[Scott Yates]

That is a very good point.

They 'why' sometimes DOES get lost.  Seems like it might be worth
exploring..


On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:17 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:

> That makes me think of this:
>
> What assumptions have we forgotten?
>
> Most of us have learned habits, and some of us--myself included--have
> forgotten why we still do some of the things we do the way we do them.
>
> Practicing the materials on a willing victim or two who've been told to ask
> "why" a lot is about the quickest, most effective way of flushing those out
> before we're doing a presentation.
>
> I get asked why I:
> - ls -alrt so often when troubleshooting a system I'm not familiar with
> -  ps aufwx, then repeat, piping through grep
>
> Or "WTH did you type into vi to get it to do THAT?!"
>
> What's interesting is that a lot of those details get lost, relegated to
> muscle memory, and aren't available to the conscious brain any longer to
> use to teach new people without some forethought or stumbling during the
> presentation.
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