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jzawodn

Wow. This post reminded me that I wrote a HOWTO 20+ years ago:

https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Emacs-Beginner-HOWTO.html

It's still sorta relevant, I guess...

What a blast from the past.

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People don't read anymore these days.

Which explains why so much of modern software sucks.

Eh, I’d argue the opposite: developers expect the end-user to rely on Stack Overflow or perusing GitHub issues to figure out how to use their product, instead of making easy-to-use products.

There was a time when programs had screenshots. Now they use a thousand words to describe it.

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