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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 11:38:54 JST Paul Cantrell

   • mcc

   One of my most-frequent pieces of advice to students preparing presentations, and also applies to documentation:

   The thing that is most obvious to you is likely to be…

   (1) the most import thing for your audience to hear and
   (2) the thing you are most likely to forget to say.

   Re this from @mcc:
   https://mastodon.social/@mcc/111882248303112285

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 12:44:02 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • mcc
     • : j@fabrica:~/src; :t_blink:

     @josephholsten @mcc As a teacher, the TA’s reaction amuses me and enrages me in equal measure.

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     : j@fabrica:~/src; :t_blink: (josephholsten@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 12:44:03 JST : j@fabrica:~/src; :t_blink:

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     • mcc

     @inthehands @mcc This reminds me of the first piece of code I submitted after transferring to a new university. I confirmed I could use any language on the lab machines, and they had ruby (before rails)!
     So I knew the TA wouldn’t know anything about it, I made a README with simple instructions. Run the command:

     $ ./runme.rb

     I flunked the assignment. The TA reported the following error:

     bash: $: command not found