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by reilly3000 2499 days ago
I don't know what it is about a black, mostly blank screen, but for the first 30 years of my life it was a source of anxiety, a 'thar be dragons...' kind of feeling. I was convinced I would make one wrong keystroke and do some terribly destructive operation. Hell, there are still some directories I'm reticent to visit.

I wish there were guard rails for learners (I guess a proper permissions scheme would do) or a safe place to explore (probably lots online at this point). Agreed that for most people, storing files in Dropbox lets them get real work done without a second thought, and that in itself is A Good Thing.

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Worried about a `sudo rm -rf /` kinda thing?
Alias it then