Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6521080

by ziko • 13 years ago

4 6 13 years ago

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Do you quickly check if you have a working internet connection by looking at CloudApp (exclamation mark on cloud = no internet connection)?

Do you ever write MON, TUE, ... in front of the task in things even though you're using the 'Today ' tab?

Do you misuse apps? How and how often?

AznHisoka• 13 years ago

I don't misuse apps.. although I do misuse APIs, if you catch my drift :)

LarryMade2• 13 years ago

I use apps. They may not always be used for their intended purpose but my use of them provides my desired result either more efficiently, conveniently or cheaply than other methods available to me.

I think all of us do so daily without even knowing about it.

ryanthejuggler• 13 years ago

I don't think there's a sysadmin in existence who hasn't misused $(cat). It's really for concatenating 2 files, but only rarely have I ever used it or seen it used for anything other than quickly checking contents of a file; e.g., $(cat package.json | grep version).

aidenn0• 13 years ago

why not write $(grep version package.json)?

frou_dh• 13 years ago

The one of these I'm conscious of is using the web browser's location bar as a quick text editing area, including pasting in to it then cutting out of it as a way to remove text formatting from something on the clipboard.

visakanv• 13 years ago

I do this all the time too.

Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

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