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anothermindbombon Ask HN: Which is the best programming book you have ever read?

30 hour BASIC by Clive Prigmore. I saved 4.95 for it and bought it from W H Smiths in Durham, UK.

Taught me BASIC 40 years ago as a 10 year old and started the rest of my career.

anothermindbombon Midnight Commander Tips and Tricks

I never used pc clones when I was a kid. It was an Amiga for me, and in my world Directory Opus was king. It still is on my windows pcs these days. Great software and still actively developed.

Come to think of it, I no longer recall what Windows Explorer actually looks like.

anothermindbombon How does apt render its fancy progress bar?

`stty sane` not work?

anothermindbombon Dotfile madness

Directory Opus.

https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

anothermindbombon Ask HN: Recommend a new operating system that I could try

MVS/zOS running via Hercules (http://www.hercules-390.eu/)