I make a living writing software that's hosted on Windows. I've never felt as comfortable with the command line options on Windows as I do with macos/Linux. Git bash with vim was such a relief.
It's an idiosyncratic mix of ergonomics and habit probably. I don't really care since I get the job done efficiently (more so than a lot of "Windows natives" I observe).
In my experience, it really does come down to the ergonomics: the cursor, the casing, the forward slashes, whatever key combo is required to paste (shift+insert?).
I'm sure PowerShell and friends are great but it's enough of a shift to not be worth the learning curve if it's an environment you're just dipping into to do the bare minimum required to make something work.
Been filling notebooks for years while also keeping pretty meticulous digital notes. Physical is mostly personal or ideas (sometimes for work). Digital is mostly work.
I like to doodle and draw alongside note-taking and there's no substitute for analog there IMO. Plus, being able to write and not be on a device after a long day at work is a relief.
Lack of search can be an issue. But then I sometimes create indexes to things like book notes or stuff I'm learning and that is a pleasure in itself.
> Lily Jamali: So you call this “Cerebral Valley,” is that right?
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> Jamali: Got it. What does that mean, that term?
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> Tan: Well, I think it’s a play on really the brain,...
We can argue all day about the definition of Artist. My point is that for artists, painters, sculptors, etc. that show their work in galleries and museums, generative AI will have about as much effect as digital art: a little, but not much.
Maybe in the short term. In the longer term, who is going to bother developing these skills? Not everyone “hits a home run” and is successful in galleries and museums, but there have always been fallback options like commercial illustration. If those options are gone, then it’s either 1) be good/lucky enough to succeed in galleries/museums 2) starve or 3) be independently wealthy before becoming an artist.
I mean, the vast majority of artists operating in the gallery system are not moonlighting as commercial artists. It’s an entirely different skill set.
I encourage you to check out the work at museums and galleries in whichever city you live in. It should be immediately obvious that these aren’t really skills that transfer to Photoshop and blog post images.
It's an idiosyncratic mix of ergonomics and habit probably. I don't really care since I get the job done efficiently (more so than a lot of "Windows natives" I observe).