I like having a whereami alias for realpath, because I would forget the name of it.
For the how: https://xkcd.com/2044/
Every problem can be fixed by adding another layer of abstraction. Except the too-many-layers-of-abstraction problem.
$ walk north
North of House
You are facing the north side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are boarded up. To the north a narrow path winds through the trees.$ walk north
$ sudo walk north
chraebsli is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Forest Path
This is a path winding through a dimly lit forest. The path heads north-south here. One particularly large tree with some low branches stands at the edge of the path.$climb tree
Up a Tree
You are about 10 feet above the ground nestled among some large branches. The nearest branch above you is above your reach.On the ground below you can see:
BIRD’S NEST
JEWEL-ENCRUSTED EGG
Reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8
Running in a VM. On top of a hypervisor.
That’s how that usually works, yeah.
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.
$ thisisnotmybeautifulhouse
I tried to read this with the narrator’s voice from Disco Elysium
$ howdidigethere
By repeatedly refusing to use 21th century package managers, of course.