QuickStart: add some further reading

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That should get you started. For further information about PBot, check out these topics.
### Commands
PBot has several core built-in commands. You've seen some of them in this document,
for setting up channels and admins. Additional commands can be added to PBot though
Plugins and Factoids.
### Factoids
Factoids are a very special type of command. Anybody interacting with PBot
can create, edit, delete and invoke factoids. Factoids can be locked by the
creator of the factoid to prevent others from editing their factoids.
At its most simple, factoids merely output the text the creator sets.
<pragma-> !factadd hello /say Hello, $nick!
<PBot> hello added to global channel.
<pragma-> PBot, hello
<PBot> Hello, pragma-!
Significantly more complex factoids can be created with `$variables`, command-substitution,
command-piping, `/code` invocation, and more!
### Modules
Modules are external command-line executable programs and scripts that can be
loaded via PBot Factoids.
Suppose you have the [Qalculate!](https://qalculate.github.io/) command-line
program and you want to provide a PBot command for it. You can create a _very_ simple
shell script containing:
#!/bin/sh
qalc "$*"
And let's call it `qalc.sh` and put it in PBot's `modules/` directory.
Then you can add the `qalc` factoid:
!factadd global qalc qalc.sh
And then set its `type` to `module`:
!factset global qalc type module
Now you have a `qalc` calculator in PBot!
<pragma-> !qalc 2 * 2
<PBot> 2 * 2 = 4