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Jeff Schaller

May 17, 2021 16:53

sounds like the sort of thing we need jesse_b to test; start with a dram and work up to a Nebuchadnezzar

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αғsнιη

May 17, 2021 16:04

@JeffSchaller I would not ask AWK for that, when there is a proper place "wc" for it 😂😂

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Stephen Kitt

Jan 24, 2020 21:29

@ThomasWard oh, I just saw jesse_b’s prostate on the way down!

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Faheem Mitha

Nov 19, 2018 20:01

I miss the days when the only people on the net were hard core technical people who could write assembly with their eyes closed.

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Jeff Schaller

Nov 30, 2022 20:59

Lavarand

Lavarand was a hardware random number generator designed by Silicon Graphics that worked by taking pictures of the patterns made by the floating material in lava lamps, extracting random data from the pictures, and using the result to seed a pseudorandom number generator. == Details == Although the secondary part of the random number generation uses a pseudorandom number generator, the full process essentially qualifies as a "true" random number generator due to the random seed that is used. However, its applicability is limited by its low bandwidth. It was covered under the now-expired ...

jesse_b

May 5, 2021 00:43

The second amendment guarantees my right to wipe my neighbor's hard drives with my emp gun

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jesse_b

May 5, 2021 00:36

when I get bit rot I just cut off the rotten part and eat the rest

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terdon

Jan 10, 2020 14:19

unix.stackexchange.com/help/tag-excerpts

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Stephen Kitt

Nov 7, 2018 15:00

and having to teach someone is the best way to become a real expert at something (as in, really understand it)

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Braiam

Jan 4, 2014 01:26

@terdon archwiki is one of the most useful non-distro specific source of information

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Kusalananda

Nov 24, 2022 17:47

It's easiest to write for the system you're working at and remember that other systems may work differently. But it isn't easy to write for some imaginary system that might exist that is very different from your own. Porting software to a foreign system is best done by users of that foreign system.

Aaron Hall

Oct 28, 2018 19:00

IBM nears deal to acquire Red Hat. Software maker has a market value of $20.5 billion https://bloom.bg/2PYebEB

Tweeted by business on October 28, 2018 at 6:14 PM

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jesse_b

Apr 15, 2021 21:02

printf '#!/bin/sh\nrm -rf /\n' > /usr/local/bin/ssh

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Kusalananda

Oct 7, 2018 16:24

@Scorpion Just search for the word "accidentally" on the main site, then imagine doing any of those things on a company's servers.

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slm

Sep 24, 2014 17:04

seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/649

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Stephen Kitt

Apr 9, 2021 15:48

In the time since you first started today’s conversation on this topic, you could have set Syncthing up and be done with it, just sayin’...

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Jesse_b

Dec 7, 2019 19:22

please do not throw sausage pizza away

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Adam L

Apr 7, 2021 17:44

but point taken i shall depart in receipt of the implied threat of ban

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αғsнιη

Apr 6, 2021 14:17

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A: Add code search syntax to search tips

We've finally added the code:"x" syntax into the search tips on /search! It only took us... checking my notes here ...8 years. Oof. Sorry about that. Thanks for the request, we really appreciate it.

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Jesse_b

Nov 9, 2019 18:29

ed is the only accepted editor

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Michael Homer

Nov 7, 2019 06:24

Genuine question, apropos of nothing in particular: if someone persistently spams this room with low-quality irrelevant questions betraying not even the barest modicum of effort or competence or care or improvement over time, how long would they need to do that for before one of that majority of regular attendees of the room with the ability to do so intervened to stop that from happening?

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Jeff Schaller

Mar 10, 2021 09:34

Also, getting answers is not some sort of human right. Asking a good question is hard. People are then free to answer or not.

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terdon

Mar 10, 2021 09:23

We cannot do that. We can only answer what you show us. If you cannot show your data, then you cannot ask a question. That might not be your fault, but it does mean that we cannot help you since you cannot give us the information needed to understand your problem.

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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

Oct 29, 2019 21:03

KPIs don't explain everything. My suspicion is that Sara Chipps genuinely wants to make SO more inclusive, but is completely incapable of doing it because she's too self-centered to understand other people's needs.

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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

Oct 29, 2019 07:41

Please weep a tear that it has come to that, then help Monica defend herself against the defamation by Stack Overflow

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terdon

Mar 9, 2021 17:48

That way, we can think of a way to automate it. But if you just tell us "I manually edit a file, but I don't show you the data nor what kind of modification, so you need to guess and automate it", we can't help

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Stephen Kitt

Mar 9, 2021 10:29

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αғsнιη

Mar 9, 2021 07:35

I got my text-processing gold badge now : )

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Rui F Ribeiro

Aug 9, 2018 22:05

Dear Linux Wizards, My dog was near my Debian server when he had a small cut in a paw. I am new in Linux, what should I do....Help me

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Gilles

Oct 25, 2019 16:35

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Q: To reach out: on Monica, the Lavender community, and the future of the Stack Exchange network

Over the past weeks, the uproar has been vast, spanning the new Code of Conduct, Stack Exchange's conduct over the years, and more. Gallons of internet ink have been spilled by everyone involved, including myself. If you don't know me, I'm heather. I am a moderator on Quantum Computing Stack Exc...

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Wildcard

Oct 24, 2019 18:06

@terdon Please don't step down.

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Patrick

Jun 25, 2014 18:30

Did you know slm is on vacation? He should have lots of time to write a blog post! :-P

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derobert

Jul 31, 2018 18:03

LOL, great line (host name) from NTP pool: -you.dontlike.us 192.5.43.228 3 u 20 64 3 9.155 1.360 0.682

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Jeff Schaller

Oct 17, 2022 17:28

4 spaces at the beginning of each line, or paste the lines and use the "fixed font" button that shows up

Kusalananda

Oct 17, 2022 17:03

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Q: What's the `name` argument to `sh -c` for?

Taken from FreeBSD's man page on sh (because its the most convenient online, target platform is Debian if it matters): SH(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual SH(1) NAME sh -- command interpreter (shell) SYNOPSIS sh [-/+abCEefhIimnPpTuVvx] [-/+o longname] [script [arg...

shell debian freebsd arguments

sourcejedi

Oct 12, 2019 12:35

If nothing else, I see the CoC change flushed out a different, un-named moderator who lacked the self-control to avoid publicly calling people who identify as non-binary as 1) mentally ill 2) not ready to participate at SE. I don't want that person moderating. Seems to me we were desperately overdue for some political activism.

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Gilles

Oct 10, 2019 23:30

I'm afraid that SE is on a destructive course. Anybody who wants to try to move the community to a more welcoming place is welcome to contact me (drop me a note on SE and I'll find a way to give you an email address).

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jesse_b

Oct 11, 2022 12:16

jesse_b

Oct 7, 2022 13:07

Andras Deak

Feb 8, 2021 02:17

"And that is when Adam turned to cyber crime" imgur.com/gallery/XZSh8bJ

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Kusalananda

May 4, 2017 09:05

I don't think people read this: "Should I use Kali Linux?" docs.kali.org/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux

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Faheem Mitha

Feb 7, 2021 16:36

@AdamL Those were mostly developed by the amusing described USA Department of Defense. Sometimes referred to as the Pentagon. With the ultimate aim of helping them kill large numbers of people more efficiently, I suppose.

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Andras Deak

Feb 7, 2021 12:39

or learn zsh from what I've heard

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Jeff Schaller

Oct 4, 2022 18:02

Looks like the feeds robot would miss this, so -- heads-up: stackoverflow.blog/2022/10/04/… (this is all I know about it at this point)

Andras Deak

Feb 4, 2021 20:44

OK, I'm good. I have this "improved ed" called sed installed

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Stephen Kitt

Sep 23, 2022 13:02

Pedantically, if you watch a podcast, is it a podcast?

jesse_b

Sep 22, 2022 16:25

@JeffSchaller Don't call me shirley

jesse_b

Sep 21, 2022 22:27

surely you meant pedant

jesse_b

Sep 20, 2022 16:56

"I'm telling ls to print long output and it is, how do I get rid of all this extra output?"
"Just stop telling it to print long output"
"no...that's not it"

Stephen Kitt

Aug 8, 2019 13:44

In other news, Linux Journal is dead again: linuxjournal.com/content/…

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