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Braiam

01:33

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Celada

03:32

@TRiG I guess omiting full stops in prose is like automatic semicolon insertion in JavaScript. You can get away with it, but only at your peril.

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Jenny D

05:51

@TRiG they wrote that parentheses don't have any special significance... I've seen irony/sarcasm marked with (.sarcastic or ironic sentence.) for a long time

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TRiG

09:47

@JennyD That's not a usage with which I'm familiar.

Jenny D

@TRiG It might be specific to a certain subculture, but it's been around since at least early 90's, possibly longer

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Braiam

16:50

@JennyD what I remember about sarcasm is that is difficult to read it

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Jenny D

19:58

@Braiam yeah, that's why markers are handy

Faheem Mitha

20:11

@Braiam long time no see.

Resonating

20:57

Hi all. Where exactly are the boundaries between SO, superuser, and U&L topic-wise?

I have a question superuser.com/questions/938558/sort-parallel-isnt-parallelizing that i think might be a better fit for U&L than superuser but I don't really interact with any of them

So I was hoping to pick your collective brains

Gilles

@Resonating SO if it's programming, SU or U&L otherwise. Shell scripts span both.

U&L covers all unix-like systems no matter what hardware or emulator they run on, SU covers non-unix-like OSes but has restrictions on the hardware.

Also U&L covers professional administration as well, SU doesn't.

@Resonating works on either Unix & Linux or Super User. Since it's on SU, let it there (don't post the same question on multiple sites).

Faheem Mitha

@Gilles I suggested he move it after a bit, if he doesn't get a reply. Here is really a better place for it, anyway. I'm not sure about SO, but that would probably be Ok too. SU would be my third choice.

Resonating

@Gilles I'll let it marinate for a day or two and then perhaps flag for a move. I'm not exactly blown away by the responses so far, but hope springs eternal

Gilles

@Resonating it could help if you posted your benchmarks with different numbers of processors (1, 2, 4, 8, 24)

and some idea of the file size

Q: How did the first Linux distribution(s) develop?

In this question I asked why distribution are more common in the Open Source and Linux environment. It seems that a) open source makes the job easier for the distributor as it isn't needed to ask for permission and b) that Linux has an open development model instead of a centralized one. So my q...