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jpmens@mastodon.social

JP Mens

I saw XKCD 1168 again just now, and you'd be safe with me -- the bomb wouldn't detonate.

However, you better not ask me whether it's useradd or adduser -- 50% chance we all end up in smithereens.

https://xkcd.com/1168/

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liebach@mastodon.art

Liebach is vacationing

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@jpmens Still much better odds than guessing the correct flags for tar(1) if you really don't know.

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slothrop@chaos.social

Tyrone Slothrop

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@liebach @jpmens After twenty years on Linux, this image finally helped me:

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thomy2000@fosstodon.org

Thomas Frans 🇺🇦

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@slothrop @jpmens xzvf = extract ze vucking file

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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev-Prime 🍁

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@slothrop @liebach @jpmens Unless you're using a non-GNU version of tar, you don't even need to use "z".
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slothrop@chaos.social

Tyrone Slothrop

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@monsieuricon @liebach @jpmens oh, let’s not optimize in the wrong place.

Now that I can finally remember a functional set of tar commands, that saves me 5min of looking stuff up each time. Typing a superfluous “z” is no effort at all in comparison.

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arichtman@eigenmagic.net

Ariel

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@slothrop @monsieuricon @liebach @jpmens no. I need that brain space for another openssl parameter

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