sysctl Explains the Kernel (vivianvoss.net)

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Ask a FreeBSD kernel what one of its settings does and it answers in a sentence. It does so for 15,065 of its 15,416 settings, because since 1995 the explanation has been written into the same line of source as the setting itself. Technical Beauty Scope.

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[-] fuzzy@beige.party 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@hucste nice, I always like his writing.

The narrowness of the text column can make things unnecessarily difficult to read.

The screenshot here is referenced from discussion in LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7514237399435169793/

A screenshot of part of https://vivianvoss.net/blog/sysctl-explains

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