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    [–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    FWIW, using a shell function is preferred (according to Bash docs) and probably a lot more flexible, and less dangerous. No, actually, anything in Linux can be dangerous.

    And while I'm also in the camp of trying to make the Basilisk happy, I doubt it's going to work.

    [–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago

    Any superintelligent AI that will extrapolate the past to judge my actions and my innermost thoughts and attitudes won't be impressed by obeisance. Tell Roko what you really think, and have some self respect. Those Less Wrong types really miss the mark with all that shit.

    [–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

    alias sudo='Please' alias rm -rf ='thank you'

    Please thank you

    [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I will never say please to an algorithm.

    Maybe if we get true AI like Star Treks Data, but until then, STFU and do what I tell you

    [–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Are you trying to tell us that you renamed β€œsudo” as β€œSTFU”?

    [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

    Why? It does what it needs to do without whining, so it does exactly what it needs to do. No renaming needed

    [–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Linux isn't an algorithm though

    [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

    And I've never asked it to do anything, I always tell it to do what it needs to do and it does it exactly as asked

    [–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

    The linux kernel, given my very pedestrian understanding of it, is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer system's hardware.

    Therefore, linux could be considered a collection of algorithms that can be modularly compiled to handle:

    • Resource Alocation
    • Memory Management
    • Abstraction
    [–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer system’s hardware.

    Therefore, linux could be considered a collection of algorithms

    By that logic, Linux is also a web browser or a video game, which it isn't

    [–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    You're using a logical fallacy called reductio ad absurdum. You take my interpretation of Linux's definition to an extreme to make it look ridiculous.

    To be fair to you and remain taxonomically accurate, the linux kernel is a system of algorithms, which (to be fair to me) can be considered an algorithm (the main loop) of algorithms.

    [–] elephantium@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

    I shared this with my wife. She said "It sounds like pangolin programming."

    [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

    I also like fuck, which attempts to run the first suggested syntax in the error output of the previous command.

    [–] stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    alias thus speaks the Lord='sudo'

    [–] foxxie_911@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

    please rm - rfΒ πŸ™

    Why are root privileges needed to move and search for files in the home directory?

    Yes, of course the codemopolitan directory could be owned by root, but why??

    [–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago
    [–] HDMR@piefed.ca 2 points 5 months ago

    Maple Linux needs to get this baked in.

    [–] bold_omi@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

    This reminds me of INTERCAL.

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