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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 270 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 119 points 1 week ago (4 children)

ASS (Advanced Substation Alpha)

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I wonder why “great” and “sword” need to be Katakana

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why is that not ASA? Or even ASSA.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 week ago

Because they knew exactly what they were doing, obviously.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

Because ASS.

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

Because substation alpha is SSA so they just reversed it.

Because it's funny.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

When I took a geometry test in eighth grade, I got a point deducted because I wrote ASS instead of SSA (side-side-angle) when calculating angles and side lengths of a triangle. Still got the right answer though

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh, wonderful, teachers who punish kids for being kids and/or making mistakes.

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[–] ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Right in the nostalgia! Happiness is a warm genlock...

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’m so old and tired, this isn’t even funny anymore. I’ll have to explain to some junior engineer about ASS. Then management will learn about this term “ass”, and use it incorrectly at every possible opportunity. Then when no one can explain ASS, I end up being “the ass guy.”

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

HEY EVERYONE IT'S THE ASS GUY

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I always chuckle when Jellyfin shows subtitles as "Full ASS".

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Never half ass two things. Full ass 1 thing

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

The default libass shaping engine,

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 53 points 1 week ago (4 children)

ffmpeg command lines are straight up black magic.

Anyone who understands them is not to be trusted.

It's even worse than tar.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

GNU tar is easy and straight-forward.

It's also completely incompatible with any other Unix, but then, what difference does it make is nobody can use them?

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A more complex but more commonly used program is rsync

rsync -rav /home/user/Documents /mnt/usbdrive is treated differently than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents/ /mnt/usbdrive which is different than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents /mnt/usbdrive/ which is different than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents/ /mnt/usbdrive/

It's a great tool for making copies onto drives, even servers. But man you have to double check how each folder path is laid out, otherwise it'll write the files of one folder to the main drive, unorganized.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they know Regex, assume you are in Sarumans tower and held captive until a hawk comes in.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Writing regex is easy.

Reading it again after a couple of weeks...

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

It's a write only language

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[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Force Feminisation male pregnancy

[–] al4s@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol that's a good one too. And thanks to your comment, now I know how to properly do GIFs.

collapsed inline media

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

My omega is gonna be cute, one way or another.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wtf? Is datascope funny or am I missing something?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This guy doesn't get the joke, everyone point and laugh!

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Ha ha ha, whoosh! Right guise?

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Pages are fractional now?

Man, I really gotta get with the times...

[–] sxan@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago

"Section". They just used the wrong word ¯\(ツ)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

The bible is an old western book that orders itself so

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Are you a tits or FFMPEG filter documentation on section 11.5 man?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Please refer to section 8008S.

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