Works really great if you compile sudo with insults enabled: https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/blob/70c1ee4b44f5b15822919c05ffbde857fa879e48/plugins/sudoers/ins_classic.h
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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.
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.
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
Are you trying to tell us that you renamed βsudoβ as βSTFUβ?
Why? It does what it needs to do without whining, so it does exactly what it needs to do. No renaming needed
Linux isn't an algorithm though
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
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
is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer systemβs 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
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.
I also like fuck, which attempts to run the first suggested syntax in the error output of the previous command.
alias sudo='Please' alias rm -rf ='thank you'
Please thank you
I shared this with my wife. She said "It sounds like pangolin programming."
please rm - rfΒ π
alias thus speaks the Lord='sudo'
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??
Mor leters, pas
Maple Linux needs to get this baked in.
This reminds me of INTERCAL.