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I say "directory" because I learned how to computer on MS-DOS.
If I'm browsing in a GUI they're folders. If I'm using a CLI they're directories. Except when I decide to do the opposite in either situation. Everything I do is the correct method and the only people who are wrong are whoever disagree with me. Unless they're hot.
My OCPD:
Orange City Police Department
True...
Tbf Dolphin calls them folders
And every Linux directory icon is a folder. This is a non issue.
Shhhh the CLI purists haven't figured out what icons are yet.
You mean those religious pictures old Italian and Russian people have?
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Gooey? Sounds gross
yeah i much prefer see L eyes
oh oh! Are those the extra logos and things added by nerdfonts?
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That's idiotic. We all know it's a file, everything's a FILE!
Would that make linux users filephiles?
Filephilefiles
something very similar in mainframe land where they call files "datasets." if you call a dataset a file, get ready to get an earfull!
which is ironic considering IBM themselves often call them files and one of the most popular dataset utilities is called FileAid. but if we acknowledge that, we lose a valuable opportunity to belittle and exclude newcomers
In AWS S3, they're objects, not files. But you upload files to objects. And can download an object to a file. But they're not files. Trust me bro.
You know, the same deal kind of applies about "losing newcomers". Because I avooded using AWS because everything seemed cryptic and weird with its terminology. So other companies got my business.
Cryptic and weird and their documentation is the worst.
avooded
Awoooo!
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It’s called gatekeeping. You wouldn’t get it.
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Anyone gives me a hard time about that, I’m reverting to Amiga and calling it a “drawer”
i just call 'em all "that fuckin' thing" and if anyone complains, they can talk to this guy
Only the 1337 know that they're really called "stores". That's why the command ls exists: list stores.
Obviously I'm kidding. It's short for list, somehow. Just remove that unnecessary IT.
it doesn't matter, we can live with just ls
No, ls is an abbreviation of look shit (up)
Ah the good ol' "let's abbreviate O_CREATE into O_CREAT"
or unmount into umount...
I use directory and folder interchangeably
Call them inodes and see what happens next
An inode is not a folder it's metadata for a folder OR a file.
It would be more correct to say all folders are txt files
An inode is not a folder it's metadata for a folder OR a file.
Demonstrating the parent’s point in real time.
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When you accidentally say "deck" instead of "library" in your MTG group
When you accidentally call a hero a "champion" in your dota group
I got binders full of .txt files.
Just call it a 'container object' and you can be technically correct in almost every context.
See also: in SQL and Dataverse, a row is called a 'record', but in SharePoint and Lists, a row is called an 'item', and MAN do people get all pissy if you get them mixed up or refer to it as a 'row'.
It's even more aggravating when you understand that 1) they're all different implementations of the 'table' data structure, so the term is still accurate; 'records' and 'items' are just subsets of 'rows', and 2) SharePoint and Lists are just SQL on the backend anyway.
Like, obviously you knew what I meant, but how is your ego gonna get stroked unless you preach about pedantic details that don't matter?
For what it's worth, they're referred to as directories by command prompt and PowerShell (effectively the new Windows command prompt) tools as Windows as well.
And always had been in DOS before Windows.
Folder is just an easier concept for the average person to grok, so I say folder to them.
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File and Folder are quicker to type. So I type that.
Kinda like posting a harry potter meme in a community full of trans folk...
We see where you're coming from, and also it is unhealthy to be extremely sensitive to every single hint of bigotry, from malicious or innocent sources, from your instance or others'. Take it from me - it destroys you to focus on the negative so much that you start to miss the positive.
I know you put so much effort into taking care of others, particularly transfolk (who don't get themselves kicked out, like I did 😉) on blåhaj.zone. Remember to care for yourself also!
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I'm trans myself... but yea I guess you're right. Didn't really see this as problematic... but yea fair enough
It's not. It's just a scene from a movie. Aim your artillery at that c—nt Rowling, instead.
I liked the meme, keep em coming!
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Had to check the community rules, but couldn't find them calling this place a trans community. In fact, they explicitly call it a "meme community" and this is a very common meme format. If you're inclined to check the rules yourself, I'd like to point you to number 3
This is absolutely a trans-inclusive community, ~~it just isn't spelled out~~ (e: it is now) because inclusion should be natural. I don't like making assumptions about a person's identity or beliefs (unless they scream it to the heavens, at which point it isn't an assumption anymore), and I can't determine whether a person is welcome here based on what they are. When a person's behaviour becomes problematic, that is when I step in. In particular, if someone reports a homophobic, transphobic, or racist comment, you won't see me argue with them: those comments get immediately deleted and the user permanently banned. Fortunately, nearly all community members I've seen are friendly, or at least polite, with LGBTQ+ folk.
Regarding the meme in question. There is an argument to be made that just using the media as a meme, even of an unrelated topic, gives the author unwanted exposure. I don't think this applies in this community, or most of the fediverse (excepting places like Grad or Hexbear). We all know that JK is morally inferior to what came out of my dog this morning. Seeing this meme won't change that position, nor does it try to glorify her morals or justify her views. It is the essential meme: a well-known scene from popular culture, removed from its environment, to express an idea or sentiment that is common within this demographic.
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