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[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 148 points 3 weeks ago

Tbf Dolphin calls them folders

[-] thenextguy@sh.itjust.works 147 points 3 weeks ago

And every Linux directory icon is a folder. This is a non issue.

[-] HouseWolf@pawb.social 115 points 3 weeks ago

Shhhh the CLI purists haven't figured out what icons are yet.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 3 weeks ago

You mean those religious pictures old Italian and Russian people have?

[-] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 24 points 3 weeks ago

oh oh! Are those the extra logos and things added by nerdfonts?

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
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[-] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago

All hail our dolphin overloads

[-] _NetNomad@fedia.io 117 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] bobzrkr@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] AmyAye@nord.pub 29 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

avooded

Awoooo!

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

Cryptic and weird and their documentation is the worst.

[-] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's mostly because it doesn't have real directories, it just simulates them with string prefixes and if you forget that on large buckets you are going to have a bad time.

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[-] agentTeiko@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

There is a reason for that since S3 is not block storage and doesn't have a Hierarchal filesystem. That's why when you create folder in the S3 console what you are really creating is a prefix meaning its just a placeholder to auto add the prefix string to the beginning of all objects. But all objects in the bucket are flat when it comes to the API. Plus the way the files are stored in the shards in S3. You can limit Throughput by treating prefixes like a hierarchical filesystem too much.

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[-] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 30 points 3 weeks ago

It’s called gatekeeping. You wouldn’t get it.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Reminds me of the oilfield unit hell. If you even mention an SI unit on an offshore drilling platform, your beheaded carcass will be displayed on top of the derrick as a warning for others, left to be devoured by birds and the salty wind.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 33 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

Call them inodes and see what happens next

[-] Forester@pawb.social 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[-] dtrain@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] squinky@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 weeks ago

Anyone gives me a hard time about that, I’m reverting to Amiga and calling it a “drawer”

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

i just call 'em all "that fuckin' thing" and if anyone complains, they can talk to this guy

[-] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 weeks ago

That's idiotic. We all know it's a file, everything's a FILE!

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

Would that make linux users filephiles?

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[-] Dookieman12@piefed.social 28 points 3 weeks ago

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?

[-] ada 27 points 3 weeks ago

Kinda like posting a harry potter meme in a community full of trans folk...

[-] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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!

Edited the ° 😅

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You put the ° on the wrong "a" 😅

~~Lonely~~ Lovely (😅) sentiment and message though. ❤️ Very true.

[-] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Typo. Unless you're trying to emphasise how sadly uncommon it is to see such a lovely sentiment.

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[-] Mistiygirl@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 weeks ago

I'm trans myself... but yea I guess you're right. Didn't really see this as problematic... but yea fair enough

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] ada 7 points 3 weeks ago

I, like many folk, just want to see less of Rowling, not more. That's all

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[-] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

Chad mod action

I'm one of the biggest Rowling haters you'll ever meet but I agree with this comment in its entirety

There's a lot of trans people in linux and foss communities

in a community full of trans folk

which by the phrasing is what Ada is saying, not that it's specifically a trans community

[-] ada 7 points 3 weeks ago

If it were against the rules, I'd have reported it.

Instead, I made a snarky comment, because even though it's not against the rules, the less Rowling in the world, the better.

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[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 26 points 3 weeks ago

I use directory and folder interchangeably

[-] Gormadt@slrpnk.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

You'll pry my old outdated terminology from my cold dead hands lol

[-] comador@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'll toast to that from my Remix OS coffee mug currently sitting on my SunOS mouse pad.

[-] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago

I got binders full of .txt files.

[-] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

ZFS head correcting you to "dataset"

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