Do you think that guy was automated through the GUI, or a script?

This certainly sounds like something a javascript programmer would say...

It is probably one of the most common problems in coding, sadly. And you know why lol

I don't think uncompressing a tar is risky.

Tar really is excellent for tapes, because the data you need to find out what the file is is right next to the file. This means that to read the whole contents you have to read the entire file, however, making it a little less suited to stuff you want to access randomly.

Gzip operates on a single file, leaving you to determine what archive format you want to use- ar, tar, or something else, should you want to compress multiple files.

Like most Unix, it's pieces you can put together- one piece archives, one piece compresses, and you can use both together.

.tar.gz is sometimes .tgz, but mostly in DOS derivates like Windows.

I think TAR goes back to the late seventies, but it may be early eighties.

Originally, you would first compress files with a binary called compress. This leaves a .Z, so you might see .tar.Z. Compress is from the early eighties, and its overall functionality (compressing a single file) is what gzip and bzip2 model. Compress and GIF both use the same older compression type.

By these standards, the .zip format is vastly more recent, coming out in 1989. Because PKZIP came out for DOS, it didn't have standard Unix commands to play with, and it had to handle both archiving and compression.

genitals are not used for programming

Oh no, I've been hitting the space bar all wrong!

You have a great post, but I have a request: links to them disinviting or excluding white males. I don't doubt you, but a smaller shock post with links like that would be more effective in the less cerebral parts of the net.

You probably need to make this a top level post, not a reply. The fact that this story has this ending is relevant.

"How vector graphics are more efficient than raster graphics". The 1980s called, they want their revolutionary tech back.

Linus oversees kernel. He's software.
Integrating a distro is systems. It's different in literally every way.

Linux is used massively. It's trusted by the government, by big companies, by all professionals, by foreign governments, by most militaries. It's ubiquitous. It is seen as a "hobbyist product" by fucking NO ONE.

Just because you can't pick which distro to download doesn't mean Linus needs to change professions. Here lemme help: roll 1d10 and consult:
http://www.howtogeek.com/191207/10-of-the-most-popular-linux-distributions-compared/

Linux is a kernel. The OS takes its name from that. Linus doesn't do every distro magically with a wand, he oversees kernel development. The kernel is used by all the distros.

So I think you'll need to be a little more specific about your vague view of "consistency in applications". Remember each application is often its own whole team, not related to Linus in any way.

Yes, because the Linux kernel is a "bad products".

Linus is highly and ludicrously effective. The fact that he's also an asshole who tears into idiots for me to nerdgasm over from the safety of my keyboard is just a bonus.

So, straight up- pretend that the code of conduct said stuff about the inherent supremacy of whites or whatever, and then had a rider saying it's "just a template". Would you be like "oh, ok, I can work with that group, I just have to cross out the parts about racism", or would you be like RACISTS ARE BAD NEWS, STAY AWAY!!

I argue the second is the rational response, and that's what this is.

We are about three years away from some neo-alchemists coming in here and claiming that the listed atomic weights are all reptile lies, and doxxing you for saying that. Be careful!