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Fox news trying to explain github.

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  • 30p87@feddit.org3 [email protected]

    But then why use

    Term: explanation

    and directly below that

    "Term"-- explanation

    I This user is from outside of this forum
    I This user is from outside of this forum
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    wrote on last edited by
    #16

    Oh my gods I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. It's so upsetting.

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    • E [email protected]

      Dafuq is an e-note.

      L This user is from outside of this forum
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      wrote on last edited by
      #17

      An e-note is a full step above a d-note and a half step below an f-note.

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      • irelephant@programming.devI [email protected]

        This screenshot is old (at least 12 years).

        psaldorn@lemmy.worldP This user is from outside of this forum
        psaldorn@lemmy.worldP This user is from outside of this forum
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        wrote on last edited by
        #18

        At least chat gpt would have spelled it right for fucks sake.

        Did they let a 6 year old write that up?

        THEY GET PAID TO DO THIS. SOMEONE GETS PAID TO CHECK IT TOO.

        Or am I being trolled.

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        • M [email protected]

          Part of me is bothered by those explanations, but if I had to explain GitHub to a tech illiterate grandparent with that much screen space I don't know if I would do much better.

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          wrote on last edited by
          #19

          Why even bother explaining those terms if you only have that much screen space.

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          • 30p87@feddit.org3 [email protected]

            But then why use

            Term: explanation

            and directly below that

            "Term"-- explanation

            N This user is from outside of this forum
            N This user is from outside of this forum
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            wrote on last edited by
            #20

            And directly between those:
            "Term"--explanation (no space after "--")

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            • E [email protected]

              Dafuq is an e-note.

              satyrsack@lemmy.sdf.orgS This user is from outside of this forum
              satyrsack@lemmy.sdf.orgS This user is from outside of this forum
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              wrote on last edited by
              #21

              A little less formal than an e-mails.

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              • irelephant@programming.devI [email protected]

                This screenshot is old (at least 12 years).

                dave@feddit.ukD This user is from outside of this forum
                dave@feddit.ukD This user is from outside of this forum
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                wrote on last edited by
                #22

                I'm almost more irritated by the use of two hyphens instead of a colon after the first definition. They just didn't give a shit really.

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                • N [email protected]

                  And directly between those:
                  "Term"--explanation (no space after "--")

                  D This user is from outside of this forum
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #23

                  I think --explanation is the command line switch to output a brief summary of a git command.

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                  • M [email protected]

                    I'm convinced that's ment to get people riled up.

                    M This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #24

                    From Fox News? Couldn't be.

                    It's 10pm, do you know where your Secrets are?

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                    • irelephant@programming.devI [email protected]

                      This screenshot is old (at least 12 years).

                      N This user is from outside of this forum
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #25

                      They should just have said it’s “like email”.

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                      • dave@feddit.ukD [email protected]

                        I'm almost more irritated by the use of two hyphens instead of a colon after the first definition. They just didn't give a shit really.

                        tomenzgg@midwest.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
                        tomenzgg@midwest.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #26

                        Well, – you see – a colon can never follow quotation marks, in traditional typography: only ever two hyphens~

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                        • M [email protected]

                          Part of me is bothered by those explanations, but if I had to explain GitHub to a tech illiterate grandparent with that much screen space I don't know if I would do much better.

                          J This user is from outside of this forum
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                          wrote on last edited by
                          #27

                          You'd probably spell words correctly though, right?

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                          • M [email protected]

                            Part of me is bothered by those explanations, but if I had to explain GitHub to a tech illiterate grandparent with that much screen space I don't know if I would do much better.

                            E This user is from outside of this forum
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #28

                            Repository: a collection of computer code for a software program (or app if you insist).

                            Fork: a copy of a repository so you can edit it without affecting the original.

                            Pull request: a request to the owner of a repo to bring in some changes you made in a fork.

                            I think I even got the word count down.

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                            • N [email protected]

                              They should just have said it’s “like email”.

                              O This user is from outside of this forum
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #29

                              A series of tubes.

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                              • artocode404@lemmy.dbzer0.comA [email protected]

                                You should make a pull request and fork them yourself if you care that deeply

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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #30

                                unzip
                                strip
                                touch
                                finger
                                grep
                                mount
                                fsck
                                more
                                yes
                                fsck
                                fsck
                                fsck
                                umount
                                sleep

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                                • J [email protected]

                                  You'd probably spell words correctly though, right?

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                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #31

                                  Given historical evidence of my writing that is not a sure thing.

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                                  • irelephant@programming.devI [email protected]

                                    This screenshot is old (at least 12 years).

                                    psythik@lemm.eeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #32

                                    Fox Business*

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                                    • N [email protected]

                                      Why even bother explaining those terms if you only have that much screen space.

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                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #33

                                      I haven't seen the news release, but I would hope they are explaining those terms because they are going to have someone on to talk about github and they were planning on using said terms

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                                      • Y [email protected]

                                        At least they didn’t call it a suppository.

                                        “GitHub just reached its 1 billionth suppository!!”

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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #34

                                        "Hopefully it will help with shit. Let's talk to the originating author, Aasish Pokhrel."

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                                        • psaldorn@lemmy.worldP [email protected]

                                          At least chat gpt would have spelled it right for fucks sake.

                                          Did they let a 6 year old write that up?

                                          THEY GET PAID TO DO THIS. SOMEONE GETS PAID TO CHECK IT TOO.

                                          Or am I being trolled.

                                          J This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #35

                                          You know how scam emails intentionally include mistakes because they want to filter out smart people? Same idea.

                                          Reasonably smart people will see this and go "this is garbage". The idiots will go deeper, and become loyal gop voters.

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