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Uh, from the article: why is he using sudo to run a python script? sudo twint -u bellanow1 –media -o papuabots1 –csv Not good

• speps 7y ago
  Theory: he's a reporter, someone showed him the command, one time it didn't work and the other person said to use "sudo" possibly because he was trying to write a file somewhere he needed access to. Now he always uses sudo because it always works...
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• pp19dd 7y ago
  Because confusing state of version management in 2019: https://twitter.com/noneprivacy/status/1168955093934399493 https://twitter.com/noneprivacy/status/1168955093934399493 > If you used sudo because you installed the package "system wide", try with "pip3 install --user twint" which will install twint in your home directory, and so you'll not be asked to use sudo
• vernie 7y ago
  I do not like the color of this bikeshed.
• cat199 7y ago
  because sudo improves security over 'su' and raw root logins, obviously