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> fsck = filesystem check please stop being this thin skinned

by shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago

wruza 3y ago
https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/111593487329402102 https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/111593487329402102
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
  So, the link that was shared by robpike, from 2006 lays it out like this: > First, let's review what fsck, or the File System ChecK program, actually does. Again, stop being this amount of thin skinned, it is rather ridiculous.
  - wruza 3y ago
    I am not, I just don’t get why some people are so profanity oriented in naming things. Personally, it doesn’t offend me, but it ridicules them in my eyes, and stops me from talking about it around people. If that’s what they want, okay. If that’s not what they want, they can use this subthread as a feedback. How would they know if no one spoke? Also, I find your reaction thin skinned-ish as well. Why throw stop commands if you ought to not care? Cause it’s ridiculous? Well, we have more in common than you think then.
    - shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
      > Also, I find your reaction thin skinned-ish as well. Why throw stop commands if you ought to not care? Oh really. You're the one who can't shut up about some app that used to be named f*ck but was renamed some 30+ years ago still grinds your gears. It's an (ancient) light hearted joke, please just drop it. I care about the state of the world, and I find it deeply depressing people run around being prude like we're some kind of Christian middle ages society.
TheRealPomax 3y ago
Oh hi Linus. Here's the thing: there is no reason not to keep pointing out that these are just bad names. And by pointing that out every time, someone might just pay attention and give their tool a better name in the future, because they took heed and decided against calling their tool "cwnt" in favour of calling it "check-wnat". And you will never know it could have been called the "oh stop being so thin skinned" cwnt. And as a bonus, folks don't have to guess at what it does, the name tells you. Imagine if fsck had just been called checkfs... it would have been both a better name and would have saved a lot of askubuntu/superuser/etc posts.

> fsck = filesystem check please stop being this thin skinned

wruza 3y ago

https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/111593487329402102 https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/111593487329402102

shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
So, the link that was shared by robpike, from 2006 lays it out like this: > First, let's review what fsck, or the File System ChecK program, actually does. Again, stop being this amount of thin skinned, it is rather ridiculous.
- wruza 3y ago
  I am not, I just don’t get why some people are so profanity oriented in naming things. Personally, it doesn’t offend me, but it ridicules them in my eyes, and stops me from talking about it around people. If that’s what they want, okay. If that’s not what they want, they can use this subthread as a feedback. How would they know if no one spoke? Also, I find your reaction thin skinned-ish as well. Why throw stop commands if you ought to not care? Cause it’s ridiculous? Well, we have more in common than you think then.
  - shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
    > Also, I find your reaction thin skinned-ish as well. Why throw stop commands if you ought to not care? Oh really. You're the one who can't shut up about some app that used to be named f*ck but was renamed some 30+ years ago still grinds your gears. It's an (ancient) light hearted joke, please just drop it. I care about the state of the world, and I find it deeply depressing people run around being prude like we're some kind of Christian middle ages society.

TheRealPomax 3y ago

Oh hi Linus. Here's the thing: there is no reason not to keep pointing out that these are just bad names. And by pointing that out every time, someone might just pay attention and give their tool a better name in the future, because they took heed and decided against calling their tool "cwnt" in favour of calling it "check-wnat". And you will never know it could have been called the "oh stop being so thin skinned" cwnt. And as a bonus, folks don't have to guess at what it does, the name tells you. Imagine if fsck had just been called checkfs... it would have been both a better name and would have saved a lot of askubuntu/superuser/etc posts.