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The File Completeness Conjecture
Linux Bash Programming
8 days ago 89.9K views 0 shares
The File Completeness Conjecture
Unix philosophy claims "everything is a file" until you actually try to cat a directory and get slapped with that condescending "Is a directory" error. Ten years into my career and I'm still occasionally typing cat on directories like some junior dev who hasn't been properly traumatized yet. The lie detector determined: that "everything is a file" was a lie. Directories, sockets, pipes—all just teasing us with their file-like appearances while secretly being special snowflakes.

Looking For Love In All The Wrong File Systems
Windows Hardware Microsoft Programming
28 days ago 73.3K views 0 shares
Looking For Love In All The Wrong File Systems
When your dating life and file system both have compatibility issues. FAT32 is a file system with a 4GB file size limit that most developers have moved on from years ago - just like this guy's dating prospects. Nothing says "I'm still running Windows XP" quite like proudly declaring your love for obsolete storage formats while staring pensively at your multiple monitors.

A:
Hardware Microsoft Windows Linux
1 month ago 75.8K views 0 shares
A:
Ah, the elusive A: drive. For the younger devs who've never experienced the joy of floppy disks, the A: drive was the default letter for that ancient 3.5" data rectangle that stored a whopping 1.44MB. That's right—not GB, not even MB—just 1.44MB. You could fit approximately one-third of a modern JavaScript framework's readme file on there. These days, most computers don't even have physical drive letters anymore, just abstract mount points that hide in the shadows like well-documented code.