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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 286 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 123 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

ASS (Advanced Substation Alpha)

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 64 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Fantastic sub format for anime.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I wonder why “great” and “sword” need to be Katakana

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Why is that not ASA? Or even ASSA.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 weeks ago

Because they knew exactly what they were doing, obviously.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago

Because ASS.

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 18 points 3 weeks ago

Because substation alpha is SSA so they just reversed it.

Because it's funny.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

When I took a geometry test in eighth grade, I got a point deducted because I wrote ASS instead of SSA (side-side-angle) when calculating angles and side lengths of a triangle. Still got the right answer though

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh, wonderful, teachers who punish kids for being kids and/or making mistakes.

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[–] ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Right in the nostalgia! Happiness is a warm genlock...

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 92 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 63 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m so old and tired, this isn’t even funny anymore. I’ll have to explain to some junior engineer about ASS. Then management will learn about this term “ass”, and use it incorrectly at every possible opportunity. Then when no one can explain ASS, I end up being “the ass guy.”

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

HEY EVERYONE IT'S THE ASS GUY

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 41 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I always chuckle when Jellyfin shows subtitles as "Full ASS".

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Never half ass two things. Full ass 1 thing

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[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

The default libass shaping engine,

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 54 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

ffmpeg command lines are straight up black magic.

Anyone who understands them is not to be trusted.

It's even worse than tar.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

GNU tar is easy and straight-forward.

It's also completely incompatible with any other Unix, but then, what difference does it make is nobody can use them?

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

A more complex but more commonly used program is rsync

rsync -rav /home/user/Documents /mnt/usbdrive is treated differently than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents/ /mnt/usbdrive which is different than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents /mnt/usbdrive/ which is different than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents/ /mnt/usbdrive/

It's a great tool for making copies onto drives, even servers. But man you have to double check how each folder path is laid out, otherwise it'll write the files of one folder to the main drive, unorganized.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I recommend --dry-run and reading the stdout with human readable output -h. And dont use the --delete flag if you dont know what will happen 😓

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If they know Regex, assume you are in Sarumans tower and held captive until a hawk comes in.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Writing regex is easy.

Reading it again after a couple of weeks...

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's a write only language

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[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 34 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Force Feminisation male pregnancy

[–] al4s@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was hoping for this gif:

[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lol that's a good one too. And thanks to your comment, now I know how to properly do GIFs.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

My omega is gonna be cute, one way or another.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Wtf? Is datascope funny or am I missing something?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This guy doesn't get the joke, everyone point and laugh!

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

Ha ha ha, whoosh! Right guise?

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Pages are fractional now?

Man, I really gotta get with the times...

[–] sxan@midwest.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

"Section". They just used the wrong word ¯\(ツ)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

The bible is an old western book that orders itself so

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Are you a tits or FFMPEG filter documentation on section 11.5 man?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Please refer to section 8008S.

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